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.
Hi everyone, hope you’ve had a good week? Happy April!
It’s felt like a busy week but, looking back, I’m not really sure it was! I had the office on Thursday and also parents evening for my son and I found out I got a new job, so that’s very exciting!
A good reading week for me with 2 physicals and 2 audios!
What I’ve Read
A Lady’s Guide to Fortune Hunting by Sophie Irwin ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
A Kingdom of Blood and Betrayal by Holly Renee ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
🎧House of Hollow by Krystal Sutherland ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
🎧 Crystal Crowned by Elise Kova ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
New arrivals
The Foxglove King by Hannah Whitten
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Feature – New to me authors in 2023 Review – What Lurks Between the Fates by Harper L Woods
For weeks, we retraced our steps back to Mistfell and the lingering shadow of the Veil at the boundary between realms. Traveling through the kingdom, I denied the evidence in front of me, unable to fathom that I wasn’t the lost princess of Faerie. Instead, it is Fallon who must fear the consequences of her heritage. Which leaves me with a single, unanswered question.
Then, I awoke, caged high above the throne of the Queen of Air & Darkness.
Mab is the Queen who keeps all of Alfheimr held squirming within her clawed grasp. She uses the children of Faerie to sustain the magic granted to her by the cursed gem atop her crown, which has carved her from the girl she once was into a dark vessel, obsessed with power. She thrives on cruelty, and wields our love as an instrument for pain.
Now, I’ll play the games of the Fae.
I’m a curiosity, my presence an enigma that was never foreseen. I may not be Mab’s daughter, yet she still keeps me close, as she forges me into a weapon against humans and Fae alike. Mab may not own me yet, but she controls the life of the man I love. There is nothing I wouldn’t do to see him freed.
Even if I have to become the villain to do it.
‘If you suffer, I suffer too. If you bleed, I bleed as well. If you die, then I will follow.’
Back with Estrella and Caldis and we are introduced to Mab and the delights of Alfheimer.
Winter Solstice approaches and with it 13 days of fun that Mab has planned (note – it’s not fun for the people there!)
I don’t want to say anything about the plot but I will say Mab is a relentless villain while Estrella is light in the darkness.
This was dark, spicy and there is a lot of gruesome stuff in here so if you’re squeamish, beware!
I still have so many questions! Will we ever know what Estrella is? When will my fave, Holt be back?! Where is Fenrir? I need them!
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: Books for People Who Liked Author X
This was really hard for me because I don’t really tend to compare authors and stories. I know what I like and that’s it. So I’ve put a little spin on this and that’s authors who write the same genre that I really enjoyed!!! (Is that lame?!!)
Romance Kristen Ashley -> Anne Malcom Tessa Bailey -> Ali Hazlewood Cora Reilly -> Cara Clare
Fantasy Rachel Gillig -> JJA Harwood Holly Black -> Cassandra Clare TJ Klune -> Casey McQuiston
Adult romantasy Amelia Hutchins -> Katee Robert Sangu Mandanna -> Sarah Hawley Raven Kennedy -> Jennifer L Armentrout
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.
Hi everyone, hope you’ve had a good week?
The clocks have gone forward and I know tomorrow I will mainly be tired!!!
It’s been a good week, nothing much done apart from work and school for my son – sometimes those are the best weeks!
The books I read are below but note that 2 of these books I started the week before but didn’t manage to finish in time for last update, I finished both the day after!
What I’ve Read
Icebreaker by Hannah Grace ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Winners Curse by Marie Rutkoski ⭐️⭐️⭐️.5
What Lurks Between the Fates by Harper L Woods ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
🎧 The Liars Crown by Abigail Owen ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
🎧 Reputation by Lex Croucher ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
New arrivals
Gothikana by Runyx
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I set my goal at 20 this year with a caveat that these must be on my actual tbr with a date before 31 December 2022 and not bought/borrowed before this date!
TIME FOR MY 1ST UPDATE!
To hit my goal I really needed to have read 5 backlist books from my list by now and am happy to report I’ve read 12 so far! I think, if I carry on reading my backlist at this rate, that I’ll need to up my goal!
Here are my reads!
1) Bloodmarked by Tracy Deonn 2) The Girl in the Tower by Katherine Arden 3) The Luminaries by Susan Denard 4) The Dead Romantics by Ashley Postin 5) Demon in the Wood by Leigh Bardugo 6) Little Thieves by Margaret Owen 7) Heartstopper volume 1 by Alice Osman 8) A Dowry of Blood by ST Gibson 9) What Hunts Inside The Shadows by Harper L Woods 10) The Roommate by Rosie Danan 11) Love on the Brain by Ali Hazelwood 12) Violet Made of Thorns by Gina Chen
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Song of Silver, Flame Like Night by Amelie Wen Zhao
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Vanja Schmidt knows that no gift is freely given, not even a mother’s love–and she’s on the hook for one hell of a debt. Vanja, the adopted goddaughter of Death and Fortune, was Princess Gisele’s dutiful servant up until a year ago. That was when Vanja’s otherworldly mothers demanded a terrible price for their care, and Vanja decided to steal her future back… by stealing Gisele’s life for herself.
The real Gisele is left a penniless nobody while Vanja uses an enchanted string of pearls to take her place. Now, Vanja leads a lonely but lucrative double life as princess and jewel thief, charming nobility while emptying their coffers to fund her great escape. Then, one heist away from freedom, Vanja crosses the wrong god and is cursed to an untimely end: turning into jewels, stone by stone, for her greed.
Vanja has just two weeks to figure out how to break her curse and make her getaway. And with a feral guardian half-god, Gisele’s sinister fiancé, and an overeager junior detective on Vanja’s tail, she’ll have to pull the biggest grift yet to save her own life.
‘Little thieves go to the gallows.’
Vanja, the adopted daughter of Death and Fortune has taken over Princess Gisele’s life, thieving, so she can make a break for it but she has attracted the attention of junior prefect Emeric Conrad!!!!
On top of that she also has an evil fiance, Aldalbrecht, and also a curse to deal with!
With a small crew, they try to find a way to beat it all!
I must admit I found the first 15% hard going but after that, I got into it and loved it!
I loved Vanja, she is so naughty but so likeable. Emeric is so lovely! I want a prefect!!!!!
Now I can’t wait for Painted Devils as I need more Vanja and Emeric!
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