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Monday, November 2, 2020

It's Monday! What Are You Reading #491, November 2nd

It's Monday! What Are You Reading is a weekly meme hosted by Book Date where we share what we read this past week, what we hope to read this week...and anything in between! This is a great way to plan out your reading week and see what others are currently reading as well...you never know where that next "must read" book will come from!

What happened in the past week:

Weekly Memes:
It's Monday! What Are You Reading #490
Teaser Tuesday #498
WWW Wednesday #498
WOW #494
Will the Time Come #491
Third Sentence Thursday #481
Random Reads #467
First Lines Friday #494
Book Blogger Hop #160
The Reward Challenge Update #476
Wheel of TBR #23
How Well I Stuck to It #328
Wrote that Review Update #325

Week 44 Reviews:
The Girl of Hawthorn and Glass

Becca's BookoplAthon: 
Update 49 and Wrap Up

Page-a-Thon: 

Next to be Published November:

Clear Your S**t Readathon 2020: 

Random:

OK, so I got 56 posts in 7 days, I had a few readathons going on, though some are now over, and I read a lot, so yeah, lots of posts about that. And it was a pretty great week, and I can't wait for next week! What about you guys? Happy reading!

So this week I want to read Blink of an Eye, The Bone Maker, Capturing the Earl, White Night, It's My Birthday, Too, Heorot, Mike, Small Favor, The Ruthless Lady's Guide to Wizardry, and Wicked All Night.
A #1 New York Times bestselling author and an Edgar Award winner, Iris and Roy Johansen, team up to deliver a gripping new novel featuring investigator Kendra Michaels -- whose observational skills are worthy of a modern-day Sherlock Holmes.

Delilah Winter is one of the hottest pop stars on the planet, so how in the world was she kidnapped right in the middle of a show at the famous Hollywood Bowl? If anyone can figure it out, it's Dr. Kendra Michaels, who works with local and federal authorities on only the most impossible cases. Blind for the first twenty years of her life until a revolutionary surgical procedure allowed her to regain her sight, Kendra uses her powers of observation -- honed during her years in the dark -- to detect what other investigators don't. She agrees to lead the race to rescue the young singer before time runs out.

Joined by Jessie Mercado, the singer's former bodyguard and a military hero, Kendra closes in on the hideout location but not before casualties mount up. Desperate for leads, Kendra must set aside her personal feelings when agent-for-hire Adam Lynch also volunteers his special skills to aid in the search.

But as the abductor's true purpose becomes clear, the trio uncover a plot they never could have imagined -- leading to a showdown they won't soon forget. 
From award-winning author Sarah Beth Durst, a standalone epic fantasy set in a brand-new world of towering mountains and sparkling cities, in which a band of aging warriors have a second chance to defeat dark magic and avenge a haunting loss.

Twenty-five years ago, five heroes risked their lives to defeat the bone maker Eklor—a corrupt magician who created an inhuman army using animal bones. But victory came at a tragic price. Only four of the heroes survived. 

Since then, Kreya, the group's leader, has exiled herself to a remote tower and devoted herself to one purpose: resurrecting her dead husband. But such a task requires both a cache of human bones and a sacrifice—for each day he lives, she will live one less.

She'd rather live one year with her husband than a hundred without him, but using human bones for magic is illegal in Vos. The dead are burned—as are any bone workers who violate the law. Yet Kreya knows where she can find the bones she needs: the battlefield where her husband and countless others lost their lives.

But defying the laws of the land exposes a terrible possibility. Maybe the dead don't rest in peace after all.  

Five warriors—one broken, one gone soft, one pursuing a simple life, one stuck in the past, and one who should be dead. Their story should have been finished. But evil doesn't stop just because someone once said, "the end."
The friendship of four young ladies has created an indestructible bond to protect one another from the perils of love and marriage...

After the demise of her friend's disastrous marriage, Mercedes Parsons isn't about to let the widowed Wallflower of West Lane, Lady Aurora Radcliff, undertake another perilous trip to the altar. At least, not before the bridegroom-to-be is thoroughly investigated. If only Mercy could stop her uncharacteristic daydreaming about Wesley Renshaw's charm, his intellect, his dashing good looks. After all, the earl has already set his sights on her best friend! She must keep her wits about her and avoid giving into temptation.

Wesley is both irritated and intrigued by the machinations of Mercy—He cannot let her cleverness and beauty distract him. He needs to marry her friend, Aurora, so he can reclaim his family's ancestral home. A wrong he has hoped to right his entire life. Besides, who is penniless spinster Mercedes Parsons to decide whom he can and cannot marry? Yet while he admires her unwavering loyalty to her friends, he decides it's high time the misguided woman had a dose of her own medicine. Two can play at this spying game. But they are both embarked on a dangerous charade. And it won’t be merely Mercy's reputation at risk—or her heart on the line—as Wesley comes to the inescapable conclusion that he has found the right woman at exactly the wrong time. 
A sensational addition to the Dresden Files adventures-from a USA Today bestselling author. Professional wizard Harry Dresden is investigating a series of deaths in Chicago. Someone is killing practitioners of magic, those incapable of becoming full-fledged wizards. Shockingly, all the evidence points to Harry's half-brother, Thomas, as the murderer. Determined to clear his sibling's name, Harry uncovers a conspiracy within the White Council of Wizards that threatens not only him, but his nearest and dearest, too...increasingly significant threat to Western power.
Harry and Molly's mission to deliver Thomas' birthday gift goes awry.
Harry teams up with Miss Gard to find a missing bride.

A visit to the mechanic.  Set between White Night and Small Favor–shortly after the graphic novel Wild Card.
Harry Dresden's life finally seems to be calming down-until a shadow from the past returns. Mab, monarch of the Sidhe Winter Court, calls in an old favor from Harry-one small favor that will trap him between a nightmarish foe and an equally deadly ally, and that will strain his skills-and loyalties-to their very limits.
A charming historical fantasy with a tender love story at its core, from the author of Unnatural Magic.

Hard-drinking petty thief Dellaria Wells is down on her luck in the city of Leiscourt—again. Then she sees a want ad for a female bodyguard, and she fast-talks her way into the high-paying job. Along with a team of other women, she's meant to protect a rich young lady from mysterious assassins.

At first Delly thinks the danger is exaggerated, but a series of attacks shows there's much to fear. Then she begins to fall for Winn, one of the other bodyguards, and the women team up against a mysterious, magical foe who seems to have allies everywhere. 
Set in New York Times bestselling author Jeaniene Frost's Night Huntress World, ancient deities are poised to wreck havoc, unless vampires Veritas and Ian can stop them … in this thrilling Night Rebel novel!

A gift from the gods…

Veritas and Ian have finally defeated their worst enemy, but the power it took to pierce through to the netherworld has unexpected consequences. Soon, Veritas is forced to rely on the last person she trusts---a golden deity named Phanes, who seeks far more than a temporary alliance with the beautiful vampire.

Can unleash hell…

But an escape from the netherworld soon pits Veritas and Ian against supernatural beings seeking to rule over mortals once again. Now, they must rally friends and foes alike—if the vampire council doesn't execute Veritas first. Plus, a wedge between Veritas and Ian threatens to destroy their love. Can they stand together against the unearthly powers about to be unleashed? Or does their love—and humanity—not stand a chance?

Saturday, October 31, 2020

Week 44 Review: Daughter of the Serpentine

From Goodreads:
As a young dragoneer moves through the ranks of the prestigious Serpentine Academy, her challenges grow greater and her time grows short to draw out a series of deadly threats, in this thrilling coming-of-age fantasy novel.

Sixteen-year-old Ileth is now an Apprentice Dragoneer, with all of the benefits and pitfalls that her elevation in rank entails. But her advancement becomes less certain after a she's attacked by an unknown enemy, and Ileth begins to suspect that someone deadly may be hiding within the walls of the academy.

Outside of the walls there is a different challenge. The Rari Pirates are strangling the Vale Republic. What they lack in dragon firepower, they make up for in the brutality of their ever-expanding raids, making hostages or slaves of the Republic's citizens. Surrounded by enemies, Ileth will need to learn what kind of dragoneer she wants to be. And as she makes decisions about her future, Ileth will have the chance to uncover the secrets of her past. Both will irrevocably change the course of her life. 

My Review:
Wow, yeah, this book was so fantastic! It was still as dense as the first book, there still were very few, very long chapters, and it was still another great story! But now that we know this world, well, it was much easier for me to read, and just a bit quicker, too.

Ileth compares her problems to a hydra, that she keeps having to cut off heads and such. And that was pretty apt, because right away she has two tasks-to get a sash, and complete the commission she was given, to find a problem in town, and deliver a solution. And this is just first first part of the book! But it's a seed for what happens in the next two parts, and I really enjoyed watching it grow! 

There was a minor plotline going on with Ileth and the injury she received when she did the tailer initiation. I enjoyed how it played out, it was minor, but it played a part in how things went down, and that was really great to read! 

Ileth faces a lot of personal challenges in this book. Her parentage is a big question from the first book, and in this one, we got answers, and threads to follow to find more. But it came at a cost, and that's on top of campaign that got launched and what she saw and what happened there. So there's a lot going on for Ileth in this book. And I can't wait to see where it goes from here! 

I loved reading this book, it was really fantastic, and I need a 3rd book! 

Author: E.E. Knight 
Series: Dragoneer Academy #2
Read: October 30th, 2020
Source: NetGalley
Reason Why: Loved the first book and I had to continue the series, and it's a Prequel & Sequel Challenge 2020 Book and a WoW Book!
Publisher: Penguin Publishing Group
Expected Publication: November 17th 2020
5/5 Hearts
5/5 Books
5/5 Stars

Friday, October 30, 2020

Page-a-Thon Update 62

So I read my next book for Page-a-Thon, Daughter of the Serpentine, and I'll be reading Seasons of the Storm next! 

My Reading Journey:

Three Charms for Murder by Honor Raconteur
Started On: October 1st
Finished On: October 1st, 12:58 PM
Pages Read: 250

Tamiko and the Two Janitors by Forthright
Started On: October 1st
Finished On: October 1st, 7:57 PM
Pages Read: 490

Mikoto and the Reaver Village by Forthright
Started On: October 1st
Finished On: October 1st, 11:42 PM
Pages Read: 502

The Way of Kings by Brandon Sanderson
Started On: October 2nd
Finished On: October 2nd, 10:49 PM
Pages Read:1258

The Alloy of Law by Brandon Sanderson
Started On: October 3rd
Finished On: October 3rd, 11:46 PM
Pages Read: 383

Allomancer Jak and the Pits of Eltania by Brandon Sanderson
Started On: October 4th
Finished On: October 4th, 11:30 AM
Pages Read: 40

These Rebel Waves by Sara Raasch
Started On: October 4th
Finished On: October 4th, 5:21 PM
Pages Read: 471

These Divided Shores by Sara Raasch
Started On: October 4th
Finished On: October 4th, 10:51 PM
Pages Read: 576

A Deadly Education by Naomi Novik
Started On: October 5th
Finished On: October 5th, 8:26 PM
Pages Read: 336

Caraval by Stephanie Garber
Started On: October 5th
Finished On: October 5th, 11:42 PM
Pages Read: 432

It Was Always You by Brenna Aubrey
Started On: October 6th
Finished On: October 6th, 9:01 PM
Pages Read: 70

For the Taking by Brenna Aubrey
Started On: October 6th
Finished On: October 6th, 10:25 PM
Pages Read: 363

In a Holidaze by Christina Lauren
Started On: October 7th
Finished On: October 7th, 11:40 AM
Pages Read: 336

Sideswiped by Kim Harrison
Started On: October 7th
Finished On: October 7th, 7:44 PM
Pages Read: 91

The Drafter by Kim Harrison
Started On: October 7th
Finished On: October 7th, 11:01 PM
Pages Read: 480

Waylaid by Kim Harrison
Started On: October 7th
Finished On: October 7th, 11:53 PM
Pages Read: 112

Freeze Warning by Suzan Krinard
Started On: October 8th
Finished On: October 8th, 8:34 AM
Pages Read: 32

Mist by Suzan Krinard
Started On: October 8th
Finished On: October 8th, 8:35 PM
Pages Read: 356

The Last Namsara by Kristen Ciccarelli
Started On: October 9th
Finished On: October 9th, 9:27 PM
Pages Read: 416

Defending Elysium by Brandon Sanderson
Started On: October 10th
Finished On: October 10th, 9:38 AM
Pages Read: 43

Shadows for Silence in the Forests of Hell by Brandon Sanderson
Started On: October 11th
Finished On: October 11th, 3:09 PM
Pages Read: 89

Pride and Premeditation by Tirzah Price
Started On: October 11th
Finished On: October 11th, 6:30 PM
Pages Read: 368

The Art of Theft by Sherry Thomas
Started On: October 11th
Finished On: October 11th, 8:41 PM
Pages Read: 304

Murder on Cold Street by Sherry Thomas
Started On: October 11th
Finished On: October 11th, 11:57 PM
Pages Read: 368

Mexican Gothic by Silvia Moreno-Garcia
Started On: October 12th
Finished On: October 12th, 2:25 PM
Pages Read: 352

Words of Radiance by Brandon Sanderson
Started On: October 12th
Finished On: October October 12th, 11:03 PM
Pages Read: 1310

Sixth of the Dusk by Brandon Sanderson
Started On: October 12th
Finished On: October 12th, 11:57 PM
Pages Read: 96

Unrestricted Access by James Rollins
Started On: October 13th
Finished On: October 13th, 10:08 PM
Pages Read: 416

Forget This Ever Happened by Cassandra Rose Clarke
Started On: October 14th
Finished On: October 14th, 11:41 PM
Pages Read: 336

A Stitch in Time by Kelley Armstrong
Started On: October 15th
Finished On: October 15th, 5:48 PM
Pages Read: 378

Sword of Destiny by Andrzej Sapkowski
Started On: October 15th
Finished On: October 15th, 10:15 PM
Pages Read: 374

Blood Rites by Jim Butcher
Started On: October 16th
Finished On: October 16th, 7:39 PM
Pages Read: 464

Under Different Stars by Amy A. Bartol
Started On: October 16th
Finished On: October 16th, 11:05 PM
Pages Read: 297

Shadows of Self by Brandon Sanderson 
Started On: October 17th
Finished On: October 17th, 11:08 PM
Pages Read: 445

The Bands of Mourning by Brandon Sanderson 
Started On: October 18th
Finished On: October 18th, 2:59 PM
Pages Read: 514

Secret History by Brandon Sanderson 
Started On: October 18th
Finished On: October 18th, 4:04 PM
Pages Read: 160

White Sand, Volume 1 by Brandon Sanderson 
Started On: October 18th
Finished On: October 18th, 4:48 PM
Pages Read: 160

Fortuna by Kristyn Merbeth
Started On: October 18th
Finished On: October 18th, 11:06 PM
Pages Read: 560

The Traitor Queen by Danielle L. Jensen
Started On: October 19th
Finished On: October 19th, 5:37 PM
Pages Read: 331

Beyond the Black Door by A.M. Strickland
Started On: October 19th
Finished On: October 19th, 9:05 PM
Pages Read: 392

Ill Wind by Rachel Caine
Started On: October 20th
Finished On: October 20th, 3:52 
Pages Read: 352

The Bright and Breaking Sea by Chloe Neill
Started On: October 20th
Finished On: October 20th, 9:00 PM 
Pages Read: 368

Five Total Strangers by Natalie D. Richards
Started On: October 21st
Finished On: October 21st, 12:32 PM
Pages Read: 320

There Will Come a Darkness by Katy Rose Pool
Started On: October 21st
Finished On: October 21st, 10:34 PM
Pages Read: 482

Horrid by Katrina Leno
Started On: October 22nd
Finished On: October 22nd, 3:53 PM 
Pages Read: 336

Set Fire to the Gods by Sara Raasch and Kristen Simmons
Started On: October 22nd
Finished On: October 22nd, 8:58 PM
Pages Read: 432

I Was a Teenage Bigfoot by Jim Butcher
Started On: October 22nd
Finished On: October 22nd, 9:28 PM
Pages Read: 20

Dead Beat by Jim Butcher
Started On: October 23rd
Finished On: October 23rd, 7:10 PM
Pages Read: 517

The Veil by Chloe Neill
Started On: October 23rd
Finished On: October 23rd, 11:08 PM
Pages Read: 326

The Girl of Hawthorn and Glass by Adan Jerreat-Poole
Started On: October 24th
Finished On: October 24th, 54 AM
Pages Read: 320

Shadowsong by S. Jae-Jones
Started On: October 24th
Finished On: October 24th, 3:15 PM
Pages Read: 400

Sherwood by Meagan Spooner
Started On: October 24th
Finished On: October 25th, 12:11 AM
Pages Read: 496

Ultraviolet by R.J. Anderson
Started On: October 25th
Finished On: October 25th, 3:41 AM
Pages Read: 416

In the Hall with the Knife by Diana Peterfreund
Started On: October 25th
Finished On: October 25th, 11:06 PM
Pages Read: 304

We Hunt the Flame by Hafsah Faizal
Started On: October 26th
Finished On: October 26th, 9:37 PM
Pages Read: 469

Take Me With You by Tara Altebrando 
Started On: October 27th
Finished On: October 27th, 7:36 PM
Pages Read: 384

Revenge & Rapture by Deborah Wilde
Started On: October 27th
Finished On: October 27th, 11:49 PM
Pages Read: 338

Something Borrowed by Jim Butcher
Started On: October 28th
Finished On: October 28th, 9:56 AM 
Pages Read: 24

Proven Guilty by Jim Butcher
Started On: October 28th
Finished On: October 28th, 3:37 PM
Pages Read: 489

Bending the Paw by Diane Kelly
Started On: October 28th
Finished On: October 28th, 10:45 PM
Pages Read: 320

Lightbringer by Claire Legrand
Started On: October 29th
Finished On: October 29th, 9:36 PM
Pages Read: 594

Daughter of the Serpentine by E.E. Knight
Started On: October 30th
Finished On: October 30th, 10:37 PM
Pages Read: 512

Seasons of the Storm by Elle Cosimano
Started On: October 31st
Currently On: Page 0 of 480

Books Read: 62
Pages Read: 23555

Becca's BookoplAthon Update 47

So I read my next book for Becca's BookoplAthon, Roll as You Go edition, and it was Daughter of the Serpentine and I'll be rolling for what I'm reading next below!

My Reading Journey:

Three Charms for Murder by Honor Raconteur
Prompt Fulfilled: Small Book
Started On: October 1st
Finished On: October 1st, 12:58 PM
Pages Read: 250

Mikoto and the Reaver Village by Forthright
Prompt Fulfilled: Chance Card
Started On: October 1st
Finished On: October 1st, 11:42 PM
Pages Read: 502

The Way of Kings by Brandon Sanderson
Prompt Fulfilled: Poll Pick
Started On: October 2nd
Finished On: October 2nd, 10:49 PM
Pages Read: 1258

The Alloy of Law by Brandon Sanderson
Prompt Fulfilled: Adult
Started On: October 3rd
Finished On: October 3rd, 11:46 PM
Pages Read: 383

These Rebel Waves by Sara Raasch
Prompt Fulfilled: Water on the Cover
Started On: October 4th
Finished On: October 4th, 5:21 PM
Pages Read: 471

These Divided Shores by Sara Raasch
Prompt Fulfilled: 5 Star Prediction
Started On: October 4th
Finished On: October 4th, 10:51 PM
Pages Read: 576

A Deadly Education by Naomi Novik
Prompt Fulfilled: Friend Pick
Started On: October 5th
Finished On: October 5th, 8:26 PM
Pages Read: 336

Caraval by Stephanie Garber
Prompt Fulfilled: TBR Vet
Started On: October 5th
Finished On: October 5th, 11:42 PM
Pages Read: 432

For the Taking by Brenna Aubrey
Prompt Fulfilled: Dark Cover
Started On: October 6th
Finished On: October 6th, 10:25 PM
Pages Read: 363

In a Holidaze by Christina Lauren
Prompt Fulfilled: Ebook or Audiobook
Started On: October 7th
Finished On: October 7th, 11:40 AM
Pages Read: 336

The Drafter by Kim Harrison
Prompt Fulfilled: Adult
Started On: October 7th
Finished On: October 7th, 11:01 PM
Pages Read: 480

Mist by Suzan Krinard
Prompt Fulfilled: Chance Card
Started On: October 8th
Finished On: October 8th, 8:35 PM
Pages Read: 356

The Last Namsara by Kristen Ciccarelli
Prompt Fulfilled: Community Shelf
Started On: October 9th
Finished On: October 9th, 9:27 PM
Pages Read: 416

Pride and Premeditation by Tirzah Price
Prompt Fulfilled: Nature on the Cover
Started On: October 11th
Finished On: October 11th, 6:30 PM
Pages Read: 368

Murder on Cold Street by Sherry Thomas
Prompt Fulfilled: Chance Card
Started On: October 11th
Finished On: October 11th, 11:57 PM
Pages Read: 368

Mexican Gothic by Silvia Moreno-Garcia
Prompt Fulfilled: POC Rep
Started On: October 12th
Finished On: October 12th, 2:25 PM
Pages Read: 352

Words of Radiance by Brandon Sanderson
Prompt Fulfilled: Sequel
Started On: October 12th
Finished On: October 12th, 11:03 PM
Pages Read: 1310

Unrestricted Access by James Rollins
Prompt Fulfilled: 5 Star Prediction
Started On: October 13th
Finished On: October 13th, 10:08 PM
Pages Read: 416

A Stitch in Time by Kelley Armstrong
Prompt Fulfilled: Community Shelf
Started On: October 15th
Finished On: October 15th, 5:48 PM
Pages Read: 378

Sword of Destiny by Andrzej Sapkowski
Prompt Fulfilled: Go! Randomize Your TBR
Started On: October 15th
Finished On: October 15th, 10:15 PM
Pages Read: 374

Blood Rites by Jim Butcher
Prompt Fulfilled: Dark Cover
Started On: October 16th
Finished On: October 16th, 7:39 PM
Pages Read: 464

Under Different Stars by Amy A. Bartol
Prompt Fulfilled: Ebook or Audiobook
Started On: October 16th
Finished On: October 16th, 11:05 PM
Pages Read: 297

Shadows of Self by Brandon Sanderson 
Prompt Fulfilled: Adult
Started On: October 17th
Finished On: October 17th, 11:08 PM
Pages Read: 445

The Bands of Mourning by Brandon Sanderson 
Prompt Fulfilled: Nature on the Cover
Started On: October 18th
Finished On: October 18th, 2:59 PM
Pages Read: 514

Fortuna by Kristyn Merbeth
Prompt Fulfilled; Set in the Future
Started On: October 18th
Finished On: October 18th, 11:06 PM
Pages Read: 560

The Traitor Queen by Danielle L. Jensen
Prompt Fulfilled: Most Recent Purchase 
Started On: October 19th
Finished On: October 19th, 5:37 PM
Pages Read: 331

Beyond the Black Door by A.M. Strickland
Prompt Fulfilled: Foiled Cover
Started On: October 19th
Finished On: October 19th, 9:05 PM
Pages Read: 392

Ill Wind by Rachel Caine
Prompt Fulfilled: Adult
Started On: October 20th
Finished On: October 20th, 3:52 PM
Pages Read: 352

The Bright and Breaking Sea by Chloe Neill
Prompt Fulfilled: Water on the Cover
Started On: October 20th
Finished On: October 20th, 9:00 PM
Pages Read: 368

Five Total Strangers by Natalie D. Richards
Prompt Fulfilled: Set in the Present
Started On: October 21st
Finished On: October 21st, 12:32 PM
Pages Read: 320

There Will Come a Darkness by Katy Rose Pool
Prompt Fulfilled: Community Shelf
Started On: October 21st
Finished On: October 21st, 10:34 PM
Pages Read: 482

Horrid by Katrina Leno
Prompt Fulfilled: TBR Game
Started On: October 22nd
Finished On: October 22nd, 3:53 PM
Pages Read: 336

Set Fire to the Gods by Sara Raasch and Kristen Simmons
Prompt Fulfilled: Young Adult
Started On: October 22nd
Finished On: October 22nd, 8:58 PM
Pages Read: 432

Dead Beat by Jim Butcher
Prompt Fulfilled: Sequel
Started On: October 23rd
Finished On: October 23rd, 7:10 PM
Pages Read: 517

The Veil by Chloe Neill
Prompt Fulfilled: 5 Star Prediction 
Started On: October 23rd
Finished On: October 23rd, 11:08 PM
Pages Read: 326

The Girl of Hawthorn and Glass by Adan Jerreat-Poole
Prompt Fulfilled: Lowest Rated
Started On: October 24th
Finished On: October 24th, 9:54 AM
Pages Read: 320

Shadowsong by S. Jae-Jones
Prompt Fulfilled: Foiled Cover
Started On: October 24th
Finished On: October 24th, 3:15 PM
Pages Read: 400

Sherwood by Meagan Spooner
Prompt Fulfilled: Poll Pick
Started On: October 24th
Finished On: October 25th, 12:11 AM
Pages Read: 496

Ultraviolet by R.J. Anderson
Prompt Fulfilled: Young Adult
Started On: October 25th
Finished On: October 25th, 3:41 AM
Pages Read: 416

In the Hall with the Knife by Diana Peterfreund
Prompt Fulfilled: First in a Series
Started On: October 25th
Finished On: October 25th, 11:06 PM
Pages Read: 304

We Hunt the Flame by Hafsah Faizal
Prompt Fulfilled: Fire on the Cover
Started On: October 26th
Finished On: October 26th, 9:37 PM
Pages Read: 469

Take Me With You by Tara Altebrando 
Prompt Fulfilled: Set in the Present
Started On: October 27th
Finished On: October 27th, 7:36 PM
Pages Read: 384

Revenge & Rapture by Deborah Wilde
Prompt Fulfilled: Highest Rated
Started On: October 27th
Finished On: October 27th, 11:49 PM
Pages Read: 338

Proven Guilty by Jim Butcher
Prompt Fulfilled: Dark Cover
Started On: October 28th
Finished On: October 28th, 3:37 PM
Pages Read: 489

Bending the Paw by Diane Kelly
Prompt Fulfilled: Ebook or Audiobook
Started On: October 28th
Finished On: October 28th, 10:45 PM
Pages Read: 320

Lightbringer by Claire Legrand
Prompt Fulfilled: Young Adult
Started On: October 29th
Finished On: October 29th, 9:36 PM
Pages Read: 594

Daughter of the Serpentine by E.E. Knight
Prompt Fulfilled: Water on the Cover
Started On: October 30th
Finished On: October 30th, 10:37 PM
Pages Read: 512

Books Read: 47
Pages Read: 20600

Day 31, Roll 48:
A 2, which gets me to which gets me to Nature on the Cover. I went with Seasons of the Storm by Elle Cosimano, it has flowers on the cover

And of course I got a double on the last day, which is bittersweet, because I did have a lot of fun this month, though the board got a little tiring, given that I've now gotten 49 prompts back to back! 

Day 31, Roll 49:
A 6, which gets me to which gets me to Friend Pick. I'm cheating and spoiling slightly, but I got Jax Pick for Wheel of TBR, and he picked Lightning Game by Christine Feehan. I can't wait to read this book! 

What about you guys? Happy reading! 

First Lines Friday #494, October 30th

First Lines Friday is a bookish meme hosted by Literary Marie of Precision Reviews. We encourage all of our fellow book bloggers and bookhearts to play along.

-Grab your current read(s)
-Share the first line(s)
-Include the title and author so that other FLF participants can add the book to their TBR Lists!

"The ten-year-old girl stood in the roaring surf. Windborne sand pelted her and she had to squint to keep it out of her eyes. She felt small and frail against the two teenage boys hunched to either side of her, the boys all gangly limbs and wet, shaggy hair. The three held on to a flat-bottomed rowboat, which tried to escape at the pull of every receding wave." -Daughter of the Serpentine by E.E. Knight

Well, that doesn't sound like a fun experience! Must read more! What about you guys? Happy reading! 

Thursday, October 29, 2020

Page-a-Thon Update 61

So I read my next book for Page-a-Thon, Lightbringer, and I'll be reading Daughter of the Serpentine next! 

My Reading Journey:

Three Charms for Murder by Honor Raconteur
Started On: October 1st
Finished On: October 1st, 12:58 PM
Pages Read: 250

Tamiko and the Two Janitors by Forthright
Started On: October 1st
Finished On: October 1st, 7:57 PM
Pages Read: 490

Mikoto and the Reaver Village by Forthright
Started On: October 1st
Finished On: October 1st, 11:42 PM
Pages Read: 502

The Way of Kings by Brandon Sanderson
Started On: October 2nd
Finished On: October 2nd, 10:49 PM
Pages Read:1258

The Alloy of Law by Brandon Sanderson
Started On: October 3rd
Finished On: October 3rd, 11:46 PM
Pages Read: 383

Allomancer Jak and the Pits of Eltania by Brandon Sanderson
Started On: October 4th
Finished On: October 4th, 11:30 AM
Pages Read: 40

These Rebel Waves by Sara Raasch
Started On: October 4th
Finished On: October 4th, 5:21 PM
Pages Read: 471

These Divided Shores by Sara Raasch
Started On: October 4th
Finished On: October 4th, 10:51 PM
Pages Read: 576

A Deadly Education by Naomi Novik
Started On: October 5th
Finished On: October 5th, 8:26 PM
Pages Read: 336

Caraval by Stephanie Garber
Started On: October 5th
Finished On: October 5th, 11:42 PM
Pages Read: 432

It Was Always You by Brenna Aubrey
Started On: October 6th
Finished On: October 6th, 9:01 PM
Pages Read: 70

For the Taking by Brenna Aubrey
Started On: October 6th
Finished On: October 6th, 10:25 PM
Pages Read: 363

In a Holidaze by Christina Lauren
Started On: October 7th
Finished On: October 7th, 11:40 AM
Pages Read: 336

Sideswiped by Kim Harrison
Started On: October 7th
Finished On: October 7th, 7:44 PM
Pages Read: 91

The Drafter by Kim Harrison
Started On: October 7th
Finished On: October 7th, 11:01 PM
Pages Read: 480

Waylaid by Kim Harrison
Started On: October 7th
Finished On: October 7th, 11:53 PM
Pages Read: 112

Freeze Warning by Suzan Krinard
Started On: October 8th
Finished On: October 8th, 8:34 AM
Pages Read: 32

Mist by Suzan Krinard
Started On: October 8th
Finished On: October 8th, 8:35 PM
Pages Read: 356

The Last Namsara by Kristen Ciccarelli
Started On: October 9th
Finished On: October 9th, 9:27 PM
Pages Read: 416

Defending Elysium by Brandon Sanderson
Started On: October 10th
Finished On: October 10th, 9:38 AM
Pages Read: 43

Shadows for Silence in the Forests of Hell by Brandon Sanderson
Started On: October 11th
Finished On: October 11th, 3:09 PM
Pages Read: 89

Pride and Premeditation by Tirzah Price
Started On: October 11th
Finished On: October 11th, 6:30 PM
Pages Read: 368

The Art of Theft by Sherry Thomas
Started On: October 11th
Finished On: October 11th, 8:41 PM
Pages Read: 304

Murder on Cold Street by Sherry Thomas
Started On: October 11th
Finished On: October 11th, 11:57 PM
Pages Read: 368

Mexican Gothic by Silvia Moreno-Garcia
Started On: October 12th
Finished On: October 12th, 2:25 PM
Pages Read: 352

Words of Radiance by Brandon Sanderson
Started On: October 12th
Finished On: October October 12th, 11:03 PM
Pages Read: 1310

Sixth of the Dusk by Brandon Sanderson
Started On: October 12th
Finished On: October 12th, 11:57 PM
Pages Read: 96

Unrestricted Access by James Rollins
Started On: October 13th
Finished On: October 13th, 10:08 PM
Pages Read: 416

Forget This Ever Happened by Cassandra Rose Clarke
Started On: October 14th
Finished On: October 14th, 11:41 PM
Pages Read: 336

A Stitch in Time by Kelley Armstrong
Started On: October 15th
Finished On: October 15th, 5:48 PM
Pages Read: 378

Sword of Destiny by Andrzej Sapkowski
Started On: October 15th
Finished On: October 15th, 10:15 PM
Pages Read: 374

Blood Rites by Jim Butcher
Started On: October 16th
Finished On: October 16th, 7:39 PM
Pages Read: 464

Under Different Stars by Amy A. Bartol
Started On: October 16th
Finished On: October 16th, 11:05 PM
Pages Read: 297

Shadows of Self by Brandon Sanderson 
Started On: October 17th
Finished On: October 17th, 11:08 PM
Pages Read: 445

The Bands of Mourning by Brandon Sanderson 
Started On: October 18th
Finished On: October 18th, 2:59 PM
Pages Read: 514

Secret History by Brandon Sanderson 
Started On: October 18th
Finished On: October 18th, 4:04 PM
Pages Read: 160

White Sand, Volume 1 by Brandon Sanderson 
Started On: October 18th
Finished On: October 18th, 4:48 PM
Pages Read: 160

Fortuna by Kristyn Merbeth
Started On: October 18th
Finished On: October 18th, 11:06 PM
Pages Read: 560

The Traitor Queen by Danielle L. Jensen
Started On: October 19th
Finished On: October 19th, 5:37 PM
Pages Read: 331

Beyond the Black Door by A.M. Strickland
Started On: October 19th
Finished On: October 19th, 9:05 PM
Pages Read: 392

Ill Wind by Rachel Caine
Started On: October 20th
Finished On: October 20th, 3:52 
Pages Read: 352

The Bright and Breaking Sea by Chloe Neill
Started On: October 20th
Finished On: October 20th, 9:00 PM 
Pages Read: 368

Five Total Strangers by Natalie D. Richards
Started On: October 21st
Finished On: October 21st, 12:32 PM
Pages Read: 320

There Will Come a Darkness by Katy Rose Pool
Started On: October 21st
Finished On: October 21st, 10:34 PM
Pages Read: 482

Horrid by Katrina Leno
Started On: October 22nd
Finished On: October 22nd, 3:53 PM 
Pages Read: 336

Set Fire to the Gods by Sara Raasch and Kristen Simmons
Started On: October 22nd
Finished On: October 22nd, 8:58 PM
Pages Read: 432

I Was a Teenage Bigfoot by Jim Butcher
Started On: October 22nd
Finished On: October 22nd, 9:28 PM
Pages Read: 20

Dead Beat by Jim Butcher
Started On: October 23rd
Finished On: October 23rd, 7:10 PM
Pages Read: 517

The Veil by Chloe Neill
Started On: October 23rd
Finished On: October 23rd, 11:08 PM
Pages Read: 326

The Girl of Hawthorn and Glass by Adan Jerreat-Poole
Started On: October 24th
Finished On: October 24th, 54 AM
Pages Read: 320

Shadowsong by S. Jae-Jones
Started On: October 24th
Finished On: October 24th, 3:15 PM
Pages Read: 400

Sherwood by Meagan Spooner
Started On: October 24th
Finished On: October 25th, 12:11 AM
Pages Read: 496

Ultraviolet by R.J. Anderson
Started On: October 25th
Finished On: October 25th, 3:41 AM
Pages Read: 416

In the Hall with the Knife by Diana Peterfreund
Started On: October 25th
Finished On: October 25th, 11:06 PM
Pages Read: 304

We Hunt the Flame by Hafsah Faizal
Started On: October 26th
Finished On: October 26th, 9:37 PM
Pages Read: 469

Take Me With You by Tara Altebrando 
Started On: October 27th
Finished On: October 27th, 7:36 PM
Pages Read: 384

Revenge & Rapture by Deborah Wilde
Started On: October 27th
Finished On: October 27th, 11:49 PM
Pages Read: 338

Something Borrowed by Jim Butcher
Started On: October 28th
Finished On: October 28th, 9:56 AM 
Pages Read: 24

Proven Guilty by Jim Butcher
Started On: October 28th
Finished On: October 28th, 3:37 PM
Pages Read: 489

Bending the Paw by Diane Kelly
Started On: October 28th
Finished On: October 28th, 10:45 PM
Pages Read: 320

Lightbringer by Claire Legrand
Started On: October 29th
Finished On: October 29th, 9:36 PM
Pages Read: 594

Daughter of the Serpentine by E.E. Knight
Started On: October 30th
Currently On: Page 0 of 512

Books Read: 61
Pages Read: 23043

Wednesday, October 28, 2020

Waiting on Wednesday #494, October 28th

"Waiting On" Wednesday is a weekly event, hosted at Breaking the Spine, that spotlights upcoming releases that we're eagerly anticipating!

Rhythm of War by Brandon Sanderson 
Expected Publication: November 17th, 2020
From Goodreads:
The eagerly awaited sequel to the #1 New York Times bestselling Oathbringer, from an epic fantasy writer at the top of his game.

After forming a coalition of human resistance against the enemy invasion, Dalinar Kholin and his Knights Radiant have spent a year fighting a protracted, brutal war. Neither side has gained an advantage.

Now, as new technological discoveries begin to change the face of the war, the enemy prepares a bold and dangerous operation. The arms race that follows will challenge the very core of the Radiant ideals, and potentially reveal the secrets of the ancient tower that was once the heart of their strength.

At the same time that Kaladin Stormblessed must come to grips with his changing role within the Knights Radiant, his Windrunners face their own problem: As more and more deadly enemy Fused awaken to wage war, no more honorspren are willing to bond with humans to increase the number of Radiants. Adolin and Shallan must lead the coalition’s envoy to the honorspren stronghold of Lasting Integrity and either convince the spren to join the cause against the evil god Odium, or personally face the storm of failure.

The Bright and Breaking Sea by Chloe Neill 
Expected Publication: November 17th, 2020
From Goodreads:
Chloe Neill brings her trademark wit and wild sense of adventure to a stunning seafaring fantasy starring a dauntless heroine in a world of magic and treachery.

Kit Brightling, rescued as a foundling and raised in a home for talented girls, has worked hard to rise through the ranks of the Isles' Crown Command and become one of the few female captains in Queen Charlotte's fleet. Her ship is small, but she's fast--in part because of Kit's magical affinity to the sea. But the waters become perilous when the queen sends Kit on a special mission with a partner she never asked for.

Rian Grant, Viscount Queenscliffe, may be a veteran of the Continental war, but Kit doesn't know him or his motives--and she's dealt with one too many members of the Beau Monde. But Kit has her orders, and the queen has commanded they journey to a dangerous pirate quay and rescue a spy who's been gathering intelligence on the exiled emperor of Gallia.

Kit can lead her ship and clever crew on her own, but with the fate of queen and country at stake, Kit and Rian must learn to trust each other, or else the Isles will fall....

Daughter of the Serpentine by E.E. Knight
Expected Publication: November 17th, 2020
From Goodreads:
As a young dragoneer moves through the ranks of the prestigious Serpentine Academy, her challenges grow greater and her time grows short to draw out a series of deadly threats, in this thrilling coming-of-age fantasy novel.

Sixteen-year-old Ileth is now an Apprentice Dragoneer, with all of the benefits and pitfalls that her elevation in rank entails. But her advancement becomes less certain after a she's attacked by an unknown enemy, and Ileth begins to suspect that someone deadly may be hiding within the walls of the academy.

Outside of the walls there is a different challenge. The Rari Pirates are strangling the Vale Republic. What they lack in dragon firepower, they make up for in the brutality of their ever-expanding raids, making hostages or slaves of the Republic’s citizens. Surrounded by enemies, Ileth will need to learn what kind of dragoneer she wants to be. And as she makes decisions about her future, Ileth will have the chance to uncover the secrets of her past. Both will irrevocably change the course of her life. 

This Is Not a Ghost Story by Andrea Portes
Expected Publication: November 17th, 2020
From Goodreads:
I am not welcome. Somehow I know that. Something doesn’t want me here.

Whatever this is, it is saying to me in a voice that cannot be heard but only felt: Get out.

Daffodil Franklin has plans for a quiet summer before her freshman year at college, and luckily, she’s found the job that can give her just that: housesitting a mansion for a wealthy couple.

But as the summer progresses and shadows lengthen, Daffodil comes to realize the house is more than it appears. The spacious home seems to close in on her, and as she takes the long road into town, she feels eyes on her the entire way, and something tugging her back.

What Daffodil doesn’t yet realize is that her job comes with a steep price. The house has a long-ago grudge it needs to settle… and Daffodil is the key to settling it.

This is Not the Jess Show by Anna Carey
Expected Publication:  November 17th, 2020
From Goodreads:
A timely YA thriller about a teenage girl whose reality may not be what it seems, blending 90s nostalgia with a speculative hook that dissects our modern reality TV and influencer-obsessed culture.

Like many teens, sometimes it feels as though everything in Jess Flynn's life has been engineered for maximum drama--from her performance at the school talent show, to the reappearance of her childhood best friend and perennial crush Jeremy, to her friends trying to set her up with one of the hottest guys in school. It's almost as if everything might finally be going her way...until one day a tiny black phone with an apple logo on its screen falls out of her best friend's backpack and lands at Jess's feet.

The problem is, it's 1998, and the first iPhone isn't due out for another nine years.

Jess's friends refuse to acknowledge the strange device. Her sister Sara, on hospice care with a terminal blood disease, for once can't tell Jess what she should do. It's almost as if everyone is hiding something from her. Even her beloved dog Fuller seems different...like, literally different, because he definitely didn't have that same pattern of spots on his stomach last week...

Nothing in Jess Flynn's world is as it seems, and as the cracks begin to show, Jess will discover her entire life is nothing more than someone else's entertainment. Except in this reality, the outside world is no place anyone would want to escape to. 

Yeah, 4 excellent books are coming out! I have read 2 of these, and I can't wait to read Rhythm of War and This is Not the Jess Show! What about you guys? Happy reading! 

Friday, October 23, 2020

E.E. Knight Author Page

The Story: I saw Novice Dragoneer on NetGalley, it sounded really fantastic, and I got it, read it, and loved it! And I can't wait to read more of this series! 

Series: Dragoneer Academy.

Monday, November 18, 2019

It's Monday! What Are You Reading #441, November 18th

It's Monday! What Are You Reading is a weekly meme hosted by Book Date where we share what we read this past week, what we hope to read this week...and anything in between! This is a great way to plan out your reading week and see what others are currently reading as well...you never know where that next "must read" book will come from!

What happened in the past week:

Weekly Memes:
It's Monday! What Are You Reading #440
Teaser Tuesday #448
WWW Wednesday #448
WOW #444
Will the Time Come #441
Third Sentence Thursday #431
Random Reads #417
First Lines Friday #444
The Reward Challenge Update #426
Book Blogger Hop #110
How Well I Stuck to It #278
Wrote that Review Update #275

Week 46 Reviews:
Blood & Ash
Heartstone
Dragonshadow
Flamebringer
OK, so I got 23 posts in 7 days, and yeah, it was a pretty good week, read some great books, and some really great books coming this week! Can't wait! What about you guys? Happy reading!

So this week I want to read Chasing the Shadows, Chosen, Gideon the Ninth, Good Girls Lie, and The Last First Girl.

New York Times bestselling author Maria V. Snyder returns with the next page-turning instalment of the new sci-fi series: Sentinels of the Galaxy Year 2522. Lyra Daniels is dead. Okay, so I only died for sixty-six seconds. But when I came back to life, I got a brand new name and a snazzy new uniform. Go me! Seriously, though, it's very important that Lyra Daniels stays dead, at least as far as my ex-friend Jarren, the murdering looter, knows.

While dying is the scariest thing that's happened to me, it morphed my worming skills. I can manipulate the Q-net like never before. But Jarren has blocked us from communicating with the rest of the galaxy and now they believe we've gone silent, like Planet Xinji (where silent really means dead).

A Protector Class spaceship is coming to our rescue, but we still have to survive almost two years before they arrive - if they arrive at all. Until then, we have to figure out how to stop an unstoppable alien threat. And it's only a matter of time before Jarren learns I'm not dead and returns to finish what he started.

There's no way I'm going to let Jarren win. Instead I'll do whatever it takes to save the people I love. But even I'm running out of ideas...
Nina continues to learn how to use her slayer powers against enemies old and new in this second novel in the New York Times bestselling series from Kiersten White, set in the world of Buffy the Vampire Slayer.

Now that Nina has turned the Watcher's Castle into a utopia for hurt and lonely demons, she's still waiting for the utopia part to kick in. With her sister Artemis gone and only a few people remaining at the castle—including her still-distant mother—Nina has her hands full. Plus, though she gained back her Slayer powers from Leo, they're not feeling quite right after being held by the seriously evil succubus Eve, a.k.a. fake Watcher's Council member and Leo's mom.

And while Nina is dealing with the darkness inside, there's also a new threat on the outside, portended by an odd triangle symbol that seems to be popping up everywhere, in connection with Sean's demon drug ring as well as someone a bit closer to home. Because one near-apocalypse just isn't enough, right?

The darkness always finds you. And once again, it's coming for the Slayer.
Gideon the Ninth is the most fun you'll ever have with a skeleton.

The Emperor needs necromancers.

The Ninth Necromancer needs a swordswoman.

Gideon has a sword, some dirty magazines, and no more time for undead bullshit.

Tamsyn Muir's Gideon the Ninth unveils a solar system of swordplay, cut-throat politics, and lesbian necromancers. Her characters leap off the page, as skillfully animated as necromantic skeletons. The result is a heart-pounding epic science fantasy.

Brought up by unfriendly, ossifying nuns, ancient retainers, and countless skeletons, Gideon is ready to abandon a life of servitude and an afterlife as a reanimated corpse. She packs up her sword, her shoes, and her dirty magazines, and prepares to launch her daring escape. But her childhood nemesis won't set her free without a service.

Harrowhark Nonagesimus, Reverend Daughter of the Ninth House and bone witch extraordinaire, has been summoned into action. The Emperor has invited the heirs to each of his loyal Houses to a deadly trial of wits and skill. If Harrowhark succeeds she will become an immortal, all-powerful servant of the Resurrection, but no necromancer can ascend without their cavalier. Without Gideon's sword, Harrow will fail, and the Ninth House will die.

Of course, some things are better left dead.
Goode girls don't lie…

Perched atop a hill in the tiny town of Marchburg, Virginia, The Goode School is a prestigious prep school known as a Silent Ivy. The boarding school of choice for daughters of the rich and influential, it accepts only the best and the brightest. Its elite status, long-held traditions and honor code are ideal for preparing exceptional young women for brilliant futures at Ivy League universities and beyond. But a stranger has come to Goode, and this ivy has turned poisonous.

In a world where appearances are everything, as long as students pretend to follow the rules, no one questions the cruelties of the secret societies or the dubious behavior of the privileged young women who expect to get away with murder. But when a popular student is found dead, the truth cannot be ignored. Rumors suggest she was struggling with a secret that drove her to suicide.

But look closely…because there are truths and there are lies, and then there is everything that really happened.

J.T. Ellison's pulse-pounding new novel examines the tenuous bonds of friendship, the power of lies and the desperate lengths people will go to to protect their secrets.
Life in a slasher film is easy. You just have to know when to die.

Aerial View: A suburban town in Texas. Everyone's got an automatic garage door opener. All the kids jump off a perilous cliff into a shallow river as a rite of passage. The sheriff is a local celebrity. You know this town. You're from this town.

Zoom In: Homecoming princess, Lindsay. She's just barely escaped death at the hands of a brutal, sadistic murderer in a Michael Jackson mask. Up on the cliff, she was rescued by a horse and bravely defeated the killer, alone, bra-less. Her story is already a legend. She's this town's heroic final girl, their virgin angel.

Monster Vision: Halloween masks floating down that same river the kids jump into. But just as one slaughter is not enough for Billie Jean, our masked killer, one victory is not enough for Lindsay. Her high school is full of final girls, and she's not the only one who knows the rules of the game.

When Lindsay chooses a host of virgins, misfits, and former final girls to replace the slaughtered members of her original homecoming court, it's not just a fight for survival-it's a fight to become The Last Final Girl.

Saturday, November 16, 2019

Week 46 Review: Novice Dragoneer

From Goodreads:
In the first book in an exciting and charming new coming-of-age fantasy series from the author of the Age of Fire series, an impoverished girl enters into a military order of dragonriders, but her path won't be as easy or as straightforward as she expected.

Fourteen-year-old Ileth grew up in an orphanage, and thanks to her stutter was never thought to be destined for much beyond kitchen work and cleaning. But she's dreamed of serving with the dragons ever since a childhood meeting with a glittering silver dragon and its female dragoneer. For years she waits, and as soon as she is old enough to join, Ileth runs away to become a novice dragoneer at the ancient human-dragon fortress of the Serpentine.

While most of her fellow apprentices are from rich and influential families, Ileth must fight for her place in the world, even if it includes a duel with her boss at the fish-gutting table. She's then sent off to the dragon-dancers after a foolish kiss with a famously named boy and given charge of a sickly old dragon with a mysterious past. But she finds those trials were nothing when she has to take the place of a dead dragoneer and care for his imprisoned dragon in enemy lands. . .

My Review:
This book was so fantastic to read! I don't read much traditional fantasy, I'm more YA, it was pretty awesome to read this book! It's not dense in the writing, but there's 500 pages and 19 chapters. There isn't a huge cast of characters, but there were some that I had a hard time remembering where they'd been previously introduced, of what their name was. But so enjoyable to read!

This world is pretty interesting! This world of dragons and their dragoneers was fascinating, and there were hints of the history of the world, mentions of a fallen country/empire, that seemed to have a lasting impression of the current cultures. There's some politics, because of the whole "imprisoned dragon" thing, and they aren't easy waters to navigate.

I really enjoyed Ileth's journey being a novice. It isn't easy, and she faces a few additional struggles because she grew up in an orphanage. But there's some kind of secret there, because I have a suspicion about her dad...

The journey that Ileth goes on, from starting at the Academy, she has a ton of road blocks in the way. And with a pretty awful purity culture, that a kiss that she didn't initiate could've gotten her kicked out, yeah, sometimes I broiled at some of the unfairness. She had a way of getting into situations, and then finding bizarre ways out getting out of them! So great to read!

I really enjoyed this book, and I can't wait to see where this series goes!

Author: E.E. Knight
Series: Dragoneer Academy #1
Read: November 14th, 2019
Source: NetGalley
Reason Why: Sounded really great, and it's a Prequel & Sequel Challenge 2019 Book!
Publisher: Ace
Published: November 5th 2019
5/5 Hearts
5/5 Books
5/5 Stars