Posted May 23, 2016 in Reading, Review / 0 Comments
The Winner's Kiss by
Marie Rutkoski Series: The Winner's Trilogy #3 Publisher: Farrar Straus Giroux (2016)
Hardcover (484 pages)
Rating: Also by this author: The Winner's Curse,
The Winner's Crime Also in this series: The Winner's Curse,
The Winner's Crime Reading Challenges: 2016 Royal Challenge,
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War has begun. Arin is in the thick of it with untrustworthy new allies and the empire as his enemy. Though he has convinced himself that he no longer loves Kestrel, Arin hasn’t forgotten her, or how she became exactly the kind of person he has always despised. She cared more for the empire than she did for the lives of innocent people—and certainly more than she did for him.
At least, that’s what he thinks.
In the frozen north, Kestrel is a prisoner in a brutal work camp. As she searches desperately for a way to escape, she wishes Arin could know what she sacrificed for him. She wishes she could make the empire pay for what they’ve done to her.
But no one gets what they want just by wishing.
As the war intensifies, both Kestrel and Arin discover that the world is changing. The East is pitted against the West, and they are caught in between. With so much to lose, can anybody really win?
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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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Posted May 9, 2016 in Reading, Review / 0 Comments
The Raven King by
Maggie Stiefvater Series: The Raven Cycle #4 Publisher: Scholastic (2016)
Audiobook {11 hours and 51 minutes} (438 pages)
Rating: Also by this author: Shiver,
The Scorpio Races,
The Raven Boys Also in this series: The Raven Boys,
The Dream Thieves,
Blue Lily, Lily Blue Reading Challenges: Read 2016 Synopsis
Nothing living is safe. Nothing dead is to be trusted.
For years, Gansey has been on a quest to find a lost king. One by one, he’s drawn others into this quest: Ronan, who steals from dreams; Adam, whose life is no longer his own; Noah, whose life is no longer a lie; and Blue, who loves Gansey…and is certain she is destined to kill him.
Now the endgame has begun. Dreams and nightmares are converging. Love and loss are inseparable. And the quest refuses to be pinned to a path.
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