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.
I hope you had a great week!
Another week gone and the weather has been all over the place…rain, winds and cold temps for a few days, an overcast, cold day and then on Friday we had temps of 23 so the t-shirts came back out!! Then today it was sunny and warm so I cut the lawns!
I’ve got 2 weeks until I go back to work, and I’m a bit worried as I keep getting these awful, debilitating headaches because of the high pressure I have in my eye. I have eye drops, but they don’t seem to be doing much!
2 arcs read/listened to this week!
Cinder House by Freya Marske ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
🎧 What Fury Brings by Tricia Levenseller ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️.5
See my reviews soon!
Review – The Fallen and the Kiss of Dusk by Carissa Broadbent Feature – October Releases Review – Dire Bound by Sabel Sorensen
Review – What Fury Brings by Tricia Levenseller Challenge – Audiobook Challenge Update
Only the worthy survive the Bonding Trials. She’ll risk her life—and her heart—to be one of them…
Meryn Cooper has never dreamed of being one of the Bonded, the King’s elite warriors who form mental links with massive, vicious direwolves. She’s made peace with her life scraping by in poverty in the shadows of the castle. But then her younger sister Saela is kidnapped, stolen across the border by the immortal monsters her country has spent centuries fighting.
And Meryn’s world falls apart.
Desperate to cross the front and save her sister, Meryn enlists in the army—only to discover that there are Bonding Trials this year, where all soldiers are forced to risk their lives in an attempt to connect with a direwolf. It’s too late to turn back; Meryn is thrown into the deadly competition against her will.
Now, she’ll need to survive the next four months of training at the castle if she wants a chance of finding Saela. Everything here is a test, from the brutal classes where one mistake means death, to the glittering court parties where every smile hides a knife.
To make things worse, Meryn is bound to a feral direwolf who refuses to communicate. The other trainees would love to spill her common blood. And her gorgeous instructor, Stark Therion, is as malicious as the wolves himself.
Everyone is out to get her—everyone but the dangerously handsome crown prince, Killian Valtiere. But if she loses her heart to him, she may also lose her life.
And the castle is hiding dark secrets…
Oh, I loved this!
The commoner, the Prince and the Alpha, are thrown together…..with direwolves, in a kingdom at war with vamps!
Meryn is determined to be put on the battle front so she can rescue her sister, who has been taken by the Nabbers for the Syphons, aka vamps. But she gets more than she bargains for in the shape of a big direwolf called Anassa!
~ The underdog comes through! ~ Direwolves go to war! ~ The dark, cruel Alpha teacher (Stark = swoon) ~ The beautiful, kind Prince….. ~ Tension (oh the tension!) ~ Trials and tribulations…. ~ Steam……and a bit more steam! ~ A whiff of one bed! ~ Found family
I will say that part way through I had the thought that a character was a rotter! And I was right! I love it when I’m right (it’s not often!) And I did want to shake Meryn at some points, she is just so stupid!
But I found this to be a well written romantasy with brilliant world building and fabulous side characters! I cannot believe I have to wait until May 2026 for the next book! 8 long months away!
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: Literary/Bookish Candles I’d Make
(Pick a book and assign it a fragrance or fragrance combo that would make a nice candle.)
So this probably won’t be a surprise to anyone, but even though I own a candle for this character already, I want a collection just for him!
Will Herondale (Shadowhunters)
I love Will with my whole heart. It’s been years since I read The Infernal Devices, but I still think about Will and how he broke my heart just being him and then mended it!
Magic – White florals Soap – fresh laundry Classical literature/books (Tale of Two Cities for sure!) Heavenly – honey Masculine – bergamot, herbs and leather
I don’t know anything about matching scents to make a good candle/s so if someone wants to let me know, please do!!!
Mische made the ultimate sacrifice to save those she loves – and plunged the world into an eternal night. Now, imprisoned by the gods and obsessed with revenge, Asar is desperate to find her again.
When a goddess offers them a final path to redemption – and back to each other – Asar and Mische embark on an extraordinary mission. Together, they must seize the power of the god of death so Asar may do the ascend to true divinity.
Their journey will take them through mortal and immortal realms, alongside both old friends and ruthless enemies. But as the underworld teeters on the brink of collapse and the gods prepare for a war, Asar and Mische must decide what they are willing to sacrifice for the power to defy death. In a game of vengeful gods and ancient betrayals, there are some debts that even love may not be able to repay.
Back with Mische and Asar after the shocking ending of the last book.
I can tell you this book broke my heart in some places and made it sing in others!
What also made my heart sing was the deep love between Mische and Asar, a tale as old as time!
Nyaxia is back! I have a hard time with this character. Whilst she is inheritantly evil, I can also sort of see where she is coming from with her need for vengeance.
I did feel like this went on a bit, but I did LOVE seeing some old characters…..especially a dead one who has his redemption arc!
Oh, and also Luce is my fave ever! Bring on Septimus!
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.
I hope you had a great week!
It’s felt like Autumn here this week. The temps have dropped significantly, and it’s rained nearly every day!
The eye op saga never ends! I now have high eye pressure that they think was caused by the steroid eye drops, so I now have other eye drops that I need have for 2 months to bring the pressure down! And I woke up with a sore throat and a cold today so that’s not helping!
I actually read a book with my eyes this week! Go me!
🎧 The Fallen and the Kiss of Dusk by Carissa Broadbent ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Direbound by Sabel Sorensen ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
See my reviews soon!
Unboxing – Illumicrate: August Unboxing – Fairyloot Romantasy: August
Feature – October Releases Review – Direbound by Sabel Sorensen
Perfect for readers that love: ❤️🔥 Slow-Burn Romance 🏛️ Political Intrigue ⚔️ Dangerous Alliances
Warrior Princess Assassin by Brigid Kemmerer
🖤 An EXCLUSIVE REDESIGNED COVER with artwork by @artoffrostandflame and design by @aeadraws 🖤 A REVERSIBLE DUST JACKET featuring a colour variation of the trade cover 🖤 FULL COLOUR ARTWORK ON THE HARDCOVER with foil by @aeadraws 🖤 SIGNED ENDPAPERS FEATURING CHARACTER ARTWORK with foil by @artoffrostandflame (different front and back) 🖤 A DIGITALLY SPRAYED EDGE by @aeadraws with solid sprayed top and bottom edges 🖤 HEAD AND TAIL BANDS 🖤 Author letter with digital signature bound into the book.
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WARRIOR. King Maddox Kyronan’s fire magic has earned him a ruthless reputation on the battlefield, but now his kingdom is slowly burning. Ky’s only chance to save his people is to enter a marriage alliance with the neighboring nation of Astranza, and hope that the royal family’s power to manipulate the weather will help his land flourish once more. He just needs to ensure no one finds out how the blaze began.
PRINCESS. With war looming on the horizon, Princess Jory’s home needs the protection of the fearsome warrior king, but she is hiding a dangerous secret: her family’s magic is fading. Tempting as it is to reject her duties and run away with her childhood friend, Asher, Jory knows that she is the kingdom’s last hope. When she meets her intended, Jory is surprised to discover that beneath Ky’s daunting exterior is a compassionate and sharp-witted man who sets her heart aflame. But what will he do when he realizes she’s deceiving him?
ASSASSIN. Asher’s done what he must to survive, even if that means getting his hands dirty. Once a young nobleman in Astranza’s palace, where he and Jory caused mischief together, now he’s part of the Hunter’s Guild, employing much darker skills. When a lucrative job comes his way, Asher can’t say no—until he discovers the targets. Someone wants Ky and Jory dead. With the Guild watching, Asher must decide what he’s willing to do to protect the woman he loves.
Sound like something you’d like? I gave it 5 stars!
These feelings are forbidden; I must kill this love to survive.
Fandoms this month: The Scorpion and the Night Blossom, Quicksilver, Silvercloak and Heavenly Bodies!
💛 Realm of the Immortals Containers – artwork by @juli_artwork inspired by The Scorpion and the Night Blossom 💛 Cloaked in Betrayal Cushion Cover – Silvercloak inspired with artwork from @riotbones 💛 Celestial Deception Rubber Stamp Set – artwork by @moehrenkunstshop inspired by Heavenly Bodies 💛 Storybook Setting Magnet: Yvelia from Quicksilver, artwork by @no0nedesigns
💛 FEATURED BOOK 💛
Voidwalker by SA Maclean
✨ An exclusive redesigned cover (art by @monafinden; design by @chattynora) ✨ Full colour art and foil on the hardback (art by @monafinden; design by @chattynora) ✨ Digitally printed edges (by @chattynora) ✨ Illustrated endpapers (by @northyme); different front and back ✨ Bound-in author letter ✨ Bonus content ✨ Digitally signed by the author
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Fionamara is a smuggler. Antal is the reason her people fear the dark.
Fi ferries contraband between worlds, stockpiling funds and stolen magic to keep her village self-sufficient – free from the blood sacrifices humans have paid to Antal’s immortal species for centuries.
Only legends whispered through the pine forests recall a time when things were different, before one world shattered into many, and the flesh-devouring beasts crept from the cracks between realities, with their sable antlers and slender tails, lethal claws and gleaming fangs. Now, mortal lives are food to pacify their carnivorous overlords, exchanged for feudal protection, and the precious silver energy that fuels everything from transport to weaponry.
When Fi gets planted with a stash of smuggled energy, a long-lost flame recruits her for a reckless heist that escalates into a terrorist bombing – and a coup against the reigning immortals, with Fi’s home caught in the crossfire.
She’s always known the dangers of her trade – and of the power she’s wielded since childhood, allowing her to see the secret doors between dimensions, to walk the Void itself. But nothing could have prepared her for crossing paths with Antal. For the deal she’ll have to make with him, a forced partnership to reclaim his city that begins as a desperate bid for survival, only to grow into something far more dangerous.
A revolution.
And a temptation – for how sweet the monster’s fangs might feel.
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: Villains……
I do love a villain….here are some of my faves!
4th WingODWDarklingBlack Sun
Luc – Addie LaRue Xaden – Fourth Wing Serapio – Black Sun The Darkling – Shadow and Bone Rayvn – One Dark Window
Irresistible Urge Wooing the Witch Queen Blood of Hercules Assistant to Villain Ryder Draconis
The Villain – Assistant to Villain Queen Saskia – Wooing the Witch Queen Kharon – Blood of Hercules Alaric – The Irresistible Urge to Fall for Your Enemy Ryder – Ruthless Boys of the Zodiac
CJRTB Books 