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Boys and Bees
23 chapters / 34056 words
Approximately about 3 hours to read
Description:
When Lorabeth decided to fall in love, she knew it wasn't going to be easy. Unlike the bees that she trained, boys were strange, unpredictable creatures. Since the most popular girl in school, Hedda, receives love letters on a weekly basis, Lorabeth thought that taking a peek at those letters would help... or perhaps not. Lorabeth and Hedda are united by a strange deadly fire and a swarm of encroaching predators that seem to threaten the school of apiology. Will Lorabeth be able to find true love and save her school from these mysterious enemies? And what does a coat rack, yellow ribbon, hypnotist, and tapioca have to do with it?
Cover Art by Tim Walker
Comments(132)
24 days ago Shirlee Trinity said:
I love this story. And the cover. Is it Tim Walker? I could swear the cover's by him.
about 1 month ago Iniko Thornell said:
Hey, have you ever thought of trying to publish this book? Its really good, just saying. I'm only on chapter 7 and it just keeps getting better. Really good work!
3 months ago Hannah Rachel said:
After reading this a few days ago, I felt bad for not leaving a comment (I'm horrible like that). I thought I'd write one up to say just how much I loved this new chapter.
Caith seems like a nice guy, but it's too early to tell. His hypnotist background makes me hesitant to trust him, although I'm sure in the end I'll probably have a huge crush on him or something (I hope he doesn't end up being a big jerk; then you'd really make me eat my words). Like you said in the beginning of the chapter, he's two-faced. The point really got driven home when Headmistress Holcomb lets on that Caith has already enrolled in the school.
I side with Lorabeth for being standoffish towards him after Headmistress says that Caith will be sharing her hive. I imagine it sort of like having to share your most valuable possession with a total stranger. It will be interesting to see how they get along with that in coming chapters.
Okay, Rosalind is like the awesomest person ever. I don't know what I like so much about her (or Moira, for that matter), but something in her quirky personality makes me want to go along with all her silly campaigns. She sort of has me convinced that knitting needles DO harm bees--call me crazy.
Anyway, that's my two cents on this chapter. I really liked it. Hopefully I can now go pluck up the motivation to go comment on the other stories I'm reading. :)
3 months ago Laina Van Wingerden said:
Love this story!!!! Glad you wrote a new chapter :) Caith is intriguing, but i'm actually really glad you are making Lorabeth unsure about him. Adds drama and depth.
Reviews(18)
11 months ago Brianna said:
Wow. This is one of those stories of yours, Kimberly, that simply astound me. I love how you can make things seem like one thing and then change it. And the reader adapts to the change very quickly. At first, I thought Petro was annoying and kind of rude, but now... he seems so sweet! I can really feel for Lorabeth and it is very interesting how Hedda has mixed personalities. She is lonely and mysterious, but also the charming girl of the school. This is another story that I couldn't stop reading, couldn't pull myself away from. I definitely will continue reading, the suspense is killing me!
12 months ago Linda D said:
Ooh, another riving chapter. A suspense – who-done-it novel, with clues you are dropping now, we will see come to light when all is wrapped up in the end. I love it!!! A few confusion points: “I shouldn’t worry about her,” Lorabeth said out loud as she entered her empty dorm room. And she collapsed on her bed…” that might cut down a bit on the separate necessary details. “staring at her father’s poster, more (take out “so”) lost in thought…” sounds better when reading it out loud. She patted her pant(s) with. Otherwise you are talking about a type of breathing “pant”, which you can’t “pat” The plastic skull (earrings she wore) grinned. “caught under a reporter’s lens…singing in the shower” ?? How would a photo show that “singing”? Because once the curtain was draw back to take the photo, probably all that was seen in a photo was an outraged person trying to cover private areas. Maybe try something less obtrusive like blowing bubble-gum bubbles, or skipping rope, or hula-hooping. So whatever he’d say next could probably (be) disregarded. “And the yellow ribbon had to be the (starting point)” Makes more sense to me, otherwise it sounded as if the ribbon itself started the events. This is my favourite story of yours so far (haven’t got into Olivia – you told me to wait –and dutifully, I am)