Showing posts with label Genoveva Dimova. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Genoveva Dimova. Show all posts

Wednesday, September 25, 2024

Waiting on Wednesday #698, September 25th

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

Demon's Bluff by Kim Harrison
Expected Publication: October 22nd, 2024
From Goodreads:
Rachel Morgan must go on a deadly journey—into the past—in the next thrilling Hollows novel in the #1 New York Times bestselling series.

What’s a witch to do when the coven of moral and ethical standards demands she untwist a curse—but an essential spell component no longer exists? There’s only one choice: go back in time.

Caught between self-exile and an Alcatraz cell, Rachel must find an Atlantean mirror to reverse the curse and prove to Cincinnati’s brand-new witch coven that, no, she does not practice illicit magic. Unfortunately, the only mirror of its kind in existence belonged to the insane demon Newt, forcing Rachel to go to the past to bargain with her for it.

But the time-travel spell goes awry, dragging Elyse, the young leader of the coven, into the past with Rachel. They expect to land five years in the past but instead arrive two days before Rachel’s long-lost love, Kisten, dies. Heartbroken and torn, Rachel knows she can't change the past.

Even with no allies, Rachel still has one thing going for her: Cincinnati is her city, now and forever. If she can find a way to work with Newt and prevent Elyse from becoming the demon’s next familiar, they might all get home.

The Blood Orchid by Kylie Lee Baker
Expected Publication: October 22nd, 2024
From Goodreads:
Since Zilan entered the world of royal alchemists, she has learned that alchemy comes at a price. She has lost loved ones in her search for broader justice against the evil Empress and all she wants now is to find some way to bring them back. Resurrection is her specialty, after all.

In search of the myth of Penglai Island, where it’s rumored life can be fully restored, Zilan starts a new adventure. But when old threats come back to haunt her and the path to Penglai Island means facing down unpredictable, sometimes dangerous, alchemists, she wonders just how high of a price she may be willing to pay.


Everyone This Christmas Has a Secret by Benjamin Stevenson
Expected Publication: October 22nd, 2024
From Goodreads:
Benjamin Stevenson returns with a Christmas addition to his bestselling, “deviously good fun” (Nita Prose), Ernest Cunningham mysteries. Unwrap all the Christmas presents, family, an impossible murder or two, and a deadly advent calendar of clues. If Knives Out and The Thursday Murder Club kissed under the mistletoe.

My name’s Ernest Cunningham. I used to be a fan of reading Golden Age murder mysteries, until I found myself with a haphazard career getting stuck in the middle of real-life ones. I’d hoped, this Christmas, that any self-respecting murderer would kick their feet up and take it easy over the holidays. I was wrong.

So here I am, backstage at the show of world-famous magician Rylan Blaze, whose benefactor has just been murdered. My suspects are all professional masters of the art of misdirection.

THE MAGICIAN

THE ASSISTANT

THE EXECUTIVE

THE HYPNOTIST

THE IDENTICAL TWIN

THE COUNSELLOR

 THE TECH

My clues are even more A suspect covered in blood, without a memory of how it got there. A murder committed without setting foot inside the room where it happens. And an advent calendar. Because, you know, it’s Christmas.

If I can see through the illusions, I know I can solve it.

After all, a good murder is just like a magic trick, isn’t it?

Monstrous Nights by Genoveva Dimova
Expected Publication: October 22nd, 2024
From Goodreads:
Dive into the breakneck conclusion to the Slavic folklore-inspired Witch's Compendium of Monsters series, which began with Foul Days

With her magic reclaimed and her role in the community of Chernograd restored, Kosara’s life should finally be back to normal—but, of course, things can’t possibly be that simple.

She is now in possession of twelve witch’s shadows, which belonged to a series of young, magically powerful women lured into the deadly marriage with the Zmey that Kosara only narrowly escaped as a young woman. Holding them may grant her unprecedented power, but that doesn’t mean they’re always willing to do her bidding.

Across the wall in Belograd, Asen chases the only lead on his latest case, one of several unsolved witch murders, even against the orders of his direct superior and the mayor. He’s convinced the smuggling kingpin Konstantin Karaivanov is behind them, and follows his trail to an underground monster auction—which leads him right back to Chernograd.

There, sinister events follow one after snow falls in midsummer, a witch with two shadows is found dead, monsters that should only appear during the Foul Days have been sighted, and cracks appear in the sky that only Kosara seems able to see. The barrier between worlds thins... and Kosara can’t help but feel her actions are the cause.

Much Ado About Margaret by Madeleine Roux
Expected Publication: October 22nd, 2024
From Goodreads:
Madeleine Roux’s next season in Regency England follows a rebellious writer and the man who risks everything to publish her.

Margaret Arden yearns to live like the passionate and daring women in her novel. The idyllic life at Mosely Cottage with her two younger sisters and mother is fine, but Margaret wants more than the demure and dainty existence she’s known. After a particularly brutal rejection from an annoyingly attractive publisher, Margaret fears being forced into marriage to protect her family if their financial situation doesn’t improve—until her cousin’s glamorous wedding masquerade brings her onto a collision course with scandal, notoriety, and even love. 

Captain Bridger Darrow is starting over after fighting for his country. Now home, he is struggling to save his family from destitution and succeed in a new venture of book publishing. It’s all going rather poorly, until he stumbles upon loose pages of an astonishing novel while in attendance at his dearest friend’s wedding. Bridger knows he must publish it. But upon meeting the author, Bridger is stunned to discover that he—she—is a woman, and he has already told her off in grand fashion.

While Bridger is keen to gain her trust and rescind the initial rejection, Margaret can’t help but be skeptical of his intentions. Sparks fly between the two, just as the wedding of the season starts to descend into chaos when a masked dance leads to a case of mistaken identities.

Oh, these are really fantastic reads, authors that I love, series that are so good, and of the ones I've read, have been fantastic, and I can't wait for them to come out! What about you guys? Happy reading! 

Monday, August 12, 2024

It's Monday! What Are You Reading #688, August 12th

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 #687
Teaser Tuesday #695
WWW Wednesday #695
WOW #691
Will the Time Come #688
Third Sentence Thursday #678
Random Reads #664
First Lines Friday #691
Book Blogger Hop #357
Monthly ARC's Update 84
The Reward Challenge Update #673
Wheel of TBR #220
How Well I Stuck to It #525
Wrote that Review Update #522

Week 32 Reviews:
Tallulah's Back in Town

Magical Readathon: Orilium: 

2024 ARC August: 

Random:

OK, so I got 37 posts in 7 days, and it was a pretty good week, I read some really great books, and it was a pretty good week. And I'm really looking forward to this coming week, there's some really great releases come out! What about you guys? Happy reading!

So this week I want to read Born of Blood and Ash!

From #1 New York Times bestselling author Jennifer L. Armentrout comes the thrilling conclusion to her beloved Flesh and Fire series…

The line between love and obsession has never been wider.

While Sera is finally free of Kolis and back with those she loves, not everything is calm. Memories of all she's endured still haunt her, but Sera finally has hope for a future with the other half of her heart and soul. Nyktos desires, loves, and accepts every part of her—even the monstrous bits she still battles.

More than ever, Sera and Ash have everything under the realms to fight for, and Nyktos has no doubt Sera is fit to be the Queen of the Gods. But she must find that faith within herself if they hope to convince the other Courts to support them against Kolis and make Iliseeum and the mortal realm better, safer places for all.

But as Sera begins to piece together the importance of her bloodline and the true meaning behind the foreboding prophecy, it becomes clear that everything that has happened and is yet to come is much bigger than Kolis and his dark obsessions.

They cannot help but wonder exactly how much influence the Fates have had and what their ultimate goal is. What Sera does know for sure is that they can trust very few—including her.

A battle between the gods is brewing, and heartbreaking losses are imminent with the true Primal of Death strengthening. With a family of the heart willing to battle by their side, can Sera and Nyktos stop Kolis before he destroys the realms, or will it all disappear in a fiery inferno of blood and ash?

And the line between justice and vengeance has never been so thin.

Saturday, August 10, 2024

Week 32 Reviews: Foul Days, Monstrous Nights


From Goodreads:
As a witch in the walled city of Chernograd, Kosara has plenty of practice taming rusalkas, fighting kikimoras, and brewing lycanthrope repellent. There's only one monster Kosara can't defeat: her ex the Zmey, known as the Tsar of Monsters. She's defied him one too many times, and now he's hunting her. Betrayed to him by someone close to her, Kosara's only hope is to trade her shadow―the source of her powers―for illegal passage across the Wall to Belograd, where monsters can't follow.

Life in Belograd should be sweet, but Kosara soon develops a fast-acting version of the deadly wasting sickness that stalks shadowless witches―and only reclaiming her magic can cure her. To trace her shadow, she'll have to team up with the suspiciously honorable detective investigating the death of the smuggler who brought her across the Wall.

Even worse than working with the cops is that all the clues point in a single direction: one of the Zmey's monsters has found a crack in the Wall, and Kosara's magic is now in the Zmey's hands.

The clock is ticking, the hunt is on, and Kosara's priorities should be clear―but is she the hunter or the hunted? And in a city where everyone is out for themselves, who can Kosara trust to assist her in outwitting the man―the Monster―she's never been able to escape alone?

From Goodreads:
Dive into the breakneck conclusion to the Slavic folklore-inspired Witch's Compendium of Monsters series, which began with Foul Days

With her magic reclaimed and her role in the community of Chernograd restored, Kosara’s life should finally be back to normal—but, of course, things can't possibly be that simple.

She is now in possession of twelve witch's shadows, which belonged to a series of young, magically powerful women lured into the deadly marriage with the Zmey that Kosara only narrowly escaped as a young woman. Holding them may grant her unprecedented power, but that doesn’t mean they're always willing to do her bidding.

Across the wall in Belograd, Asen chases the only lead on his latest case, one of several unsolved witch murders, even against the orders of his direct superior and the mayor. He's convinced the smuggling kingpin Konstantin Karaivanov is behind them, and follows his trail to an underground monster auction—which leads him right back to Chernograd.

There, sinister events follow one after snow falls in midsummer, a witch with two shadows is found dead, monsters that should only appear during the Foul Days have been sighted, and cracks appear in the sky that only Kosara seems able to see. The barrier between worlds thins... and Kosara can't help but feel her actions are the cause.

My Review:
Man, this was such fantastic reads! The synopses sounded really good, and once I picked Foul days up, I couldn't stop until I had finished Monstrous Nights! I was thoroughly entertained, and I had to know what was going to happen next in the story!

This Slavic inspired story, with the magic and the history, was really interesting, in the first book, the foul days, where this city has gotten used to the monsters coming, yeah, it was so interesting to read! I loved learning more about it!

Foul Days, I'd read the synopsis, but I didn't remember most of it, so it surprised me when she left Chernograd and pretty early on in the book. Watching her in this new town with new rules-and without her magic, yeah, that was so thrilling to read! 

I loved seeing where these stories would go, and how the events for Foul Days changed things for Monstrous Nights, where she has her shadow back, but at what cost? There was just so much going on, and I had to know everything, and had such a great time reading them!  

These were so fantastic to read, and I can't wait to read more by Genoveva Dimova! 

Author: Genoveva Dimova 
Series: The Witch's Compendium of Monsters #1, 2
Read: August 7th, 7th, 2024
Source: NetGalley 
Reason Why: Sounded really great, and they're Prequel & Sequel Challenge 2024 Books, and Foul Days is a DAC Book and Monstrous Nights is a Sophomore Challenge Book and a WoW Book! 
Publisher: Tor Books
Published: June 25th 2024
Expected Publication: October 22nd 2024

Foul Days:
5/5 Hearts
5/5 Books
5/5 Stars








Monstrous Nights:
5/5 Hearts
5/5 Books
5/5 Stars

Wednesday, August 7, 2024

ARC August Update 10

So I read my next book for ARC August, and it was Monstrous Nights and I'll be reading The Secret of the Three Fates next! 

My Reading Journey:

A Cursed Son by Day Leitao
Started On: August 1st
Finished On: August 1st, 3:30 PM
Pages Read: 462

Cold as Hell by Kelley Armstrong
Started On: August 1st
Finished On: August 1st, 8:39 PM
Pages Read: 352

Adrift in Currents Clean and Clear by Seanan McGuire
Started On: August 2nd
Finished On: August 2nd, 11:03 PM
Pages Read: 160

Tallulah's Back in Town by Brenda Novak
Started On: August 3rd
Finished On: August 3rd, 8:27 PM
Pages Read: 400

Stay Dead by April Henry
Started On: August 4th
Finished On: August 4th, 5:19 PM
Pages Read: 320

King of Flames by Kathryn Ann Kingsley
Started On: August 5th
Finished On: August 5th, 9:48 PM
Pages Read: 370

Immortal Dark by Tigest Girma
Started On: August 6th
Finished On: August 6th, 2:39 PM
Pages Read: 432

Wordless by AdriAnne Strickland 
Started On: August 6th
Finished On: August 6th, 11:00 PM
Pages Read: 336

Foul Days by Genoveva Dimova 
Started On: August 7th
Finished On: August 7th, 3:37 PM
Pages Read: 359

Monstrous Nights by Genoveva Dimova 
Started On: August 7th
Finished On: August 7th, 11:01 PM
Pages Read: 352

The Secret of the Three Fates by Jess Armstrong
Started On: August 8th
Currently On: Page 0 of 336

Goals: 31
Read: 10
Pages Read: 3543

ARC August Update 9

So I read my next book for ARC August, and it was Foul Days and I'll be reading Monstrous Nights next! 

My Reading Journey:

A Cursed Son by Day Leitao
Started On: August 1st
Finished On: August 1st, 3:30 PM
Pages Read: 462

Cold as Hell by Kelley Armstrong
Started On: August 1st
Finished On: August 1st, 8:39 PM
Pages Read: 352

Adrift in Currents Clean and Clear by Seanan McGuire
Started On: August 2nd
Finished On: August 2nd, 11:03 PM
Pages Read: 160

Tallulah's Back in Town by Brenda Novak
Started On: August 3rd
Finished On: August 3rd, 8:27 PM
Pages Read: 400

Stay Dead by April Henry
Started On: August 4th
Finished On: August 4th, 5:19 PM
Pages Read: 320

King of Flames by Kathryn Ann Kingsley
Started On: August 5th
Finished On: August 5th, 9:48 PM
Pages Read: 370

Immortal Dark by Tigest Girma
Started On: August 6th
Finished On: August 6th, 2:39 PM
Pages Read: 432

Wordless by AdriAnne Strickland 
Started On: August 6th
Finished On: August 6th, 11:00 PM
Pages Read: 336

Foul Days by Genoveva Dimova 
Started On: August 7th
Finished On: August 7th, 3:37 PM
Pages Read: 359

Monstrous Nights by Genoveva Dimova 
Started On: August 7th
Currently On: Page 0 of 352

Goals: 31
Read: 9
Pages Read: 3191

WWW Wednesday #695, August 7th

To play along, just answer the following three (3) questions…

• What are you currently reading?
• What did you recently finish reading?
• What do you think you'll read next?

Thanks to MizB of Should Be Writing now A Daily Rhythm for starting this meme! And thanks now to Taking on a World of Words for reviving it! 

I'm currently reading Foul Days and I'm loving it! 

I read Wordless and it was really fantastic! 

I'm going to be reading Monstrous Nights, and I can't wait, it sounds fantastic!




What about you guys? Happy reading!

Tuesday, August 6, 2024

ARC August Update 8

So I read my next book for ARC August, and it was Wordless and I'll be reading Foul Days next! 

My Reading Journey:

A Cursed Son by Day Leitao
Started On: August 1st
Finished On: August 1st, 3:30 PM
Pages Read: 462

Cold as Hell by Kelley Armstrong
Started On: August 1st
Finished On: August 1st, 8:39 PM
Pages Read: 352

Adrift in Currents Clean and Clear by Seanan McGuire
Started On: August 2nd
Finished On: August 2nd, 11:03 PM
Pages Read: 160

Tallulah's Back in Town by Brenda Novak
Started On: August 3rd
Finished On: August 3rd, 8:27 PM
Pages Read: 400

Stay Dead by April Henry
Started On: August 4th
Finished On: August 4th, 5:19 PM
Pages Read: 320

King of Flames by Kathryn Ann Kingsley
Started On: August 5th
Finished On: August 5th, 9:48 PM
Pages Read: 370

Immortal Dark by Tigest Girma
Started On: August 6th
Finished On: August 6th, 2:39 PM
Pages Read: 432

Wordless by AdriAnne Strickland 
Started On: August 6th
Finished On: August 6th, 11:00 PM
Pages Read: 336

Foul Days by Genoveva Dimova 
Started On: August 7th
Currently On: Page 0 of 359

Goals: 31
Read: 8
Pages Read: 2832