Piper C.J. Author Page

The Story: I saw The Deer and the Dragon on NetGalley, and it sounded good so I requested and got it, and loved it, and loved the sequel, and I can't wait to read more by Piper C.J.!

Website

Series: The Night & Its Moon, Villains, No Other Gods.

The Night & Its Moon: The Night and Its Moon and her site, my review, A Night Without Whispers and my review, The Sun and Its Shade and her site, my review, Wing and Arrow: Zaccai's Story and my review, The Gloom Between Stars and her site, my review, A Year of Tea & Honey and my review, The Dawn & Its Light and her site, my review, Crown & Crumble: Moirai and Daphne's Story and my review.

Villains: A Chill in the Flame and her site, my review, A Frozen Pyre and her site, my review.

No Other Gods: Hell and the Heart and her site, my review, The Deer and the Dragon and her site, my review, The Fox and the Falcon and her site, my review, The Serpent and the Siren and her site, my review.

Waiting on Wednesday #767, January 21st

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

First Sign of Danger by Kelley Armstrong 

Expected Publication: February 17th, 2026
From Goodreads:

Author Kelley Armstrong continues the Haven's Rock series as Casey Duncan investigates a threat to their off-the-grid Yukon town.

Detective Casey Duncan and her husband, Sheriff Eric Dalton, are entering a new chapter of life as parents to their six-month-old baby. Their family is hidden away in the sanctuary town of Haven's Rock where they can live safe and private lives. But when they encounter hikers too close to the borders of Haven's Rock, they realize they're in danger of being exposed.

When they find one of the hikers dead the next day, they realize that their paranoia was justified, but they're no closer to finding out who these people were and what they were doing in the vicinity of Haven's Rock. Only by tracing the hikers' movements, as well as examining the recent behavior of their closest neighbors, the workers of a secretive mining camp, will they be able to figure out where the threat is coming from and shut it down. Otherwise, the lives of everyone in Haven's Rock--and their safe, secure new existence--are at risk.

House of Ice & Shadows by Sherrilyn Kenyon

Expected Publication: February 17th, 2026
From Goodreads:

Take back your kingdom

Gisela Bloodthorn is trained to kill. She has spent her life enslaved as an assassin in the court of the Centaurs, where only the strongest survive.

Now, the Centaur queen has a final assignment for protect the Oath Keeper who holds the contract that will keep their enemy at bay and kill the queen’s enemies and Gisela will go free.

But when Gisela discovers her first Outlaw known as Xaydin, Gisela learns that the Outlaws aren’t what they seem. Nor are they easily slain.

Xaydin isn’t just a bastard half-troll, he’s an assassin who has dedicated his life to ridding the Thirteen Kingdoms of the Oath Keepers, especially the one who holds the contract Gisela has been sworn to protect.

But trust doesn’t come easy to either of them. If they can’t find common ground and fight their real enemy, both of them will lose everything and everyone they care for.

Agnes Aubert's Mystical Cat Shelter by Heather Fawcett

Expected Publication: February 17th, 2026
From Goodreads:

A woman who runs a cat rescue in 1920s Montréal turns to a grouchy but charming magician to help save her shelter in this heartwarming cozy fantasy from the New York Times bestselling author of the Emily Wilde series.

“Absolutely magnificent! Full of cats and magic, this is the kind of book you want to instantly reread. I loved every character, every cat, and every moment with all my heart!”—Sarah Beth Durst, New York Times bestselling author of The Spellshop

Agnes Aubert leads a meticulously organized life, and she likes it that way. As the proudly type-A manager of a cat rescue charity, she has devoted her life to finding forever homes for stray cats.

Now it’s the shelter that needs a new home. And the only landlord who will rent a space to a cat rescue is a mysterious man called Havelock—who also happens to be the world’s most infamous magician, running an illegal magic shop out of his basement. Havelock is cantankerous and eccentric, but not not handsome, and no, Agnes absolutely does not feel anything but disdain for him. After all, rumors swirl about his shadowy past—including whispers that his dark magic once almost brought about the apocalypse.

Then one day a glamorous magician comes looking for Havelock, putting the magic shop—and the cat shelter—in jeopardy. To save the shelter, Agnes will have to team up with the magician who nearly ended the world . . . and may now be trying to steal her heart.

Havelock is everything Agnes thinks she doesn’t need in her chaos, mischief, and a little too much adventure. But as she gets to know him, she discovers that he’s more than the dark magician of legend, and that she may be ready for a little intrigue—and romance—in her life. After all, second chances aren’t just for rescue cats. . . .

Crown of War and Shadow by J.R .Ward

Expected Publication: February 17th, 2026
From Goodreads:

An outcast burdened with a curse and a mercenary who's out for himself collide in this star-crossed, slow-burn, high-stakes romantic fantasy

In the dead of night, passions rise and empires fall.

Welcome to Kingdoms of the Compass.

The Fulcrum is failing, and demons are slipping into the mortal world, stalking the night.

No one is safe.

Especially not Sorrel. An orphan and an outcast, she’s spent her whole life within the walls of her small village, ostracized for her mystical abilities. She wants to survive…and maybe find somewhere she can call her true home. But Fate has other plans.

Sorrel has been chosen. Cursed.

She must cross the Badlands to return the Queen's crown and convince the fearsome female to save their world from destruction.

Well aware she’s no brave hero, Sorrel makes a dangerous deal with Merc, a brooding, commanding mercenary known only by his unscrupulous profession.

The deal? A night in his bed that she will never forget, in exchange for her safe passage.

But Merc has secrets of his own, and even though passion runs hot between them, enemies are around every corner, and danger and betrayal threaten at every turn.

The Serpent and the Siren by Piper CJ

Expected Publication: February 17th, 2026
From Goodreads:

The next book in the spellbinding urban fantasy from New York Times bestselling author and TikTok sensation Piper CJ.

It's only the end of the world...

Reeling from shattered trust and caught between the truth and the love of her lifetimes, Marlow finds herself facing down the apocalypse…not as its victim, but as its very catalyst. She's ready for the end times, and she has officially declared herself an enemy of Heaven. Gathering allies across realms and pantheons brings new tantalizing twists and passionate nights as more and more figures step out of mythology to fight to the end. 

With the stakes higher than ever and every world at risk, Marlow must determine once and for all who she needs on her side―and who she can trust to stay there as she tears it all down. Enemies new and old close in, and the lines between love and hate blur. And in the end, it might just be the power of Marlow's own realm, the power of human belief, that can turn the tide before it's too late. 

A bunch of fantastic books, and I can't wait for them to all be out, I love these authors and series! What about you guys? Happy reading! 

It's Monday! What Are You Reading #716, February 24th

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 #715
Teaser Tuesday #723
WWW Wednesday #723
WOW #719
Will the Time Come #716
Third Sentence Thursday #706
Random Reads #692
First Lines Friday #719
Book Blogger Hop #385

23 Books to Read in 2023 Update 17
The Reward Challenge Update #701
Wheel of TBR #248
How Well I Stuck to It #553
Wrote that Review Update #550

Week 8 Reviews:

The Fox and the Falcon

I'll Pretend You're Mine

Gabriel's Inferno 

Gabriel's Rapture

Gabriel's Redemption

Gabriel's Promise

Counting the Cost

Breathless

Rebel Witch

The Spirit Collection of Thorne Hall

Scythe & Sparrow

Chaos King

She Who Became the Sun

He Who Drowned the Earth

Take His Memory to Your Grave

The Raven and the Reindeer

Trigger

Shutter

Phase Out Your Seriesathon: 

Update 14

Update 15

Magical Readathon: Orilium: 

Update 12

Update 13

Update 14

Polarthon Readathon: 

Update 4

Update 5

Update 6

Update 7

Update 8

Update 9

Update 10
Update 11

Update 12

Random:

Brynne Weaver Author Page

Rebecca Kenney Author Page

OK, so I got 43 posts in 7 days, and it was a pretty decent week, I'm happy with what I read, and I'm looking forward to this week, since I have a week and a day of vacation, so I'm going to be reading and catching up with writing my reviews. What about you guys? Happy reading!

So this week I want to read The Dark Mirror! 

Paige Mahoney is outside the Republic of Scion for the first time in more than a decade – but she has no idea how she got to the free world. Half a year has been wiped from her memory.

As she makes her way back to the revolution, her journey takes her to Venice, where she learns a dangerous secret – one that could change the face of the war between humans and immortals. Before she can return to London, she must help the Domino Programme unravel the sinister Operation Ventriloquist.

And it soon becomes clear that the one person who could recover her memories – Arcturus Mesarthim – might also hold the key to saving Italy.

Lyrical and action-packed, The Dark Mirror drives the Bone Season series forward, showing Samantha Shannon at the height of her powers.

Week 8 Review: The Fox and the Falcon

From Goodreads:

The next book in a spellbinding new urban fantasy from USA Today bestselling author and TikTok sensation Piper CJ.

The Apocalypse begins with love and a lie...

Marlow has spent most of her life believing the shadowy demon she loves isn't real. Not only is he the living, breathing Prince of Hell, but he is now in serious danger. Their reunion is cut short as Caliban remains in a vicious battle with a Phoenician goddess after Marlow's escape. To save him, Marlow must venture into her ancestors' domain for help―the Norse Pantheon―where shared blood is no guarantee of an alliance and the line between gods and beasts blurs.

Major players from even more realms team up in the ever-growing war between Heaven and Hell, and it will be up to Marlow to determine friend from foe to get Caliban back and save her world as she knows it. No one said the games of gods would be easy, but Marlow is prepared to sacrifice everything to save the one she loves.

My Review:


Author: Piper C.J.
Series: No Other Gods #2
Read: February 15th, 2025 
Source: Bought 
Reason Why: Loved the first book, and it's a Prequel & Sequel Challenge 2025 Book and a WoW Book! 
Publisher: Bloom Books
Published: February 18th 2025

5/5 Hearts

5/5 Books

5/5 Stars

Waiting on Wednesday #716, January 29th

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

Cold as Hell by Kelley Armstrong

Expected Publication: February 18th, 2025
From Goodreads:

New York Times bestselling author Kelley Armstrong returns to Haven’s Rock in Cold as Hell as Casey Butler hunts down a dangerous killer during a deadly blizzard.

Haven’s Rock is a sanctuary town hidden deep in the Yukon for those who need to disappear from the regular world. Detective Casey Duncan and her husband, Sheriff Eric Dalton, are starting a family now that they’ve settled into their life here. As Casey nears the end of her pregnancy, she lets nothing, including her worried husband, stop her from investigating what happens in the forbidden forest outside the town of Haven’s Rock.

When one of the town's residents is drugged and wanders too close to the edge of town, she’s dragged into the woods kicking and screaming. She’s saved in the nick of time, but the women of the town are alarmed. Casey and Eric investigate the assault just as a snowstorm hits Haven’s Rock, covering the forest. It’s there they find a frozen body, naked in the snow. With mixed accounts of the woman's last movements, the two begin to question who they can trust—and who they can't—in their seemingly safe haven.

A Dragon of Black Glass by James Rollins

Expected Publication: February 18th, 2025
From Goodreads:

The third book in the New York Times bestselling Moonfall series from thriller-master James Rollins, A Dragon of Black Glass is a tale of relentless adventure and the struggle for survival in a harsh world that hangs by a thread.

With the apocalyptic threat of moonfall looming ever closer, Nyx and her allies must venture into the eternally sunblasted lands to search for an ancient weapon buried untold millennia ago. All the while, enemies close upon her flanks, and a greater danger lurks ahead. For beneath a desert turned to glass, hidden from the scorching heat, life thrives—both wondrous and monstrous. But a more fearsome menace lies even deeper, where an ancient army has been seeded to protect a secret from any who dare seek it out.

Yet, can Nyx truly trust those at her side? Can she trust herself? For while her gift of bridle-song grows ever stronger, so does the danger of losing herself to a dark madness. Worst yet, the same afflicts Bashaliia, her winged and bonded brother.

Elsewhere, a looming war explodes across the Crown, forging new alliances and greater enmities, as lands around the globe are drawn into fiery conflict. Prince Kanthe—now consort to the newly crowned Empress of the Southern Klashe—must accept a mantle that poorly suits to become a traitor to his own people. In that role, he quickly recognizes a hard truth. To save the world, he must destroy all that he once loved.

Beyond such struggles, a new cunning peril smolders at the heart of a kingdom. Hidden in the Shrivenkeep of the Iflelen, an ancient bronze weapon has been awoken. Fed by blood, fueled by hatred, it has only one to end all life on Urth.

But in this goal, will Nyx prove to be its ally or foe?

Rebel Witch by Kristen Ciccarelli

Expected Publication: February 18th, 2025
From Goodreads:

The stakes are even higher in this epic, romantic conclusion to the New York Times bestselling Crimson Moth duology

A WITCH...

Rune Winters is on the run. Ever since the boy she loved, Gideon Sharpe, revealed who she was and delivered her into enemy hands, everyone wants her dead. If Rune hopes to survive, she must ally herself with the cruel and dangerous Cressida Roseblood, who’s planning to take back the Republic and reinstate a Reign of Witches—something Cressida needs Rune to accomplish.

A WITCH HUNTER...

Apparently it wasn’t enough for Rune to deceive Gideon; she’s now betrayed him by allying herself with the witch who made his life a living hell. Gideon won’t allow the Republic to fall to the witches and be plunged back into the nightmares of the past. In order to protect this new world he fought for, every last witch must die—especially Rune Winters.

AN IMPOSSIBLE CHOICE...

When Rune makes Gideon an offer he can’t refuse, the two must pair up to accomplish dangerous goals. The more they’re forced into each other’s company, the more Gideon realizes the feelings he had for Rune aren’t as dead and buried as he thought. Now he’s faced with a terrible sacrifice the girl he loves to stop a monster taking back power, or let Rune live and watch the world he fought so hard for burn.

In Kristen Ciccarelli's Rebel Witch, the exciting conclusion to The Crimson Moth duology, love has never been so deadly.

Cursebound by Saara El-Arifi

Expected Publication: February 18th, 2025
From Goodreads:

United by war.

Betrayed by destiny.

Cursed by love.

Yeeran was born for war but is unprepared for love. She has left her new lover, the Queen of the fae, to return to her homeland, only to find that her former lover now threatens war against the fae.

Left behind, her sister Lettle is determined to break the curse that binds the fae to their realm. When a stranger appears in the city, Lettle is convinced he’s the key. But the Fates that once spoke to her have fallen silent.

Can Lettle and Yeeran discover the secret behind the curse—and unite these two worlds before they destroy each other?

Wooing the Witch Queen by Stephanie Burgis

Expected Publication: February 18th, 2025
From Goodreads:

In a Gaslamp-lit world where hags and ogres lurk in thick pine forests, three magical queens form an uneasy alliance to protect their lands from invasion…and love turns their world upside down.

Queen Saskia is the wicked sorceress everyone fears. After successfully wrestling the throne from her evil uncle, she only wants one thing: to keep her people safe from the empire next door. For that, she needs to spend more time in her laboratory experimenting with her spells. She definitely doesn’t have time to bring order to her chaotic library of magic.

When a mysterious dark wizard arrives at her castle, Saskia hires him as her new librarian on the spot. “Fabian” is sweet and a little nerdy, and his requests seem a little strange – what in the name of Divine Elva is a fountain pen? – but he’s getting the job done. And if he writes her flirtatious poetry and his innocent touch makes her skin singe, well…

Little does Saskia know that the "wizard" she’s falling for is actually an Imperial archduke in disguise, with no magical training whatsoever. On the run, with perilous secrets on his trail and a fast growing yearning for the wicked sorceress, he's in danger from her enemies and her newfound allies, too. When his identity is finally revealed, will their love save or doom each other?

The Fox and the Falcon by Piper C.J.

Expected Publication: February 18th, 2025
From Goodreads:

The next book in a spellbinding new urban fantasy from USA Today bestselling author and TikTok sensation Piper CJ.

The Apocalypse begins with love and a lie...

Marlow has spent most of her life believing the shadowy demon she loves isn't real. Not only is he the living, breathing Prince of Hell, but he is now in serious danger. Their reunion is cut short as Caliban remains in a vicious battle with a Phoenician goddess after Marlow's escape. To save him, Marlow must venture into her ancestors' domain for help―the Norse Pantheon―where shared blood is no guarantee of an alliance and the line between gods and beasts blurs.

Major players from even more realms team up in the ever-growing war between Heaven and Hell, and it will be up to Marlow to determine friend from foe to get Caliban back and save her world as she knows it. No one said the games of gods would be easy, but Marlow is prepared to sacrifice everything to save the one she loves.

A group of books from authors that I absolutely love, and series that I've enjoyed, and I can't wait for them all to be out, since I've read and loved most of them! What about you guys? Happy reading! 

Week 19 Review: The Deer and the Dragon

From Goodreads:

The deities you call aren't always the ones who answer. Marlow needs to believe she's crazy. The alternative would mean embracing the gift―or curse―shared by her mother and she can see angels and demons, including a dark and haunting entity who's been with Marlow her entire life. At least, she believes that's all he is until a fae from the Nordic pantheon strolls into her life and informs her that she's been sharing a bed with the Prince of Hell. A Prince who's now gone missing. Before she knows it, Marlow is deeply entangled in a centuries-old war, stumbling straight into a battleground between mighty beings of myth and legend from powerful pantheons around the world. And who will come out on top may just depend on her and the love she never dared to believe in.

My Review:
This was a really fantastic read! It's dark and sexy and I had such a great time in this world, with these characters. To have all these pantheons, and factions, and this look at the bible and Christianity, yeah, I had to know what was going to happen next! 

Marlow was pretty fantastic, she was a sex worker, and now she's an author, who thinks she's insane because of her imaginary friend, Caliban. To find out that he was real, that she wasn't crazy, entering this world, yeah, that was pretty eye opening for her! So of course she goes on a quest to find him. 

The way that she treated him after that incident, where he tried to get her to not say something that she would regret-and she did-she blocks him from her life. Which, I mean, I know why she did it, but she was the one that put those restrictions up, he wasn't able to help directly because of them. 

One thing that I noted was just how descriptive Marlow's reactions were. I'm not quite sure how I feel about it, because she was frequently in situations that were panicking, and I know that I wouldn't do any better, but it's not something that I loved to read.

That ending was just evil for us readers! To end it like that, not knowing the outcome, I mean, sure, it's probably likely that those we're rooting for made it out okay, but we haven't seen it yet, and to have to wait until the next book is going to be awful! 

I had a great time reading this book and I can't wait to continue on! 

Author: Piper C.J.
Series: No Other Gods #1
Read: May 8th, 2024
Source: NetGalley 
Reason Why: Sounded really great, and it's a Prequel & Sequel Challenge 2024 Book! 
Publisher: Tantor Audio
Published: May 7th 2024

5/5 Hearts

5/5 Books

5/5 Stars

Phase Out Your TBR Update 11

So I've read my next book for the Phase Out Your TBR, and it was The Deer and the Dragon which is for the prompt Green 6, and I'll be reading A Demon's Guide to Wooing a Witch next!

My Reading Journey:

Sheine Lende by Darcie Little Badger

Prompt Fulfilled: Blue 9

Started On: May 1st 

Finished On: May 1st, 11:35 AM

Pages Read: 396

Sound the Gong by Joan He

Prompt Fulfilled: Red 4

Started On: May 1st 

Finished On: May 1st, 8:35 PM

Pages Read: 368

Blood and Ruin by Rumer Hale

Prompt Fulfilled: Green 6

Started On: May 2nd

Finished On: May 2nd, 10:27 AM

Pages Read: 322

The Serpent & the Wings of Night by Carissa Broadbent

Prompt Fulfilled: Yellow 4

Started On: May 3rd

Finished On: May 3rd, 12:41 PM

Pages Read: 506

Godly Heathens by H.E. Edgmon

Prompt Fulfilled: Green 5

Started On: May 3rd

Finished On: May 3rd, 6:52 PM

Pages Read: 400

Grave New World by Gena Showalter and Jill Monroe

Prompt Fulfilled: Yellow 10

Started On: May 4th

Finished On: May 4th, 1:34 PM

Pages Read: 209

The Undermining of Twyla and Frank by Megan Bannen

Prompt Fulfilled: Green 8

Started On: May 5th

Finished On: May 5th, 5:25 PM

Pages Read: 464

Blood and Wrath by Rumer Hale

Prompt Fulfilled: Green 2

Started On: May 6th

Finished On: May 6th, 11:17 AM

Pages Read: 384

Heiress Takes All by Emily Wibberley and Austin Siegemund-Broka

Prompt Fulfilled: Red 8

Started On: May 6th

Finished On: May 6th, 9:01 PM

Pages Read: 368

One Killer Problem by Justine Pucella Winans

Prompt Fulfilled: Red 10

Started On: May 7th

Finished On: May 7th, 4:31 PM

Pages Read: 336

The Deer and the Dragon by Piper C.J

Prompt Fulfilled: Green 6

Started On: May 8th

Finished On: May 8th, 9:56 AM

Pages Read: 448

A Demon's Guide to Wooing a Witch by Sarah Hawley

Prompt Fulfilled: Red 12

Started On: May 8th

Currently On: Page 0 of 432

Prompts Left: Blue 7, Yellow 9, Wild Red (Yellow 3), Green 7, Red 11, Yellow 5, Yellow 1, Red 8, Yellow 7

Books Read: 11

Pages Read: 4201

Clean Sweep ARC Challenge Update 9

Ok, so I read my next book for Clean Sweep ARC Challenge, and it was The Deer and the Dragon and I'll be reading A Werewolf's Guide to Seducing a Vampire next! 

My Reading Journey:

Sheine Lende by Darcie Little Badger

Started On: May 1st 

Finished On: May 1st, 11:35 AM

Pages Read: 396

Blood and Ruin by Rumer Hale

Started On: May 2nd

Finished On: May 2nd, 10:27 AM

Pages Read: 322

Godly Heathens by H.E. Edgmon

Started On: May 3rd

Finished On: May 3rd, 6:52 PM

Pages Read: 400

My Salty Mary by Cynthia Hand, Brodi Ashton, and Jodi Meadows

Started On: May 4th

Finished On: May 4th, 10:25 PM

Pages Read: 512

The Undermining of Twyla and Frank by Megan Bannen

Started On: May 5th

Finished On: May 5th, 5:25 PM

Pages Read: 464

Blood and Wrath by Rumer Hale

Started On: May 6th

Finished On: May 6th, 11:17 AM

Pages Read: 384

Heiress Takes All by Emily Wibberley and Austin Siegemund-Broka

Started On: May 6th

Finished On: May 6th, 9:01 PM

Pages Read: 368

One Killer Problem by Justine Pucella Winans

Started On: May 7th

Finished On: May 7th, 4:31 PM

Pages Read: 336

The Deer and the Dragon by Piper C.J

Started On: May 8th

Finished On: May 8th, 9:56 AM

Pages Read: 448

A Werewolf's Guide to Seducing a Vampire by Sarah Hawley

Started On: May 8th

Currently On: Page 0 of 448

Books Read: 9

Goal: 25 Books

Pages Read: 3630