ARC Review | The Lantern’s Ember by Colleen Houck

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Title: The Lantern’s Ember by Colleen Houck

Publisher: Delacorte Press

Published: September 11th, 2018

Format: eARC

My rating: 3/5

Welcome to a world where nightmarish creatures reign supreme.

Five hundred years ago, Jack made a deal with the devil. It’s difficult for him to remember much about his mortal days. So, he focuses on fulfilling his sentence as a Lantern—one of the watchmen who guard the portals to the Otherworld, a realm crawling with every nightmarish creature imaginable. Jack has spent centuries jumping from town to town, ensuring that nary a mortal—or not-so-mortal—soul slips past him. That is, until he meets beautiful Ember O’Dare.  Continue reading

Review | Falling Kingdoms (Falling Kingdoms #1) by Morgan Rhodes

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Title: Falling Kingdoms (Falling Kingdoms #1) by Morgan Rhodes

Publisher: Razorbill

Published: December 11th, 2012

Read as: Audio

Average Goodreads rating: 3.82

My rating: 3

In the three kingdoms of Mytica, magic has long been forgotten. And while hard-won peace has reigned for centuries, a deadly unrest now simmers below the surface.

As the rulers of each kingdom grapple for power, the lives of their subjects are brutally transformed… and four key players, royals and rebels alike, find their fates forever intertwined. Cleo, Jonas, Lucia, and Magnus are caught in a dizzying world of treacherous betrayals, shocking murders, secret alliances, and even unforeseen love. Continue reading

Review | Ink and Bone (The Great Library #1) by Rachel Caine

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TitleInk and Bone (The Great Library #1) by Rachel Caine

Publisher: NAL

Published: July 7th, 2015

Average Goodreads rating: 3.96

My rating: 3.75

In an exhilarating new series, New York Times bestselling author Rachel Caine rewrites history, creating a dangerous world where the Great Library of Alexandria has survived the test of time.…

Ruthless and supremely powerful, the Great Library is now a presence in every major city, governing the flow of knowledge to the masses. Alchemy allows the Library to deliver the content of the greatest works of history instantly—but the personal ownership of books is expressly forbidden. Continue reading

Review | A Torch Against the Night (Ember Quartet #2) by Sabaa Tahir

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Title: A Torch Against the Night (Ember Quartet #2) by Sabaa Tahir

Publisher: Razorbill

Published: August 30th, 2016

Average Goodreads rating: 4.34

My rating: 5

Elias and Laia are running for their lives. After the events of the Fourth Trial, Martial soldiers hunt the two fugitives as they flee the city of Serra and undertake a perilous journey through the heart of the Empire.

Laia is determined to break into Kauf—the Empire’s most secure and dangerous prison—to save her brother, who is the key to the Scholars’ survival. And Elias is determined to help Laia succeed, even if it means giving up his last chance at freedom. Continue reading

Mini Review | Empire of Storms (Throne of Glass #5) by Sarah J. Maas

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Title: Empire of Storms (Throne of Glass #5) by Sarah J. Maas

Published: September 6th, 2016

Publisher: Bloomsbury

Average Goodreads rating: 4.58

My rating: 3.5

The long path to the throne has only just begun for Aelin Galathynius as war looms on the horizon. Loyalties have been broken and bought, friends have been lost and gained, and those who possess magic find themselves at odds with those who don’t. Continue reading

Review | An Ember in the Ashes (Ember Quartet #1) by Sabaa Tahir

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Title: An Ember in the Ashes (Ember Quartet #1) by Sabaa Tahir

Publisher: Razorbill

Published: April 28th, 2015

Average Goodreads rating: 4.32

My rating: 4

Laia is a slave. Elias is a soldier. Neither is free.

Under the Martial Empire, defiance is met with death. Those who do not vow their blood and bodies to the Emperor risk the execution of their loved ones and the destruction of all they hold dear.
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Review | A Court of Frost and Starlight (A Court of Thorns and Roses #3.1) by Sarah J. Maas

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Title: A Court of Frost and Starlight (A Court of Thorns and Roses #3.1) by Sarah J. Maas

Publisher: Bloomsbury YA

Published: May 1st, 2018

Average Goodreads rating: 4.24

My rating: 2.5

The Winter Solstice. In a week. I was still new enough to being High Lady that I had no idea what my formal role was to be. If we’d have a High Priestess do some odious ceremony, as lanthe had done the year before.

A year. Gods, nearly a year since Rhys had called in his bargain, desperate to get me away from the poison of the Spring Court to save me from my despair. Had he been only a minute later, the Mother knew what would have happened. Where I’d now be. Snow swirled and eddied in the garden, catching in the brown fibers of the burlap covering the shrubs My mate who had worked so hard and so selflessly, all without hope that I would ever be with him We had both fought for that love, bled for it. Rhys had died for it.  Continue reading

Review | Daughter of the Siren Queen (Daughter of the Pirate King #2) by Tricia Levenseller

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Publisher: Feiwel and Friends

Published: February 27th 2018

Average Goodreads rating: 4.26

My rating: 5

Alosa’s mission is finally complete. Not only has she recovered all three pieces of the map to a legendary hidden treasure, but the pirates who originally took her captive are now prisoners on her ship. Still unfairly attractive and unexpectedly loyal, first mate Riden is a constant distraction, but now he’s under her orders. And she takes great comfort in knowing that the villainous Vordan will soon be facing her father’s justice.

When Vordan exposes a secret her father has kept for years, Alosa and her crew find themselves in a deadly race with the feared Pirate King. Despite the danger, Alosa knows they will recover the treasure first . . . after all, she is the daughter of the Siren Queen.  Continue reading

Daughter of the Pirate King (Daughter of the Pirate King #1) by Tricia Levenseller

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Publisher: Feiwel Friends

Published: February 28th, 2017

Average Goodreads rating: 4

My rating: 5

There will be plenty of time for me to beat him soundly once I’ve gotten what I came for.

Sent on a mission to retrieve an ancient hidden map—the key to a legendary treasure trove—seventeen-year-old pirate captain Alosa deliberately allows herself to be captured by her enemies, giving her the perfect opportunity to search their ship. Continue reading

This Savage Song (Monsters of Verity #1) by Victoria Schwab – Mini review

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Title: This Savage Song (Monsters of Verity #1) by Victoria Schwab

Publisher: Greenwillow Books

Published: July 5th, 2016

Average Goodreads rating: 4.13

My rating: 4

There’s no such thing as safe in a city at war, a city overrun with monsters. In this dark urban fantasy from author Victoria Schwaba young woman and a young man must choose whether to become heroes or villains—and friends or enemies—with the future of their home at stake. The first of two books. Continue reading