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Hello there guys!<br />
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Once again I'm dusting off the blog to share my love for a book and an author that is in my auto-buy list!<br />
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Last year I shared the playlist for the first book in this duology, and now I'm back to share the playlist for <b>Ferocious</b> by <b><i>Paula Stokes</i></b>, the second & final book of the Vicarious duology!<br />
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I'm a big bad of reading books with the playlist that either inspired the writing or that was chosen by the author because it's what fits best the moments in the book!<br />
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So today we have Paula here to tell us a bit more about the songs she chose for Ferocious! I have created a Spotify playlist that you can check out in the link below or check the YouTube videos below!<br />
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<a href="https://open.spotify.com/user/11102696640/playlist/0FvcquYsxuZ5Z3SPHMnYc8" target="_blank"><b>FEROCIOUS PLAYLIST</b> by <i><b>Paula Stokes </b></i></a><br />
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<i>When I create a
playlist, I “watch” the book like it’s a movie in my head and select
songs that fit individual scenes. I also try to find songs that match
the tone of the story. Like Vicarious, Ferocious is an edgy, high-tech
story with a lot of action and dark emotions. I definitely tapped into
my love of 90s and early 00s grunge and alternative music when making
this list, as well as some newer songs with that same gritty flavor. In
case you don’t use Spotify, I have linked to official licensed (AKA
non-pirated) YouTube videos. Because they’re licensed, most of them have
ads, but instead of thinking about how ads suck, try to think of it
like ads are making it possible for these content creators to actually
be paid for their work. You would want to be paid for your work, right? I
hope you enjoy :) </i><br />
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<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w_19wBuflgo" target="_blank">300 VIOLIN ORCHESTRA BY JORGE QUINTERO</a> <br />
I’m
starting off with this awesome tune because I think it would make the
best background for a trailer. It’s got the perfect mix of music to
encapsulate both action and romance scenes and does a good job of
putting the reader in the right mood for Ferocious.<br />
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<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LBr7kECsjcQ" target="_blank">CENTURIES (GAZZO REMIX) BY FALL OUT BOY</a> <br />
I
always include a song I imagine playing before the “book movie”
actually starts, which in this case is the Gazzo remix of Centuries. I
like the remix because it’s slower and because some of the electronic
parts give the song a bit of an Asian feel. This song also encapsulates
Winter’s state of mind as she embarks upon a mission of vengeance that
she’s not expecting to survive.<br />
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<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JT8bhhDCPQc" target="_blank">FOR YOU BY STAINED </a><br />
The
book starts right where Vicarious ends, with Winter making a choice to
take the MetroLink train toward the airport, to seek revenge against the
man she knows is responsible for her sister’s death. She’s very upset
because of things that have happened with Gideon, and this song captures
the rage and despair she’s feeling as the story begins.<br />
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<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q-pXD0FXLQ8" target="_blank">BOTHER BY STONE SOUR</a> <br />
Later
the same day, Winter goes to a hotel room where she plays a ViSE
recording from Gideon. It gives her needed information but also calls
forth a lot of memories. Her emotions overwhelm her for a bit, and I
thought immediately of this haunting, emotional song.<br />
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<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xVzOjT7pczQ" target="_blank">LAST RESORT BY PAPA ROACH</a> <br />
Later
in the hotel room, Winter pulls out her throwing knives and starts
practicing with them, throwing them at her mattress, over and over until
she starts to feel calm again. This song captures all of the anger and
helplessness she’s feeling in that scene.<br />
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<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JIFksZhRZDU" target="_blank">KILL A MAN BY RAGE AGAINST THE MACHINE</a> <br />
When
Winter gets to Los Angeles to search for her brother, one of the first
things she does is, well, kill a man. Like the man she killed at the end
of Vicarious, Winter doesn’t feel particularly guilty about this death,
and this lack of remorse causes her to wonder if she’s some kind of
monster.<br />
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<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KH6ZwnqZ7Wo" target="_blank">MAMA BY EXO</a> <br />
One of the first things Winter and Jesse do
in Seoul in go to Namdaemun Market for supplies. While they’re shopping,
Winter sees a girl she thinks is spying on them and she chases this
girl down the streets of Seoul. Mama is a fast-paced fun song that feels
like it would work with a chase scene. Also, you should click this link
just to watch the rather incredible animated beginning to this K-Pop
video.<br />
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<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tYQ1Okyi3g4" target="_blank">THIS MOMENT WE OWN IT BY 2 CHAINZ AND WIZ KHALIFA</a> <br />
In
Seoul, Sebastian “Baz” Faber helps Winter with her plans to track down
her brother and infiltrate UsuMed. One of those plans involves the two
of them riding a motorcycle through the darkened streets of Seoul. This
upbeat tune feels like the perfect complement to that scene.<br />
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<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QcIy9NiNbmo" target="_blank">BAD BLOOD BY TAYLOR SWIFT</a> <br />
I’m
not really into pop (country?) music so I don’t follow Taylor Swift,
but I heard this song at the gym and I thought it was catchy. The rest
of this playlist is pretty dark, so this song is here to lighten things
up during the scene when Jesse and Winter practice sparring on the
rooftop. They’ve still got some issues they haven’t really addressed
with each other and they work them out a little while they’re
“fighting.”<br />
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<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5dmQ3QWpy1Q" target="_blank">HEAVY BY LINKIN PARK FEATURING KIIARA</a> <br />
“I'm
holding on. Why is everything so heavy? Holding on. So much more than I
can carry.” Heavy is a great song to describe Winter thinking about her
mental illness at several different points throughout the book. RIP,
Chester. You and your music made a lot of people stronger <3 nbsp="" p=""><br />
<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lL2ZwXj1tXM" target="_blank">NEVER TOO LATE BY 3 DAYS GRACE</a> <br />
Halfway
through the book Baz forces Winter to confront just how serious her
mental illness really is. Overwhelmed by what she learns, she flees to
the rooftop of the building and considers jumping. After all, can
someone like her even be fixed? Can she ever really live a normal life?
Winter isn’t sure, but Jesse comes to find her and talks her literally
down from her ledge.<br />
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<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6tu4wWSbnIs" target="_blank">RENEGADES BY X AMBASSADORS</a> <br />
Winter
and Jesse don’t get a lot of time for romance in this book because she’s
dealing with more serious issues and emotions. But there’s one night
when Winter decides to take Jesse someplace special in the city. There,
for a couple of hours, they forget about danger and revenge and just
embrace each other’s company. I hear this song when they’re looking at
the love locks and playing in the snow.<br />
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<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MLeIyy2ipps" target="_blank">45 BY SHINEDOWN</a> <br />
Near
the end of the book, Winter is literally staring down the barrel of a
gun, knowing that she can shoot someone, but if she does then she’ll
probably die too. It’s a struggle for her and she goes through several
different emotions during this moment, all of which are captured by this
song.<br />
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<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3mbBbFH9fAg" target="_blank">BLACK HOLE SUN BY SOUNDGARDEN</a> <br />
Winter and Jesse
escape UsuMed and end up spending the night outside in the freezing
cold. They’re safe for the moment but Winter is worried about her
brother and Baz, so she’s exhausted and sad. Kind <br />
of like the way
the world was exhausted and sad after hearing about Chris Cornell’s
death. RIP, Chris. “No one sings like you anymore.”<br />
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<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AOBs8dU4Pb8" target="_blank">RUN BY SNOW PATROL</a> <br />
Winter
and Jesse eventually end up on Jeju Island. They’re staying in a hotel
waiting for things to calm down after what happened at UsuMed before
trying to return to the U.S. Winter is also doing a lot of
thinking—about herself and her illness and her feelings for Jesse,
trying to decide if she can reconcile all of those things or if she’s
going to have to let Jesse go.<br />
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<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zI9C9j0QgU4" target="_blank">STOP FOR A MINUTE BY KEANE AND K’NAAN</a> <br />
The
last song on my playlist is always the song I imagine playing as the
credits to my “book movie” are rolling. I picked this song because it
encompasses Winter’s frame of mind throughout the novel, and also
because it’s more uplifting than the rest of the playlist, hinting that
happier things are ahead for the main characters.<br />
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<i>I hope you
enjoyed my FEROCIOUS playlist :) Wanna check out the one I made for
VICARIOUS? Click <a href="http://pili-inlovewithhandmade.blogspot.com.es/2016/08/vicarious-by-paula-stokes-playlist.html" target="_blank">here</a>. Are you totally new to this series? <a href="https://twitter.com/pstokesbooks" target="_blank">I’m giving away a VICARIOUS paperback (INT) on Twitter from 8/29 to 8/31</a>.</i></3><br />
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<3 nbsp="" p=""><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/34643681-ferocious" target="_blank"><b> Ferocious</b></a><i> </i>by <b><i>Paula Stokes</i></b></3><br />
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<3 nbsp="" p=""><i><span id="freeText1984519229817434150">Paula Stokes returns to
the world of Vicarious in this sequel, a high-action psychological
thriller with a protagonist out for vengeance.<br /><br />When Winter Kim
finds out that her sister is dead and that she has a brother she never
knew about, only two things matter―finding what’s left of her family and
killing the man who destroyed her life. Her mission leads her from St.
Louis to Los Angeles back to South Korea, where she grew up.<br /><br />Things
get increasingly dangerous once Winter arrives in Seoul. Aided by her
friends Jesse and Sebastian, Winter attempts to infiltrate an
international corporation to get close to her target, a nefarious
businessman named Kyung. But keeping her last remaining loved ones out
of the line of fire proves difficult, and when all seems to be lost,
Winter must face one last devastating decision: is revenge worth
sacrificing everything for? Or can she find a spark of hope in the
darkness that threatens to engulf her?</span></i></3><br />
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<b>Paula Stokes</b> is a mental health nurse and the author of several novels, most recently Ferocious and This is How it Happened. Her writing has been translated into eleven foreign languages. Paula loves kayaking, hiking, reading, and seeking out new adventures in faraway lands. She also loves interacting with readers.<br />
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Hi there guys!<br />
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Back again so soon? Apparently yes! But truly, I could not miss being part of this <b>Blog Tour </b>because I adore Kat Ross and her books, so I wanted to spread the word about her newest series! <br />
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Publication date: June 26th
2017<br />
Genres: Historical, Mystery, Young
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<i>Winter
1888</i>. <i>At an asylum in the English countryside, a man
suspected of being Jack the Ripper kills an orderly and flees into the
rain-soaked night. His distraught keepers summon the Lady Vivienne
Cumberland—who’s interviewed their patient and isn’t sure he’s a man at
all. An enigmatic woman who guards her own secrets closely, Lady
Vivienne knows a creature from the underworld when she sees one. And
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<i>As
Jack rampages through London, Lady Vivienne begins to suspect what he’s
searching for. And if he finds it, the doors to purgatory will be
thrown wide open…</i><br />
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<i>Across the Atlantic, an
archaeologist is brutally murdered after a Christmas Eve gala at the
American Museum of Natural History. Certain peculiar aspects of the
crime attract the interest of the Society for Psychical Research and its
newest investigator, Harrison Fearing Pell. Is Dr. Sabelline’s death
related to his recent dig in Alexandria? Or is the motive something
darker?</i><br />
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<i>As Harry uncovers troubling
connections to a serial murder case she’d believed was definitively
solved, two mysteries converge amid the grit and glamor of Gilded Age
New York. Harry and Lady Vivienne must join forces to stop an ancient
evil. The key is something called the Thirteenth Gate. But where is it?
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The Thirteenth Gate is the first proper book of the Dominion Mysteries
series, since The Daemoniac was more of a prequel, and in this one we
get to meet so old friends from the Fourth Element series!<br /><br />I was
so very excited to read more on the adventures of Harry and John and
since there was a bit of a chance of pace with the re-introduction of
Alex and Vivienne and magic into the more detective story that the
prequel was... I felt a bit disconnected from the story till I connected
again with Alex and Vivienne, as they were in this time and place. I
feel like I should have re-read Queen of Chaos right before reading this
one, so I would have not had to stop and rack my brains to make sure I
remembered correctly who everyone was with the names I knew them from
before!<br /><br />I was so very fascinated by the mystery and the murder
and how everything started following little threads to tie it all up
together and be solved. I loved that Harry and John were once again back
in the thick of it and solving things together, and how Harry had her
worldview complete challenged and put upside down, and by her own hero
figure!<br /><br />As always, Kat manages to paint such a vivid picture of
the time and place, no matter if it's London or New York. You can almost
feel the mist and fog or the torrential rain... And you can feel the
oppresiveness of a tunnel that descends to who knows where.<br /><br />The
characters and their relationships are, as always, very well written and
Kat manages to add a few hints to romance here and there and makes us
really feel for the characters, but always keeping the romance as a side
dish and not as one of the main courses, so to speak. It can be great
for allowing the story to unfold and the mystery and the magic to take
the main stage, but it can also be a little frustrating when you as the
reader want something to happen! I have high hopes for my ship and I
feel quite despondent for another couple, but I guess we'll see in the
next book!<br /><br />I cannot wait till we get the next story and have
Harry & John and Vivienne & Alex back to working together and
learning from one another! Well deserved 4 stars!
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Kat
Ross worked as a journalist at the United Nations for ten years before
happily falling back into what she likes best: making stuff up. She
lives in Westchester with her kid and a few sleepy cats. Kat is also the
author of the dystopian thriller Some Fine Day (Skyscape, 2014), about a
world where the sea levels have risen sixty meters. She loves magic,
monsters and doomsday scenarios. Preferably with mutants.<br />
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Hello guys!<br />
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*once again dusts off blog*<br />
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I keep on trying to return to more regular blogging and I keep on failing... but I really don't want to give up on my blog!<br />
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I love books, I love sharing that love with the world and I love shouting about the books I love and helping authors get the word out there about their books, so how come I'm failing SO MUCH at blogging and reviewing??<br />
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Today I want to share my love for the latest installment on a historial romance series I've adored from two authors I love, Amalie Howard and Angie Page! Big shout out to my girl Alyssa of <a href="http://eaterofbooks.blogspot.com.es/" target="_blank">The Eater of Books</a> for getting me into reading more romance and giving historical romance a try, btw! *waves at Alyssa*<br />
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I was so lucky to be approved for an early ARC on Netgalley for My Hellion, My Heart by the publisher, (THANK YOU!!!) but you guys can grab the book right now because it published this Monday, so GO GET IT!<br />
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<a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/35525432-my-hellion-my-heart" style="float: left; padding-right: 20px;"><img alt="My Hellion, My Heart (Lords of Essex, #3)" border="0" src="https://images.gr-assets.com/books/1498871359m/35525432.jpg" /></a><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/35525432-my-hellion-my-heart">My Hellion, My Heart</a> by <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/4693312.Amalie_Howard">Amalie Howard</a><br />
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My rating: <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/2045153598">5 of 5 stars</a><br />
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I'm what I'd call a recent convert of the historical romance genre, so I'm by no means an expert but I've so thoroughly adored this entire series!<br />
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I really loved the previous books in the series, and I thought that the previous book, My Darling, My Disaster, all about North and Lana would be my favourite because I adored both characters since they were first introduced, BUT I was wrong! From the moment I started this one, Irina and Henry became my absolute favourites!<br />
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We met Irina as Lana's spirited little sister and when we meet her at the beginning of the book a few years have passed, but she's lost none of her spirit! As a princess she's a darling of society but also considered a bit of a hellion. She's been avoiding London and its season but finally returns after being nudged there by her friend, to both be closer to her sister and secretly to see again her first love.<br />
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I simply loved the interactions between Irina and Henry, there was so much chemistry from the very first moment! I had been a bit concerned about the age difference and how it would play in their relationship, but I soon realized it was handled great, without adding creepiness to the initial interactions between them in the previous book.<br />
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Henry has gone through so much since the previous book... When we met him, he was in the service of the Crown and on dangerous missions, but now he's trying and somewhat failing to return to normal life and Society. He's clearly suffering from PTSD after having survived very dangerous missions and having been captured and tortured as a spy & prisioner of war. He also feels rather guilty about his intense attraction to Irina, since she had been his ward as a young girl.<br />
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I love how Irina decided to own her fears and fight them and not let Society dictate her actions, because as a princess she has so many eyes on her but she also has a freedom that not many people enjoyed. She decided that she would not fight her love and attraction to Henry, even if she felt it made vulnerable, and once she saw it was not entirely one-sided, she decided to fight and get Henry to accept it and stop fighting the attraction.<br />
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Amalie and Angie did an amazing job to show the vulnerabilities and strenghts of both characters and how they could understand and help each other, and not just their amazing chemistry (have I mention that the attraction and sexual chemistry was so well done and off the charts? because oh boy, it so was!).<br />
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There's a thread of mystery and intrigue all along the book but it explodes towards the end, with betrayal and danger in a way that I wasn't expecting and that added that "dammit, not that everything seemed to finally be going well!" sort of feeling and I'm so very happy with how it was resolved!<br />
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All in all, an amazing book that I've loved! I really hope that Amalie and Angie will co-write many more historical romance books because I will be devouring them all!! 4.5 to 5 stars for sure!<br />
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Pilihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05235628363081574896noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4541582388948046827.post-79698498615034006872017-06-13T12:00:00.000+02:002017-06-13T12:00:19.946+02:00The Dark Lands by Christina Bauer Cover Reveal!!<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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I'm dusting off the blog once again to take part of the cover reveal of a book in a series I've really enjoyed so far, organized by the lovely Giselle from Xpresso Book Tours! And what an awesome cover it is!!<br />
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<img alt="" src="https://www.xpressobooktours.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2017/06/Dark-Lands.jpg" style="display: inline-block; float: left; margin: 0 15px 15px 0;" /> <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/35104838-the-dark-lands" target="_blank"><b>The Dark Lands</b></a> by<b> <i>Christina
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Publication date: September 25th
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Genres: Fantasy, Paranormal, Young
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<i>Nineteen-year-old Myla Lewis
is loving life—she’s now a wife, mother, and Queen of the Thrax. Oh
yeah, and being a super-powerful demigoddess who moves souls into Heaven
or Hell doesn’t suck, either. In fact, everything is pretty much
awesome. Until something craptastic happens.</i></blockquote>
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honorary older brother Walker enters the Dark Lands, home to the
rule-loving ghouls, and vanishes without a trace.</i><br />
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course, Myla likes interacting with ghouls about as much as elective
dental surgery. To make matters harder, everyone thinks that Walker is
simply taking a well-deserved vacation. But Myla and her Angelbound
love, Lincoln, both suspect that the ghoul Oligarchy took Walker in
order to somehow release Lucifer, the ex-King of the Angels and an all
around nut job who really needs to stay locked up.</i><br />
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story short, Myla and Lincoln have just two days to rescue their good
friend and stop Lucifer from taking over the after-realms. Even for
them, this may be a too-tall order, especially when Myla’s own father
allows his past friendship with Lucifer to threaten Walker’s
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Christina
Bauer knows how to tell stories about kick-ass women. In her best
selling Angelbound series, the heroine is a part-demon girl who loves to
fight in Purgatory’s Arena and falls in love with a part-angel prince.
This young adult best seller has driven more than 500,000 ebook
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English along with Television, Radio, and Film Production. She lives in
Newton, MA with her husband, son, and semi-insane golden retriever,
Ruby.<br />
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Pilihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05235628363081574896noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4541582388948046827.post-60071259531122209912017-05-26T12:00:00.000+02:002017-05-26T12:00:30.080+02:00ARC Reviews: A Crown of Wishes by Roshani Chokshi & The Broken Ones by Danielle L Jensen!!!<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Yes, surprisingly enough, I'm back here to continue with a bit of a catch up on reviewing some of the books I've read so far in 2017! I will not be trying to catch up on all them, because they're many, and I don't want to kill the little motivation I have with trying to do too much!<br />
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Today I'm reviewing two highly awaited ARCs that I got approved for this year, to my surprise and delight!<br />
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<a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/31848209-a-crown-of-wishes" style="float: left; padding-right: 20px;"><img alt="A Crown of Wishes (The Star-Touched Queen, #2)" border="0" src="https://images.gr-assets.com/books/1473690944m/31848209.jpg" /></a><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/31848209-a-crown-of-wishes">A Crown of Wishes</a> by <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/13695109.Roshani_Chokshi">Roshani Chokshi</a><br />
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My rating: <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/1675370435">5 of 5 stars</a><br />
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After adoring The Star Touched Queen I was sure I was going to equally love A Crown of Wishes, and when my "wish for it" was granted on Netgalley I was squealing and more than ready to dive into it straight away!<br />
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I knew I was going to love it, but I didn't expect it to love it even more than I did TSTQ! Right after finishing ACOW, I was ready to re-read it right away, and that's always the mark of an amazing book for me, because I don't want it to end and I don't want to leave its world!<br />
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A Crown of Wishes is a companion/sort of sequel to TSTQ and it shares the same amazing brilliant and lyrical writing, the same immersing descriptions and narrative and the same magical and threatening vibe throughout! It's a wondrous world you'd want to visit but once there you might not be entirely sure if it was such a good idea after all!<br />
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Roshani Chokshi always manages to ensorcell me with her words, makes me crave desi food like there's no tomorrow and makes me want to read more Indian/Hindu mythology books! I feel like rushing through the book to find out what comes next but slowing down at the same time to savour every word and description!<br />
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I was very happy when I heard that ACOW would be about Gauri because I adored her as Maya's spirited little sister in TSTQ and I simply loved who she had become in this book, strong and full of thorns and I loved her path to realize who she could be and how to became the person she really wanted to be. And I simply adored her interactions with Vikram, the Fox Prince, charming, cunning and entirely too irresistible if irritating at times!<br />
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They are to be allies to win the Tournament of Wishes and they don't entirely trust each other too much, although most of the resistance comes from Gauri. They do make quite a fantastic team and their banter is simply perfect! I love how they goad each other, how Vikram challenges Gauri and tries to get to know the fascinating and utterly dangerous girl better without getting himself killed in the process. Just thinking about these two I'm itching for a re-read already!<br />
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I just loved the beauty and danger of the tournament and their unexpected allies and enemies and how the different tasks of the Tournament challenge them to work together and to discover things about themselves and about each other.<br />
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Brilliantly written, full of magic, wonder and dread! Highly recommended!<br />
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<a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/33100779-the-broken-ones" style="float: left; padding-right: 20px;"><img alt="The Broken Ones" border="0" src="https://images.gr-assets.com/books/1484719625m/33100779.jpg" /></a><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/33100779-the-broken-ones">The Broken Ones</a> by <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/15041168.Danielle_L_Jensen">Danielle L Jensen</a><br />
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My rating: <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/1807687623">4 of 5 stars</a><br />
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I was so happy when Danielle announced that she was writing a prequel and it would be the story of Marc and Penelope! <br />
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I knew the story was heartbreaking but it also gives us so much insight about the characters we meet in the Malediction Trilogy and really helps us understand them better too!<br />
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Reading from both Marc and Penelope's POV was the perfect way to see their friendship and love emerge, even if they both thought it was one-sided in the beginning. I had wanted to know more about Penelope and not only reading about her story but having her POV was the best way to see how strong she was and how messed up her family really was. The power plays and the political intrigues more common than any sort of affection. Marc I had always liked as a character but in this book I got to love him even more. Torn between duty and his heart and trying to juggle what's right with what he wanted and see him struggle with the choices he had to make and see others make was so heartbreaking!<br />
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We meet and get to know Anäis as a different person that the girl she has become in Stolen Songbird, and her love for her sister and how she behaves and puts the cause and others before her own ambition made me see her in a very different way. Tristan we get to see from Penelope's eyes and from Mark's eyes and it's so clear how he presents himself to the world and how she has to hide his cause and what he wants to do. Tristan does have quite a bit of growing up to do in this book, and it really broke my heart how he treated Marc sometimes.<br />
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For some reason I expected the story to be centered about Marc and Penelope and had completely forgotten how very shrouded in power struggles and political manouvering everything was in Trollus, and how their story could not have been otherwise. The Duke of Angouleme and his power games with the King and how he tries to manipulate everything, how Tristan tries to hide his real self and real purpose, how Marc and Penelope struggle to find their own happiness within that maelstrom, it was all both fascinating and so very heartbreaking!<br />
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If you've read The Malediction trilogy, you really NEED to read this one and if you haven't read the trilogy yet, what are you waiting for??<br />
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Pilihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05235628363081574896noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4541582388948046827.post-46807164801082275512017-05-22T12:00:00.000+02:002017-05-22T12:00:35.108+02:00Strange The Dreamer by Laini Taylor and Flame In The Mist by Renee Ahdieh!!!<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Is there anyone still there? I wouldn't be surprised if this poor corner of the internet has been mostly forgotten because I've been updating so rarely as of late.<br />
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I'm not entirely sure why I've so completely lost my blogging motivation as of late, because I have not lost my will and love to read, or stopped raving about books I've loved... I guess I didn't have the mental energy to try and write and be somewhat coherent in putting my opinions to the page.<br />
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But here I am! With reviews for two books I've thoroughly loved recently, and hopefully I'll manage to keep a consistency with blogging once or twice a week from now on!<br />
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<a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/28451694-strange-the-dreamer" style="float: left; padding-right: 20px;"><img alt="Strange the Dreamer" border="0" src="https://images.gr-assets.com/books/1490731302m/28451694.jpg" /></a><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/28451694-strange-the-dreamer">Strange the Dreamer</a> by <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/324620.Laini_Taylor">Laini Taylor</a><br />
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My rating: <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/1463679411">5 of 5 stars</a><br />
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5 stars are not enough for this gem of a book. I foresee a massive book hangover, mostly because I've already re-read it, once again via the audiobook, even if I'm also perusing the Kindle edition while the most awesome Steve West utters the magical words that the dreamsmith & word mage that is Laini Taylor. After two re-reads I'm itching for a third one and wishing I could wrap Laini's words around me like a comfy blanket and cocoon myself away from the world and lose myself in the stories of Weep.<br />
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I've heard people say that the book dragged or was slow in parts, I don't know if it's because of the kind of reader I am, or because I could listen to Steve West read a grocery list and be enthralled, but it was never the case for me. All the myths and legends and Lazlo's story and his exploits were utterly fascinating, his obsession with Weep becoming mine too! I adored Sarai and her family of scared but powerful children of gods.<br />
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I must confessed I was so completely wrapped in Lazlo's story that the firs time to turned to Sarai's part of the story it jarred me a little, because I wanted more Dreamer and more of his adventures and the mysteries that might be revealed, but soon enough I was lost into the pain and small joys and odd life that the children of the gods had carved for themselves, even if it seemed driven on by revenge and pain. It made the story bigger, more relevant and it burrowed itself into my heart even more.<br />
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The way the stories merged, with the Dreamer and the Muse of Nightmares meeting in dreams and weaving their own worlds and dreaming about a world were hatred from both sides wouldn't be the main driving feeling of the story was enchanting, heartwarming and heartbreaking at the same time.<br />
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By the end of the book there are quite a few unexpected revelations that even then were not completely explained but that challenged both the characters notions and our owns and definitely ends with a cliffhanger, because even if the events are resolved, we're left with much dread and uncertainty and I have no idea where the next book will take us, expect that I fear & expect a lot of heartbreak to come, in many ways and I expect to continue to feel both a lot of empathy and frustration and anger at Minia.<br />
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I also adored whatever small winks to the DOSAB trilogy in the shape of myths that were probably history, and they also left me wanting to check with those other characters so much!<br />
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Do I recommend this book? With all my heart!! I want to wrap these words around me like a warm blanket, even those who were utterly heartbreaking.<br />
Am I dying to get my hands on the sequel? You betcha!!<br />
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<a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/31393403-flame-in-the-mist" style="float: left; padding-right: 20px;"><img alt="Flame in the Mist (Flame in the Mist, #1)" border="0" src="https://images.gr-assets.com/books/1476295141m/31393403.jpg" /></a><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/31393403-flame-in-the-mist">Flame in the Mist</a> by <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/4600197.Renee_Ahdieh">Renee Ahdieh</a><br />
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My rating: <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/1723767294">5 of 5 stars</a><br />
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I knew I loved Renee Ahdieh's writing style from her previous duology, but I was once again ensorcelled by her words, descriptions, character and the worlds she creates!<br />
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Mariko is a character that might not be entirely easy to love at first, but I simply felt so much for her and her struggles, trying to survive, then trying to get revenge and some measure of freedom and then as she continues to learn things that challenge her world view, trying to find out what she really thinks it right and worth fighting for! She's resourceful, obstinate, passionate and not too prideful to end up admiting when she's wrong.<br />
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As I'm not Japanese or have more than a passing knowledge of its culture, I cannot speak of the accuracy of all the cultural details included, but I felt that there must have been so much research done and I felt really immersed into the culture and could almost see, feel, smell and touch the surroundings and every single detail included in the book! <br />
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I knew there would be some measure of romance and I really enjoyed it being of the hate to love variety. I expected something that seemed to be wrong but I ended up being proven right when I wasn't really expecting it to be so. Criptic I know, but in case you're as oblivious as me, I don't want to spoil any possible surprises!<br />
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There's so much political intrigue going on that is driving the story in ways we don't really put together until quite further on, and so much more both political and magical that is only hinted and partially revealed at the end and that obviously leaves us really wanting so much more!<br />
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The ending is rather cliffhangery but at the same time not? It's hard to explain because we definitely are left with everything hanging, with many revelations and parts of the past unexplained but at the same time we're not left in the dark about the fate of the main characters, they're just left at really crappy places, but ready to fight even if we're not sure how they will do it!<br />
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Very much deserving of 5 stars! I'm still not sure if I devoured it or if it devoured me, but I cannot wait till I get my hands on its sequel!<br />
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Pilihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05235628363081574896noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4541582388948046827.post-66757313317737413662017-05-20T12:00:00.000+02:002017-05-20T12:00:13.013+02:00Girl Against The Universe: 7 Days 7 Giveaways Paperback Blog Tour!!!!<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Helloooo there guys!!<br />
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Getting back into the blogging sphere because one of my most re-read and most beloved books is being released in paperback!<br />
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I think it's no secret that I love Paula and her books, and also that you can meet my fictional version if you read GATU (What?!? IKR!! There's a nurse called Pili in there!!) and I adored GATU from the very first time I read it, before I was included as the nurse that Paula needed for a few scenes! ;)<br />
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If you haven't yet read Girl Against The Universe, you're in luck! It's been released in paperback which means it's even more affordable, and you can even win a copy during this blog tour!<br />
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And in case you need a few reasons to read GATU: it's the perfect mix of fluffly and issue contemporary, deals with mental health issues in a way that is positive and relatable, there's an adorable romance that does NOT cure the mental health issues, and positive female friendships, present and realistic family dynamics! Well, I could add many things because I've already said this before... I adoooore this book!<br />
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<i><span id="freeText10181496682333012935">From the author of
The Art of Lainey and Liars, Inc. comes a fresh, contemporary story
about a girl coping with PTSD and the boy who wants to help her move on
from the past. Perfect for fans of Sarah Dessen or Jenny Han.</span></i><br />
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<i><span id="freeText10181496682333012935"><br />Sixteen-year-old
Maguire knows the universe is against her. No matter how many charms
she buys off the internet or good luck rituals she performs each
morning, horrible things happen when she's around. Like that time the
roller coaster jumped off its tracks. Or the time the house next door
caught on fire. Or the time her brother, father, and uncle were all
killed in a car crash--and Maguire walked away with barely a scratch. <br /><br />Despite
what her therapist tells her, Maguire thinks it's best to hide out in
her room, far away from anyone she might accidentally hurt. But then she
meets Jordy, an aspiring tennis star who wants to help her break her
unlucky streak. Maguire knows that the best thing she can do for him is
to stay away, but it turns out staying away might be harder than she
thought.</span></i> </div>
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And now, over to Paula, who'll tell you all about the giveaway!<br />
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<b>Paula:</b> Hi everyone! Girl Against the Universe releases in paperback
on June 6, 2017 and I’m so excited about that I decided to do an entire
blog tour of giveaways to celebrate! In the story, main character
Maguire creates her own list of seven challenges to help her overcome
her fears. This week I have seven challenges for you, and seven chances
to win a shiny GATU paperback :D These contests are international, but
due to shipping costs, US winners will receive signed copies sent by me
and INT winners will receive their books from Wordery or The Book
Depository, with signed bookplates mailed separately.<br />
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<b>All
contests will end on May 31, 2017. All winners will be contacted via
Instagram, Twitter, or email as well as posted on my blog in early June.
If you’re going to enter a Twitter or Instagram challenge, be sure your
account is set to public during the contest period so I will be able to
see your entries and contact you if you win. </b><br />
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Ready for still more ways to win?<br />
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<b>Challenge #6: </b><br />
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Tweet
and/or Instagram an image of one of your personal good luck charms!
People, pets, lucky socks—whatever it is that gives you a little added
boost on a hard day. <b>Your posts must include these tags so I can find
them: @pstokesbooks, #GATU, #SevenDaysSevenGiveaways, and #LuckyCharms. </b><br />
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Here’s an example using one of my favorite lucky charms ;)<br />
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Here’s
my entry for @pstokesbooks #GATU #SevenDaysSevenGiveaways contest! It’s
Taz, one of my #luckycharms giving my next release a kiss of approval
:)<br />
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You can enter up to two entries on Twitter, Instagram,
or one of each by May 31, 2017. If you enter twice, you must use two
different lucky charms. Questions? Put them in the comments :)<br />
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That's all guys! Don't forget to check the rest of the tour for more chances to win a copy, because trust me, you want, nay, NEED, to read this book!<br />
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<br /><strong>MON MAY 15</strong><br />
<a href="http://toofondofbooks.com/">Adventures of a Book Junkie</a><br />
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<strong>TUES MAY 16</strong><br />
<a href="http://mybookishitinerary.blogspot.com/">My Bookish Itinerary</a><br />
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<strong>WED MAY 17</strong><br />
<a href="http://knoxdiver.blogspot.com/">Mary had a Little Book Blog</a><br />
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<strong>THURS MAY 18</strong><br />
<a href="http://www.forestofwordsandpages.com/">The Forest of Words and Pages</a><br />
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<strong>FRI MAY 19</strong><br />
<a href="http://www.xpressoreads.com/">Xpresso Reads</a><br />
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<strong>SAT MAY 20</strong><br />
<a href="http://pili-inlovewithhandmade.blogspot.com/">In Love With Handmade</a><br />
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<strong>SUN MAY 21</strong><br />
<a href="http://www.authorpaulastokes.com/">Author Paula Stokes</a></div>
Pilihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05235628363081574896noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4541582388948046827.post-41071139464509514842017-04-10T12:00:00.000+02:002017-04-10T13:17:02.550+02:00Duels & Deception by Cindy Anstey Blog Tour: Review and Giveaway!!<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Hello there guys!<br />
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The blog has been rather dead still as of late, but I'm finding that little by little my motivation for blogging seems to be returning, so hopefully I'll return to more regular blogging, even if it's just once a week!<br />
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Today I've very glad to be part of the <i>Blog Tour</i> for <b>Duels and Deception</b>, organized by the fantastic Giselle from <a href="http://xpressobooktours.com/" target="_blank">Xpresso Book Tours</a>! <br />
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<img alt="" src="http://www.xpressobooktours.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2017/04/Duels.jpg" style="display: inline-block; float: left; margin: 0 15px 15px 0;" /> <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/33224724-duels-deception" target="_blank"><b>Duels and Deception</b></a> by <i><b>Cindy
Anstey</b></i><br />
Published by: Swoon Reads
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Publication date: April 11th 2017<br />
Genres: Historical,
Romance, Young Adult<br />
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<i><span id="freeText2107438265570502956">Miss Lydia Whitfield, heiress to the
family fortune, has her future entirely planned out. She will run the
family estate until she marries the man of her late father’s choosing,
and then she will spend the rest of her days as a devoted wife.
Confident in those arrangements, Lydia has tasked her young law clerk,
Mr. Robert Newton, to begin drawing up the marriage contracts.
Everything is going according to plan.</span></i></blockquote>
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<i>Until
Lydia—and Robert along with her—is kidnapped. Someone is after her
fortune and won’t hesitate to destroy her reputation to get it. With
Robert’s help, Lydia strives to keep her family’s good name intact and
expose whoever is behind the devious plot. But as their investigation
delves deeper and their affections for each other grow, Lydia starts to
wonder whether her carefully planned future is in fact what she truly
wants…</i><br />
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<img alt="" src="http://www.xpressobooktours.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2017/01/Cindy.jpg" style="display: inline-block; float: left; margin: 0 15px 15px 0;" /><b>About the author</b>:<br />
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<i>Whenever
she is not sitting at the computer, throwing a ball in the backyard,
gardening or reading, Cindy can be found–actually, not found–adventuring
around the world with her hubby.</i><br />
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<i>She has
lived on three continents, had a monkey in her yard and a scorpion under
her sink, dwelt among castles and canals, enjoyed the jazz of Beale St
and attempted to speak French.</i><br />
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<i>Cindy loves
history, mystery and… a chocolate Labrador called Chester. Love, Lies
and Spies is her debut novel.</i><br />
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Delightful is the first word that came to mind while reading Duels &
Deception, and it was the first word that came to mind while reading
Cindy Anstey's debut (Love, Lies & Spies), and both books gave me
the same feel of enjoyment and wittiness and effortless charm!<br />
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This
is the story of Miss Lydia, a slightly unusual lady of gentle breeding,
and how her carefully plotted plans get thrown a curve ball in more
than one way, starting with a visit that she herself requested, from the
law clerk that manages the family affairs.<br />
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Lydia is a lady with
proper manners but also a very clear mind and strong character and she
doesn't like being not in control of her affairs. I loved how she was
not shown as too controlling without any warmth or feelings, just more
focused on what she can control.<br />
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Robert Newton is a young man of
good family, but given that he is the third son, he needs to find a way
to make his future, and ends up as a law clerk, hopefully apprentice, in
a law firm and one that manages Lydia's family affairs. He's focused on
his career but also on doing his job well and once he meets Lydia, he
finds himself with extra motivation to help the lady, even if he finds
himself involved in very unexpected ways!<br />
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The story has quite a
few secondary characters and storylines, Lydia's family and friends,
Robert's friend (with his duel issues), Robert's boss and let's not
forget Lydia's sort of future husband and none of them felt flat or
lackluster. They added character and depth to the main story and a
little extra oomph with more humour and/or risk, and they end up
intertwining with the main story too!<br />
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I simply loved the
interactions between Robert and Lydia and how they made the most out of
even the oddest and less favorable situations, and they really had such a
lovely & witty repertoire! Easy conversation and lovely banter!<br />
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I
loved how the ending was resolved and how it went with both society
standards (to a point) but also with the character's status and
personalities, and it was an absolutely lovely HEA!<br />
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Charming,
witty and above all, delightful! Highly recommended, best enjoyed on a
lovely afternoon with a nice cup of tea! Very much deserved 4 stars!<br />
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<i>In The Great Pursuit, the dramatic sequel to the New York Times bestselling The Great Hunt, Wendy Higgins delivers another thrilling fantasy filled with dangerous enemies, political intrigue, searing romance, and a princess who is willing to do everything to protect her kingdom. <br /><br />One hunt has ended, but the pursuit for love and justice continues.<br /><br />The kingdom of Lochlanach has traded the great beast that once terrorized the realm of Eurona for something far more dangerous: the ire of powerful Lashed woman Rosaria Rocato. Rosaria demands that Eurona overturn the laws prohibiting magic, or an innocent will be killed each day.</i><br />
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<span lang="EN-US">A new beast roamed the kingdom of
Lochlanach, killing at will. A second unnatural monster created by the hands of
Rozaria Rocato, granddaughter of the most infamous and hated Lashed One of all
time. Princess Aerity Lochson’s mind was a blur of piled-up worries as she
rushed from High Hall of the castle, away from the frightened commoners and
guests who’d come for her betrothal ceremony, and toward the office of her
father, King Charles. She turned at the sound of heavy footsteps behind her and
found both her childhood friend Lieutenant Harrison Gillfin and her betrothed,
Lord Lief Alvi, following. Lord Alvi looked every bit the hero—his broad
stature striking, with elk furs about his shoulders and a black kilt to his
knees above leather boots. His blue eyes were filled with bright passion and
hunger, but those emotions were not for her. They were for the beast. The new
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<span lang="EN-US">He had killed the first creature, thereby
earning her hand in marriage. The thought twisted Aerity’s stomach with
discomfort and turned her mind to the man who’d disappeared weeks before when
the beast was killed—the Lashed man who’d taken her heart with him and would
likely never return. She clenched her jaw. This was no time to think of Paxton
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<span lang="EN-US">Her eyes shifted from Lord Alvi’s to
Harrison’s and found a fierce, protective comfort there. Harrison stood tall,
lean, and capable. Never faltering. The thought of her noble friend fighting
yet another beast filled her with sharp fear. So many lives had already been
lost, including Harrison’s cousin Breckon, who’d been the true love of Aerity’s
cousin Wyneth. Half a year was all it had taken to trample the dreams and
futures of so many. </span></div>
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She lifted her long white skirts and moved quickly down the tapestry-lined
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fewer than twenty faces shot toward her. She recognized the burgundy red hair
of her mother, along with her aunts and uncles, military elite, and royal
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<span lang="EN-US">“Your daughter gave a rousing speech,” Lord
Alvi pro- claimed in his rumbling voice. “She is to thank for the calm.”
Aerity’s face flushed with heat at the unexpected compliment. Then he put a
heavy hand on her shoulder and pulled her close. Aerity fought the urge to
shrug away. For the sake of the kingdom, she had made a commitment to become
his bride, and she would follow through regardless of what her heart wanted,
and regardless of the fact that she was certain feelings had grown between Lief
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“Are we to begin hunting the creature, Your Majesty?” </span></div>
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anxiety. “Aye. But most of the hunters have dispersed.” Or been killed, Aerity
thought with sorrow, remembering the men who’d come from all over Eurona and
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Paxton’s younger brother. He’d nearly been killed by the first beast and had
been saved by Paxton’s Lashed magic. It was the very reason Pax had fled the
kingdom—using magic was illegal, even to heal. Aerity didn’t want Tiern to hunt
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kingdom was on its own with its own beasts to battle now. Lochlanach was a
quaint kingdom of fishermen and crop villagers, farmers, that had enjoyed many
years of peace. The people had risen together to fight the first beast, but how
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<span lang="EN-US">“Perhaps another proclamation?” Lord
Wavecrest suggested carefully. At this proposal from Aerity’s uncle, the men in
the room glanced around at one another, and the hairs rose on the princess’s
arms. The queen caught her daughter’s eyes, and they both went still. </span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">The last proclamation had offered Aerity’s
hand in marriage to whoever killed the beast. The only thing left to give was
the second princess, Aerity’s fifteen-year-old sister, Vixie. Her father stared
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<span lang="EN-US">“No.” Aerity stepped forward, out of Lord
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rose to hers. “I have nothing left to give.” With Vixie’s hand would come her
dowry of lands. Using Vixie as a prize would surely smother her soul. Aerity
wouldn’t stand for it. </span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">“And why should you oppose it?” her uncle
Preston asked haughtily. “The first proclamation provided you with a fine
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<span lang="EN-US">Aerity stilled, forcing back the torrent of
words that flooded her mind: unfair, poor match, confinement, no joy, no love.
She was to endure those things for her kingdom, but the thought of Vixie losing
her freedom to choose her future . . . it gutted Aerity. She knew how it
appeared to the world—that she’d landed a handsome, noble, brave lord—but the
heart didn’t care about appearances. It wanted who it wanted. </span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">“Enough, Aerity,” Queen Leighlane said
quietly. Aerity met her mother’s eyes and felt an understanding there. No one
knew better than the two of them how this would crush Vixie’s spirit. These men
couldn’t possibly understand. </span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">“Vixie’s nearly sixteen,” Lord Wavecrest
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<span lang="EN-US">“A proclamation offering Vixie’s hand will
be my very last resort,” King Charles said, standing taller. “It is my hope
that the people will rise of their own free will to protect their families and
lands as they did in the last hunt. I will not hinder them with further
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<span lang="EN-US">“Sire, we should address the other part of
the Rocato woman’s letter.” This was from the king’s oldest adviser, Duke
Gulfton. This duke had been the closest adviser to Aerity’s grandfather King
Leon. His views on the Lashed were legendarily conservative and strict, and he
was a proponent of keeping the Lashed lists up to date. All persons with Lashed
capabilities and their families were notated in the records and checked
regularly for markings.</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "ms gothic"; mso-bidi-font-family: "MS Gothic";"> </span><span lang="EN-US">The stooped man wore
a sea-green robe around his shoulders and a perpetual serious frown on his
face. He leaned on his cane. “We cannot do as the Rocato woman demands. We
cannot burn our records of Lashed Ones in these lands, or give them rein to
take over our kingdom.” </span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">Harrison stepped forward. “What if we made
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speak,” the king responded. “But the Rocato woman has called for the records to
be burned by sundown. The copy won’t be complete. There are thousands of
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<span lang="EN-US">Thousands of persons with Lashed blood in
Lochlanach. Amazing, Aerity thought. Only a small percentage of those on the
list actually had magic, though. Paxton’s family was not on the list. Aerity
wondered how many others of magical blood had been able to elude the system. </span></div>
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difference?” Duke Gulfton asked. “Burn papers to appease her, then kill her and
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<span lang="EN-US">The room quieted and a sense of unease
spread as heads turned and everyone eyed the others present. Her father’s
council was a small group of family and a mere handful of wise advisers, all
landowners, who’d been loyal to the kingdom since her grandfather ruled. She
couldn’t imagine this group being compromised. </span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">“With all due respect, gentlemen,” Lord
Alvi said to the room, “we will find every beast and even Rocato herself, but
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they’d had a hundred men. They’d sought the monster nearly ten hours a night
and spent the days scouting and preparing. The lands of Lochlanach stretched
far and wide. Yet people like Duke Gulfton were expecting a miracle of the sea.
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<span lang="EN-US">Queen Leighlane cleared her throat. “The
fact of the matter is that we’re going to have to at least put on a show of
honoring her wishes. We need to buy time as we plan.” </span></div>
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are you proposing, Your Highness? Rocato is demanding that all Lashed be
allowed to freely work magic.” </span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">Magic that wasn’t all bad, Aerity thought.
Magic that had saved Tiern and could save others. If only she could get them to
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<span lang="EN-US">“I have an idea.” Aerity’s brain whirred as
all eyes turned to her. “What if we set up a public area just outside the royal
lands and invited Lashed from throughout the kingdom to come, and any Unlashed
who wishes to seek their healing can receive it?” </span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">Duke Streamson made a choking sound. “Round
up the people of Rocato to turn against us in one place? That’s precisely what
she wants!” </span></div>
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Lashed are ‘her people.’ The entire area would be heavily guarded so that if
any Lashed got out of line, they could be dealt with immediately.” The old
dukes scoffed at her. </span></div>
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forward. “Our numbers are not as large as they once were. Our troop sizes have
been modest in the past fifty years. I’ve got to keep men patrolling the seas
and borders, and we’ve lost many in the past months. I worry that a large-scale
showing of the Lashed will bring crowds.” </span></div>
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Those who were against Aerity’s idea were adamant, passionate in their fears.
Those in favor seemed on weak, shaky ground. </span></div>
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turned to see Harrison, his light brown eyes showing the never-faltering
respect he seemed to hold for her. She gave his hand a quick squeeze of
gratitude before he released her. Aerity caught Lord Alvi watching the exchange
with curiosity, so she turned her gaze forward again—she would let him think
what he wanted. </span></div>
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room. “I will think on it. I must put safety first. I’m not ready to overturn
our laws—” Aerity opened her mouth to argue that she wasn’t suggesting a
complete overturn, but a one-time, enclosed, secure circumstance. Her father
held up a hand to stop her. “This blasted parchment from Rozaria Rocato is
bound to have our people in terror. If I take the stability of our rules away,
it will cause chaos. Tonight on the lawn we will burn whatever pages my scribes
have managed to copy, to keep Rozaria satisfied, but the original lists remain
with us. I pray to the sea this works.” </span></div>
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Lieutenant Gillfin. Gather as many hunters as you can and begin hunting this
new beast immediately.” They nodded and took their leave. Aerity watched them
go, swallowing a dry lump in her throat. The king looked to his military
advisers. “I want every soldier on duty, and round-the-clock patrolling of
royal lands. I want Rozaria Rocato, dead or alive.” He turned to his top castle
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Gulfton, his eyes glistening. “I mean no disrespect, Princess, only a piece of
advice. In times of fear and upheaval, absolute routine and stability in the
law are called for. Any slight change can set the people off.” </span></div>
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Rathbrook healed your ailing heart last year.” Mrs. Rathbrook was the royal
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solemnly. “Not all Lashed are as trustworthy as Mrs. Rathbrook. You saw the
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<span lang="EN-US">“I suppose everyone is capable of evil,
Duke Gulfton. None of us is immune, Lashed or not. But I choose to believe the
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cleared his throat. Duke Gulfton peered up at Aerity and patted her hand. “Once
they show you otherwise, it is often too late. As a rule it is not safe to take
such chances. Seas help Lochlanach in our time of need.” </span></div>
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Today I'm super happy to take part of the blog tour for Queen of Chaos, the third and final book in the Fourth Element series by Kat Ross!<br />
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You'll be able to find all the details about the book as well as my review and a giveaway!<br />
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Publication date: January 18th 2017<br />
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<i><span id="freeText7216722571921723146">Persepolae has
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<i>Karnopolis has burned.</i><br />
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the dark forces of the Undead sweep across what remains of the empire,
Nazafareen must obey the summons of a demon queen to save Darius’s
father, Victor. Burdened with a power she doesn’t understand and can
barely control, Nazafareen embarks on a perilous journey through the
shadowlands to the House-Behind-the-Veil. But what awaits her there is
worse than she ever imagined…</i><br />
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leagues away, Tijah leads a group of children on a desperate mission to
rescue the prisoners at Gorgon-e Gaz, the stronghold where the oldest
daēvas are kept. To get there, they must cross the Great Salt Plain, a
parched ruin occupied by the armies of the night. A chance encounter
adds a ghost from the past to their number. But will they arrive in time
to avert a massacre?</i><br />
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House-Behind-the-Veil, Balthazar and the Prophet Zarathustra discover
that they have more in common than meets the eye. But is it enough to
redeem the necromancer’s bloodstained soul and thwart his mistress’s
plans?</i><br />
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<i>As a final showdown looms with Queen
Neblis, the truth of the daēvas’ origins is revealed and three worlds
collide in this thrilling conclusion to the Fourth Element
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Writing a review for the last book of a series, (and one that connects
with another series even!) it's always a very daunting task for me...
I'm always unsure about how to review the book, what to mention, what
not to mention because I'm always scared that I might end up spoiling
something without meaning to!<br /><br />Let's begin with the beginning,
shall we? I was a little surprised when the book started with a new POV,
and at first Tijah's voice was so different from Nazafareen's that it
was challenging, but given how our characters are separated and have two
separate aims and are in very separate places, we needed Tijah's POV
for their story to be told properly. I must confess soon enough I fell
in love with Tijah's voice and her pain and bravery kept breaking my
heart!<br /><br />And not only that but we also got Lysandros' POV in this book and I simply loved his voice from the very first moment!<br /><br />As
always Kat Ross manages to juggle the balance between world building,
character development & plot advancement beautifully! No flat
characters, no cookie cutter ones even those that seem to be more in the
periphery or not as "important", there's an attention to detail always.
And the world building... the world building has to be my favourite
part of this series because I adore the mix of fantasy & ancient
history that Kat has created! Ancient Persia, Alexander the Great and
then mythology made real! And oh my goodness... those revelations and
twists and... *flails* I really cannot say any more because I'm sure
I'll spoil something and nope, it needs to be experienced with as little
knowledge as possible! But trust me, hold onto your socks!<br /><br />Nazafareen
& Darius have a wonderful relationship and I love how they've grown
as a couple and as a team over the books, and how the slow burn has
built into this amazing blaze! Great way to build up a romance for sure
and one that had this romancephobic sighing happily, and that's saying
something!<br /><br />Balthazar was a character that I hated but felt bad
about it but hated again on book two and it continued in this one! He's
such an amazing grey character that you want to hate but want to shake
at the same time... Kat has done such an amazing job with him! <br /><br />After
the ending I've even happier that Kat's other series will mix up with
this one in the way it will, because not only I loved The Daemoniac but I
need more from our daeva friends!<br /><br />A fantastic ending to a very
original series that got better with every page and every book! Kat Ross
always knows how to make this bookworm happy and to get me through all
the spectrum of feels! Very much deserved 4 stars!
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Kat
Ross worked as a journalist at the United Nations for ten years before
happily falling back into what she likes best: making stuff up. She
lives in Westchester with her kid and a few sleepy cats. Kat is also the
author of the dystopian thriller Some Fine Day (Skyscape, 2014), about a
world where the sea levels have risen sixty meters. She loves magic,
monsters and doomsday scenarios. Preferably with mutants.<br />
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Pilihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05235628363081574896noreply@blogger.com11tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4541582388948046827.post-17664418532460373852017-01-18T12:00:00.000+01:002017-01-18T12:00:00.753+01:00The Broken Ones by Danielle L Jensen Cover Reveal!!!<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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The blog has been a bit abandoned as of late, as I'm sure you've noticed, but I'm hoping to recover enough motivation soon enough to start blogging more often and get back in the swing of things, after all, it's not like I've stopped reading at all!<br />
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Today I'm cleaning the cobwebs from the blog to take part in a cover reveal I'm extremely excited about!<br />
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I've always been a big fan of <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/series/103996-the-malediction-trilogy" target="_blank"><b>The Malediction Trilogy</b></a> by <i>Danielle L Jensen</i> since I read the first book,<a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/17926775-stolen-songbird" target="_blank"> <b>Stolen Songbird</b></a> and my love and excitement for the series continued through the next two books, <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/21851568-hidden-huntress" target="_blank"><b>Hidden Huntress</b></a> & <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/21851572-warrior-witch" target="_blank"><b>Warrior Witch</b></a>.<br />
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So when Danielle announced that she was writing a prequel all about Marc & Penelope's story, I was beyond happy! I felt so much for Marc and had always wondered about their story, so having the chance to read it now makes this little bookworm very happy!<br />
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I'm so very happy to take part of the cover reveal for The Broken Ones, the story of Marc and Penelope!!<br />
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And without further ado, I'll just let you feast your eyes on THE PRETTEEEEEH!!!<br />
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Also, there's a giveaway at the bottom of the post, so don't forget to check it out!! ;) <br />
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<i>A prequel to the USA Today bestseller and Goodreads Choice finalist Stolen Songbird (The Malediction Trilogy). <br /><br />Below Forsaken Mountain, a revolution stirs with the aim to overthrow the tyrant king of Trollus, and Marc is the right hand of its leader. It’s a secret more than one troll would kill to possess, which is why he must keep it from everyone, even the girl he loves. <br /><br />Since a tragic accident revealed her affliction and ruined her sister’s chance at the throne, Pénélope is an anathema to her father, the Duke d’Angoulême. Deeming her life worthless, he gives her one chance to survive: find proof that the boy she loves is a leader in the sympathizer revolution. <br /><br />Marc and Pénélope must navigate the complex politics of Trollus, where powers on all sides are intent on using them as pawns, forcing them to risk everything for a chance at a life together. <br /><br />Except being together might be the greatest risk of all.</i><br />
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Danielle L. Jensen was born and raised in Calgary, Canada. At the insistence of the left side of her brain, she graduated from the University of Calgary with a bachelor’s degree in finance. But the right side of her brain has ever been mutinous, and it sent her back to school to complete an entirely impractical English literature degree at Mount Royal University. Much to her satisfaction, the right side shows no sign of relinquishing its domination. <br />
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proof, Myla and Lincoln go undercover at an all-girl’s high school on
Earth. Lincoln acts as the new gym teacher; Myla becomes the school’s
least popular transfer student ever. To stop them from getting the
goods, Acca releases Hell on Earth. Literally. Good thing Myla and
Lincoln aren’t afraid of a tough fight. This one promises to be the
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Good Morning, Purgatory<br />
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Susan
Smiley: <i>Welcome back. We’re very excited here at Good Morning,
Purgatory. Today we have with us Myla Lewis, the Great Scala, and her
fiancée Prince Lincoln.</i><br />
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Myla: <i>He’s not my fiancée. We’re married.</i><br />
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Lincoln: (Smirks) <i>We talked about this, Myla.</i><br />
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Myla: (Makes innocent face) <i>We talked about what?</i><br />
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Lincoln:
<i>This is a book tour for ACCA. Christina Bauer wrote our story and we’re
here to help her sell more novels. You’re not supposed to give away
anything that happens in the books. It’s counter-productive.</i><br />
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Myla: (Taps chin.) <u>There’s a loophole, but my brain is fudge right now.</u><br />
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Lincoln: <i>There is indeed. You can say whatever you want as long as you start off by saying SPOILER ALERT.</i><br />
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Myla:
(Snaps fingers.) <i>That’s right.</i> (Clears throat). <i>Hear ye, hear ye, hear
ye! This is a SPOILER ALERT! Now, are we all good?</i> (Glares at Susan,
eyes glowing red)<br />
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Susan: (Blood drains from face) <i>Sure. We’re, uh, fine.</i><br />
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Myla:
<i>Okay, everybody. The book happened in the past and as of today, Lincoln
and I have already gotten married. Also, he knocked me up and I’m super
grouchy. That’s more fair warning than spoiler alert, though.</i><br />
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Lincoln: (Raises his hand) <i>I’ll vouch for that.</i><br />
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Myla: <i>In fact, someone better bring me some crackers like, now. I have the munchies.</i><br />
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Susan: (Calls to stage left.) <i>Can someone get her crackers?</i><br />
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Myla:<i> And I want a diet coke.</i><br />
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Lincoln: (Clears throat.) <i>We talked about that, too.</i><br />
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Myla: Right. <i>The baby. No diet coke.</i><br />
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(Terrified intern runs up and hands Myla a box of saltines.)<br />
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Myla:<i> Thanks, kid.</i> (Opens box, stuffs face, and talks through mouth full of crackers.) <i>What’s up, Susan?</i><br />
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Susan:
<i>Well, you’re the Great Scala, the only being who can send souls to
Heaven or Hell. Our viewers want to know… what’s it like to wield so
much power?</i><br />
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Myla: <i>It’s a pain in the ass, mostly. Except I can park wherever I want. That’s pretty much the big perk.</i><br />
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Susan: <i>And what about you, Lincoln? </i>(Blushes.) <i>I can call you Lincoln, can’t I?</i><br />
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Lincoln: <i>Of course.</i><br />
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Susan:
<i>You’re the High Prince of the Thrax, a race of demon fighters from
Earth. Most of our viewers have never left Purgatory. We see some
recordings of Earth on television reruns, but everyone wants to know…
what’s it really like?</i><br />
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Lincoln: (Purses lips.)
<i>Filled with demons, mostly. Only humans can’t see them. Trust me,
Purgatory is a nicer place to live.</i><br />
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Susan: (Blushes.) <i>Thank you, Lincoln. I must say, you’re a…</i> (Giggles.) <i>Very fit man</i>.<br />
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Myla: <i>Back off. That’s my baby daddy.</i><br />
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Lincoln: <i>Ever since Myla became pregnant, her demonic side is a little high-strung.</i><br />
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Myla: <i>True that. I tried to fight a broom the other day. Long story.</i><br />
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Susan:
<i>How fascinating. Your mother is the President of Purgatory and your
father is first consort as well, isn’t he?.</i><br />
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Myla: <i>Yup. He’s also an archangel.</i><br />
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Susan: <i>What’s that like?</i><br />
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Myla:
<i> It’s like any girl living in her parent’s basement while being
pregnant. Not too great. Lincoln and I are looking into getting our own
place in Purgatory, but it isn’t easy.</i><br />
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Lincoln: <i>We need a rooftop where her father can land safely. He’s a big fan of flying around.</i><br />
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Myla:
<i>What a pain.</i> (Tips cracker box upside down, nothing comes out.) <i>Well,
I’m all out of crackers, which means I need to get some juice and a back
rub.</i> (Chucks box aside and turns to Lincoln.) <i>You up for
that?</i><br />
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Lincoln: (Leans in and whispers something in Myla’s ear. Her eyes glow red.)<br />
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Myla:
(Hops to her feet.) <i>We’re leaving RIGHT now, thank you very much.</i>
(Waves to camera.) <i>Buy Christina’s book and write a review for crying
out loud. These books won’t sell themselves.</i><br />
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Lincoln:
(Takes Myla’s hand,) <i>And keep an eye out for the next installment,
THRAX, which is due out in the Fall of 2017.</i><br />
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Susan:
<i> Thank you both for visiting us here today. (Turns to camera.) I’m Susan
Smiley, and this was Good Morning, Purgatory.</i><br />
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graduated from Syracuse University's Newhouse School with BA's in
English as well as Television, Radio, and Film Production. Her day job
is in marketing for companies like Microsoft, Cisco, and Zerto. Back in
the go-go 90′s, she founded her own software start-up, Mindful
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<b>“Smart and
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<i>He stole their riches, she stole his heart </i><i> </i> <br />
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Marquess of Hawksfield’s lineage is impeccable and his title coveted,
but Archer Croft is as far from his indulgent peers as he can get. His
loathing for the beau monde has driven him to don a
secret identity and risk everything in order to steal their riches and
distribute them to the less fortunate. </i><br />
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<i>Lady Briannon
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thief waylaying carriages from London to Essex. The marauder has stirred
Brynn’s craving for adventure, and she discovers an attraction deeper
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matching Archer in intelligence, wit, and passion. Stubborn and sensuous
in equal measure, she astonishes him at every turn, but when someone
sinister impersonates Archer’s secret personality, and a murder is
committed, Archer begins to think he doesn’t stand a fighting chance
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I love reading historical romance to break my usual YA
marathons with something different, so when I heard that Amalie Howard
& Angie Morgan (two YA writers that I love) were going to write
historical romance together, I was so very excited and I'm happy to
hear, the resulting product didn't disappoint!<br /><br />I was quite
intrigued from the very beginning, with the meet up of our characters in
a rather unexpected way! I love how both Brynn and Archer are both
rather unusual in their own ways, even if Briannon has to curb her self
and her insticts because as a lady of the ton, she's not supposed to
want anything different than snagging a duke. I love that she's got her
rebellions and her strength despite having being a sickly child &
still being smothered a bit by her mother and her protective brother.<br /><br />Archer
was unusual in his own way too, not only because he was raised with
different values than the rest of the aristocracy and that shapes the
way he acts, the alter ego he takes up at night, and the problem he find
himself in with a blackmailer and an impostor, and if that was not
enough, murder suspect!<br /><br />The chemistry between Brynn and Archer
was rather off the charts, but those two kept being on denial for such a
long time and I really wanted to shake them and push them together! <br /><br />I
was completely surprised with the reveal of the bad guy and I really
liked that there was more than just the romance in the book, with a
murder mystery and the mystery of who is the impostor Masked Marauder
that's making the stakes so much higher for Archer!<br /><br />With a
heroine that can shoot & ride and a hero that can sew and be rake at
the same time, this was a fantastic fast read, even if it had a little
bit more of emotional drama that I usually prefer!<br /><br />Now I cannot wait till I get my hands on the next book in the series, since I got confirmation that will be about Gray and Lana!<br /><br />Very much deserved 4 stars for My Rogue, My Ruin! I need all the Amalie & Angie historical romance, please and thank you!
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AMALIE
HOWARD grew up on a small Caribbean island where she spent most of her
childhood with her nose buried in a book or being a tomboy running
around barefoot, shimmying up mango trees and dreaming of adventure. 25
countries, surfing with sharks and several tattoos later, she has traded
in bungee jumping in China for writing the adventures she imagines
instead. She isn’t entirely convinced which takes more guts. <br />
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She
is the award-winning author of several young adult novels critically
acclaimed by Kirkus, Publishers Weekly, VOYA, and Booklist, including
Waterfell, The Almost Girl, and Alpha Goddess, a Spring 2014 Kid’s INDIE
NEXT title. Her debut novel, Bloodspell, was a #1 Amazon bestseller,
and the sequel, Bloodcraft, was a national silver IPPY medalist. She is
also the co-author of the adult historical romance series, THE LORDS OF
ESSEX. As an author of color and a proud supporter of diversity in
fiction, her articles on multicultural fiction have appeared in The
Portland Book Review and on the popular Diversity in YA blog. She
currently resides in Colorado with her husband and three children. <br />
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Angie
is the author of several critically acclaimed young adult and middle
grade books written under two other names (Page Morgan and Angie
Frazier), and is now thrilled to be taking a much-anticipated leap into
the world of adult romance<i>. My Rogue, My Ruin </i>is
the first of three books in her new <i>Lords of Essex</i>
series, co-written with good friend and fellow author, Amalie Howard.
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<b>“Smart and
fast-paced with plenty of steam! This writing duo is a powerhouse of
talent!” – New York Times bestselling author Sophie
Jordan</b> <br />
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<i>He stole their riches, she stole his heart </i><i> </i> <br />
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<i>The
Marquess of Hawksfield’s lineage is impeccable and his title coveted,
but Archer Croft is as far from his indulgent peers as he can get. His
loathing for the beau monde has driven him to don a
secret identity and risk everything in order to steal their riches and
distribute them to the less fortunate. </i><br />
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<i>Lady Briannon
Findlay embraces her encounter with the Masked Marauder, a gentleman
thief waylaying carriages from London to Essex. The marauder has stirred
Brynn’s craving for adventure, and she discovers an attraction deeper
than the charming thief’s mask. </i><br />
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<i>Brynn is a revelation,
matching Archer in intelligence, wit, and passion. Stubborn and sensuous
in equal measure, she astonishes him at every turn, but when someone
sinister impersonates Archer’s secret personality, and a murder is
committed, Archer begins to think he doesn’t stand a fighting chance
without her.</i> <br />
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“Why are you out here at this ungodly hour?” he asked. <br />
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“I could ask you the same thing,” she replied. “As well as why you are trespassing on private property.” <br />
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Archer
smiled at her tone and leaned against a nearby tree, easing the weight
of his injured ankle for the moment. There it was—the brief glimpse of
the woman he’d met in Dinsmore’s carriage, not the quiet mouse he’d
waltzed with. “Ah, but I believe this tree, right here,”—he slapped the
trunk with a rakish grin—“marks the dividing line between my estate and
yours. So technically, I’m on my property and you are on yours.” <br />
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Her
eyes narrowed at his teasing before plucking up the tweed cap from
where it lay on the ground and tugging it back into place upon her head.
She then picked up the spent pistol and tucked it into the narrow,
single holster gun belt looped around her waist. “No matter. It’s hardly
any of your concern why I am out <i>on my own land</i>.
Go on your way, and I’ll be on mine.” <br />
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His jaw dropped as
she wound her fist into the horse’s bridle, loosely slung around its
neck, and pulled herself deftly up onto the horse’s back. She sat
astride in a way that made his pulse shorten. “Where is your saddle?” he
managed. <br />
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She eyed him imperiously. “I don’t like them, not that it’s any of your business.” <br />
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“It isn’t safe,” he ground out, surprised by his sudden irritation. <br />
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“I’ve been riding without a saddle since I was a child,” she shot back. “I’m safer without one than I am with one.” <br />
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“As you were before you got thrown into the river?” Archer couldn’t resist taunting. <br />
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Her
jaw jutted forward, a mutinous look in her eyes. She pressed her lips
together, likely to stop herself from uttering something completely
inappropriate. Perhaps one of the colorful words she’d been using while
attempting to climb out of the gulch. <br />
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“And what if you
were attacked by the masked bandit—<i>again</i>?” he
continued. “Or haven’t you had enough danger for the time being?” <br />
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“I can protect myself,” she said. <br />
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“What with?” he asked before he thought of the clean hole in the boar’s forehead. <br />
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Briannon sighed dramatically. “Why, with my knitting needles, of course.” <br />
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Struck
again by her lightning-quick wit, the short bark of laughter left his
lips before he could contain it. “Pray, where was your pistol the other
night when you were robbed?” <br />
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“In my knitting reticule, of
course, where all ladies’ pistols are kept,” came her tart response. “I
assure you, if I had my pistol, the outcome of that robbery would have
been quite different.”<br />
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AMALIE
HOWARD grew up on a small Caribbean island where she spent most of her
childhood with her nose buried in a book or being a tomboy running
around barefoot, shimmying up mango trees and dreaming of adventure. 25
countries, surfing with sharks and several tattoos later, she has traded
in bungee jumping in China for writing the adventures she imagines
instead. She isn’t entirely convinced which takes more guts. <br />
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She
is the award-winning author of several young adult novels critically
acclaimed by Kirkus, Publishers Weekly, VOYA, and Booklist, including
Waterfell, The Almost Girl, and Alpha Goddess, a Spring 2014 Kid’s INDIE
NEXT title. Her debut novel, Bloodspell, was a #1 Amazon bestseller,
and the sequel, Bloodcraft, was a national silver IPPY medalist. She is
also the co-author of the adult historical romance series, THE LORDS OF
ESSEX. As an author of color and a proud supporter of diversity in
fiction, her articles on multicultural fiction have appeared in The
Portland Book Review and on the popular Diversity in YA blog. She
currently resides in Colorado with her husband and three children. <br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"></span><span style="font-family: inherit;">2016 is full of amazing debuts and
today I'm helping promote & shine a spotlight to </span><span style="font-family: inherit;">a very intriguing beginning of a new series that mixes historical fiction and fantasy: <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/31082300-timekeeper" target="_blank">TimeKeeper</a> by <i><b>Tara Sim</b></i>!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"> </span><i>In an alternate Victorian world controlled by clock towers, a damaged clock can fracture time—and a destroyed one can stop it completely.</i><br />
<i><br />It’s a truth that seventeen-year-old clock mechanic Danny Hart knows all too well; his father has been trapped in a Stopped town east of London for three years. Though Danny is a prodigy who can repair not only clockwork, but the very fabric of time, his fixation with staging a rescue is quickly becoming a concern to his superiors.<br /><br />And so they assign him to Enfield, a town where the tower seems to be forever plagued with problems. Danny’s new apprentice both annoys and intrigues him, and though the boy is eager to work, he maintains a secretive distance. Danny soon discovers why: he is the tower’s clock spirit, a mythical being that oversees Enfield’s time. Though the boys are drawn together by their loneliness, Danny knows falling in love with a clock spirit is forbidden, and means risking everything he’s fought to achieve.<br /><br />But when a series of bombings at nearby towers threaten to Stop more cities, Danny must race to prevent Enfield from becoming the next target or he’ll not only lose his father, but the boy he loves, forever.<br /><br />The stunning first novel in a new trilogy by debut author Tara Sim, Timekeeper is perfect for fans of Cassandra Clare and Victoria Schwab.</i><br />
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Tara Sim can typically be found wandering the wilds of the Bay Area, California. When she’s not chasing cats or lurking in bookstores, she writes books about magic, clocks, and explosives. TIMEKEEPER is her debut novel. Follow her on Twitter at @EachStarAWorld, or check out her website tarasim.com for fun extras.<br />
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From the first time I heard about this book and read the first line "Two
o'clock was missing" I was so very intrigued by its premise! A book
that deals with time but not with time travelling!?<br />
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And I was not
disappointed, no time travelling whatsoever, but instead we get a
wonderful mix of historical fiction and fantasy, with alternate
Victorian times where time is controlled by clocks towers built so long
ago that the art of doing so is lost.<br />
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Though the first 30-40% of
the book felt a lil slow paced, I was so very intrigued about the
mythology and the world building of this story, that I was never at risk
of giving up on the book. It was so well done and so captivating! We
follow Danny's story and we also get a few flashes of the past before it
became the mythology we learn about during Danny's times.<br />
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Danny
is a prodigy Timekeeper that is recovering from an accident and still
trying to live with the absence of his father, that has been trapped in a
town that Stopped in a mysterious accident. His relationship with his
mother is strained because neither of them has really open to the other
and feel not only their grief and guilt but also the imagined or not
weight of the blame of the other.<br />
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I felt like although the
character development was good, it suffered a bit comparing it with the
fantastic world building and mythology, but I still felt very invested
in Danny and Colton's relationship and really enjoyed reading about
Danny and Cassi's friendship! A book can have romance and not sacrifice
friendship and other relationships, and here we have a good example!<br />
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I
feel like I should have guessed the main mystery earlier than I did,
but somehow like Danny himself, I never really connected the dots
because it was just the most unexpected even if with enough hints it
should also have been the most obvious? I don't know!<br />
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With its
combination of mystery with high stakes, fantastic world building and
strong character relationships, the author really delivers in giving us a
story that lives up to its very unique premise! Add to that the fact
that it doesn't end with a cliffhanger and I'm a very happy camper,
really looking forward to what's to come next in the TimeKeeper trilogy!<br />
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Pilihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05235628363081574896noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4541582388948046827.post-63831099435381863512016-11-15T12:00:00.000+01:002016-11-15T12:00:17.525+01:00Thrax by Christina Bauer Cover Reveal!!<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Today I have a cover reveal organized by the awesome Giselle from <a href="http://xpressobooktours.com/" target="_blank">Xpresso Book Tours</a> for a new addition to a series I've loved since the first book and that I cannot wait to get my hands on! The Angelbound series!<br />
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#4)<br />
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Publication
date: June 27th 2017<br />
Genres: Fantasy, Young
Adult<br />
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<i><span id="freeText805641839927546812">Myla Lewis has married Prince
Lincoln, and now they’re expecting! All the after-realms rejoice. Myla
should be happy too, but she has a serious problem. The day after their
honeymoon ended, Myla’s real husband disappeared.</span></i></blockquote>
<i>The man who’s sharing her bed is an imposter.</i><br />
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<i>Myla
tries explaining about “Evil Lincoln,” but no one will listen. The
reason? People think that Myla’s supernatural pregnancy is making her
cray cray. Mostly because that’s what Evil Lincoln is telling everyone,
and that man’s a great liar. What a creep.</i><br />
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<i>There’s
no way Myla will take this lying down, though. She’s going to rescue
her man, and she has a pretty good idea where he’s being held. With her
best friend, Cissy, along to help, Myla sneaks off to Earth. All she has
to do is blend in with the humans, avoid Evil Lincoln, and find her
real man before the baby arrives. How hard can it be?</i><br />
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Christina
graduated from Syracuse University's Newhouse School with BA's in
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<a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/26836910-the-diabolic" target="_blank"><b> The Diabolic</b></a> by <i><b>S.J. Kincaid</b></i><br />
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<i>Red Queen meets The Hunger Games in this epic novel about what happens
when the galaxy’s most deadly weapon masquerades as a senator’s
daughter and a hostage of the galactic court.<br />
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A Diabolic is ruthless. A Diabolic is powerful. A Diabolic has a single
task: Kill in order to protect the person you’ve been created for. <br />
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<i>Nemesis is a Diabolic, a humanoid teenager created to protect a galactic
senator’s daughter, Sidonia. The two have grown up side by side, but
are in no way sisters. Nemesis is expected to give her life for Sidonia,
and she would do so gladly. She would also take as many lives as
necessary to keep Sidonia safe.<br />
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When the power-mad Emperor learns Sidonia’s father is participating in a
rebellion, he summons Sidonia to the Galactic court. She is to serve as
a hostage. Now, there is only one way for Nemesis to protect Sidonia.
She must become her. Nemesis travels to the court disguised as Sidonia—a
killing machine masquerading in a world of corrupt politicians and
two-faced senators’ children. It’s a nest of vipers with threats on
every side, but Nemesis must keep her true abilities a secret or risk
everything.<br />
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As the Empire begins to fracture and rebellion looms closer, Nemesis
learns there is something more to her than just deadly force. She finds a
humanity truer than what she encounters from most humans. Amidst all
the danger, action, and intrigue, her humanity just might be the thing
that saves her life—and the empire.</i><br />
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Once again I'm breaking my radio silence (I keep on hoping I'll find the time to blog more, but I simply can't seem to as of late it seems!) and it is to celebrate the release of my current read, extraordinary book and cause of stress eating!!<br />
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I adored Wolf by Wolf last year and this amazing sequel is totally living up to my very high expectations!<br />
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<i>The action-packed, thrilling sequel to Ryan Graudin's Wolf by Wolf. </i><br />
<i> There would be blood. </i><br />
<i>Blood for blood. </i><br />
<i>Blood to pay. </i><br />
<i>An entire world of it. </i><br />
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<i> For the resistance in 1950s Germany, the war may be over, but the fight has just begun. </i><br />
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Death camp survivor Yael, who has the power to skinshift, is on the
run: the world has just seen her shoot and kill Hitler. But the truth of
what happened is far more complicated, and its consequences are deadly.
Yael and her unlikely comrades dive into enemy territory to try to turn
the tide against the New Order, and there is no alternative but to see
their mission through to the end, whatever the cost. </i><br />
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<i> But dark secrets reveal dark truths, and one question hangs over them all: how far can you go for the ones you love? </i><br />
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Release Date: October 20, 2015 <br />
Pages: 400 <br />
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year is 1956, and the Axis powers of the Third Reich and Imperial Japan
rule the world. To commemorate their Great Victory over Britain and
Russia, Hitler and Emperor Hirohito host the Axis Tour: an annual
motorcycle race across their conjoined continents. The victor is awarded
an audience with the highly reclusive Adolf Hitler at the Victor's
ball. </i><br />
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<i>Yael, who escaped from a death camp, has one goal: Win the
race and kill Hitler. A survivor of painful human experimentation, Yael
has the power to skinshift and must complete her mission by
impersonating last year's only female victor, Adele Wolfe. This
deception becomes more difficult when Felix, Adele twin's brother, and
Luka, her former love interest, enter the race and watch Yael's every
move. </i><br />
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bring herself to be as ruthless as she needs to be to avoid discovery
and complete her mission? </i><br />
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Ryan Graudin grew up in Charleston and graduated from the College of
Charleston with a degree in Creative Writing in 2009. She is the author
of All That Glows and The Walled City. She resides near Charleston with
her husband and wolf-dog. You can find her online at
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weeks before Jack the Ripper will begin his grisly spree in the London
slum of Whitechapel, and another serial murderer is stalking the gas-lit
streets of New York. With taunting messages in backwards Latin left at
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that appear to have been burned into one victim’s throat, his handiwork
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<i>But
consulting detective Harrison Fearing Pell is convinced her quarry is a
man of flesh and blood. Encouraged by her uncle, Arthur Conan Doyle,
Harry hopes to make her reputation by solving the bizarre case before
the man the press has dubbed Mr. Hyde strikes again.</i><br />
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the squalor of the Five Points to the high-class gambling dens of the
Tenderloin and the glittering mansions of Fifth Avenue, Harry and her
best friend, John Weston, follow the trail of a remorseless killer,
uncovering a few embarrassing secrets of New York’s richest High Society
families along the way. Are the murders a case of black magic—or simple
blackmail? And will the trail lead them closer to home than they ever
imagined?</i><br />
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Kat
Ross worked as a journalist at the United Nations for ten years before
happily falling back into what she likes best: making stuff up. She
lives in Westchester with her kid and a few sleepy cats. Kat is also the
author of the dystopian thriller Some Fine Day (Skyscape, 2014), about a
world where the sea levels have risen sixty meters. She loves magic,
monsters and doomsday scenarios. Preferably with mutants.<br />
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Well, Kat Ross has done it again! A switch of genres and she's won my
undying love! I simply couldn't put this one down! I was supposed to
read another of her books first (blog tour commitments) but the moment I
started reading this one I was captivated & enthralled and I only
stopped reading when I had to leave for work!<br /><br />A wonderful mix of murder mystery with paranormal strikes and a very fresh retelling/reimagining of Sherlock & Watson!<br /><br />I
loved having a female reimagining of Sherlock, a male Watson and a
female version of Mycroft too! It was quite intriguing to see our
Sherlock trying to prove herself and her abilities away from the shadow
of her older sister. I loved that the mystery was complex and had some
clear paranormal & supernatural undertones, although for part of the
book we aren't exactly sure if those paranormal bits are legit or just a
sort of smoke curtain to hide the real line of investigation.<br /><br />This
is a real page turner, and not only because of the mystery of the
murders to be solved but also because it is done in a bit of a time
crunch, given how our Harry wants/needs to solve it before her sister
returns to town! And of course, the murderer is on the loose and it's
getting close to Harry the closer she gets to solve the case! So much
tension! <br /><br />I'm usually a bit of a romancephobe in books, I tend to
cringe from romance that feels like it's added to the book for the sake
of adding romance, but that is not an issue here! There are some hints
of romance and of a shippity ship that I totally ship, but our Harry's
brain is much better to discover clues for murder than to see what might
be right in front of her! I must confess to be looking forward to see
the development of said ship in upcoming books!<br /><br />I simply cannot wait for more in this series, and the sequel won't arrive soon enough for me! Very much deserved 5 stars!<br />
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Pilihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05235628363081574896noreply@blogger.com13tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4541582388948046827.post-85919038463777796462016-10-10T12:00:00.000+02:002016-10-10T12:00:14.578+02:00Mark These Book(s) Monday: When The Moon Was Ours & A Study In Scarlet Women!!!<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Yep, I'm well aware that the blog has been pretty silent for the most part, despite a few blog tours post here and there. Seems like blog tours have been the only way to motivate me to blog as of late...<br />
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I'm hoping that a bit more blogging that I have up for this week will continue, even if it might be just three days a week for the most part.<br />
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Today I have two mini reviews for <b>Mark These Book(s) Monday </b>and both were highly coveted eARCs that I was approved for via Netgalley and sent a widget by the publisher for NG too. I am beyond happy that they allowed me to read these books in advance!<br />
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As Netgalley eARCs I'm also counting these two as part of my <b>NetGalley & Edelweiss Reading Challenge</b>!<br />
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My rating: <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/1501874722">5 of 5 stars</a><br />
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What an absolutely gorgeous book! The writing, the characters, the little bits of magic here and there, the relationships between characters... it all fills me with a sense of wonder! <br />
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I have only read one or two magical realism books before reading WTMWO but I had not liked those previous books much, hadn't got into any of them and the fantasy elements seemed too random in relation with the story somehow, but even with those previous experiences, I went into reading this book with an open mind and I'm so very glad I did!!<br />
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The writing, Anna-Marie has a gloriously gorgeous writing style and a way with words that simply ensnared me from the very first page and line! I was not sure where the story was going, but I knew I was going to love my reading journey!<br />
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Miel and Sam, Honey and Moon, are both fantastic and complex characters, with a lot of magic in their story in very small and big ways but they felt so right and so part of the story, even if they never felt like we're in a fantasy world, but in a world very much like our own, just with a magic we might not see.<br />
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I absolutely loved the journey of growth and self acceptance and discovery that both Miel and Sam have to go through, and it's a beautiful story about Sam finally making his own decision between being Samir or Samira and how he wants to continue his life, and it was quite fantastic to see support for him in his family and Miel. And Miel also had a lot to learn and accept about herself and her past and to find a way to move on and be true to herself. <br />
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If you've ever wondered about reading magical realism, and you want to read a wonderfully diverse book, with a trans boy, Latina/o characters and amazing writing, When The Moon Was Ours is your book!<br />
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Very much deserved 5 stars!<br />
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My rating: <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/1597680018">5 of 5 stars</a><br />
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I'm not usually a big fan of retellings, but if there is a kind of retelling I seem to adore, it's Sherlock Holmes retellings/reimaginings! The moment I found out about a gender swapped retelling of Sherlock done by Sherry Thomas, I knew I needed it badly, and I was extremely lucky to be allowed to read it early!<br />
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Charlotte (I was so tickled about the choice of name for our lady Sherlock!) is an uncommon woman, for her time and society and even for her closest family. We met her after she's made quite what it seems a rather unreasonable choice that will mark her life forever, but soon enough we see she is quite resourceful, despite the low position she has to overcome. <br />
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It's a while till we are involved in the main case for the book but I was so captivated by the character interactions and figuring out who would be who in this retelling, I adored how we get our Mrs Hudson and Watson all in one and with a wonderful past to boot! I love how much support & solidarity between can be found in this book, even with how very accurate to the time period everything is kept. <br />
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This gender swaped Sherlock Holmes captivated me from the very first page and had me in its thrall until I turned the last page! That characters were amazing, there is quite a shippity ship and the mystery was intriguing enough to have me guessing and still quite surprise me by the end! <br />
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I just need many many books to come in this series and I will devour them all as avidly as I've done with this one! Bravo, Sherry Thomas! So very well deserved 5 stars to this one!<br />
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Pilihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05235628363081574896noreply@blogger.com14tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4541582388948046827.post-76120518982787367132016-09-26T12:00:00.000+02:002016-09-26T12:00:37.505+02:00Fall of Thrones And Thorns by Jennifer Ellision Blog Tour: Review & Giveaway!!<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Today I'm starting the last week of work before I finally get some vacation time being part of another <b>Blog Tour</b> for the new book in a series I love! I will be sharing my review and there's also a giveaway at the end of the post, so don't miss it!<br />
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(Threats of Sky and Sea
#3)<br />
Publication date: September 27th 2016<br />
Genres:
Fantasy, Young Adult<br />
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hurtles in, a typhoon over the sea.</i></blockquote>
<i>After
Bree’s life was torn apart, Nereidium had represented a haven to her. A
place that—if she could save it—was beyond the King’s reach.</i><br />
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<i>And, at last, she’s arrived upon its shores. But things in Nereidium are not what they should be.</i><br />
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<i>The
land is plagued by a rash of mysterious earthquakes, the likes of which
it’s never known. The governors are distracted by old traditions, while
Bree and her friends grapple with changing identities and the sense
that the longer they wait to take action… the greater the danger from
Egria grows.</i><br />
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<i>Bree is tired of living under the
shadow of King Langdon’s power. And she’s tired of waiting for him to
be the first to act.</i><br />
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<i>In this final chapter of
the Threats of Sky and Sea series, it all comes down to Nereidium or
Egria. To Bree or the King. It’s kill… or be killed.</i><br />
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<i>And not everyone will escape the battle unscathed.</i><br />
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Jennifer
Ellision was born and raised in South Florida and lives in perpetual
fear of temperatures below 60F. She spent a great deal of her childhood
staying up past her bedtime with a book and a flashlight. When she
couldn’t find the stories she wanted to read, she started writing them.
She has an OTP, loves character analysis, and is a master of the fangirl
flail, with a particular soft spot for fanfiction. She frequently
bursts into song (and they are often of a Disney persuasion). Sailor
Moon is one of her favorite things on this planet.<br />
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Threats of Sky and Sea is her first novel.<br />
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also blogs at The Bevy Bibliotheque, where she talks about books, TV,
movies, and other things that she goes fangirl over. For review requests
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For some reason I had failed to realize that this was the last book in
the trilogy till I was nearly halfway reading it and thought that it
read like a final book! For some reason I expected 4 books instead of a
trilogy! *shakes head at self*<br /><br />Fall of Thrones and Thorns starts
right where Riot of Storm & Smoke ended, with our characters in
Nereidium and dealing with the shock and repercusions of the truth about
Bree & Aleta being revealed to all.<br /><br />The beginning seemed to
be a bit anticlimatic after the shock, but the slower pace was quite
necessary for the characters to deal with the revelations and the change
on status and the new reality of the new place. There was character
development that needed to happen and there were politics to deal with
and that always slows down the pace and the action, both in books and
(even more) in real life.<br /><br />I was glad we got alternate POV for
Caden, Bree and Aleta and we also got a few small peeks at what was
going on at Egria which helped with not losing sight of where the real
danger was coming from.<br /><br />It's always hard to review a final book
in a series because you try to avoid spoiling others that might have not
yet started the series, so bear with me while I try to vaguely &
spoiler-free continue to try to be articulate about the book!<br /><br />Both
Bree and Aleta do have tough paths to deal with on their own ways, and I
was glad that their friendship became stronger for it, even if it was
on shaky ground after the revelations. It was great to see how their
friendship helped each other, even if it was just in a "WWAD" way for
Bree many times!<br /><br />There's so romance in the book but rather
understated and pushed back to something secondary given the dire
situations and the importance of the fight, but speaking as a
romancephobe, there were times where I wished there was a bit more
development to some of the pairings. And also, I wished that at the
ending we had a wee bit more of a hint of what's to come? The big
conflict is resolved and the future is full of hope, the rebuilding is
in progress but I still don't know if those two will find a way to work
out! But since that part of the ending is open, I can choose to think
yes and be happy about it! ;)<br /><br />A satisfying conclusion to the trilogy and well deserved 4 stars!<br />
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I'm quite pleased to take be taking part on the <b>Blog Tour</b> for <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/31367052-blood-of-the-prophet" target="_blank">Blood of the Prophet</a> by <i><b>Kat Ross</b></i>, the second book on her <i>The Fourth Element</i> series!<br />
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(The Fourth Element
#2)<br />
Publication date: September 12th 2016<br />
Genres:
Fantasy, Young Adult<br />
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<i><span id="freeText5968842578355003615">Visionary. Alchemist.
Savior. Saint.</span></i></blockquote>
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<i>The
Prophet Zarathustra has been called many things. Now he spends his time
drawing pictures of weird-looking goats. That’s what happens when you’ve
been stuck in a prison cell for two hundred years. But the man who
might be mad, and is definitely supposed to be dead, has suddenly become
very valuable again…</i><br />
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<i>It’s only been a few
weeks since Nazafareen escaped the King’s dungeons with her daēva,
Darius. She hoped never to set foot in the empire again, but the search
for the Prophet has led them to the ancient city of Karnopolis. They
have to find him before Alexander of Macydon burns Persepolae, and
Darius’s mother with it. But they’re not the only ones
looking.</i><br />
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<i>The necromancer Balthazar has his own
plans for the Prophet, and so does the sinister spymaster of the
Numerators. As Nazafareen is drawn in to a dangerous game of cat and
mouse, her newfound powers take a decidedly dark turn. Only the Prophet
understands the secret of her gift, but the price of that knowledge may
turn out to be more than Nazafareen is willing to pay…</i><br />
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Kat
Ross worked as a journalist at the United Nations for ten years before
happily falling back into what she likes best: making stuff up. She
lives in Westchester with her kid and a few sleepy cats. Kat is also the
author of the dystopian thriller Some Fine Day (Skyscape, 2014), about a
world where the sea levels have risen sixty meters. She loves magic,
monsters and doomsday scenarios. Preferably with mutants.<br />
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Kat Ross has become an auto-buy author after managing to make me love
her books no matter what she writes, be it dystopia, fantasy or mystery,
and this one was one more reason to reaffirm my love!<br /><br />Blood of
the Prophet is the second book in her The Fourth Element series and
although it starts a bit on the slow side of things, and with some
choices on Nazafareen & Darius side that made me shake my head, but
it never suffered from "second book syndrome" and before the first third
of the book mark the action quickly started picking up pace, and
started hinting at some rather juicy revelations to come and change the
way we see the world, and what our characters knew or thought they knew!<br /><br />I
love how the world building is expanded, not only in terms of the
Empire and cities visited but also in terms of what we get to know about
the daevas, the magic system and the Druj and what they are and aren't.
And I'm quite excited about getting to know more in the upcoming books!<br /><br />I
love that Nazafareen and Darius' characters continue to grow both
separatedly and as a team, and that we finally get a lil bit of progress
on the romance side of things, although it never takes over the plot or
the story, and that's one thing I'm really thankful for! It's not the
only important relationship though, because the friendships between
Myrri and Tijah and the friendship between Tijah and Nazafareen, and how
well the four of them worked together.<br /><br />I was quite surprised
when we started getting POV chapters for two of the main antagonists of
the book, the Necromancer and the Numerator, but it served the purpose
to giving us an insight on their heads (not very pretty places to be
inside, though) and motivations and to give us more information about
the past as well as the present of the whole story, and they were both
quite complex characters and both made my skin crawl for different
reasons!<br /><br />The ending of the book really left me wishing for book 3
like RIGHT NOW, so I hope that Kat Ross is writing like the wind! Very
much deserved 4 stars for this one!
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Today I'm more than elated to be part of the<b> Blog Tour</b> for<b> <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/23207027-three-dark-crowns" target="_blank">Three Dark Crowns</a></b> by <i><b>Kendare Blake</b></i>, organized by the lovely Hannah of <a href="http://theirishbanana.blogspot.com.es/p/blog-tours.html" target="_blank">Irish Banana Tours</a>!<br />
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I was super happy when Hannah told me that I was to make decorated cupcakes inspired by Three Dark Crowns and I made sure to take some notes as I read (as best as I could, because I got so into the book at some point I completely forgot to take notes and simply immersed myself into it!).<br />
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<i><span id="freeText13069716021105641465">Every generation on the
island of Fennbirn, a set of triplets is born: three queens, all equal
heirs to the crown and each possessor of a coveted magic. Mirabella is a
fierce elemental, able to spark hungry flames or vicious storms at the
snap of her fingers. Katharine is a poisoner, one who can ingest the
deadliest poisons without so much as a stomachache. Arsinoe, a
naturalist, is said to have the ability to bloom the reddest rose and
control the fiercest of lions.<br /><br />But becoming the Queen Crowned
isn’t solely a matter of royal birth. Each sister has to fight for it.
And it’s not just a game of win or lose…it’s life or death. The night
the sisters turn sixteen, the battle begins. The last queen standing
gets the crown.<br /><br />If only it was that simple. Katharine is unable
to tolerate the weakest poison, and Arsinoe, no matter how hard she
tries, can’t make even a weed grow. The two queens have been shamefully
faking their powers, taking care to keep each other, the island, and
their powerful sister Mirabella none the wiser. But with alliances being
formed, betrayals taking shape, and ruthless revenge haunting the
queens’ every move, one thing is certain: the last queen standing might
not be the strongest…but she may be the darkest.</span></i><br />
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I was extremely lucky to be able to chat with Kendare herself about the cupcakes, their flavours and the possible decorations for them all, and she was super excited about them and approved all of my ideas!<br />
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I decided on vanilla & caramel cupcakes for Mirabella, red velvet cupcakes for Katharine and strawberry with white chocolate cupcakes for Arsinoe.<br />
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Arsinoe's were strawberry cupcakes with white chocolate cream cheese icing, with a rose & chocolates (if you've read the book, you know they're quite important), a big wild bear and a crown!</div>
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Katharine's are red velvet, red and luscious, with cream cheese icing with a hint of bitter orange flavour. She has her crown as well as a candied scorpion and Katharine's beloved snake, Sweetheart.</div>
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Mirabella's are vanilla cupcakes, with caramel sauce filling and caramel cream cheese icing. She has her crown, a serrated knife (again, you'll know how significant they are if you've read the book) and a flame of fire (made as best as I could, I tried a bolt of lightning, but it was quite impossible!).</div>
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<b>About the author:</b><br />
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Kendare Blake is the author of several novels and short stories, most of which you can find information about via the links above. Her work is sort of dark, always violent, and features passages describing food from when she writes while hungry. She was born in July (for those of you doing book reports) in Seoul, South Korea, but doesn’t speak a lick of Korean, as she was packed off at a very early age to her adoptive parents in the United States. That might be just an excuse, though, as she is pretty bad at learning foreign languages. She enjoys the work of Milan Kundera, Caitlin R Kiernan, Bret Easton Ellis, Richard Linklater, and the late, great Michael Jackson, I mean, come on, he gave us Thriller. <br />
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Pilihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05235628363081574896noreply@blogger.com19tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4541582388948046827.post-58062134704410262922016-09-13T10:00:00.000+02:002016-09-13T10:00:19.851+02:00Vicarious by Paula Stokes Nerd Blast: Review & Giveaway!!!<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Hello there guys!!<br />
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Today I'm taking part of the <b>Nerd Blast</b> organized by <a href="http://www.jeanbooknerd.com/2016/08/nerd-blast-vicarious-by-paula-stokes.html" target="_blank">Jean Book Nerd</a> for <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/26114131-vicarious?ac=1&from_search=true" target="_blank"><b>Vicarious</b></a> by <b><i>Paula Stokes</i></b>!!<br />
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I will be sharing the book trailer, my review and also there will be a giveaway at the end of the post!<br />
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<a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/26114131-vicarious?ac=1&from_search=true" target="_blank"><b>Vicarious</b></a> by <i><b>Paula Stokes</b></i><br />
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<i><span id="freeText5787821250500877737">Winter Kim and her
sister, Rose, have always been inseparable. Together, the two of them
survived growing up in a Korean orphanage and being trafficked into the
United States. But they’ve escaped the past and started over in a new
place where no one knows who they used to be.<br /><br />Now they work as
digital stunt girls for Rose’s ex-boyfriend, Gideon, engaging in
dangerous and enticing activities while recording their neural impulses
for his Vicarious Sensory Experiences, or ViSEs. Whether it’s bungee
jumping, shark diving, or grinding up against celebrities at the city’s
hottest dance clubs, Gideon can make it happen for you—for a price.<br /><br />When
Rose disappears and a ViSE recording of her murder is delivered to
Gideon, Winter is devastated. She won’t rest until she finds her
sister’s killer. But when the clues she uncovers conflict with the
digital recordings her sister made, Winter isn’t sure what to believe.
To find out what happened to Rose, she’ll have to untangle what’s real
from what only seems real, risking her life in the process.</span></i><br />
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<b>About the author:</b><br /><br />
Paula Stokes writes stories about flawed characters with good hearts. She’s the author of several novels, most recently Vicarious and Girl Against the Universe. Her writing has been translated into eleven foreign languages. Paula loves kayaking, hiking, reading, and seeking out new adventures in faraway lands She also loves interacting with readers.<br />
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Find her online at authorpaulastokes.com or on twitter as @pstokesbooks.<br />
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<a href="http://www.authorpaulastokes.com/" target="_blank">Website</a> | <a href="http://pstokesbooks/" target="_blank">Twitter</a> | <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/6549373.Paula_Stokes" target="_blank">Goodreads</a> | <a href="https://www.facebook.com/pstokesbooks" target="_blank">Facebook</a> </div>
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<u><b><span style="font-size: large;">REVIEW</span></b></u></div>
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<span class="readable reviewText"><span id="freeTextreview958674731">Hold
on to your knickers tight guys! This one will leave your mind reeling,
your heart pounding and you'll likely commit a felony to get your hands
on the sequel!!<br /><br />Vicarious is science fiction thriller, more
mystery and thriller than science fiction, since the world is very
similar to ours with advanced different technology but essentially
something that feels like the world we know.<br /><br />Winter and her
sister Rose escaped a horrible situation and found a better life in St
Louis, both of them working for their rescuer that is like family to
them. It all changes when something happens to Rose and Winter decides
that she needs to find out what really happened to her sister.<br /><br />Vicarious
is such a thrilling read! From the very action packed beginning with
Winter & Jesse recording a ViSe to all the dangerous situations that
Winter finds herself while looking for Rose, you can barely turn the
pages fast enough! The mystery of what happened to Rose will keep you
guessing and second guessing and third guessing and once again turning
pages like there's no tomorrow!<br /><br />Paula can write a mystery and
keep you on your toes but where she really shines is in writing
amazingly complex characters and their relationships. Winter and Rose,
their relationship with Gideon, their rescuer and Winter's relationship
with Jesse, her ViSe recording partner... They all are layered and
carefully crafted, they make you feel like they're real people with
complex feelings and maybe something hidden at times.<br /><br />I could
talk and talk at length about how fascinating I found the characters and
how the book kept me guessing time and again (wrong every time) with
the mystery or how I kept holding my breath in some of the action
scenes, but it might lead to unwittingly reveal something that I don't
want to, because Vicarious needs to be enjoyed with as little
information as possible!<br /><br />One last mention before I tell you to
run grab it from your favourite retailer or library, it deals with some
really tough subjects since Winter and Rose were sold into human
trafficking as children and had to deal with very horrible situations.
It's handled in an extremely respectful way and mostly just flashbacks
into the sisters' relationship, but in case it's a trigger, be aware.<br /><br />Very much recommended & very much deserved 5 stars!</span></span><br />
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<u><b><span style="font-size: large;">GIVEAWAY</span></b></u></div>
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Giveaway is open to International. | Must be 13+ to Enter<br /><br />
- A signed copy of Vicarious or an ARC of the sequel, when available by Paula Stokes + Special Mystery Bookish Gifts <br />
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