Showing posts with label Tess Amy. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Tess Amy. Show all posts

Wednesday, June 12, 2024

Waiting on Wednesday #683, June 12th

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

The Darkness Within Us by Tricia Levenseller
Expected Publication: July 9th, 2024
From Goodreads:
Chrysantha Stathos has won.

By hiding her intelligence and ambition behind the mask of a beautiful air-headed girl, she has gathered important secrets, earned her father’s constant care, and become a wealthy duchess—all by age nineteen. Now, she is only one elderly, dying duke away from having all the freedom, money, and safety she’s ever wanted.

Or so she thought.

Turns out her little sister somehow snatched the true victory away from her: Alessandra is wedding the Shadow King, the most powerful man in the world. Meanwhile, after the death of Chrysantha’s no-good, lecherous husband, a man claiming to be the duke’s estranged grandson turns up to inherit everything that should be hers.

Chrysantha is enraged. There is no way that she’s going to let some man take everything from her. Never mind that he’s extremely handsome and secretive and alluring with mysterious powers… No, Chrysantha wants Eryx Demos dead, and in the end, a Stathos girl always gets what she wants.

The Spellshop by Sarah Beth Durst
Expected Publication: July 9th, 2024
From Goodreads:
The Spellshop is a cottagecore cosy fantasy following a woman's unexpected journey through the low-stakes market of illegal spell-selling and the high-risk business of starting over . . .

Kiela has always had trouble dealing with people, and as librarian at the Great Library of Alyssium, she hasn’t had to.

She and her assistant, Caz, a sentient spider plant, have spent most of the last eleven years sequestered among the empire’s precious spellbooks, protecting the magic for the city’s elite. But a revolution is brewing and when the library goes up in flames, she and Caz steal whatever books they can and flee to the faraway island where she grew up. She’s hoping to lay low and figure out a way to survive before the revolution comes looking for her. To her dismay, in addition to a nosy—and very handsome—neighbor, she finds the town in disarray.

The empire with its magic spellbooks has slowly been draining power from the island, something that Kiela is indirectly responsible for, and now she’s determined to find a way to make things right. Opening up a spell shop comes with its own risks—the consequence of sharing magic with commoners is death. And as Kiela comes to make a place for herself among the quirky townspeople, she realizes that in order to make a life for herself, she must break down the walls she has kept so high.

Perfect for fans of Travis Baldree and TJ Klune, The Spellshop is a romantic and cosy fantasy.

The Sky on Fire by Jenn Lyons
Expected Publication: July 9th, 2024
From Goodreads:
From the acclaimed author of the Chorus of Dragons series, this propulsive new standalone fantasy is Dragonriders of Pern for a modern audience.

Enter a world ruled by dragons…

Anahrod lives only for survival, preferring to thrive in the jungles of the Deep with the titan drake she keeps by her side. When an adventuring party saves her from capture by the local warlord, Sicaryon, she is eager to return to her solitary life, but this is no ordinary rescue. Anahrod's past has caught up with her. And these cunning misfits intend to spirit her away to the cloud cities, where they need her help to steal from a dragon’s hoard.

There’s only one in the cloud cities, dragons rule, and the hoard in question belongs to the current regent, Neveranimas―and she wants Anahrod dead.

Fans of Naomi Novik's Temeraire series and Rebecca Yarros's The Fourth Wing will enjoy this page-turning adventure with conniving dragons, high-stakes intrigue, a daring heist, and a little bit of heat.

The Confidence Games by Tess Amy 
Expected Publication: July 9th, 2024
From Goodreads:
Two female con artists must pull off the ultimate heist in this rollicking caper from a dazzling new voice.

Emma Oxley and Nellie Yarrow have been inseparable their whole lives. Ever since they reinvented themselves, changing their names and wiping clean their digital footprints, they have made a game of following wherever the next adventure leads and challenging themselves to thefts, street cons, and mind games.

Adhering to only two rules—they will only swindle men, and only ones who deserve it—Emma and Nellie are secure in their reputation as the most trustworthy swindlers on the European black market. Until suddenly, they must play to save their own lives.

Blackmailed into stealing a priceless bracelet from a high-security exhibit, Emma will reexamine everything she believed to be true. This heist takes her far beyond her comfort zone...and she and Nellie will need allies among the glitzy bejeweled gathering in London in order to survive. Will they be able to do the right thing before it’s too late?

These are all great books, that I've all loved to read, and I can't for them all out be out! What about you guys? Happy reading! 

Monday, April 29, 2024

It's Monday! What Are You Reading #673, April 29th

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 #672
Teaser Tuesday #680
WWW Wednesday #680
WOW #676
Will the Time Come #673
Third Sentence Thursday #663
Random Reads #649
First Lines Friday #676
Book Blogger Hop #342
24 Books to Read in 2024 Update 2
The Reward Challenge Update #658
Wheel of TBR #205
How Well I Stuck to It #510
Wrote that Review Update #507

Week 17 Reviews:

OK, so I got 67 posts in 7 days, and it was a pretty great week, it was pretty long and I read some really great books but I can't wait for the start of a new month when I can slow it down again. What about you guys? Happy reading!

So this week I want to read 

Saturday, April 27, 2024

Week 17 Review: The Confidence Games

From Goodreads:
Two female con artists must pull off the ultimate heist in this rollicking caper from a dazzling new voice. Emma Oxley and Nellie Yarrow have been inseparable their whole lives. Ever since they reinvented themselves, changing their names and wiping clean their digital footprints, they have made a game of following wherever the next adventure leads and challenging themselves to thefts, street cons, and mind games. 

Adhering to only two rules—they will only swindle men, and only ones who deserve it—Emma and Nellie are secure in their reputation as the most trustworthy swindlers on the European black market. Until suddenly, they must play to save their own lives. Blackmailed into stealing a priceless bracelet from a high-security exhibit, Emma will re-examine everything she believed to be true. This heist takes her far beyond her comfort zone...and she and Nellie will need allies among the glitzy bejeweled gathering in London in order to survive. Will they be able to do the right thing before it's too late?

My Review:
I just loved reading this book! The synopsis sounded really good, and reading the book, yeah, it was thrilling and it  was such a great adventure! I'm so glad that I read it, it was such a delight, watching all these plots and schemes going on with these heists! 

Emma and Nellie are best friends who, after Emma had a bad breakup, get into the business of swindling men who deserve it, and boy do they deserve it! I mean, technically not, but really, they were asshole human beings, so why not? 

Of course things go wrong and they end up put into a situation where they're not in control, and I loved seeing everything play out! There was a lot of clever moments, and a lot of tense moments, and it really kept the momentum of the plot going! 

Yeah, that ending was pretty epic! I love how it all came together, and how they dealt with with things. I was really happy to see all of them together, this little unit, which was really sweet, and as such a wonderful and delightful ending! 

This was such an enjoyable read and I can't wait to read more by Tess Amy! 

Author: Tess Amy
Read: April 24th, 2024
Source: NetGalley 
Reason Why: Sounded really great, and it's a DAC Book, SAC 2024 Book and a WoW Book! 
Publisher: Berkley 
Expected Publication: July 9th 2024
5/5 Hearts
5/5 Books
5/5 Stars