‘You might think you know who someone truly is, but what if they are keeping a secret? A secret that could change everything… for the better or for the worse?’
Items inspired by From Blood and Ash, The Lord of the Rings, The City of Brass, Flame in the Mist and a foiled bookmark set inspired by the following fandoms: An Ember in the Ashes, The Poppy War and Blood Heir.
Metal Bookends inspired by LotR designed by @jezhawk
Soap by Little Heart Gifts inspired by The Flame in the Mist
Tote bag with artwork from @arz28 inspired by From Blood and Ash
The Daevabad Trilogy Enamel Pin designed by @_iceydesigns
Foiled Bookmarks with artwork from @talia.nobel Fandoms: The Poppy War, Blood Heir, An Ember in the Ashes
Tarot Cards designed by @morgana0anagrom featuring Serpent and Dove
BOOK OF THE MONTH
The Prison Healer by Lynette Noni
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Poppy never dreamed she would find the love she’s found with Prince Casteel. She wants to revel in her happiness but first they must free his brother and find hers. It’s a dangerous mission and one with far-reaching consequences neither dreamed of. Because Poppy is the Chosen, the Blessed. The true ruler of Atlantia. She carries the blood of the King of Gods within her. By right the crown and the kingdom are hers.
The enemy and the warrior…
Poppy has only ever wanted to control her own life, not the lives of others, but now she must choose to either forsake her birthright or seize the gilded crown and become the Queen of Flesh and Fire. But as the kingdoms’ dark sins and blood-drenched secrets finally unravel, a long-forgotten power rises to pose a genuine threat. And they will stop at nothing to ensure that the crown never sits upon Poppy’s head.
A lover and heartmate…
But the greatest threat to them and to Atlantia is what awaits in the far west, where the Queen of Blood and Ash has her own plans, ones she has waited hundreds of years to carry out. Poppy and Casteel must consider the impossible—travel to the Lands of the Gods and wake the King himself. And as shocking secrets and the harshest betrayals come to light, and enemies emerge to threaten everything Poppy and Casteel have fought for, they will discover just how far they are willing to go for their people—and each other.
And now she will become Queen…
‘My first. My guard. My friend. My betrayer. My partner. My husband. My heartmate. My everything.’
Well that started off nicely! There was loads of action in the first quarter, maybe too much as my head was spinning! And then it calmed and gave me the great FBAA and KoFaF feels!
The dynamic between Kieran and Poppy makes my heart soar. Friends, protector and Leissa. I’m so glad the banter regarding questions is still here, that and the Poppy and Casteel moments made my life!
‘I looked at Kieran. You’re going to be happy to hear this. I have a question. I am so thrilled.’
‘I have so many questions, I whispered. Not a single person is surprised to hear that, Kieran remarked.’
And talking of Poppy and Casteels moments look at this! My heart was so huge I thought it would burst!
‘If you think that what I did was a shock, then you need to understand that I will do anything and everything for my wife. No risk is too great, nor is anything too sacred. Because she is my everything. There is nothing greater than her, and I do mean nothing.’
MY HEART!!!!!!
Whilst we are here, being glad, I’m immensely glad for Willa! I love her and her dirty diary!
I’m also glad for the last 20% of this book which had me on the edge of my seat.
In a time when Shadowhunters are barely winning the fight against the forces of darkness, one battle will change the course of history forever. Welcome to the Infernal Devices trilogy, a stunning and dangerous prequel to the New York Times bestselling Mortal Instruments series.
The year is 1878. Tessa Gray descends into London’s dark supernatural underworld in search of her missing brother. She soon discovers that her only allies are the demon-slaying Shadowhunters—including Will and Jem, the mysterious boys she is attracted to. Soon they find themselves up against the Pandemonium Club, a secret organization of vampires, demons, warlocks, and humans. Equipped with a magical army of unstoppable clockwork creatures, the Club is out to rule the British Empire, and only Tessa and her allies can stop them…
What is it about this whole series that makes me really like it?! I can’t put my finger on it!
But anyway, imagine my glee when I realised that Tessa wasn’t just a book lover, she was the ultimate bookworm! Then my glee deminished slightly when I discovered she was actually a bit rude and cruel. I didn’t really like her but I’m hoping that will change with the next book.
But anyway part 2, Jem is my utter fave. He was my shining light here.
But anyway part 3, I can’t not mention Will. Even though I didn’t like him more than Jem, I think my love for him will grow.
But anyway part 4, Jessamine. Why was she even in this story? Boring, horrible and a non entity!
But anyway part 5, I never guessed the twist. Wouldn’t have in a million years but at the end of chapter 17, it clicked! My jaw dropped. But I WAS WRONG!!!! So wrong! I put 2 and 2 together and made 5! Fabulous!
So to sum up, a lot of anyways but I can say I really did enjoy this and can’t wait to read the next one.
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 = My Ten Most Recent Reads (maybe share a quote)
Bridge of Souls by Victoria Schwab ‘You cannot win without losing too.’ This sort of sealed her fate!
All the Tides of Fate by Adalyn Grace ‘I’ve tried so hard to be there for you, and to give you time, but . . . I need someone to be there for me.’ Bastian I love you!!!
City of Glass by Cassandra Clare Not a quote but a bit from my review ‘My ongoing obsession with Magnus and Alec continued and chapter 11 made my heart soar!’
Angelfall by Susan Ee ‘Men with wings. Angels of the Apocalypse. Supernatural beings who’ve pulverized the modern world and killed millions, maybe even billions, of people.’
Skyhunter by Marie Lu ‘We are legendary bringers of death, assassins of monsters. And the only thing standing between our home and annihilation.’
The Iron Raven by Julie Kagawa ‘She was absolutely beautiful. And I didn’t deserve her. Not for a second.’
Here are some others that I didn’t get quotes on: City of Ashes by Cassandra Clare Clockwork Angel by Cassandra Clare The Song of Achilles by Madeline Miller Set Fire to the Gods by Sarah Raasch
I’ve done a few posts over the years to honor teachers, especially this time of year. As I have such wonderful memories of my own school-age experiences, as well as of the wonderful mentoring I received while getting my undergraduate degree in early childhood education, I didn’t think I could possibly have more admiration for […]
I’ve slowly but surely been getting used to it and find I am absolutely loving it!
I love taking the pictures, showing off books, getting props that I think go with the book, discovering where to place everything so it looks good – sometimes I fail though but its a learning curve!
Another great thing about Bookstagram I have found is the community. I love looking at other people’s pictures and commenting on their photos, talking about books, getting book reccies and generally making some friends!
My IG is @cjrtb_books if you want to follow me (I would greatly appreciate it!) and here are a few of the pics I have taken and posted lately:
Welcome to Closing the Chapter! I hope you had a great reading month?
So firstly I want to apologise for not being round that much in April reading posts and commenting! April is a big work month so have found myself with very little time to get to everything but I hopefully will start getting more time to myself now!
April also saw Easter at the start of the month, we had a few eggs, a nice roast and we did a family Zoom call seeing as we all still can’t meet.
Reading wise I finally recognised that I can’t make a reading list at the mo because I am even more of a mood reader than ever! 6 books read this month!
Physical/E-book
City of Glass by Cassandra Clare See my review here
Clockwork Angel by Cassandra Clare See my review soon!
All the Tides of Fate by Adalyn Grace See my review here
Bridge of Souls by Victoria Schwab See my review here
Crown of Gilded Bones by Jennifer L Armentrout See my review soon!
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: Animals from Books (these could be mythical, real, main characters, sidekicks, companions/pets, shifters, etc.)
Mr Kindly – I loved that sarcastic not-cat!
Abraxos – say no more!
Hedwig – I’d love a pet owl!
Doomslug – just look at him!!!
Grimalkin – love the way he disappears at any signs of trouble!
Callum (werewolf) – Kristen Ashley
Kieran– again, say no more!
Luke – I love him!
Wolf (him and Scarlett are ❤)
Tamlin – do you love him or hate him? Personally I love him and want him to have a happy ending!
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