Posted June 9, 2016 in Reading, Review / 0 Comments
Delilah by
Angela Hunt Series: Dangerous Beauty #3 Publisher: Bethany House (2016)
eARC (352 pages)
Via: NetGalley Rating: Also by this author: Esther: Royal Beauty Also in this series: Esther: Royal Beauty Reading Challenges: 2016 Retelling Challenge,
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A Complex and Compelling Glimpse at One of the Bible's Baddest Girls
Life is not easy in Philistia, especially not for a woman and child alone. When beautiful, wounded Delilah finds herself begging for food to survive, she resolves that she will find a way to defeat all the men who have taken advantage of her. She will overcome the roadblocks life has set before her, and she will find riches and victory for herself.
When she meets a legendary man called Samson, she senses that in him lies the means for her victory. By winning, seducing, and betraying the hero of the Hebrews, she will attain a position of national prominence. After all, she is beautiful, she is charming, and she is smart. No man, not even a supernaturally gifted strongman, can best her in a war of wits.
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Posted May 26, 2016 in Reading, Review / 0 Comments
City of Fallen Angels by
Cassandra Clare Series: The Mortal Instruments #4 Publisher: McElderry Books (2011)
Hardcover (424 pages)
Via: Library Rating: Also by this author: City of Bones,
City of Ashes,
City of Glass Also in this series: City of Bones,
City of Ashes,
City of Glass Reading Challenges: 2016 Backlist Books,
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The Mortal War is over, and sixteen-year-old Clary Fray is back home in New York, excited about all the possibilities before her. She’s training to become a Shadowhunter and to use her unique power. Her mother is getting married to the love of her life. Downworlders and Shadowhunters are at peace at last. And—most importantly of all—she can finally call Jace her boyfriend.
But nothing comes without a price.
Someone is murdering Shadowhunters, provoking tensions between Downworlders and Shadowhunters that could lead to a second, bloody war. Clary’s best friend, Simon, can’t help her—his mother just found out that he’s a vampire, and now he’s homeless. When Jace begins to pull away from her without explaining why, Clary is forced to delve into the heart of a mystery whose solution reveals her worst nightmare: she herself has set in motion a terrible chain of events that could lead to her losing everything she loves. Even Jace.
The stakes are higher than ever in the #1 New York Times bestselling fourth installment of the Mortal Instruments series.
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Posted May 21, 2016 in Reading, Review / 0 Comments
The Crown by
Kiera Cass Series: The Selection #5 Publisher: HarperTeen,
Harper Audio (2016)
Audiobook {7 hours and 12 minutes} (279 pages)
Rating: Also by this author: The Elite,
The One,
The Heir Also in this series: The Elite,
The One,
The Heir Reading Challenges: 2016 Royal Challenge,
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When Eadlyn became the first princess of Illéa to hold her own Selection, she didn’t think she would fall in love with any of her thirty-five suitors. She spent the first few weeks of the competition counting down the days until she could send them all home. But as events at the palace force Eadlyn even further into the spotlight, she realizes that she might not be content remaining alone.
Eadlyn still isn’t sure she’ll find the fairytale ending her parents did twenty years ago. But sometimes the heart has a way of surprising you…and soon Eadlyn must make a choice that feels more impossible—and more important—than she ever imagined.
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Posted May 19, 2016 in Reading, Review / 0 Comments
The Strange and Beautiful Sorrows of Ava Lavender by
Leslye Walton Publisher: Candlewick Press (2014)
Hardcover (301 pages)
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Magical realism, lyrical prose, and the pain and passion of human love haunt this hypnotic generational saga.
Foolish love appears to be the Roux family birthright, an ominous forecast for its most recent progeny, Ava Lavender. Ava—in all other ways a normal girl—is born with the wings of a bird.
In a quest to understand her peculiar disposition and a growing desire to fit in with her peers, sixteen-year old Ava ventures into the wider world, ill-prepared for what she might discover and naïve to the twisted motives of others. Others like the pious Nathaniel Sorrows, who mistakes Ava for an angel and whose obsession with her grows until the night of the Summer Solstice celebration.
That night, the skies open up, rain and feathers fill the air, and Ava’s quest and her family’s saga build to a devastating crescendo.
First-time author Leslye Walton has constructed a layered and unforgettable mythology of what it means to be born with hearts that are tragically, exquisitely human.
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Posted May 16, 2016 in Reading, Review / 0 Comments
The Bane Chronicles by
Cassandra Clare,
Sarah Rees Brennan,
Maureen Johnson Publisher: McElderry Books (2014)
eBook (507 pages)
Via: Library Rating: Also by this author: City of Bones,
City of Ashes,
City of Glass Reading Challenges: 2016 Backlist Books,
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Fans of The Mortal Instruments and The Infernal Devices can get to know warlock Magnus Bane like never before in this collection of New York Times bestselling tales, in print for the first time with an exclusive new story and illustrated material.
This collection of eleven short stories illuminates the life of the enigmatic Magnus Bane, whose alluring personality, flamboyant style, and sharp wit populate the pages of the #1 New York Times bestselling series, The Mortal Instruments and The Infernal Devices.
Originally released one-by-one as e-only short stories by Cassandra Clare, Maureen Johnson, and Sarah Rees Brennan, this compilation presents all ten together in print for the first time and includes a never-before-seen eleventh tale, as well as new illustrated material.
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