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Wednesday, February 7, 2024

Waiting on Wednesday #665, February 7th

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

Aftermarket Afterlife by Seanan McGuire
Expected Publication: March 5th, 2024
From Goodreads:
Seanan McGuire's New York Times -bestselling and Hugo Award-nominated urban fantasy InCryptid series continues with the thirteenth book following the Price family, cryptozoologists who study and protect the creatures living in secret all around us

Mary Dunlavy didn't intend to become a professional babysitter. Of course, she didn't intend to die, either, or to become a crossroads ghost. As a babysitting ghost, she's been caring for the Price family for four generations, and she's planning to keep doing the job for the better part of forever.

With her first charge finally back from her decades-long cross-dimensional field trip, with a long-lost husband and adopted daughter in tow, it's time for Mary to oversee the world's most chaotic family reunion. And that's before the Covenant of St. George launches a full scale strike against the cryptids of Manhattan, followed quickly by an attack on the Campbell Family Carnival.

It's going to take every advantage and every ally they have for the Prices to survive what's coming—and for Mary, to avoid finding out the answer to a question she's never wanted to where does a babysitting ghost go when she runs out of people to take care of?

What Monstrous Gods by Rosamund Hodge
Expected Publication: March 5th, 2024
From Goodreads:
Centuries ago, the heretic sorcerer Ruven raised a deadly briar around Runakhia's palace, casting the royal family into an enchanted sleep - and silencing the kingdom's gods.

Born with a miraculous gift, Lia's destiny is to kill Ruven and wake the royals. But when she succeeds, she finds her duty is not yet complete, for now she must marry into the royal family and forge a pact with a god - or die.

To make matters even worse, Ruven's spirit is haunting her.

As discord grows between the old and new guards, the queen sends Lia and Prince Araunn, her betrothed, on a pilgrimage to awaken the gods. But the old gods are more dangerous than Lia ever knew - and Ruven may offer her only hope of survival.

As the two work together, Lia learns that they're more alike than she expected. And with tensions rising, Lia must choose between what she was raised to believe and what she knows is right - and between the prince she is bound to by duty...and the boy she killed.

Endless by Josephine Angelini
Expected Publication: March 5th, 2024
From Goodreads:
The highly anticipated conclusion to the international bestselling Starcrossed saga.  This Greek mythology series is ideal for fans of Alexandra Bracken and Chloe Gong.  T he dice have always been loaded against her.  Helen was always fated to start a war. Even after defeating the Olympians and taking up the mantle as the most powerful of all the Scions, Helen still wasn’t able to save her father. Bereft and betrayed by Lucas, Helen falls into a downward spiral… but the Fates aren’t done with her yet.   Star-crossed in love, she was destined for destruction.  The cycle was never meant to be broken. Helen learns that her final purpose is to be the spark that sets the whole world on fire. To prevent this from happening, she must do the impossible, and defeat the Moirae. If she fails, she risks ending up like Oedipus, meeting her fate on the road she has taken to escape it.   Will love be the key that finally trumps fate?

Rift in the Soul by Faith Hunter
Expected Publication: March 5th, 2024
From Goodreads:
Nell Ingram and her team face a dire, supernatural evil in this newest thrilling paranormal procedural in the New York Times bestselling Soulwood series.

Nell Ingram draws her powers from deep in the earth, and uses them to help Psy-LED, the Psychometric Law Enforcement Division, which solves paranormal crimes. When a local vampire calls to report a dead body on her compound, Nell knows she and her team have to be ready for anything.

But the dead body is just the beginning of a mystery that involves supernaturals of all kinds, including some of the most powerful vampires in the country. As Nell gets closer to the truth, she begins to understand that the perpetrator is tracking her too—and that there is something personal about this crime. Something with roots that go almost as deep as those in Soulwood.

The Prisoner's Throne by Holly Black
Expected Publication: March 5th, 2024
From Goodreads:
An imprisoned prince. A vengeful queen. And a battle that will determine the future of Elfhame.

Prince Oak is paying for his betrayal. Imprisoned in the icy north and bound to the will of a monstrous new queen, he must rely on charm and calculation to survive. With High King Cardan and High Queen Jude ready to use any means necessary to retrieve their stolen heir, should Oak attempt to regain the trust of the girl he's always loved, or remain loyal to Elfhame and hand over the means to end her reign-even if it means ending Wren, too...

With war looming and treachery lurking in every corner, neither Oak's guile nor his wit will be enough to keep everyone he loves alive. He will have some terrible choices to make.

From the #1 New York Times bestselling author Holly Black comes the stunning blood-soaked conclusion to the Stolen Heir duology.

Finlay Donovan Rolls the Dice by Elle Cosimano
Expected Publication: March 5th, 2024
From Goodreads:
Finlay Donovan and her nanny/partner-in-crime Vero are in sore need of a girls’ weekend away. They plan a trip to Atlantic City, but odds are―seeing as it’s actually a cover story to negotiate a deal with a dangerous loan shark, save Vero’s childhood crush Javi, and hunt down a stolen car―it won’t be all fun and games. When Finlay’s ex-husband Steven and her mother insist on tagging along too, Finlay and Vero suddenly have a few too many meddlesome passengers along for the ride.

Within hours of arriving in their seedy casino hotel, it becomes clear their rescue mission is going to be a bust. Javi’s kidnapper, Marco, refuses to negotiate, demanding payment in full in exchange for Javi’s life. But that’s not all―he insists on knowing the whereabouts of his missing nephew, Ike, who mysteriously disappeared. Unable to confess what really happened to Ike, Finlay and Vero are forced to come up with a new plan: sleuth out the location of Javi and the Aston Martin, then steal them both back.

But when they sneak into the loan shark’s suite to search for clues, they find more than they bargained for―Marco's already dead. They don’t have a clue who murdered him, only that they themselves have a very convincing motive. Then four members of the police department unexpectedly show up in town, also looking for Ike―and after Finlay's night with hot cop Nick at the police academy, he’s a little too eager to keep her close to his side.

If Finlay can juggle a jealous ex-husband, two precocious kids, her mother’s marital issues, a decomposing loan shark, and find Vero’s missing boyfriend, she might get out of Atlantic City in one piece. But will she fold under the pressure and come clean about the things she’s done, or be forced to double down?

Three Kinds of Lucy by Kim Harrison
Expected Publication: March 5th, 2024
From Goodreads:
Luck is its own kind of magic, in this first book in an electrifying new contemporary fantasy series from the author of the #1 New York Times bestselling Hollows novels.

Petra Grady has known since adolescence that she has no talent for magic—and that’s never going to change. But as a sweeper first-class, she’s parlayed her rare ability to handle dross—the damaging, magical waste generated by her more talented kin’s spellwork—into a decent life working at the mages’ university.

Except Grady’s relatively predictable life is about to be upended. When the oblivious, sexy, and oh-so-out-of-reach Benedict Strom needs someone with her abilities for a research project studying dross and how to render it harmless, she’s stuck working on his team—whether she wants to or not.

Only Benedict doesn’t understand the characteristics of dross like Grady does. After an unthinkable accident, she and Benedict are forced to go on the run to seek out the one person who might be able to help: an outcast exiled ten years ago for the crime of using dross to cast spells. Now Grady must decide whether to stick with the magical status quo or embrace her own hidden talents . . . and risk shattering their entire world.

Four Letter Word by Gretchen McNeil
Expected Publication: March 5th, 2024
From Goodreads:
In this pulse-pounding thriller, Izzy and her family welcome an exchange student into their home. But after a series of mishaps and coincidences, and with a serial killer on the loose, Izzy begins to suspect the young man is not who he seems.

For most of her life, Izzy has been looking forward to fulfilling her mother’s dream of studying abroad in Italy. Going into her senior year, Izzy is counting down the days until she can leave her humdrum life behind, until Alberto, a handsome and mysterious Italian exchange student shows up for his stay with her family. Now life in her hometown doesn’t seem so drab, as Izzy, and everyone else, is immediately charmed by Alberto and his irresistible accent.
But something about Alberto isn’t quite…right. As an avid true crime fan, Izzy has been following a serial killer case in San Francisco and the murderer, whose description bears a passing resemblance to the Italian exchange student living in her house, seems to have made his way north. As Izzy pays closer attention to Alberto—his actions, his temper—she finds more and more holes in his story that he has trouble explaining away.
When a local girl is murdered, Izzy thinks Alberto might not be who he seems. Worse, a series of “accidents” seem to target Izzy herself. In a race against the clock, Izzy must convince anyone that Alberto could be a notorious killer before another girl ends up dead.


Listen for the Lie by Amy Tintera
Expected Publication: March 5th, 2024
From Goodreads:
What if you thought you murdered your best friend? And if everyone else thought so too? And what if the truth doesn't matter?

After Lucy is found wandering the streets, covered in her best friend Savvy’s blood, everyone thinks she is a murderer. Lucy and Savvy were the golden girls of their small Texas town: pretty, smart, and enviable. Lucy married a dream guy with a big ring and an even bigger new home. Savvy was the social butterfly loved by all, and if you believe the rumors, especially popular with the men in town. It’s been years since that horrible night, a night Lucy can’t remember anything about, and she has since moved to LA and started a new life.

But now the phenomenally huge hit true crime podcast "Listen for the Lie," and its too-good looking host Ben Owens, have decided to investigate Savvy’s murder for the show’s second season. Lucy is forced to return to the place she vowed never to set foot in again to solve her friend’s murder, even if she is the one that did it.

The Perfect Guy Doesn't Exist by Sophie Gonzales
Expected Publication: March 5th, 2024
From Goodreads:
A fanfic writer brings her favorite TV character to life in this friends-to-enemies-to-lovers novel full of humor and heart.

Ivy Winslow has the house to herself for a week while her parents are away. She’s planning to use this newfound freedom to binge-watch her favorite fantasy TV show, H-MAD, and hang out with her best friend, Henry. She’ll also have to avoid her former best friend-turned enemy (and neighbor), Mack. But things quickly go awry when Ivy wakes up to find Weston, the gorgeous, very fictional main character of H-MAD in her bedroom, claiming to be her soul mate.

Ivy realizes that her fanfic writing has somehow brought Weston as she’s imagined him to life. But it turns out that the tropes she swoons over in her stories are slightly less romantic in reality, and her not-so-fictional crush is causing some real-world problems. To figure out why Weston is here and what to do with him, Ivy decides to team up with Henry and (against her better judgment) Mack. But with Mack back in her life, Ivy starts to wonder if Weston, her “perfect guy”, is the one who’s truly perfect for her . . . or if that was someone else all along.

The Summer She Went Missing by Chelsea Ichaso
Expected Publication: March 5th, 2024
From Goodreads:
From the author of Dead Girls Can't Tell Secrets and They're Watching You, a compelling new thriller!

Last summer, they searched for Audrey Covington.

This summer, they'll search for the truth.

Paige Redmond has always felt lucky to spend her summers in Clearwater Ridge, with lazy days sunning at the waterfalls and nights partying at the sprawling houses of the rich families who vacation there. The Covingtons are one of these families, and beautiful, brilliant Audrey Covington is Paige's best friend. And last year, when Audrey's crush-worthy brother Dylan finally started noticing Paige, she was sure it would be the best summer ever.

Except Audrey didn't seem quite like herself. Then one night, she didn't come home. Though Audrey wasn't the first girl to disappear in Clearwater Ridge, she left behind more lies than clues. Now, one summer later, her case has gone cold, and nobody, least of all Paige, can make sense of what happened.

When Paige stumbles across a secret hidden in Audrey's room, however, it changes everything she thought she knew about last summer. She and Dylan set out on their own investigation, discovering things even the police don't know about the people of Clearwater Ridge. But tracking down missing girls—girls who might be beyond saving by now—means entering a world far darker than Paige has ever imagined. And if she isn't careful, she'll become the next girl to vanish.

Bad Like Us by Gabriella Lepore
Expected Publication: March 5th, 2024
From Goodreads:
Two friend groups collide when someone turns up dead over spring break in this heart-thumping YA thriller for fans of One of Us Is Lying and We Were Liars

Spring break is a vibe—until someone gets murdered

Partying with popular classmates they barely know is not what Eva and her BFFs had in mind for their spring break. But things have been off ever since Miles' academic career took a turn for the worse (they don't talk about it), so a trip to a private beach lodge might be exactly what they need. And Eva won’t admit it, but the chance to reconnect with Colton is worth putting up with Piper’s constant livestreams to her thousands of “besties.”

At first, it’s all sand and waves, but tensions run high when an anonymous letter shakes up an already-flailing love triangle.

When someone turns up dead, Eva can’t even trust her closest friends—but she thinks she can trust Colton. As they get closer to the truth, they uncover secrets that upend everything they thought they knew about their fellow spring breakers.

March is kicking things off with a bang, I love these authors and series, I'm so excited for these installments, I've read a few, they were so fantastic, and I can't wait for them to be out! What about you guys? Happy reading! 

Monday, August 21, 2023

It's Monday! What Are You Reading #637, August 21st

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 #636
Teaser Tuesday #644
WWW Wednesday #644
WOW #640
Will the Time Come #637
Third Sentence Thursday #627
Random Reads #613
First Lines Friday #640
Book Blogger Hop #306
23 Books to Read in 2023 Update 7
Monthly ARC's Update 46
The Reward Challenge Update #622
Wheel of TBR #169
How Well I Stuck to It #474
Wrote that Review Update #471

Week 33 Reviews:
ASAP

ARC August: 
Update 25

Magical Readathon: Orilium: 

Random:

OK, so I got 53 posts in 7 days, it was a decent week, I read books that I was really excited for, and I can't wait for next week! What about you guys? Happy reading!

So this week I want to read The Brothers Hawthorne and Tie Me Knot.

Four brothers. Two missions. One explosive read. Jennifer Lynn Barnes returns to the world of her #1 bestselling Inheritance Games trilogy, and the stakes have never been higher.  
 
Grayson Hawthorne was raised as the heir apparent to his billionaire grandfather, taught from the cradle to put family first. Now the great Tobias Hawthorne is dead and his family disinherited, but some lessons linger. When Grayson’s half-sisters find themselves in trouble, he swoops in to do what he does best: take care of the problem—efficiently, effectively, mercilessly. And without getting bogged down in emotional entanglements.
 
Jameson Hawthorne is a risk-taker, a sensation-seeker, a player of games. When his mysterious father appears and asks for a favor, Jameson can’t resist the challenge. Now he must infiltrate London’s most exclusive underground gambling club, which caters to the rich, the powerful, and the aristocratic, and win an impossible game of greatest stakes. Luckily, Jameson Hawthorne lives for impossible.
 
Drawn into twisted games on opposite sides of the globe, Grayson and Jameson—with the help of their brothers and the girl who inherited their grandfather’s fortune—must dig deep to decide who they want to be and what each of them will sacrifice to win.
So far, while working at a ghost matchmaking agency, the past week has gone 1) a murdered ghost bride who is very very pissed off (don’t blame her, I’d be pissed off too) 2) adopted by chinese hellhounds (I THOUGHT THEY WERE DOGS, OKAY) 3) wake up magically soul-bonded to the sexy demon slayer Zhen (While I agree he’s -expansive hand waving- HOW DID THIS HAPPEN?!) I do not need a fourth incident to make my life more interesting, please and thank you. Spoiler I get one anyway.

Magically bonded, insta husband just add ghost, speed marriage?, ghost matchmaking, ghosts deserve love too, Kris might have accidentally been feeding Chinese hellhounds, oops?, chosen family, Kris and Zhen actually communicate, buying hardcovers is a marriage proposal, just ask Kris, demon slayer on crutches can still fight, as the bad guys find out, whole 

Saturday, August 19, 2023

Week 33 Review: What Monstrous Gods

From Goodreads:
Centuries ago, the heretic sorcerer Ruven raised a deadly briar around Runakhia's palace, casting the royal family into an enchanted sleep - and silencing the kingdom's gods.

Born with a miraculous gift, Lia's destiny is to kill Ruven and wake the royals. But when she succeeds, she finds her duty is not yet complete, for now she must marry into the royal family and forge a pact with a god - or die.

To make matters even worse, Ruven's spirit is haunting her.

As discord grows between the old and new guards, the queen sends Lia and Prince Araunn, her betrothed, on a pilgrimage to awaken the gods. But the old gods are more dangerous than Lia ever knew - and Ruven may offer her only hope of survival.

As the two work together, Lia learns that they're more alike than she expected. And with tensions rising, Lia must choose between what she was raised to believe and what she knows is right - and between the prince she is bound to by duty...and the boy she killed.

My Review:
I absolutely loved reading this book! I love her writing so much, and the synopsis of this book sounded incredible, so of course I had to pick it up the first opportunity that I got! It of course surpassed all my expectations, it was an incredible read! 

This world of the gods and their saints was really interesting, and really horrible to read. Right at the beginning of the book, was a list of the gods, and some information about them-like how their saints die. And there were some awful deaths there. 

I absolutely loved the dynamics between Lia and Ruven. She was raised to kill him, which she succeeds at. And now he's haunting her, as she's learning the realities of what comes after, and that the past that she so idolized, wasn't as great as she through. They were so tense with each other, rightfully so, and I just loved all their interactions! 

This really was a book about faith, and how much you're willing to give and sacrifice for it. Because Lia loves her gods, it's just that they're not great for the world. I loved watching the choices that she made, as things were building and building, it was all so great to read! And oh, that ending was incredible! Loved how things worked out!  

This was a fantastic read, and I can't wait to read more by Rosamund Hodge! 

Author: Rosamund Hodge 
Read: August 13th, 2023
Source: Edelweiss 
Reason Why: Love her writing and it sounded really great, and it's a SAC 2023 Book and a WoW Book! 
Publisher: Balzer + Bray 
Expected Publication: March 5th 2024
5/5 Hearts
5/5 Books
5/5 Stars

Sunday, August 13, 2023

Magical Readathon: Orilium Update 49

So I read my next book for Magical Readathon: Orilium, and it was What Monstrous Gods which was for the prompt Lore Q, and I'll be reading A Touch of Gold next!

My Reading Journey:

Sanctuary With Kings by Kathryn Moon
Prompt Fulfilled: Dragon Riding License 1
Started On: July 29th
Finished On: July 29th, 2:40 PM
Pages Read: 512

Timeless by Josephine Angelini
Prompt Fulfilled: Conjuration D
Started On: July 29th
Finished On: July 29th, 6:12 PM
Pages Read: 410

Master of Souls by Rena Barron
Prompt Fulfilled: Elemental Studies D
Started On: July 29th
Finished On: July 29th, 9:53 PM
Pages Read: 432

Naramauke by Lily Sparks
Prompt Fulfilled: Psionics & Divination D
Started On: July 29th
Finished On: July 29th, 10:39 PM 
Pages Read: 105

Steel Tide by Natalie C. Parker
Prompt Fulfilled: Impling
Started On: July 29th
Finished On: July 29th, 11:22 PM
Pages Read: 448

Stormbreak by Natalie C. Parker
Prompt Fulfilled: Impling
Started On: July 30th
Finished On: July 30th, 10:55 AM
Pages Read: 432

North and South, Part 1 by Gene Luen Yang, Michael Dante DiMartino, Bryan Konietzko, Illustrated by Gurihiru 
Prompt Fulfilled: Spells & Incantations O
Started On: July 30th
Finished On: July 30th, 11:44 AM
Pages Read: 80

North and South, Part 2 by Gene Luen Yang, Michael Dante DiMartino, Bryan Konietzko, Illustrated by Gurihiru 
Prompt Fulfilled: Spells & Incantations O
Started On: July 30th
Finished On: July 30th, 12:16 PM
Pages Read: 80

North and South, Part 3 by Gene Luen Yang, Michael Dante DiMartino, Bryan Konietzko, Illustrated by Gurihiru 
Prompt Fulfilled: Spells & Incantations O
Started On: July 30th
Finished On: July 30th, 1:10 PM
Pages Read: 80

Tomes Apprentice by Honor Raconteur
Prompt Fulfilled: Dragon Riding License 2
Started On: July 30th
Finished On: July 30th, 3:31 PM
Pages Read: 269

First of Tomes by Honor Raconteur
Prompt Fulfilled: Dragon Riding License 1
Started On: July 30th
Finished On: July 30th, 6:02 PM
Pages Read: 289

Master Tomes by Honor Raconteur
Prompt Fulfilled: Dragon Riding License 2
Started On: July 30th
Finished On: July 30th, 8:16 PM
Pages Read: 268

The Secret Diamond Sisters by Michelle Madow
Prompt Fulfilled: Artificery O
Started On:July 30th
Finished On: July 30th, 11:23 PM
Pages Read: 384

How the Multiverse Got Its Revenge by K. Eason
Prompt Fulfilled: Psionics & Divination Q
Started On: July 31st
Finished On: July 31st, 10:23 AM
Pages Red: 416

A Game of Gods by Scarlett St. Clair
Prompt Fulfilled: Alchemy D
Started On: July 31st
Finished On: July 31st, 1:29 PM
Pages Read: 592

Rogue Darkness by Dianne Duvall
Prompt Fulfilled: Impling
Started On: July 31st
Finished On: July 31st, 4:22 PM
Pages Read: 375

The Defiant by Lesley Livingston
Prompt Fulfilled: Inscription Q
Started On: July 31st
Finished On: July 31st, 7:41 PM
Pages Read: 416

Attachments by Rainbow Rowell
Prompt Fulfilled: Shapeshifting D
Started On: July 31st
Finished On: July 31st, 10:27 PM
Pages Read: 314

Bookshops & Bonedust by Travis Baldree
Prompt Fulfilled: Art of Illusion Q
Started On: August 1st
Finished On: August 1st, 9:46 AM
Pages Read: 368

Shards of Glass by Michelle Sagara 
Prompt Fulfilled: Elemental Studies Q
Started On: August 1st
Finished On: August 1st, 8:12 PM
Pages Read: 512

Thornhedge by T. Kingfisher
Prompt Fulfilled: Art of Illusion Q
Started On: August 2nd
Finished On: August 2nd, 7:25 AM
Pages Read: 128

Enchanted to Meet You by Meg Cabot
Prompt Fulfilled: Alchemy O
Started On: August 2nd
Finished On: August 2nd, 10:50 PM
Pages Read: 368

Masters of Death by Olivie Blake
Prompt Fulfilled: Psionics & Divination O
Started On: August 3rd
Finished On: August 3rd, 12:58 PM
Pages Read: 452

Decay Like Gold by Sara Raasch
Prompt Fulfilled: Spells & Incantations D
Started On: August 3rd
Finished On: August 3rd, 7:12 PM
Pages Read: 120

Mislaid in Parts Half-Known by Seanan McGuire
Prompt Fulfilled: Artificery Q
Started On: August 3rd
Finished On: August 3rd, 9:01 PM
Pages Read: 160

Retribution Rails by Erin Bowman
Prompt Fulfilled: Astronomy Q
Started On: August 4th
Finished On: August 4th, 9:36 AM
Pages Read: 384

Red, White & Royal Blue by Casey McQuiston
Prompt Fulfilled: Lore O
Started On: August 4th
Finished On: August 4th, 10:12 PM
Pages Read: 423

The Book That Wouldn't Burn by Mark Lawrence
Prompt Fulfilled: Demonology O
Started On: August 5th
Finished On: August 5th, 10:09 PM
Pages Read: 639

The Other Merlin by Robyn Schneider
Prompt Fulfilled: Conjuration O
Started On: August 6th
Finished On: August 6th, 6:32 PM
Pages Read: 432

Spells Trouble by P.C. Cast and Kristin Cast
Prompt Fulfilled: Restoration O
Started On: August 6th
Finished On: August 6th, 9:30 PM
Pages Read: 320

Omens Bite by P.C. Cast and Kristin Cast
Prompt Fulfilled: Alchemy Q
Started On: August 7th
Finished On: August 7th, 12:45 PM
Pages Read: 336

Hex You by P.C. Cast and Kristin Cast
Prompt Fulfilled: Art of Illusion O
Started On: August 7th
Finished On: August 7th, 3:25 PM
Pages Read: 320

That Time I Got Drunk and Saved a Demon by Kimberly Lemming
Prompt Fulfilled: Animal Studies Q
Started On: August 7th
Finished On: August 7th, 5:03 PM
Pages Read: 185

That Time I Got Drunk and Yeeted a Love Potion at a Werewolf by Kimberly Lemming
Prompt Fulfilled: Alchemy Q
Started On: August 7th
Finished On: August 7th, 7:21 PM
Pages  Read: 204

That Time I Got Drunk And Saved a Human by Kimberly Lemming
Prompt Fulfilled: Restoration O
Started On: August 7th
Finished On: August 7th, 9:51 PM
Pages Read: 243

Snow Place for Murder by Diane Kelly 
Prompt Fulfilled: Artificery D
Started On: August 8th
Finished On: August 8th, 10:12 PM
Pages Read: 320

The Silence of Bones by June Hur
Prompt Fulfilled: Conjuration Q
Started On: August 9th
Finished On: August 9th, 10:23 AM
Pages Read: 343

There Should Have Been Eight by Nalini Singh
Prompt Fulfilled: Art of Illusion D
Started On: August 9th
Finished On: August 9th, 10:12 PM
Pages Read: 416

Foul Lady Fortune by Chloe Gong
Prompt Fulfilled: Alchemy O
Started On: August 10th
Finished On; August 10th, 10:21 AM
Pages Read: 528

Last Violent Call by Chloe Gong
Prompt Fulfilled: Alchemy Q
Started On: August 10th
Finished On: August 10th, 2:28 PM
Pages Read: 240

Foul Heart Huntsman by Chloe Gong
Prompt Fulfilled: Art of Illusion O
Started On: August 10th
Finished On: August 10th, 9:02 PM
Pages Read: 560

The Alchemists of Loom by Elise Kova
Prompt Fulfilled: Animal Studies O
Started On: August 11th
Finished On: August 11th, 9:54 AM
Pages Read: 398

Dragon Gods by Ava Richardson
Prompt Fulfilled: Dragon Riding License 1
Started On: August 11th
Finished On: August 11th, 5:55 PM
Pages Read: 368

Dragon Family by Ava Richardson
Prompt Fulfilled: Dragon Riding License 2
Started On: August 11th
Finished On: August 11th, 8:14 PM
Pages Read: 355

ASAP by Axie Oh
Prompt Fulfilled: Restoration D
Started On: August 12th
Finished On: August 12th, 4:01 PM
Pages Read: 352

The Bleeding Dusk by Colleen Gleason
Prompt Fulfilled: Shapeshifting O
Started On: August 12th
Finished On: August 12th, 9:13 PM
Pages Read: 384

This Winter by Alice Oseman
Prompt Fulfilled: Restoration O
Started On: August 12th
Finished On: August 12th, 10:34 PM
Pages Read: 144

Solitaire by Alice Oseman
Prompt Fulfilled: Inscription O
Started On: August 13th
Finished On: August 13th, 12:20 PM
Pages Read: 400

What Monstrous Gods by Rosamund Hodge
Prompt Fulfilled: Lore Q
Started On: August 13th
Finished On: August 13th, 5:12 PM
Pages Read: 400

A Touch of Gold by Annie Sullivan
Prompt Fulfilled: Animal Studies O
Started On: August 13th
Currently On: Page 0 of 320

Prompts Left: Inscription D, Spells & Incantations Q, Impling, Elemental Studies O, Shapeshifting O, Astronomy O, Astronomy D, Restoration Q, Impling, Apothecary Keeper 1, Apothecary Keeper 2, Inscription O, Restoration Q, Lore D, Impling, Animal Studies D, Demonology O, Demonology Q, Demonology D, Restoration O, Restoration Q, Impling, Impling, Dragon Riding License 1, Dragon Riding License 2, Alchemy O, Lore O, Impling, Impling, Dragon Riding License 1, Dragon Riding Licence 2, Restoration Q, Impling, Impling, Dragon Riding License 1, Dragon Riding License 2, Shapeshifting Q, Psionics & Divination O, Impling
Read: 49
Pages Read: 16519

ARC August Update 17

So I read my next book for ARC August, and it was What Monstrous Gods and I'll be reading Constor of Fire next! 

My Reading Journey:

Bookshops & Bonedust by Travis Baldree
Started On: August 1st
Finished On: August 1st, 9:46 AM
Pages Read: 368

Shards of Glass by Michelle Sagara 
Started On: August 1st
Finished On: August 1st, 8:12 PM
Pages Read: 512

Thornhedge by T. Kingfisher
Started On: August 2nd
Finished On: August 2nd, 7:25 AM
Pages Read: 128

Enchanted to Meet You by Meg Cabot
Started On: August 2nd
Finished On: August 2nd, 10:50 PM
Pages Read: 368

Masters of Death by Olivie Blake
Started On: August 3rd
Finished On: August 3rd, 12:58 PM
Pages Read: 452

Mislaid in Parts Half-Known by Seanan McGuire
Started On: August 3rd
Finished On: August 3rd, 9:01 PM
Pages Read: 160

The Book That Wouldn't Burn by Mark Lawrence
Started On: August 5th
Finished On: August 5th, 10:09 PM
Pages Read: 639

The Other Merlin by Robyn Schneider
Started On: August 6th
Finished On: August 6th, 6:32 PM
Pages Read: 432

Snow Place for Murder by Diane Kelly 
Started On: August 8th
Finished On: August 8th, 10:12 PM
Pages Read: 320

There Should Have Been Eight by Nalini Singh
Started On: August 9th
Finished On: August 9th, 10:12 PM
Pages Read: 416

Foul Heart Huntsman by Chloe Gong
Started On: August 10th
Finished On: August 10th, 9:02 PM
Pages Read: 560

Dragon Gods by Ava Richardson
Started On: August 11th
Finished On: August 11th, 5:55 PM
Pages Read: 368

Dragon Family by Ava Richardson
Started On: August 11th
Finished On: August 11th, 8:14 PM
Pages Read: 355

ASAP by Axie Oh
Started On: August 12th
Finished On: August 12th, 4:01 PM
Pages Read: 352

The Bleeding Dusk by Colleen Gleason
Started On: August 12th
Finished On: August 12th, 9:13 PM
Pages Read: 384

Solitaire by Alice Oseman
Started On: August 13th
Finished On: August 13th, 12:20 PM
Pages Read: 400

What Monstrous Gods by Rosamund Hodge
Started On: August 13th
Finished On: August 13th, 5:12 PM
Pages Read: 400

Consort of Fire by Kit Rocha
Started On: August 14th
Currently On: Page 0 of 398

Goals: 31
Read: 17
Pages Read: 5994

Magical Readathon: Orilium Update 48

So I read my next book for Magical Readathon: Orilium, and it was Solitaire which was for the prompt Inscription O, and I'll be reading What Monstrous Gods next!

My Reading Journey:

Sanctuary With Kings by Kathryn Moon
Prompt Fulfilled: Dragon Riding License 1
Started On: July 29th
Finished On: July 29th, 2:40 PM
Pages Read: 512

Timeless by Josephine Angelini
Prompt Fulfilled: Conjuration D
Started On: July 29th
Finished On: July 29th, 6:12 PM
Pages Read: 410

Master of Souls by Rena Barron
Prompt Fulfilled: Elemental Studies D
Started On: July 29th
Finished On: July 29th, 9:53 PM
Pages Read: 432

Naramauke by Lily Sparks
Prompt Fulfilled: Psionics & Divination D
Started On: July 29th
Finished On: July 29th, 10:39 PM 
Pages Read: 105

Steel Tide by Natalie C. Parker
Prompt Fulfilled: Impling
Started On: July 29th
Finished On: July 29th, 11:22 PM
Pages Read: 448

Stormbreak by Natalie C. Parker
Prompt Fulfilled: Impling
Started On: July 30th
Finished On: July 30th, 10:55 AM
Pages Read: 432

North and South, Part 1 by Gene Luen Yang, Michael Dante DiMartino, Bryan Konietzko, Illustrated by Gurihiru 
Prompt Fulfilled: Spells & Incantations O
Started On: July 30th
Finished On: July 30th, 11:44 AM
Pages Read: 80

North and South, Part 2 by Gene Luen Yang, Michael Dante DiMartino, Bryan Konietzko, Illustrated by Gurihiru 
Prompt Fulfilled: Spells & Incantations O
Started On: July 30th
Finished On: July 30th, 12:16 PM
Pages Read: 80

North and South, Part 3 by Gene Luen Yang, Michael Dante DiMartino, Bryan Konietzko, Illustrated by Gurihiru 
Prompt Fulfilled: Spells & Incantations O
Started On: July 30th
Finished On: July 30th, 1:10 PM
Pages Read: 80

Tomes Apprentice by Honor Raconteur
Prompt Fulfilled: Dragon Riding License 2
Started On: July 30th
Finished On: July 30th, 3:31 PM
Pages Read: 269

First of Tomes by Honor Raconteur
Prompt Fulfilled: Dragon Riding License 1
Started On: July 30th
Finished On: July 30th, 6:02 PM
Pages Read: 289

Master Tomes by Honor Raconteur
Prompt Fulfilled: Dragon Riding License 2
Started On: July 30th
Finished On: July 30th, 8:16 PM
Pages Read: 268

The Secret Diamond Sisters by Michelle Madow
Prompt Fulfilled: Artificery O
Started On:July 30th
Finished On: July 30th, 11:23 PM
Pages Read: 384

How the Multiverse Got Its Revenge by K. Eason
Prompt Fulfilled: Psionics & Divination Q
Started On: July 31st
Finished On: July 31st, 10:23 AM
Pages Red: 416

A Game of Gods by Scarlett St. Clair
Prompt Fulfilled: Alchemy D
Started On: July 31st
Finished On: July 31st, 1:29 PM
Pages Read: 592

Rogue Darkness by Dianne Duvall
Prompt Fulfilled: Impling
Started On: July 31st
Finished On: July 31st, 4:22 PM
Pages Read: 375

The Defiant by Lesley Livingston
Prompt Fulfilled: Inscription Q
Started On: July 31st
Finished On: July 31st, 7:41 PM
Pages Read: 416

Attachments by Rainbow Rowell
Prompt Fulfilled: Shapeshifting D
Started On: July 31st
Finished On: July 31st, 10:27 PM
Pages Read: 314

Bookshops & Bonedust by Travis Baldree
Prompt Fulfilled: Art of Illusion Q
Started On: August 1st
Finished On: August 1st, 9:46 AM
Pages Read: 368

Shards of Glass by Michelle Sagara 
Prompt Fulfilled: Elemental Studies Q
Started On: August 1st
Finished On: August 1st, 8:12 PM
Pages Read: 512

Thornhedge by T. Kingfisher
Prompt Fulfilled: Art of Illusion Q
Started On: August 2nd
Finished On: August 2nd, 7:25 AM
Pages Read: 128

Enchanted to Meet You by Meg Cabot
Prompt Fulfilled: Alchemy O
Started On: August 2nd
Finished On: August 2nd, 10:50 PM
Pages Read: 368

Masters of Death by Olivie Blake
Prompt Fulfilled: Psionics & Divination O
Started On: August 3rd
Finished On: August 3rd, 12:58 PM
Pages Read: 452

Decay Like Gold by Sara Raasch
Prompt Fulfilled: Spells & Incantations D
Started On: August 3rd
Finished On: August 3rd, 7:12 PM
Pages Read: 120

Mislaid in Parts Half-Known by Seanan McGuire
Prompt Fulfilled: Artificery Q
Started On: August 3rd
Finished On: August 3rd, 9:01 PM
Pages Read: 160

Retribution Rails by Erin Bowman
Prompt Fulfilled: Astronomy Q
Started On: August 4th
Finished On: August 4th, 9:36 AM
Pages Read: 384

Red, White & Royal Blue by Casey McQuiston
Prompt Fulfilled: Lore O
Started On: August 4th
Finished On: August 4th, 10:12 PM
Pages Read: 423

The Book That Wouldn't Burn by Mark Lawrence
Prompt Fulfilled: Demonology O
Started On: August 5th
Finished On: August 5th, 10:09 PM
Pages Read: 639

The Other Merlin by Robyn Schneider
Prompt Fulfilled: Conjuration O
Started On: August 6th
Finished On: August 6th, 6:32 PM
Pages Read: 432

Spells Trouble by P.C. Cast and Kristin Cast
Prompt Fulfilled: Restoration O
Started On: August 6th
Finished On: August 6th, 9:30 PM
Pages Read: 320

Omens Bite by P.C. Cast and Kristin Cast
Prompt Fulfilled: Alchemy Q
Started On: August 7th
Finished On: August 7th, 12:45 PM
Pages Read: 336

Hex You by P.C. Cast and Kristin Cast
Prompt Fulfilled: Art of Illusion O
Started On: August 7th
Finished On: August 7th, 3:25 PM
Pages Read: 320

That Time I Got Drunk and Saved a Demon by Kimberly Lemming
Prompt Fulfilled: Animal Studies Q
Started On: August 7th
Finished On: August 7th, 5:03 PM
Pages Read: 185

That Time I Got Drunk and Yeeted a Love Potion at a Werewolf by Kimberly Lemming
Prompt Fulfilled: Alchemy Q
Started On: August 7th
Finished On: August 7th, 7:21 PM
Pages  Read: 204

That Time I Got Drunk And Saved a Human by Kimberly Lemming
Prompt Fulfilled: Restoration O
Started On: August 7th
Finished On: August 7th, 9:51 PM
Pages Read: 243

Snow Place for Murder by Diane Kelly 
Prompt Fulfilled: Artificery D
Started On: August 8th
Finished On: August 8th, 10:12 PM
Pages Read: 320

The Silence of Bones by June Hur
Prompt Fulfilled: Conjuration Q
Started On: August 9th
Finished On: August 9th, 10:23 AM
Pages Read: 343

There Should Have Been Eight by Nalini Singh
Prompt Fulfilled: Art of Illusion D
Started On: August 9th
Finished On: August 9th, 10:12 PM
Pages Read: 416

Foul Lady Fortune by Chloe Gong
Prompt Fulfilled: Alchemy O
Started On: August 10th
Finished On; August 10th, 10:21 AM
Pages Read: 528

Last Violent Call by Chloe Gong
Prompt Fulfilled: Alchemy Q
Started On: August 10th
Finished On: August 10th, 2:28 PM
Pages Read: 240

Foul Heart Huntsman by Chloe Gong
Prompt Fulfilled: Art of Illusion O
Started On: August 10th
Finished On: August 10th, 9:02 PM
Pages Read: 560

The Alchemists of Loom by Elise Kova
Prompt Fulfilled: Animal Studies O
Started On: August 11th
Finished On: August 11th, 9:54 AM
Pages Read: 398

Dragon Gods by Ava Richardson
Prompt Fulfilled: Dragon Riding License 1
Started On: August 11th
Finished On: August 11th, 5:55 PM
Pages Read: 368

Dragon Family by Ava Richardson
Prompt Fulfilled: Dragon Riding License 2
Started On: August 11th
Finished On: August 11th, 8:14 PM
Pages Read: 355

ASAP by Axie Oh
Prompt Fulfilled: Restoration D
Started On: August 12th
Finished On: August 12th, 4:01 PM
Pages Read: 352

The Bleeding Dusk by Colleen Gleason
Prompt Fulfilled: Shapeshifting O
Started On: August 12th
Finished On: August 12th, 9:13 PM
Pages Read: 384

This Winter by Alice Oseman
Prompt Fulfilled: Restoration O
Started On: August 12th
Finished On: August 12th, 10:34 PM
Pages Read: 144

Solitaire by Alice Oseman
Prompt Fulfilled: Inscription O
Started On: August 13th
Finished On: August 13th, 12:20 PM
Pages Read: 400

What Monstrous Gods by Rosamund Hodge
Prompt Fulfilled: Lore Q
Started On: August 13th
Currently On: Page 0 of 400

Prompts Left: Inscription D, Spells & Incantations Q, Impling, Elemental Studies O, Shapeshifting O, Astronomy O, Astronomy D, Restoration Q, Impling, Apothecary Keeper 1, Apothecary Keeper 2, Inscription O, Restoration Q, Lore D, Impling, Animal Studies O, Animal Studies D, Demonology O, Demonology Q, Demonology D, Restoration O, Restoration Q, Impling, Impling, Dragon Riding License 1, Dragon Riding License 2, Alchemy O, Lore O, Impling, Impling, Dragon Riding License 1, Dragon Riding Licence 2, Restoration Q, Impling, Impling, Dragon Riding License 1, Dragon Riding License 2, Shapeshifting Q, Psionics & Divination O, Impling
Read: 48
Pages Read: 16119

ARC August Update 16

So I read my next book for ARC August, and it was The Bleeding Dusk and I'll be reading What Monstrous Gods next! 

My Reading Journey:

Bookshops & Bonedust by Travis Baldree
Started On: August 1st
Finished On: August 1st, 9:46 AM
Pages Read: 368

Shards of Glass by Michelle Sagara 
Started On: August 1st
Finished On: August 1st, 8:12 PM
Pages Read: 512

Thornhedge by T. Kingfisher
Started On: August 2nd
Finished On: August 2nd, 7:25 AM
Pages Read: 128

Enchanted to Meet You by Meg Cabot
Started On: August 2nd
Finished On: August 2nd, 10:50 PM
Pages Read: 368

Masters of Death by Olivie Blake
Started On: August 3rd
Finished On: August 3rd, 12:58 PM
Pages Read: 452

Mislaid in Parts Half-Known by Seanan McGuire
Started On: August 3rd
Finished On: August 3rd, 9:01 PM
Pages Read: 160

The Book That Wouldn't Burn by Mark Lawrence
Started On: August 5th
Finished On: August 5th, 10:09 PM
Pages Read: 639

The Other Merlin by Robyn Schneider
Started On: August 6th
Finished On: August 6th, 6:32 PM
Pages Read: 432

Snow Place for Murder by Diane Kelly 
Started On: August 8th
Finished On: August 8th, 10:12 PM
Pages Read: 320

There Should Have Been Eight by Nalini Singh
Started On: August 9th
Finished On: August 9th, 10:12 PM
Pages Read: 416

Foul Heart Huntsman by Chloe Gong
Started On: August 10th
Finished On: August 10th, 9:02 PM
Pages Read: 560

Dragon Gods by Ava Richardson
Started On: August 11th
Finished On: August 11th, 5:55 PM
Pages Read: 368

Dragon Family by Ava Richardson
Started On: August 11th
Finished On: August 11th, 8:14 PM
Pages Read: 355

ASAP by Axie Oh
Started On: August 12th
Finished On: August 12th, 4:01 PM
Pages Read: 352

The Bleeding Dusk by Colleen Gleason
Started On: August 12th
Finished On: August 12th, 9:13 PM
Pages Read: 384

Solitaire by Alice Oseman
Started On: August 13th
Finished On: August 13th, 12:20 PM
Pages Read: 400

What Monstrous Gods by Rosamund Hodge
Started On: August 13th
Currently On: Page 0 of 400

Goals: 31
Read: 16
Pages Read: 5994

Monday, July 9, 2018

It's Monday! What Are You Reading #370, July 9th

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 #369
Teaser Tuesday #377
WWW Wednesday #377
WOW #373
Will the Time Come #370
Third Sentence Thursday #360
Random Reads #345
First Lines Friday #373
The Reward Challenge Update #355
Book Blogger Hop #39
How Well I Stuck to It #207
Wrote that Review Update #204

Week 27 Reviews:
A Discovery of Witches
Shadow of Night
The Book of Life
OK, so I got 23 posts in 7 days, which was pretty awesome. I really enjoyed reading these books, and we got a number of book covers, which I'm excited about! What about you guys? Happy reading!

So this week I want to read In Rides Trouble, Kiss of Midnight, Nine, Scream All Night, and When Blood Calls.

Rebel with a Cause

Becky "Rebel" Reichert never actually goes looking for trouble. It just has a tendency to find her. Like the day Frank Knight showed up at her door, wanting to use her motorcycle shop as a cover for his elite special ops team. But Becky prides herself on being able to hang with the big boys-she can weld, drive, and shoot just as well as any of them.

Man with a Mission

Munitions, missiles, and mayhem are Frank's way of life. The last thing the ex-SEAL wants is for one brash blonde to come within fifty feet of anything that goes boom. Yet it's just his rotten luck when she ends up in a hostage situation at sea. Come hell or high water, he will get her back-whether she says she needs him or not.
He watches her from across the crowded dance club, a sensual black-haired stranger who stirs Gabrielle Maxwell’s deepest fantasies. But nothing about this night—or this man—is what it seems. For when Gabrielle witnesses a murder outside the club, reality shifts into something dark and deadly. In that shattering instant she is thrust into a realm she never knew existed—a realm where vampires stalk the shadows and a blood war is set to ignite.

Lucan Thorne despises the violence carried out by his lawless brethren. A vampire himself, Lucan is a Breed warrior, sworn to protect his kind—and the unwitting humans existing alongside them—from the mounting threat of the Rogues. Lucan cannot risk binding himself to a mortal woman, but when Gabrielle is targeted by his enemies, he has no choice but to bring her into the dark underworld he commands.

Here, in the arms of the Breed's formidable leader, Gabrielle will confront an extraordinary destiny of danger, seduction, and the darkest pleasures of all. . . .
In this twisted Lauren Oliver-meets-A.S. King debut, Julian has just eight more lives to burn in order to uncover a brutal secret.

In an alternate world startlingly close to our own, humans have nine lives—and they can't wait to use them up.

The government has death incentives aimed at controlling overpopulation. As you shed lives, you shed your awkward phases: one death is equal to one physical and mental upgrade.

Julian's friends are obsessed with the idea of burning, but Julian is determined to stay on his first life for as long as he can. His mother burned too fast and inflicted a debilitating rebirth sickness on herself.

Julian realizes that he's going to have to burn at some point—especially when he becomes a target for Nicholas, the manipulative leader of the Burners, the school's suicide club. And when Julian eventually succumbs, he uncovers suspicious gaps in the rebirth system that may explain exactly why his mother went so far down the rabbit hole years ago.

Along with a group of student dissenters, Julian sets out to find answers and is soon on the verge of exposing the greatest conspiracy ever unleashed on the world.
A darkly hilarious contemporary realistic young adult novel about growing up and finding your place in the world, perfect for fans of Me and Earl and the Dying Girl and Running With Scissors.

Dario Heyward knows one thing: He's never going back to Moldavia Studios, the iconic castle that served as the set, studio, and home to the cast and crew of dozens of cult classic B-horror movies. It's been three years since Dario's even seen the place, after getting legally emancipated from his father, the infamous director of Moldavia's creature features.

But then Dario's brother invites him home to a mysterious ceremony involving his father and a tribute to his first film—The Curse of the Mummy's Tongue. Dario swears his homecoming will be a one-time visit. A way for him to get closure on his past—and reunite with Hayley, his first love and costar of Zombie Children of the Harvest Sun, a production fraught with real-life tragedy—and say good-bye for good. But the unthinkable happens—Dario gets sucked back into the twisted world of Moldavia and the horrors, both real and imagined, he's left there.

With only months to rescue the sinking studio and everyone who has built their lives there, Dario must confront the demons of his past—and the uncertainties of his future. But can he escape the place that's haunted him his whole life?
Attorney Sara Constantine is thrilled with her promotion—until she finds out that she must now prosecute vampires and werewolves. The first defendant she'll be trying to put away? Lucius Dragos, the sexy stranger with whom she recently shared an explosive night of ecstasy.

When Lucius kisses a beautiful woman sitting next to him at the bar, he's hoping only to avoid the perceptive gaze of the man he's planning to kill. But what starts as a simple kiss ignites into an all-consuming passion. Charged with murder, Luke knows that Sara is determined to see him locked away—unless he can convince her that he's not a monster. And that might mean making the ultimate sacrifice.

Saturday, July 7, 2018

Week 27 Review: Endless Water, Starless Sky

From Goodreads:
In the last days of the world, the walls of Viyara are still falling, and the dead are rising faster than ever.

Juliet is trapped—ordered by Lord Ineo of the Mahyanai to sacrifice the remaining members of her family, the Catresou, to stave off the end of the world. Though they're certain his plan is useless, Juliet and her former friend Runajo must comply with Lord Ineo's wishes—unless they can discover a different, darker path to protecting Viyara.

Romeo is tortured: finally aware that his true love is alive, he is at once elated and devastated, for his actions led directly to the destruction of her clan. The only way to redemption is to offer his life to the Catresou to protect and support them . . . even if it means dying to do so.

When Romeo's and Juliet's paths converge once again, only a journey into Death will offer answers and the key to saving them all—but is it a journey either of them will survive?

My Review:
I enjoyed reading this book so much! Rosamund Hodge is an author whose writing I adore, and yeah, I just devoured this book! The first book was so original, and the ending was just pure evil, so I had to read this book, and I just had to read it quickly because the pages just turned that fast!

Man, there were some pretty epic moments in this book! Like, when Romeo and Juliet meet, but since he's wearing a mask, and she doesn't know that he's still alive, she doesn't know who he is. That was a "oh" moment! So great to read!

One thing that I really loved about this book, was that we got the story of how the Ruining happened. Which is pretty darned important, seeing as that's why they're in this mess in the first place! It was really interesting to know who was connected to it!

From the synopsis, you know that the journey into Death is the big ending. They do have a face off with the Master Necromancer, which takes care of some problems, but still leaves the Ruining left to fix. I really enjoyed the journey that Juliet went on, she showed her strengths and that she was the sword of her people, not a clever person. Loved how it all came together!

This book was utterly fantastic, and I enjoyed it so much!

Author: Rosamund Hodge
Series: Bright Smoke, Cold Fire #2
Read: July 4th, 2018
Source: Edelweiss
Reason Why: Love her writing and this series, and it's a End of Series 2018 Book, Prequel & Sequel Challenge 2018 Book and a WoW Book!
Publisher: Balzer + Bray
Expected Publication: July 24th 2018
5/5 Hearts
5/5 Books
5/5 Stars

Wednesday, June 6, 2018

Waiting on Wednesday #369, June 6th

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

Endless Water, Starless Sky by Rosamund Hodge
Expected Publication: July 24th, 2018
From Goodreads:
In the last days of the world, the walls of Viyara are still falling, and the dead are rising faster than ever.

Juliet is trapped—ordered by Lord Ineo of the Mahyanai to sacrifice the remaining members of her family, the Catresou, to stave off the end of the world. Though they’re certain his plan is useless, Juliet and her former friend Runajo must comply with Lord Ineo’s wishes—unless they can discover a different, darker path to protecting Viyara.

Romeo is tortured: finally aware that his true love is alive, he is at once elated and devastated, for his actions led directly to the destruction of her clan. The only way to redemption is to offer his life to the Catresou to protect and support them . . . even if it means dying to do so.

When Romeo’s and Juliet’s paths converge once again, only a journey into Death will offer answers and the key to saving them all—but is it a journey either of them will survive?


Contagion by Erin Bowman
Expected Publication: July 24th, 2018
From Goodreads:
It got in us

After receiving an urgent SOS from a work detail on a distant planet, a skeleton crew is dispatched to perform a standard search-and-rescue mission.

Most are dead.

But when the crew arrives, they find an abandoned site, littered with rotten food, discarded weapons…and dead bodies.

Don't set foot here again.

As they try to piece together who—or what—could have decimated an entire operation, they discover that some things are best left buried—and some monsters are only too ready to awaken.

The Duke Buys a Bride by Sophie Jordan
Expected Publication: July 24th, 2018
From Goodreads:
A bride wasn’t in his plans . . .

The last thing Marcus, the Duke of Autenberry, expects to see after sleeping off a night’s drunken shenanigans is a woman being auctioned in the village square. Before he can think about the ramifications, he buys her, thinking he’s winning the girl her freedom. Instead, he discovers he’s bought a wife.

A duke wasn’t in hers . . .

Alyse Bell is almost rid of the shackles that bound her in a name-only marriage, but the day her friend promised to purchase her in a wife auction, he vanishes, leaving her to face a mob of unsavory bachelors intent on owning her body and soul. But the appearance of a wicked, wealthy stranger changes her path forever.

The road to ruin . . .

Marcus doesn’t know what to do with the impertinent chit who clearly isn’t duchess material! Insisting their marriage isn’t legitimate, they leave for his estate in Scotland, hoping to devise a plan to get rid of each other. However, on a journey fraught with misadventure, their attraction grows and Marcus realizes he’ll do anything to keep this fiery woman for his own. 

Zero Hour by Kate Kessler
Expected Publication: July 24th, 2018
From Goodreads:
As a teenager, Audrey Harte went to jail for murder. Now, she uses her own experiences to help catch dangerous killers. Richard le Duke is the most ruthless serial killer criminal psychologist Audrey Harte has ever encountered. When Richard's son -- and suspected accomplice -- is arrested, police hope they have leverage over Richard to get him to release his latest victim. Instead, they find themselves up against a mind almost as warped as his father's. Matthew le Duke will give up his father's location on one condition: Audrey tell him every gruesome detail of her own dark past. If he doesn't contact his father within the hour, a young woman will die, and her murderer will escape. All Audrey has to do is finally reveal what happened that night -- and how it felt to make her first kill.

Yeah, some really amazing reads! And I've gotten almost all of them as ARC's, so I'm really happy! Such great books! Can't wait for them to come out, because they're so great! What about you guys? Happy reading!