{"id":533,"date":"2018-03-03T08:51:01","date_gmt":"2018-03-03T08:51:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/dragonauthors.com\/bookwyrms\/?p=533"},"modified":"2018-08-09T15:39:36","modified_gmt":"2018-08-09T19:39:36","slug":"how-you-ruined-my-life","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dragonauthors.com\/bookwyrms\/2018\/03\/03\/how-you-ruined-my-life\/","title":{"rendered":"A Quick, Quirky Romp"},"content":{"rendered":"<h4>How You Ruined My Life, by Jeff Strand<\/h4>\n<h5><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-218\" src=\"https:\/\/dragonauthors.com\/bookwyrms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/tiny-star.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"30\" height=\"30\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-218\" src=\"https:\/\/dragonauthors.com\/bookwyrms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/tiny-star.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"30\" height=\"30\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-218\" src=\"https:\/\/dragonauthors.com\/bookwyrms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/tiny-star.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"30\" height=\"30\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-218\" src=\"https:\/\/dragonauthors.com\/bookwyrms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/tiny-star.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"30\" height=\"30\" \/><\/h5>\n<p>Rod\u2019s teenage life isn\u2019t perfect, but things could be worse. He lives with his single mom in a modest home. They don\u2019t have a lot of extras, but they\u2019re getting by. He has a punk rock band called \u201cFanged Grapefruit\u201d and a beautiful girlfriend. Life is pretty good. That is, until Blake moves in. Blake is Rod\u2019s cousin, and from the moment his privileged mountain of luggage arrives\u2014the day before he does himself\u2014Blake manages to make Rod\u2019s life a living hell. But is he a harmless idiot? Or does this demon-spawn of a cousin know exactly what he\u2019s doing?<!--more--><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h4>REVIEW:<\/h4>\n<p><em>How You Ruined My Life<\/em> is a fun read that made me laugh out loud more than once. Things are so bad that even Rod finds himself doubting anyone could be as diabolical as Blake seems. Is he <em>really<\/em> moving Rod\u2019s posters a centimeter at a time whenever he isn\u2019t looking? And he couldn\u2019t <em>possibly<\/em> be snoring like a jackhammer all night <em>on purpose<\/em>. Could he? Rod\u2019s train of thought is an amusing stream of ridiculousness that can sometimes be over the top, and he\u2019s such an easy a target for Blake\u2019s shenanigans that he\u2019s almost asking for it. 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