The Sunday Post is a blog news meme hosted by Caffeinated Reviewer It’s a chance to share news, a post to recap the past week on your blog and showcase books and things we have received.
Hope you’ve had a good week!
Back to work after a week off, and my son went back to school. It was also Firework Night, and we celebrated with sparklers and wands in the garden and had sausage casserole (my oven broke, so we couldn’t have our normal hotdogs!)
I felt under the weather again until Wednesday so only read 1 book…..but it was a great one!
What I’ve Read
Fire in the Sky by Sophie Jordan ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Look out for my review soon!
You might have missed…..
Unboxing – Fairyloot Romantasy: October Calendar – Firework Night Review – Never Keep by Caroline Peckham Mini Review – The Familiar by Leigh Bardugo
In a shabby house, on a shabby street, in the new capital of Madrid, Luzia Cotado uses scraps of magic to get through her days of endless toil as a scullion. But when her scheming mistress discovers the lump of a servant cowering in the kitchen is actually hiding a talent for little miracles, she demands Luzia use those gifts to better the family’s social position.
What begins as simple amusement for the bored nobility takes a perilous turn when Luzia garners the notice of Antonio Pérez, the disgraced secretary to Spain’s king. Still reeling from the defeat of his armada, the king is desperate for any advantage in the war against England’s heretic queen—and Pérez will stop at nothing to regain the king’s favor.
Determined to seize this one chance to better her fortunes, Luzia plunges into a world of seers and alchemists, holy men and hucksters, where the line between magic, science, and fraud is never certain. But as her notoriety grows, so does the danger that her Jewish blood will doom her to the Inquisition’s wrath. She will have to use every bit of her wit and will to survive—even if that means enlisting the help of Guillén Santangel, an embittered immortal familiar whose own secrets could prove deadly for them both.
In 16th century Madrid, Luzia is a scullion but her magic is discovered by her show off mistress who hopes to raise herself in society and, due to this, she then catches the eye of the greedy, ambitious Antonio Perez who wants to get back into the King’s good graces.
Antonio entrusts Luzia’s training to Santangel, an immortal……and sparks fly!
It was dark, there was magic, and it gave overall a solemn tone.
I must admit I enjoyed the 2nd half more than the first but the historical fantasy with added romance story was spot on. (3.5)
The dragons are lost. The elements are at war. Enlisting isn’t optional. And I’m falling for a man who wants me dead.
I’m a wielder of hearts and summoner of corruption. Heir to nothing and born to a fool in the wrong damn month.
But I’m also one of only two Fae in this divided land of hellions who might be starting to see through the lies we’ve swallowed for so long.
In the year we turn twenty-one, conscripts from across the warring nations of air, fire, earth and water are sent to Never Keep – the only place in our besieged continent where our magic can be Awakened.
But something is wrong inside Never Keep. Something which might extend far beyond the reaches of this desolate fortress. Within the gothic walls of this frigid castle in the snow, we’re left to hold our own against the brutal Fae from the opposing lands.
The Reapers are merciless. The Royals are lying. The Werewolves run rampant and Vampires roam the wastelands in bloodthirsty covens. But even though death lurks in every shadow of the Keep, it’s the least of my worries.
I’m delving into secrets the stars don’t want me uncovering, making alliances with Fae born to be my enemy, falling for a sinner while promising my heart to a different heathen and somewhere amid it all, I’m supposed to win a war.
I thought the only thing I had to do was survive my magical instruction.
Turns out, fate doesn’t favour the wicked.
Back in the same world as Zodiac Academy and Reckless Boys…..but a different land and school!
~ Vesper aka The Sky Witch ~ Everest, Raincarver ~ Cayde, Drake ~ Harlon, Raincarver and Everest’s bestie ~ Kaiser, Fury and all round evil bad a…..
Of course Kaiser was my fave!
Vesper and Everest are both outcasts but oh so different, and they are strong, determined ladies, it’s no wonder they find themselves drawn together.
I really don’t want to say more but if you loved ZA then you will love this darker feeling romantasy!
This was a slow starter but I guess we needed to get to know the new world, the characters and the different places in The Waning Lands.
But my gosh, after that halfway mark, I was so hooked, so much tension!
I actually can’t believe I have to wait until April 2025 now after that ending!
Top Ten Tuesday is featured by That Artsy Reader Girl. It was born of a love of lists, a love of books, and a desire to bring bookish friends together.
Topic: Covers with Nature Things on the Cover
The Hazel Wood – leaves Moti on the Water – sea Tales from the Hinterland – vines The Iron Raven – raven The Wolf and the Woodsman – woods These Hollow Vows – flowers A Marvellous Light – more flowers The Iron Flower – flower (again!) Forced Bonds – butterfly The Foxhole Court – fox print
From Wikipedia: Guy Fawkes Night, also known as Guy Fawkes Day, Bonfire Night and Firework Night, is an annual commemoration observed on 5 November, primarily in Great Britain. Its history begins with the events of 5 November 1605, when Guy Fawkes, a member of the Gunpowder Plot, was arrested while guarding explosives the plotters had placed beneath the House of Lords. Celebrating the fact that King James I had survived the attempt on his life, people lit bonfires around London; and months later, the introduction of the Observance of 5th November Act enforced an annual public day of thanksgiving for the plot’s failure.
❤️ Forbidden Paranormal Romance 🥀 Gothic Academia Settings 💀 Witches and Demons
This book is STUNNING!
The Coven by Harper L Woods
🖤 An EXCLUSIVE REDESIGNED COVER by @morgana0anagrom 🖤 A REVERSIBLE DUST JACKET featuring a colour variation of the trade cover 🖤 A FULL COLOUR DESIGN on the hardback with foil by @blanca.design 🖤 FOILED CHARACTER ART ON THE ENDPAPERS by @morgana0anagrom (different front and back) 🖤 DIGITALLY SPRAYED EDGES on all three edges by @blanca.design 🖤 SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR ✒️
The Sunday Post is a blog news meme hosted by Caffeinated Reviewer It’s a chance to share news, a post to recap the past week on your blog and showcase books and things we have received.
Hope you’ve had a good week!
Hope you had a good Halloween!
I had this week off work and it’s been a bit of a washout really! I spent 2 days in bed feeling awful (damn hormones!), then another day feeling under the weather and then my oven broke!
I only finished one book at the start of the week as I couldn’t bring myself to read anything as I felt so bad!
“Fear not November’s challenge bold— We’ve books and friends, And hearths that never can grow cold: These make amends!” — Alexander Louis Fraser, “November”
“Autumn carries more gold in its pocket than all the other seasons.” – Jim Bishop
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