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An Exceptional End to a Beautiful Duology – The Rose and the Dagger {Review}

Posted July 18, 2016 in Reading, Review / 3 Comments

An Exceptional End to a Beautiful Duology – The Rose and the Dagger {Review}The Rose and the Dagger by Renee Ahdieh
Series: The Wrath and the Dawn #2
Publisher: G P Putnam's Sons (2016)
Hardcover (420 pages)
Rating:
Also by this author: The Wrath and the Dawn
Also in this series: The Wrath and the Dawn
Reading Challenges: 2016 Retelling Challenge, 2016 Royal Challenge, Read 2016

Synopsis

The darker the sky, the brighter the stars.
In a land on the brink of war, Shahrzad is forced from the arms of her beloved husband, the Caliph of Khorasan. She once thought Khalid a monster—a merciless killer of wives, responsible for immeasurable heartache and pain—but as she unraveled his secrets, she found instead an extraordinary man and a love she could not deny. Still, a curse threatens to keep Shazi and Khalid apart forever.
Now she’s reunited with her family, who have found refuge in the desert, where a deadly force is gathering against Khalid—a force set on destroying his empire and commanded by Shazi’s spurned childhood sweetheart. Trapped between loyalties to those she loves, the only thing Shazi can do is act. Using the burgeoning magic within her as a guide, she strikes out on her own to end both this terrible curse and the brewing war once and for all. But to do it, she must evade enemies of her own to stay alive.
The saga that began with
The Wrath and the Dawn takes its final turn as Shahrzad risks everything to find her way back to her one true love again.

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Not My Cup of Tea – Beautiful Creatures {Review}

Posted July 16, 2016 in Reading, Review / 2 Comments

Not My Cup of Tea – Beautiful Creatures {Review}Beautiful Creatures by Kami Garcia, Margaret Stohl
Series: Caster Chronicles #1
(2009)
Audiobook
{17 hours and 38 minutes} (563 pages)
Via: Audiobook Sync
Rating:
Reading Challenges: 2016 Backlist Books, Read 2016

Synopsis

Lena Duchannes is unlike anyone the small Southern town of Gatlin has ever seen, and she's struggling to conceal her power, and a curse that has haunted her family for generations. But even within the overgrown gardens, murky swamps and crumbling graveyards of the forgotten South, a secret cannot stay hidden forever.
Ethan Wate, who has been counting the months until he can escape from Gatlin, is haunted by dreams of a beautiful girl he has never met. When Lena moves into the town's oldest and most infamous plantation, Ethan is inexplicably drawn to her and determined to uncover the connection between them.
In a town with no surprises, one secret could change everything.

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A Different Sort of Mermaid Book – Flipping the Scales {Review}

Posted July 14, 2016 in Reading, Review / 0 Comments

A Different Sort of Mermaid Book – Flipping the Scales {Review}Flipping the Scales by Pete Tarsi
Series: Flipping the Scales #1
Publisher: CreateSpace (2014)
eARC (250 pages)
Via: Young Adult Insider
Rating:
Reading Challenges: 2016 Backlist Books, Read 2016

Synopsis

Meredith and Marina’s lives have been flipped upside down.
When the translucent skirt that straight-A-student Meredith finds hidden on the beach gets wet, it transforms her legs into a mermaid tail. Despite the evidence in front of her, she insists that becoming a mythical creature isn’t scientifically possible.
Marina is allowed to experience one day per moon cycle among the humans. After hiding her tail on the beach that morning, she takes her first timid steps on land. When she returns at sunset to find it missing, she is left stranded and alone.
For the first time in her life, Meredith doesn’t have all the answers. As she searches for a way to return to normal before the next full moon, she makes waves among the school of mermaids. Meanwhile, Marina uncovers information about her past, and for the first time in her life, she must stand on her own two feet and take the lead on her own adventure.
As Meredith senses her human side slipping away, a forbidden way to change back entices her. But it comes with a consequence: Marina wouldn’t be able to return to the ocean.

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A Jane Austen Mystery? – Secrets in the Snow {Review}

Posted July 11, 2016 in Reading, Review / 0 Comments

A Jane Austen Mystery? – Secrets in the Snow {Review}Secrets in the Snow by Michaela MacColl
Publisher: Chronicle Books (2016 - October 4th)
eARC (288 pages)
Via: NetGalley
Rating:
Reading Challenges: 2016 Retelling Challenge, Read 2016

Synopsis

The young Jane Austen is not particularly interested in getting married, although she does find the mysterious Mr. Lefroy an intriguing possibility--but first she has to deal with the accusation that her cousin Eliza is a French spy, and solve a murder.

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Why All the Hype? I Was Confused! – Truthwitch {Review}

Posted July 7, 2016 in Reading, Review / 0 Comments

Why All the Hype? I Was Confused! – Truthwitch {Review}Truthwitch by Susan Dennard
Series: Witchlands #1
Publisher: Tor Teen (2016)
Hardcover (412 pages)
Rating:
Reading Challenges: 2016 Royal Challenge, Read 2016

Synopsis

On a continent ruled by three empires, some are born with a “witchery,” a magical skill that sets them apart from others.
In the Witchlands, there are almost as many types of magic as there are ways to get in trouble—as two desperate young women know all too well.
Safiya is a Truthwitch, able to discern truth from lie. It’s a powerful magic that many would kill to have on their side, especially amongst the nobility to which Safi was born. So Safi must keep her gift hidden, lest she be used as a pawn in the struggle between empires.
Iseult, a Threadwitch, can see the invisible ties that bind and entangle the lives around her—but she cannot see the bonds that touch her own heart. Her unlikely friendship with Safi has taken her from life as an outcast into one of reckless adventure, where she is a cool, wary balance to Safi’s hotheaded impulsiveness.
Safi and Iseult just want to be free to live their own lives, but war is coming to the Witchlands. With the help of the cunning Prince Merik (a Windwitch and ship’s captain) and the hindrance of a Bloodwitch bent on revenge, the friends must fight emperors, princes, and mercenaries alike, who will stop at nothing to get their hands on a Truthwitch.

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