Showing posts with label Sherryl Jordan. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Sherryl Jordan. Show all posts

Saturday, July 13, 2019

Week 28 Reviews: Secret Sacrament, Time of the Eagle


From Goodreads:
Can one man be the salvation of two nations?

Gabriel is a thinker, a healer, a dreamer. His past haunts him, and his future is intertwined with ancient prophecies. He is a son of the Navoran Empire, yet his soul can only find peace with the wild Shinali people on the outshirts of the city. He can interpret the dreams of the Empress and heal the wounded of her city, but as sinister forces take control of the empire, Gabriel's destiny may be far greater than he can possibly imagine.

Sherryl Jordan has crafted a powerful fantasy novel about a young man destined to become the link between two warring cultures.

From Goodreads:
An unforgettable tale of fate, betrayal, and the power of love and faith

Avala dreams of becoming a healer, but her dreams are not the same as her destiny. Hers is a mighty but lonely fate, for she is the chosen one—the one who will bring the Time of the Eagle, when the hunted will become the hunters and win back their freedom. It is a destiny that requires the spirit of a warrior and the heart of a healer. But does Avala have the courage to set the Eagle on its flight?

This epic companion to Secret Sacrament is full of intrigue, adventure, and fantasy, as one girl, born to greatness, must decide whether to follow her dreams or fulfill her destiny.

My first review of Time of the Eagle
My Review:
Yeah, I really enjoyed reading these books again! I first read Time of the Eagle way back, like maybe in 2008. I only then read Secret Sacrament later, and then even later, Time of the Eagle, well, I'd started blogging by then. So it was really great to read these two back to back!

I remembered both the endings of these books, but not how they got there, like when the tribe was imprisoned at the fort, or how Avala defeated the bad guy. So it was really great to go on these journeys with these characters!

One small connection between them was that Gabriel healed the bad guy's daughter. And that healing was mentioned, as well as that daughter being the only one who wasn't executed who got tried, because she was a good person. I just loved that connection!

I also loved how loving the Citadel people were. They were warm and caring, and just incredible to read about! And that made it easier, when she was made a slave, knowing that her time with them was coming up, because it came close to pressing my buttons!

Loved reading these so much, they're such great reads!

Author: Sherryl Jordan
Series: Secret Sacrament #1, 2
First Read: July 30th, 2011
Read: July 10th, 11th, 2019
Source: Ebook.bike
Reason Why: Rereading! Really enjoy this series, and they're Prequel & Sequel Challenge 2019 Books! And Time of the Eagle is a End of Series 2019 Book!
Publisher: Harper Teen
Published: 1996, July 31st 2007

Secret Sacrament:
5/5 Hearts
5/5 Books
5/5 Stars









Time of the Eagle:
5/5 Hearts
5/5 Books
5/5 Stars

Monday, August 8, 2011

It's Monday! What Are You Reading #9, August 8th


It's Monday! What Are You Reading is a weekly meme hosted by Book Journey 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 #8
Teaser Tuesday #17
WWW Wednesday #17
WOW #12
Will the Time Come #10
First Line Friday #4
A-Z Reading Challenge Update #6
Follow that Blurb Reading Challenge Update #5
In My Mailbox #9
I Have an Update #7

Week 31 Reviews:
Time of the Eagle
Reign or Shine
Reign Check
Shade
Shift
The Beginning of After
The Light
Destruction from Twins
The Textile Planet
The Dark

Tours:
Consequence; Review

Random:
Netgalley Month Wrap Up
I Love My Ipod!

So that was a good week, and it was nice and fun :) I got 20 posts in 7 days, so yeah, happy with that.

This week I want to read Inside Out, Outside In, Insatiable, Fire Study, Rooms, Storm Glass, Sea Glass, Spy Glass, Exchange, Flames of Surrender, and Dragon Aster.

Currently Listening To: Sleeping!!!!!
Currently Reading: Roooms
Currently Watching: Torchwood



Keep Your Head Down.

Don't Get Noticed.
Or Else.

I'm Trella. I'm a scrub. A nobody. One of thousands who work the lower levels, keeping Inside clean for the Uppers. I've got one friend, do my job and try to avoid the Pop Cops. So what if I occasionally use the pipes to sneak around the Upper levels? The only neck at risk is my own…until I accidentally start a rebellion and become the go-to girl to lead a revolution.
 
Me? A Leader? Okay, I did prove that there's more to Inside than we knew. That a whole world exists beyond this cube we live in. And finding that led to a major rebellion - between worker scrubs like me and the snobby uppers who rule our world. Make that ruled. Because of me, we're free. I thought that meant I was off the hook, and could go off on my own again - while still touching base with Riley, of course. He's the one upper I think I can trust. But then we learned that there's outside and then there is Outside. And something from Outside wants In.
 
Sick of vampires? So is Meena Harper.


But her boss is making her write about them anyway, even though Meena doesn’t believe in them.

Not that Meena isn’t familiar with the supernatural. See, Meena Harper knows how you’re going to die (not that you’re going to believe her; no one ever does).

But not even Meena’s precognition can prepare her for what happens when she meets—then makes the mistake of falling in love with—Lucien Antonescu, a modern-day prince with a bit of a dark side . . . a dark side a lot of people, like an ancient society of vampire-hunters, would prefer to see him dead for.

The problem is, he already is dead. Maybe that’s why he’s the first guy Meena’s ever met that she could see herself having a future with. See, while Meena’s always been able to see everyone else’s future, she’s never been able look into her own.

And while Lucien seems like everything Meena has ever dreamed of in a boyfriend, he might turn out to be more like a nightmare.

Now might be a good time for Meena to start learning to predict her own future . . .
If she even has one.
The apprenticeship is over—now the real test has begun.


When word that Yelena is a Soulfinder—able to capture and release souls—spreads like wildfire, people grow uneasy. Already Yelena's unusual abilities and past have set her apart. As the Council debates Yelena's fate, she receives a disturbing message: a plot is rising against her homeland, led by a murderous sorcerer she has defeated before....

Honor sets Yelena on a path that will test the limits of her skills, and the hope of reuniting with her beloved spurs her onward. Her journey is fraught with allies, enemies, lovers and would-be assassins, each of questionable loyalty. Yelena will have but one chance to prove herself—and save the land she holds dear.
As a glassmaker and a magician-in-training, Opal Cowen understands trial by fire. Now it's time to test her mettle. Someone has sabotaged the Stormdancer clan's glass orbs, killing their most powerful magicians. The Stormdancers—particularly the mysterious and mercurial Kade—require Opal's unique talents to prevent it happening again. But when the mission goes awry, Opal must tap in to a new kind of magic as stunningly potent as it is frightening. And the further she delves into the intrigue behind the glass and magic, the more distorted things appear. With lives hanging in the balance—including her own—Opal must control powers she hadn't known she possessed…powers that might lead to disaster beyond anything she's ever known.
Student glass magician Opal Cowan's newfound ability to steal a magician's powers makes her too powerful. Ordered to house arrest by the Council, Opal dares defy them, traveling to the Moon Clan's lands in search of Ulrick, the man she thinks she loves. Thinks because she is sure another man now her prisoner has switched souls with Ulrick.


In hostile territory, without proof or allies, Opal isn't sure whom to trust. She can't forget Kade, the handsome Stormdancer who doesn't want to let her get close. And now everyone is after Opal's special powers for their own deadly gain....

After siphoning her own blood magic in the showdown at Hubal, Opal Cowan has lost her powers. She can no longer create glass magic. More, she's immune to the effects of magic. Opal is now an outsider looking in, spying through the glass on those with the powers she once had, powers that make a difference in the world.


Until spying through the glass becomes her new power. Suddenly, the beautiful pieces she makes flash in the presence of magic. And then she discovers that someone has st olen some of her blood—and that finding it might let her regain her powers. Or learn if they're lost forever…

Saturday, August 6, 2011

Week 31 Review: Time of the Eagle

From Goodreads:
Avala's father, Gabriel (the hero of Secret Sacrament), was the great Deliverer, the giver of freedom, the hero who began the prophesied Time of the Eagle. However, this freedom has not been easy, and the Shinali tribe have found the nomadic way of life very hard. Many times they have accidentally trespassed on the lands of the Igaal or the Hena, their former enemies, and have been driven violently away, making unification seem a long way off. Avala's relationship with a wonded Igaal hunter leads to her acceptance within the Igaal tribe, where her healing gifts and visions make her indispensable. But simply helping one injured Igaal hunter is not enough to meld the two peoples. And in her absence from her own people, a rival priest has arisen, claiming that the Time of the Eagle has come and that they must fight rather than unify with the Igaal. Can Avala reverse her tribe's decision, and finally make peace between the nations?

My Review:
I've read this book before, and yet I still picked up on things that I'd forgotten or read over before. And it was good to pick up on these details, because this is just an amazing book that I love, and I just really love the story.

It's about finding who you are, from the expectations that surround you, and trying to be your own person, not what people see when they look at you.

Plus all the love, and I love the magic, and the people, they are just really good! And I'm glad that this book had a happy ending, it's based 16 years after the first one (which I read second a long time ago, about 2 years)

I just love this book, and you guys should definitely read it!!!!

Author: Sherryl Jordan
Series: Secret Sacrament #2
Read: July 30th, 2011
Source: Library
Reason Why: Rereading! I loved this book the first time, so great, and yeah, had to reread it again!
Publisher: Eos
Published: July 31st 2007
5/5 Hearts
5/5 Books
5/5 Stars