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.
Theme: Favorite Book Settings
So I’m taking this to mean that this is a time or place in an authors work
The Infernal Devices – Victorian England
ACOTAR – Velaris
Dakkar (totally tongue in cheek!!)
Harry Potter – Hogwarts
Skyward – mbot (sort of a setting!)
House in the Cerulean Sea – Marsyas Island Orphanage
Under the Whispering Door – the teashop
Six Crimson Cranes – the palace and festivals (before it all goes wrong!)
Whether you’re a hero risking everything to destroy an evil force, a warrior partaking in a battle of epic proportions or a guardian rising up against someone that is trying to harm your loved ones, fighting back for what you believe in and to save the ones you love is one of the tropes that we enjoy the most in a fantasy book.
Items inspired by Six Crimson Cranes, Daughter of Smoke and Bone, An Ember in the Ashes and The Prison Healer.
💜 Card Holder designed by @jezhawk and inspired by The Prison Healer
💜 Six Crimson Cranes Socks with detailing by @catarinabookdesigns
💜 Daughter of Smoke and Bone Tapestry with artwork from @sallteas
💜 An Ember in the Ashes Enamel Pin designed by @jezhawk
💜 Tarot cards – designed by @morgana0anagram and feature Caraval characters (Jacks and the Fallen Star)
💜 Beasts of Prey by Ayana Gray – yes, 2 BOOKS! Exclusive cover and a digital signature
BOOK OF THE MONTH
Defy the Night by Brigid Kemmerer
Exclusive cover Sprayed edges Foil on case Reverse dust jacket art by @lizzart_zardonicz Ribbon bookmark Signed
Within the boroughs of London, nestled among its streets, hides another city, filled with magic.
Magic is the first sin. It must be bound.
Ever since Anna can remember, her aunt has warned her of the dangers of magic. She has taught her to fear how it twists and knots and turns into something dark and deadly.
It was, after all, magic that killed her parents and left her in her aunt’s care. It’s why she has been protected from the magical world and, in one year’s time, what little magic she has will be bound. She will join her aunt alongside the other Binders who believe magic is a sin not to be used, but denied. Only one more year and she will be free of the curse of magic, her aunt’s teachings and the disappointment of the little she is capable of.
Nothing – and no one – could change her mind before then. Could it?
Anna, who lives with her Aunt after the death of her parents, is basically a downtrodden mouse who is losing herself bit by bit in her Aunts quest to make her a Binder, to suppress the little magic she has.
Anna’s life starts to change after a visit from her mums old friend, Selene, her daughter Effie and her charge, Attis. I won’t say anymore as you won’t experience the story of this book!
Once I got into this I really loved the story, the magic system and all the characters, they were so well written. Rowan was my absolute favourite, she was the light in this story for me.
It was also so compelling. This is a big book and every time I took a break, it was pulling me back! I think it was the magic at work!!!
The beginning was a bit slow I must admit but once I got into it I was captivated!
The ending was such a twist, I never saw it coming! Can’t wait to see what happens next!!!
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.
Theme – Bookish Pet Peeves
Ooooooo I do love to moan so this was perfect for me!!!! Let’s begin!
Stickers on the cover Why? Why? And worse, the ones that are printed on and you can’t take off!
Changing covers when the whole series isn’tout Again, why? I guess it’s something to do with rights but it’s soul destroying!
Movie covers No!
When books in a series are different sizes A thousand times, no!
Spoilers This goes for books and also book boxes. I get that people are excited to show their stuff/review but for gawd sake wait or don’t put spoilers!
Don’t talk to me when reading My son must hear me rustle the page of my book and its like a red rag to a bull and he’s there, talking!
Folding down pages Please no. Just no!
When someone judges a book….and hasn’t even read it Haven’t read it? No opinion!
Welcome to Closing the Chapter! I hope you had a great reading month?
I was struck down with the curse of the trapped nerve again! It was just getting better and sitting in an office chair at work did me in again so I was battling that this month yet again so I wasn’t around much, my apologies!
I did manage to read some books beforehand so all is not lost! I’m currently listening to Empire of the Vampire (27 hours long!) but haven’t finished yet so haven’t included!
The squad you love is out of time. Prepare for the thrilling finale in the epic, best-selling Aurora Cycle series about a band of unlikely heroes who just might be the galaxy’s last hope for survival.
Is this the end? What happens when you ask a bunch of losers, discipline cases, and misfits to save the galaxy from an ancient evil? The ancient evil wins, of course. Wait. . . . Not. So. Fast.
When we last saw Squad 312, they working together seamlessly (aka, freaking out) as an intergalactic battle raged and an ancient superweapon threatened to obliterate Earth. Everything went horribly wrong, naturally.
But as it turns out, not all endings are endings, and the te4am has one last chance to rewrite thirs. Maybe two. It’s complicated.
Cue Zila, Fin, and Scarlett (and MAGELLAN!): making friends, making enemies, and making history? Sure, no problem Cue Tyler, Kal, and Auri: uniting with two of the galaxy’s most hated villains? Um, okay. That, too. Actually saving the galaxy, though? Now that will take a miracle.
Back with my be’shmai, Kal!!!
Let me get this out the way first. I need to get this off my chest! I know there was a big event at the end of Burning but all I could think of was Aurora and what she did to Kal so going into this, I knew I wasn’t going to forgive her easily!
And then I forgot all about that with this line…. ‘I still have riches beyond counting, because I have her.’ I do marvel about how fickle I sometimes!
Anyway…..so now the war is on. On like Kong with the Ra’haam………’How bright the last fire may flare before it is snuffed out entirely.’ But Squad 312 are here and they want to get the job done!
We see the past, the present and we get action, drama and a whole dollop of my fave characters ever.
~ Oh course my Kal. ~ Magellan, the sassy hero. ~ Tyler and Saedii – my actual dark heart. ‘I will see you in the stars’…… ~ And Zila will always be my Queen in everything and especially this moment: ‘Are you two spending precious minutes in the middle of a heretofore unheard-of temporal paradox engaging in frivolous presexual activity?’
The last few chapters had me sitting on the edge of my seat, had me tearing up, had me smiling big. It was utterly beautiful.
I’m so sad to say goodbye to Squad 312 but what a great series this was!
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