Posted February 17, 2015 in Reading, Review / 0 Comments
Water Song by
Suzanne Weyn Series: Once Upon A Time Publisher: Simon Pulse (2006)
Paperback (189 pages)
Rating: Also by this author: The Night Dance Also in this series: Snow,
Sunlight and Shadow,
The Night Dance Reading Challenges: 2015 Fairytale Retelling,
2015 Re-Reading,
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Young, beautiful, and wealthy, Emma Pennington is accustomed to a very comfortable life. Although war rages abroad, she hardly feels its effect. She and her mother travel from their home in Britain to the family estate in Belgium, never imagining that the war could reach them there. But it does.
Soon Emma finds herself stranded in a war-torn country, utterly alone. Enemy troops fight to take over her estate, leaving her with no way to reach her family, and no way out.
With all of her attention focused on survival and escape, Emma hardly expects to find love. But the war will teach her that life is unpredictable, people aren’t always what they seem, and magic is lurking everywhere.
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Posted February 12, 2015 in Reading, Review / 0 Comments
The Kiss That Saved Her by
E M McCarthy (2015)
eARC (280 pages)
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2015 Fairytale Retelling,
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Princess Joanna is expected to marry to protect her kingdom from the threat of war but she loves David, a common man. She will only marry if she loves her husband. Her dearest friend, Prince Samuel, has loved her since he met her. Rumors swirl about Prince Samuel’s relationship with a princess whose country has had a major discovery of gold. Will there be a change of heart? Is there really such a thing as love at first sight?
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Posted February 11, 2015 in Reading, Review / 0 Comments
The Winner's Curse by
Marie Rutkoski Series: The Winner's Trilogy #1 Publisher: Farrar Straus Giroux (2014)
Hardcover (355 pages)
Rating: Also by this author: The Winner's Crime,
The Winner's Kiss Also in this series: The Winner's Crime,
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As a general’s daughter in a vast empire that revels in war and enslaves those it conquers, seventeen-year-old Kestrel has two choices: she can join the military or get married. But Kestrel has other intentions. One day, she is startled to find a kindred spirit in a young slave up for auction.
Arin’s eyes seem to defy everything and everyone. Following her instinct, Kestrel buys him—with unexpected consequences. It’s not long before she has to hide her growing love for Arin. But he, too, has a secret, and Kestrel quickly learns that the price she paid for a fellow human is much higher than she ever could have imagined.
Set in a richly imagined new world, The Winner’s Curse by Marie Rutkoski is a story of deadly games where everything is at stake, and the gamble is whether you will keep your head or lose your heart.
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Posted February 9, 2015 in Reading, Review / 0 Comments
Poison Study by
Maria V Snyder Series: Study #1 Publisher: Mira (2005)
Audiobook {10 hours and 26 minutes} (416 pages)
Rating: Also by this author: Magic Study,
Fire Study Also in this series: Magic Study,
Fire Study Reading Challenges: 2015 Alphabet Soup,
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About to be executed for murder, Yelena is offered an extraordinary reprieve. She’ll eat the best meals, have rooms in the palace—and risk assassination by anyone trying to kill the Commander of Ixia.
And so Yelena chooses to become a food taster. But the chief of security, leaving nothing to chance, deliberately feeds her Butterfly’s Dust—and only by appearing for her daily antidote will she delay an agonizing death from the poison.
As Yelena tries to escape her new dilemma, disasters keep mounting. Rebels plot to seize Ixia and Yelena develops magical powers she can’t control. Her life is threatened again and choices must be made. But this time the outcomes aren’t so clear…
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Posted February 6, 2015 in Reading, Review / 0 Comments
Sacrificed by
Emily Wibberley Series: The Last Oracle #1 Publisher: Paranoid Productions (2015)
eARC (306 pages)
Via: NetGalley Rating: Also by this author: The Commander,
Divined Also in this series: Forsworn,
The Commander,
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Fifteen-year-old Clio should have never been the Oracle of Sheehan. That power is passed from mother to eldest daughter, and Clio is the youngest of four sisters. But when her entire family is murdered by Mannix, the king’s adviser, Clio is left all alone and heir to a power she never wanted and doesn’t understand.
Hunted by Mannix, Clio seeks refuge in a foreign city where oracles are absolutely forbidden. If she’s found out, she will be sacrificed atop its great pyramid.
Clio has no choice but to win the trust of Riece, an enemy warrior. Despite the growing feelings between them, Clio knows that if he finds out who she really is, he won’t hesitate to kill her.
Clio tries to hide her budding powers, but the visions she has of Mannix bringing a barbarian army into Sheehan torture her conscience. She alone has the strength and foresight to stop him, but only if she can embrace her destiny and sacrifice everything.
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