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Showing posts with label Vanessa Len. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Vanessa Len. Show all posts
Sunday, September 28, 2025
Vanessa Len Author Page
The Story: I got a copy from Edelweiss, and it sounded really good, and I read it and loved it, and read the whole series, and I can't wait to read more by Vanessa Len!
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Series: Monsters.
Website
Series: Monsters.
Monday, September 15, 2025
It's Monday! What Are You Reading #745, September 15th
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 #744
Teaser Tuesday #752
WWW Wednesday #752
WOW #748
Will the Time Come #745
Third Sentence Thursday #735
Random Reads #721
First Lines Friday #748
Book Blogger Hop #414
Monthly ARC's Update 131
The Reward Challenge Update #730
Wheel of TBR #277
How Well I Stuck to It #582
Wrote that Review Update #579
Week 37 Reviews:
OK, so I got 46 posts in 7 days, it was a pretty quiet month. I've been reading a lot, and playing my mobile game, and blogging has fallen behind about 2 weeks, so I'm trying to catch up, but it's going to take a minute. What about you guys? Happy reading!
So this week I want to read whatever I want!
The Reward Challenge Update #730
Wheel of TBR #277
How Well I Stuck to It #582
Wrote that Review Update #579
Week 37 Reviews:
Magical Readathon: Orilium:
SeasonAthon Academy:
Random:
So this week I want to read whatever I want!
Saturday, September 13, 2025
Week 37 Reviews: Only a Monster, Never a Hero, Once a Villain
l;With the sweeping romance of Passenger and the dark fantasy edge of This Savage Song, this standout YA contemporary fantasy debut from Vanessa Len, is the first in a planned trilogy.
It should have been the perfect summer. Sent to stay with her late mother's eccentric family in London, sixteen-year-old Joan is determined to enjoy herself. She loves her nerdy job at the historic Holland House, and when her super cute co-worker Nick asks her on a date, it feels like everything is falling into place.
But she soon learns the truth. Her family aren't just eccentric: they're monsters, with terrifying, hidden powers. And Nick isn't just a cute boy: he's a legendary monster slayer, who will do anything to bring them down.
As she battles Nick, Joan is forced to work with the beautiful and ruthless Aaron Oliver, heir to a monster family that hates her own. She'll have to embrace her own monstrousness if she is to save herself, and her family. Because in this story . . .
. . . she is not the hero.
From Goodreads:
Joan has saved her family and reset the timeline. Now, Nick is just an ordinary boy and Aaron is again her enemy. But Joan must find a way to re-gather her old allies when the real threat returns – the woman who created Nick. Eleanor, the most dangerous member of the Monster Court.
As the stakes rise—and Nick gets perilously closer to discovering the truth of what Joan did to him—Joan advances deeper into the monster world. When she's captured by the Monster Court itself, she uncovers a secret of her own. She and Eleanor are the last members of a thirteenth monster family—a family erased from the timeline by the King. Eleanor has been fighting to restore them.
But when Joan glimpses the dark timeline their family once ruled over—and Nick's role in it —she finds herself once again torn between love and family and monstrous choices as she battles to prevent Eleanor from bringing back their family and ushering in a terrible future.
The final book in the lauded Only a Monster trilogy is here—where the unstoppable love and high stakes of Divine Rivals meets the propulsive thrills of This Savage Song in a last-ditch, breathless race against time.
Joan has failed to stop Eleanor.
Now Eleanor rules over a cruel new timeline where monsters live openly among humans, preying on them and subjugating them.
Nick—once a hero to humans, and Joan's first love—is tormented by the choice he made to save her over the timeline itself. And Aaron—the ruthless heir to a powerful monster family—now finds himself in a world where monsters have power beyond imagining while his feelings for Joan grow.
Wrenched between love and rivalry, the three of them must negotiate their fractured pasts to survive the new world and restore what was lost. Because only they remember that there was once a better timeline.
But how will they defeat a whole world of monsters with control over time itself?
My Review:
Author: Vanessa Len
Series: Monsters #1, 2, 3
First Read: April 18th, 2022, December 4th, 2023
Read: September 9th, 9th, 9th, 2025
Source: Own/Library, Own, Edelweiss
Reason Why: Rereading, and they're Prequel & Sequel Challenge 2025 Books, and Once a Villain is a End of Series 2025 Book and a WoW Book!
Publisher: Harper Teen
Published: February 22nd 2022, August 29th 2023, August 19th 2025
Source: Own/Library, Own, Edelweiss
Reason Why: Rereading, and they're Prequel & Sequel Challenge 2025 Books, and Once a Villain is a End of Series 2025 Book and a WoW Book!
Publisher: Harper Teen
Published: February 22nd 2022, August 29th 2023, August 19th 2025
Only a Monster:
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Never a Hero:
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Once a Villain:
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Tuesday, September 9, 2025
Magical Readathon: Orilium Update 24
So I read my next book for Magical Readathon: Orilium, and it was Once a Villain which was for the prompt Spells & Incantations Q, and I'll be reading Origins of an Academy Bully next!
My Reading Journey:
The Housemaid by Freida McFadden
Prompt Fulfilled: Conjuration Q
Started On: September 1st
Finished On: September 1st, 10:04 AM
Pages Read: 329
A Forgery of Fate by Elizabeth Lim
Prompt Fulfilled: Demonology Q
Started On: September 1st
Finished On: September 1st, 12:04 PM
Pages Read: 480
The Last Dragon of the East by Katrina Kwan
Prompt Fulfilled: Restoration Q
Started On: September 1st
Finished On: September 1st, 4:48 PM
Pages Read: 320
The Unruly Heart of Miss Darcy by Erin Edwards
Prompt Fulfilled: Spells & Incantations D
Started On: September 1st
Finished On: September 1st, 10:03 PM
Pages Read: 336
Wild Reverence by Rebecca Ross
Prompt Fulfilled: Inscription O
Started On: September 2nd
Finished On: September 2nd, 3:27 PM
Pages Read: 544
Out of Air by Rachel Reiss
Prompt Fulfilled: Elemental Studies O
Started On: September 2nd
Finished On: September 2nd, 8:01 PM
Pages Read: 304
Vipers and Virtuosos by Sav R. Miller
Prompt Fulfilled: Astronomy Q
Started On: September 3rd
Finished On: September 3rd, 1:03 PM
Pages Read: 416
Oaths and Omissions by Sav R. Miller
Prompt Fulfilled: Inscription O
Started On: September 3rd
Finished On: September 3rd, 5:38 PM
Pages Read: 404
Arrows and Apologies by Sav R. Miller
Prompt Fulfilled: Shapeshifting Q
Started On: September 3rd
Finished On: September 3rd, 9:41 PM
Pages Read: 400
A Deadly Education by Naomi Novik
Prompt Fulfilled: Conjuration O
Started On: September 4th
Finished On: September 4th, 12:36 PM
Pages Read: 321
The Last Graduate by Naomi Novik
Prompt Fulfilled: Conjuration O
Started On: September 4th
Finished On: September 4th, 4:28 PM
Pages Read: 391
The Golden Enclaves by Naomi Novik
Prompt Fulfilled: Lore Q
Started On: September 4th
Finished On: September 4th, 9:47 PM
Pages Read: 416
Quicksilver by Callie Hart
Prompt Fulfilled: Spells & Incantations O
Started On: September 5th
Finished On: September 5th, 12:32 PM
Pages Read: 640
Imaginary Numbers by Seanan McGuire
Prompt Fulfilled: Alchemy D
Started On: September 5th
Finished On: September 5th, 2:18 PM
Pages Read: 400
Calculated Risks by Seanan McGuire
Prompt Fulfilled: Art of Illusion D
Started On: September 5th
Finished On: September 5th, 7:35 PM
Pages Read: 400
The Stars Are Dying by Chloe C. Peñaranda
Prompt Fulfilled: Shapeshifting O
Started On: September 6th
Finished On: September 6th, 4:03 PM
Pages Read: 412
The Night is Defying by Chloe C. Peñaranda
Prompt Fulfilled: Shapeshifting O
Started On: September 6th
Finished On: September 6th, 10:48 PM
Pages Read: 432
Scorched Earth by Danielle L. Jensen
Prompt Fulfilled: Alchemy D
Started On: September 7th
Finished On: September 7th, 8:36 PM
Pages Read: 752
The Housemaid's Secret by Freida McFadden
Prompt Fulfilled: Artificery Q
Started On: September 8th
Finished On: September 8th, 10:41 AM
Pages Read: 327
Spelunking Through Hell: A Visitor's Guide to the Underworld by Seanan McGuire
Prompt Fulfilled: Alchemy D
Started On: September 8th
Finished On: September 8th, 2:07 PM
Pages Read: 300
Backpacking Through Bedlam by Seanan McGuire
Prompt Fulfilled: Restoration O
Started On: September 8th
Finished On: September 8th, 7:43 PM
Pages Read: 400
Only a Monster by Vanessa Len
Prompt Fulfilled: Animal Studies O
Started On: September 9th
Finished On: September 9th, 11:04 AM
Pages Read: 416
Never a Hero by Vanessa Len
Prompt Fulfilled: Spells & Incantations O
Started On: September 9th
Finished On: September 9th, 3:52 PM
Pages Read: 528
Once a Villain by Vanessa Len
Prompt Fulfilled: Spells & Incantations Q
Started On: September 9th
Finished On: September 9th, 7:47 PM
Pages Read: 416
Origins of an Academy Bully by Caroline Peckham and Susanne Valenti
Prompt Fulfilled: Astronomy D
Started On: September 9th
Currently On: Page 0 of 94
Prompts Left: Alchemy O, Alchemy Q, Inscription Q, Inscription D, Artificery O, Artificery Q, Artificery D, Spells & Incantations O, Art of Illusion O, Lore O, Astronomy O, Elemental Studies Q, Elemental Studies D, Animal Studies Q, Astronomy O, Astronomy Q, Astronomy D, Restoration D, Spells & Incantations O, Alchemy O, Restoration O, Restoration Q, Restoration D, Conjuration D, Demonology O, Lore O, Lore D, Animal Studies O, Animal Studies Q, Animal Studies D, Demonology O, Demonology D, Restoration O, Restoration Q, Restoration D, Conjuration Q, Alchemy O, Alchemy Q, Art of Illusion O, Art of Illusion Q, Spells & Incantations O, Psionics & Divination O, Psionics & Divination Q, Psionics & Divination D, Lore O, Alchemy O, Alchemy Q, Restoration O, Restoration Q, Shapeshifting O, Shapeshifting D, Art of Illusion O, Art of Illusion Q, Psionics & Divination O, Artificery O, Artificery D
Read: 24
Pages Read: 10234
Magical Readathon: Orilium Update 23
So I read my next book for Magical Readathon: Orilium, and it was Never a Hero which was for the prompt Spells & Incantations O, and I'll be reading Once a Villain next!
My Reading Journey:
The Housemaid by Freida McFadden
Prompt Fulfilled: Conjuration Q
Started On: September 1st
Finished On: September 1st, 10:04 AM
Pages Read: 329
A Forgery of Fate by Elizabeth Lim
Prompt Fulfilled: Demonology Q
Started On: September 1st
Finished On: September 1st, 12:04 PM
Pages Read: 480
The Last Dragon of the East by Katrina Kwan
Prompt Fulfilled: Restoration Q
Started On: September 1st
Finished On: September 1st, 4:48 PM
Pages Read: 320
The Unruly Heart of Miss Darcy by Erin Edwards
Prompt Fulfilled: Spells & Incantations D
Started On: September 1st
Finished On: September 1st, 10:03 PM
Pages Read: 336
Wild Reverence by Rebecca Ross
Prompt Fulfilled: Inscription O
Started On: September 2nd
Finished On: September 2nd, 3:27 PM
Pages Read: 544
Out of Air by Rachel Reiss
Prompt Fulfilled: Elemental Studies O
Started On: September 2nd
Finished On: September 2nd, 8:01 PM
Pages Read: 304
Vipers and Virtuosos by Sav R. Miller
Prompt Fulfilled: Astronomy Q
Started On: September 3rd
Finished On: September 3rd, 1:03 PM
Pages Read: 416
Oaths and Omissions by Sav R. Miller
Prompt Fulfilled: Inscription O
Started On: September 3rd
Finished On: September 3rd, 5:38 PM
Pages Read: 404
Arrows and Apologies by Sav R. Miller
Prompt Fulfilled: Shapeshifting Q
Started On: September 3rd
Finished On: September 3rd, 9:41 PM
Pages Read: 400
A Deadly Education by Naomi Novik
Prompt Fulfilled: Conjuration O
Started On: September 4th
Finished On: September 4th, 12:36 PM
Pages Read: 321
The Last Graduate by Naomi Novik
Prompt Fulfilled: Conjuration O
Started On: September 4th
Finished On: September 4th, 4:28 PM
Pages Read: 391
The Golden Enclaves by Naomi Novik
Prompt Fulfilled: Lore Q
Started On: September 4th
Finished On: September 4th, 9:47 PM
Pages Read: 416
Quicksilver by Callie Hart
Prompt Fulfilled: Spells & Incantations O
Started On: September 5th
Finished On: September 5th, 12:32 PM
Pages Read: 640
Imaginary Numbers by Seanan McGuire
Prompt Fulfilled: Alchemy D
Started On: September 5th
Finished On: September 5th, 2:18 PM
Pages Read: 400
Calculated Risks by Seanan McGuire
Prompt Fulfilled: Art of Illusion D
Started On: September 5th
Finished On: September 5th, 7:35 PM
Pages Read: 400
The Stars Are Dying by Chloe C. Peñaranda
Prompt Fulfilled: Shapeshifting O
Started On: September 6th
Finished On: September 6th, 4:03 PM
Pages Read: 412
The Night is Defying by Chloe C. Peñaranda
Prompt Fulfilled: Shapeshifting O
Started On: September 6th
Finished On: September 6th, 10:48 PM
Pages Read: 432
Scorched Earth by Danielle L. Jensen
Prompt Fulfilled: Alchemy D
Started On: September 7th
Finished On: September 7th, 8:36 PM
Pages Read: 752
The Housemaid's Secret by Freida McFadden
Prompt Fulfilled: Artificery Q
Started On: September 8th
Finished On: September 8th, 10:41 AM
Pages Read: 327
Spelunking Through Hell: A Visitor's Guide to the Underworld by Seanan McGuire
Prompt Fulfilled: Alchemy D
Started On: September 8th
Finished On: September 8th, 2:07 PM
Pages Read: 300
Backpacking Through Bedlam by Seanan McGuire
Prompt Fulfilled: Restoration O
Started On: September 8th
Finished On: September 8th, 7:43 PM
Pages Read: 400
Only a Monster by Vanessa Len
Prompt Fulfilled: Animal Studies O
Started On: September 9th
Finished On: September 9th, 11:04 AM
Pages Read: 416
Never a Hero by Vanessa Len
Prompt Fulfilled: Spells & Incantations O
Started On: September 9th
Finished On: September 9th, 3:52 PM
Pages Read: 528
Once a Villain by Vanessa Len
Prompt Fulfilled: Spells & Incantations Q
Started On: September 9th
Currently On: Page 0 of 416
Prompts Left: Alchemy O, Alchemy Q, Inscription Q, Inscription D, Artificery O, Artificery Q, Artificery D, Spells & Incantations O, Art of Illusion O, Lore O, Astronomy O, Astronomy D, Elemental Studies Q, Elemental Studies D, Animal Studies Q, Astronomy O, Astronomy Q, Astronomy D, Restoration D, Spells & Incantations O, Alchemy O, Restoration O, Restoration Q, Restoration D, Conjuration D, Demonology O, Lore O, Lore D, Animal Studies O, Animal Studies Q, Animal Studies D, Demonology O, Demonology D, Restoration O, Restoration Q, Restoration D, Conjuration Q, Alchemy O, Alchemy Q, Art of Illusion O, Art of Illusion Q, Spells & Incantations O, Psionics & Divination O, Psionics & Divination Q, Psionics & Divination D, Lore O, Alchemy O, Alchemy Q, Restoration O, Restoration Q, Shapeshifting O, Shapeshifting D, Art of Illusion O, Art of Illusion Q, Psionics & Divination O, Artificery O, Artificery D
Read: 23
Pages Read: 9818
Magical Readathon: Orilium Update 22
So I read my next book for Magical Readathon: Orilium, and it was Only a Monster which was for the prompt Animal Studies O, and I'll be reading Never a Hero next!
My Reading Journey:
The Housemaid by Freida McFadden
Prompt Fulfilled: Conjuration Q
Started On: September 1st
Finished On: September 1st, 10:04 AM
Pages Read: 329
A Forgery of Fate by Elizabeth Lim
Prompt Fulfilled: Demonology Q
Started On: September 1st
Finished On: September 1st, 12:04 PM
Pages Read: 480
The Last Dragon of the East by Katrina Kwan
Prompt Fulfilled: Restoration Q
Started On: September 1st
Finished On: September 1st, 4:48 PM
Pages Read: 320
The Unruly Heart of Miss Darcy by Erin Edwards
Prompt Fulfilled: Spells & Incantations D
Started On: September 1st
Finished On: September 1st, 10:03 PM
Pages Read: 336
Wild Reverence by Rebecca Ross
Prompt Fulfilled: Inscription O
Started On: September 2nd
Finished On: September 2nd, 3:27 PM
Pages Read: 544
Out of Air by Rachel Reiss
Prompt Fulfilled: Elemental Studies O
Started On: September 2nd
Finished On: September 2nd, 8:01 PM
Pages Read: 304
Vipers and Virtuosos by Sav R. Miller
Prompt Fulfilled: Astronomy Q
Started On: September 3rd
Finished On: September 3rd, 1:03 PM
Pages Read: 416
Oaths and Omissions by Sav R. Miller
Prompt Fulfilled: Inscription O
Started On: September 3rd
Finished On: September 3rd, 5:38 PM
Pages Read: 404
Arrows and Apologies by Sav R. Miller
Prompt Fulfilled: Shapeshifting Q
Started On: September 3rd
Finished On: September 3rd, 9:41 PM
Pages Read: 400
A Deadly Education by Naomi Novik
Prompt Fulfilled: Conjuration O
Started On: September 4th
Finished On: September 4th, 12:36 PM
Pages Read: 321
The Last Graduate by Naomi Novik
Prompt Fulfilled: Conjuration O
Started On: September 4th
Finished On: September 4th, 4:28 PM
Pages Read: 391
The Golden Enclaves by Naomi Novik
Prompt Fulfilled: Lore Q
Started On: September 4th
Finished On: September 4th, 9:47 PM
Pages Read: 416
Quicksilver by Callie Hart
Prompt Fulfilled: Spells & Incantations O
Started On: September 5th
Finished On: September 5th, 12:32 PM
Pages Read: 640
Imaginary Numbers by Seanan McGuire
Prompt Fulfilled: Alchemy D
Started On: September 5th
Finished On: September 5th, 2:18 PM
Pages Read: 400
Calculated Risks by Seanan McGuire
Prompt Fulfilled: Art of Illusion D
Started On: September 5th
Finished On: September 5th, 7:35 PM
Pages Read: 400
The Stars Are Dying by Chloe C. Peñaranda
Prompt Fulfilled: Shapeshifting O
Started On: September 6th
Finished On: September 6th, 4:03 PM
Pages Read: 412
The Night is Defying by Chloe C. Peñaranda
Prompt Fulfilled: Shapeshifting O
Started On: September 6th
Finished On: September 6th, 10:48 PM
Pages Read: 432
Scorched Earth by Danielle L. Jensen
Prompt Fulfilled: Alchemy D
Started On: September 7th
Finished On: September 7th, 8:36 PM
Pages Read: 752
The Housemaid's Secret by Freida McFadden
Prompt Fulfilled: Artificery Q
Started On: September 8th
Finished On: September 8th, 10:41 AM
Pages Read: 327
Spelunking Through Hell: A Visitor's Guide to the Underworld by Seanan McGuire
Prompt Fulfilled: Alchemy D
Started On: September 8th
Finished On: September 8th, 2:07 PM
Pages Read: 300
Backpacking Through Bedlam by Seanan McGuire
Prompt Fulfilled: Restoration O
Started On: September 8th
Finished On: September 8th, 7:43 PM
Pages Read: 400
Only a Monster by Vanessa Len
Prompt Fulfilled: Animal Studies O
Started On: September 9th
Finished On: September 9th, 11:04 AM
Pages Read: 416
Never a Hero by Vanessa Len
Prompt Fulfilled: Spells & Incantations O
Started On: September 9th
Currently On: Page 0 of 528
Prompts Left: Alchemy O, Alchemy Q, Inscription Q, Inscription D, Artificery O, Artificery Q, Artificery D, Spells & Incantations O, Spells & Incantations Q, Art of Illusion O, Lore O, Astronomy O, Astronomy D, Elemental Studies Q, Elemental Studies D, Animal Studies Q, Astronomy O, Astronomy Q, Astronomy D, Restoration D, Spells & Incantations O, Alchemy O, Restoration O, Restoration Q, Restoration D, Conjuration D, Demonology O, Lore O, Lore D, Animal Studies O, Animal Studies Q, Animal Studies D, Demonology O, Demonology D, Restoration O, Restoration Q, Restoration D, Conjuration Q, Alchemy O, Alchemy Q, Art of Illusion O, Art of Illusion Q, Spells & Incantations O, Psionics & Divination O, Psionics & Divination Q, Psionics & Divination D, Lore O, Alchemy O, Alchemy Q, Restoration O, Restoration Q, Shapeshifting O, Shapeshifting D, Art of Illusion O, Art of Illusion Q, Psionics & Divination O, Artificery O, Artificery D
Read: 22
Pages Read: 9290
Teaser Tuesday #752, September 9th
Teaser Tuesday is a weekly bookish meme, hosted by Ambrosia of The Purple Booker. Anyone can play along! Just do the following:
"I found out that I’m a monster, Dad. The Hunt side of the family are all monsters."
- Grab your current read
- Open to a random page
- Share two (2) "teaser" sentences from somewhere on that page
- BE CAREFUL NOT TO INCLUDE SPOILERS! (make sure that what you share doesn't give too much away! You don't want to ruin the book for others!)
- Share the title & author, too, so that other TT participants can add the book to their TBR Lists if they like your teasers!
"I found out that I’m a monster, Dad. The Hunt side of the family are all monsters."
Yeah, that doesn't sound great! Must reread more now! What about you guys? Happy reading!
Monday, September 8, 2025
Magical Readathon: Orilium Update 21
So I read my next book for Magical Readathon: Orilium, and it was Backpacking Through Bedlam which was for the prompt Restoration O, and I'll be reading Only a Monster next!
My Reading Journey:
The Housemaid by Freida McFadden
Prompt Fulfilled: Conjuration Q
Started On: September 1st
Finished On: September 1st, 10:04 AM
Pages Read: 329
A Forgery of Fate by Elizabeth Lim
Prompt Fulfilled: Demonology Q
Started On: September 1st
Finished On: September 1st, 12:04 PM
Pages Read: 480
The Last Dragon of the East by Katrina Kwan
Prompt Fulfilled: Restoration Q
Started On: September 1st
Finished On: September 1st, 4:48 PM
Pages Read: 320
The Unruly Heart of Miss Darcy by Erin Edwards
Prompt Fulfilled: Spells & Incantations D
Started On: September 1st
Finished On: September 1st, 10:03 PM
Pages Read: 336
Wild Reverence by Rebecca Ross
Prompt Fulfilled: Inscription O
Started On: September 2nd
Finished On: September 2nd, 3:27 PM
Pages Read: 544
Out of Air by Rachel Reiss
Prompt Fulfilled: Elemental Studies O
Started On: September 2nd
Finished On: September 2nd, 8:01 PM
Pages Read: 304
Vipers and Virtuosos by Sav R. Miller
Prompt Fulfilled: Astronomy Q
Started On: September 3rd
Finished On: September 3rd, 1:03 PM
Pages Read: 416
Oaths and Omissions by Sav R. Miller
Prompt Fulfilled: Inscription O
Started On: September 3rd
Finished On: September 3rd, 5:38 PM
Pages Read: 404
Arrows and Apologies by Sav R. Miller
Prompt Fulfilled: Shapeshifting Q
Started On: September 3rd
Finished On: September 3rd, 9:41 PM
Pages Read: 400
A Deadly Education by Naomi Novik
Prompt Fulfilled: Conjuration O
Started On: September 4th
Finished On: September 4th, 12:36 PM
Pages Read: 321
The Last Graduate by Naomi Novik
Prompt Fulfilled: Conjuration O
Started On: September 4th
Finished On: September 4th, 4:28 PM
Pages Read: 391
The Golden Enclaves by Naomi Novik
Prompt Fulfilled: Lore Q
Started On: September 4th
Finished On: September 4th, 9:47 PM
Pages Read: 416
Quicksilver by Callie Hart
Prompt Fulfilled: Spells & Incantations O
Started On: September 5th
Finished On: September 5th, 12:32 PM
Pages Read: 640
Imaginary Numbers by Seanan McGuire
Prompt Fulfilled: Alchemy D
Started On: September 5th
Finished On: September 5th, 2:18 PM
Pages Read: 400
Calculated Risks by Seanan McGuire
Prompt Fulfilled: Art of Illusion D
Started On: September 5th
Finished On: September 5th, 7:35 PM
Pages Read: 400
The Stars Are Dying by Chloe C. Peñaranda
Prompt Fulfilled: Shapeshifting O
Started On: September 6th
Finished On: September 6th, 4:03 PM
Pages Read: 412
The Night is Defying by Chloe C. Peñaranda
Prompt Fulfilled: Shapeshifting O
Started On: September 6th
Finished On: September 6th, 10:48 PM
Pages Read: 432
Scorched Earth by Danielle L. Jensen
Prompt Fulfilled: Alchemy D
Started On: September 7th
Finished On: September 7th, 8:36 PM
Pages Read: 752
The Housemaid's Secret by Freida McFadden
Prompt Fulfilled: Artificery Q
Started On: September 8th
Finished On: September 8th, 10:41 AM
Pages Read: 327
Spelunking Through Hell: A Visitor's Guide to the Underworld by Seanan McGuire
Prompt Fulfilled: Alchemy D
Started On: September 8th
Finished On: September 8th, 2:07 PM
Pages Read: 300
Backpacking Through Bedlam by Seanan McGuire
Prompt Fulfilled: Restoration O
Started On: September 8th
Finished On: September 8th, 7:43 PM
Pages Read: 400
Only a Monster by Vanessa Len
Prompt Fulfilled: Animal Studies O
Started On: September 9th
Currently On: Page 0 of 416
Prompts Left: Alchemy O, Alchemy Q, Inscription Q, Inscription D, Artificery O, Artificery Q, Artificery D, Spells & Incantations O, Spells & Incantations O, Spells & Incantations Q, Art of Illusion O, Lore O, Astronomy O, Astronomy D, Elemental Studies Q, Elemental Studies D, Animal Studies Q, Astronomy O, Astronomy Q, Astronomy D, Restoration D, Spells & Incantations O, Alchemy O, Restoration O, Restoration Q, Restoration D, Conjuration D, Demonology O, Lore O, Lore D, Animal Studies O, Animal Studies Q, Animal Studies D, Demonology O, Demonology D, Restoration O, Restoration Q, Restoration D, Conjuration Q, Alchemy O, Alchemy Q, Art of Illusion O, Art of Illusion Q, Spells & Incantations O, Psionics & Divination O, Psionics & Divination Q, Psionics & Divination D, Lore O, Alchemy O, Alchemy Q, Restoration O, Restoration Q, Shapeshifting O, Shapeshifting D, Art of Illusion O, Art of Illusion Q, Psionics & Divination O, Artificery O, Artificery D
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Wednesday, August 6, 2025
Waiting on Wednesday #743, August 6th
Expected Publication: August 19th, 2025
From Goodreads:
To save their friends, Kem and Rika must race against the clock and descend into other realities once more. But the mansion is full of old secrets and new schemes, and soon the game becomes far more dangerous—and more personal—than they could have imagined.
From Goodreads:
The Last Soul Among Wolves is the brilliant second installment in Melissa Caruso's Echo Archives series, a whip-smart adventure fantasy featuring cursed relics, sapphic romance, and a magical murder mystery.
All Kembral Thorne wants is to finish her maternity leave in peace. But when her best friend asks for help, she can’t say no, even if it means a visit to a run-down mansion on an isolated island for a will reading. She arrives to find an unexpected reunion of her childhood friends—plus her once-rival, now-girlfriend Rika Nonesuch, there on a mysterious job. Then the will is read, and everything goes sideways.
Eight potential heirs, half of them Kem’s oldest friends.
Three cursed relics.
The rules: one by one, the heirs will die.
The prize for the lone survivor: A wish. And wishes are always bad business.
Expected Publication: August 19th, 2025
From Goodreads:
Voidwalker will be your next romantasy obsession, a deliciously feral story that started with just two words: "bite me".
From Goodreads:
Fionamara is a smuggler. Antal is the reason her people fear the dark.
Fi ferries contraband between worlds, stockpiling funds and stolen magic to keep her village self-sufficient - free from the blood sacrifices humans have paid to Antal's immortal species for centuries.
Only legends whispered through the pine forests recall a time when things were different, before one world shattered into many, and the flesh-devouring beasts crept from the cracks between realities, with their sable antlers and slender tails, lethal claws and gleaming fangs. Now, mortal lives are food to pacify their carnivorous overlords, exchanged for feudal protection, and the precious silver energy that fuels everything from transport to weaponry.
When Fi gets planted with a stash of smuggled energy, a long-lost flame recruits her for a reckless heist that escalates into a terrorist bombing - and a coup against the reigning immortals, with Fi's home caught in the crossfire.
She's always known the dangers of her trade - and of the power she's wielded since childhood, allowing her to see the secret doors between dimensions, to walk the Void itself. But nothing could have prepared her for crossing paths with Antal. For the deal she'll have to make with him, a forced partnership to reclaim his city that begins as a desperate bid for survival, only to grow into something far more dangerous.
A revolution.
And a temptation - for how sweet the monster's fangs might feel.
From the author of the instant Sunday Times-bestselling The Phoenix Keeper comes an era-defining new fantasy universe where spicy romantasy meets the Cosmere, unmissable for fans of the world-building scale of Sarah J. Maas and the world-shifting stakes of Rebecca Yarros.
Expected Publication: August 19th, 2025
From Goodreads:
Or it might be the thing that kills them all.
From Goodreads:
From New York Times bestselling and Hugo Award-winning author T. Kingfisher comes Hemlock & Silver, a dark reimagining of “Snow White” steeped in poison, intrigue, and treason of the most magical kind
Healer Anja regularly drinks poison.
Not to die, but to save—seeking cures for those everyone else has given up on.
But a summons from the King interrupts her quiet, herb-obsessed life. His daughter, Snow, is dying, and he hopes Anja’s unorthodox methods can save her.
Aided by a taciturn guard, a narcissistic cat, and a passion for the scientific method, Anja rushes to treat Snow, but nothing seems to work. That is, until she finds a secret world, hidden inside a magic mirror. This dark realm may hold the key to what is making Snow sick.
Expected Publication: August 19th, 2025
From Goodreads:
The unstoppable love and high stakes of Divine Rivals meets the intricate worldbuilding and propulsive thrills of This Savage Song in this high-octane, cross-genre finale to the Only a Monster trilogy—where a breathless race against time and an all-knowing enemy is the only chance for Joan, Aaron, and Nick to restore the world they love.
From Goodreads:
The finale in the contemporary fantasy Only a Monster trilogy from Vanessa Len—which New York Times bestselling authors Holly Black, Chloe Gong, and Stephanie Garber called “delightful,” “captivating,” and “unputdownable”—will take Joan into the darkest timeline in the monster world, as she fights to restore the world she remembers.
Joan has failed to stop Eleanor.
Now, Eleanor rules over a cruel new timeline where monsters live openly among humans, preying on them and subjugating them.
Nick – once a hero to humans, and Joan’s first love – is tormented by the choice he made to save her over the timeline itself. And Aaron – the ruthless heir to a powerful monster family – now finds himself a world where monsters have power beyond imagining, while his feelings for Joan grow.
But, wrenched between love and rivalry, the three of them must negotiate their fractured pasts to survive the new world and restore what was lost. Because only they remember that there was once a better timeline.
To save the world they love, they’ll have to outmaneuver an all-seeing queen who controls time itself. Lethal consequences await any failure in this final breathless race against time.
Expected Publication: August 19th, 2025
From Goodreads:
As the Guardian of Wind, it is Yuli’s responsibility to bring order to chaos, along with the Guardian of Fire and the Guardian of Wood. But can she restore balance to the Morning Realms when she can’t even win the political games being played at home? The fate of the Morning Realms depends on the Guardians of Dawn, and whether Yuli can manage both the demonic and political chaos at once.
From Goodreads:
Princess Yulana has a few problems. Her late grandfather has died without naming an heir, civil war threatens to tear the Morning Realms apart, a strange waking dreamer sickness is sweeping through the land, and a plague of hungry ghosts roam the steppes. On top of all of that, Kho, her former best friend turned rival, is getting under her skin. A struggle for power divides the north, and the outcome rests on the winner of the Grand Game―a competition that will determine not just the future of her people, but the course of the entire empire.
When the world is out of balance, the Guardians of Dawn are reborn.
Expected Publication: August 19th, 2025
From Goodreads:
The Vallendor series is best enjoyed in order.
From Goodreads:
The explosive second book in the Vallendor series―a sweeping romantasy where gods bleed, realms fall, and one woman stands between salvation and ruin.
A god’s wrath is unforgettable. Her love, even more dangerous.
Kaivara Megidrail was once worshipped as the Grand Defender of Vallendor―until betrayal, punishment, and exile left her Diminished. Now, the realm she abandoned teeters on the edge of collapse. Monsters roam free. Gods whisper in shadows. And one man―Jadon Wake, prince, blacksmith, liar―may be the key to her salvation...or her final ruin.
Haunted by the past, hunted by divine enemies, and armed with only fractured Memories and an unrelenting will, Kaivara must choose: reclaim her power and face the truth about Jadon, or watch Vallendor fall to a traitorous god’s rising.
The realm called her a destroyer. This time, they’ll learn what she was truly made for.
Expected Publication: August 19th, 2025
From Goodreads:
Beyond any human machinations, the sea dragon Qinglong has his own plans for the spirit realm. During the last war, Meilin wielded his power to cheat death and attain victory for Anlai; now the dragon has come to collect his dues. Meilin’s mother warned her long The spirits demand blood. And Qinglong is ravenous.
From Goodreads:
A young woman who wields the unimaginable power of the dragon spirit must decide who to support—and who to love—in this enthralling fantasy that reimagines the legend of Mulan.
The explosive sequel to The Night Ends with Fire!
The war may be over, but Hai Meilin is still paying a heavy toll. In spite of securing victory for the kingdom of Anlai, she is imprisoned upon her return. Her crime? Wielding a sword as a woman.
In the palace, Meilin is an outcast and a social pariah. But beyond the imperial walls, the legend of the woman warrior has taken on a life of its own. To the east, a new rebel leader needs Meilin to helm his people’s revolution. In the south, a former enemy prince, now a prisoner of war, seeks Meilin’s aid in restoring balance to the Three Kingdoms. And back home in Anlai, Liu Sky, Meilin’s commander and first love, requires Meilin by his side in his bid for the throne.
Pulled in all directions by those who seek to use her for their own ends, Meilin vows that this time, she will not be so quick to trust. Yet there is one she cannot help but listen to—for he dwells within her.
Expected Publication: August 19th, 2025
From Goodreads:
From USA Today bestselling author Sav R. Miller comes the first in a dazzling spin-off trilogy focusing on the children of the original Monsters & Muses: a dark and twisted contemporary romance inspired by the Greek Furies, set at an exclusive (and dangerous) university.
From Goodreads:
Sometimes the pomegranate doesn't fall far from the tree...
Asher Anderson is angry―at the world, at himself, at the way his best friend Lucy Wolfe seems determined to tune out this buzzing connection between them. He doesn't mean to solve all his problems with violence, but maybe he has too much of his father in him. That's why the faculty at Avernia College hates him, right? Because of the "evil" blood in his veins?
He should know better than to darken the old, ivy-covered university's door, but it's practically a law of the universe: wherever Lucy goes, Asher follows. Even if that means entering a twisting labyrinth of secret societies, human sacrifices, and a very personal history soaked in blood.
Lucy is used to being an outcast. She's even used to Asher being her dark, brooding shadow. What she isn't used to is him shattering her resolve by taking her up against library bookshelves as she desperately pretends her heart hasn't always been his. She should know better than to play with fire, but with unexplained deaths and pointed threats ripping apart the university's fabric, Asher and Lucy soon find themselves at the center of the turmoil…where they'll have to confront their feelings or die trying.
Wow, there's some amazing books coming out on the 19th, I've read a few of them are they were so good, and I need them all to be released! What about you guys? Happy reading!
Monday, December 11, 2023
It's Monday! What Are You Reading #653, December 11th
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 #652
Teaser Tuesday #660
WWW Wednesday #660
WOW #656
Will the Time Come #653
Third Sentence Thursday #643
Random Reads #629
First Lines Friday #656
Book Blogger Hop #322
The Reward Challenge Update #638
Wheel of TBR #185
How Well I Stuck to It #490
Wrote that Review Update #487
Magical Readathon: Orilium:
Merry Bookmas Readathon:
Reindeer Readathon:
So this week I want to read Random in Death!
In the new crime thriller from #1 New York Times-bestselling J.D. Robb, a small and easily concealed weapon wreaks havoc, and the killer is just a face in the crowd.
Jenna's parents had finally given in, and there she was, at a New York club with her best friends, watching the legendary band Avenue A, carrying her demo in hopes of slipping it to the guitarist, Jake Kincade. Then, from the stage, Jake catches her eye, and smiles. It's the best night of her life.
It’s the last night of her life.
Minutes later, Jake's in the alley getting some fresh air, and the girl from the dance floor comes stumbling out, sick and confused and deathly pale. He tries to help, but it's no use. He doesn't know that someone in the crowd has jabbed her with a needle—and when his girlfriend Nadine arrives, she knows the only thing left to do for the girl is call her friend, Lieutenant Eve Dallas.
After everyone on the scene is interviewed, lab results show a toxic mix of substances in the victim's body—and for an extra touch of viciousness, the needle was teeming with infectious agents. Dallas searches for a pattern: Had any boys been harassing Jenna? Was she engaging in risky behavior or caught up in something shady? But there are no obvious clues why this levelheaded sixteen-year-old, passionate about her music, would be targeted.
And that worries Dallas. Because if Jenna wasn't targeted, if she was just the random, unlucky victim of a madman consumed by hatred, there are likely more deaths to come.
Saturday, December 9, 2023
Week 49 Review: Never a Hero
Joan has saved her family and reset the timeline. Now, Nick is just an ordinary boy and Aaron is again her enemy. But Joan must find a way to re-gather her old allies when the real threat returns – the woman who created Nick. Eleanor, the most dangerous member of the Monster Court.
As the stakes rise—and Nick gets perilously closer to discovering the truth of what Joan did to him—Joan advances deeper into the monster world. When she's captured by the Monster Court itself, she uncovers a secret of her own. She and Eleanor are the last members of a thirteenth monster family—a family erased from the timeline by the King. Eleanor has been fighting to restore them.
But when Joan glimpses the dark timeline their family once ruled over—and Nick's role in it —she finds herself once again torn between love and family and monstrous choices as she battles to prevent Eleanor from bringing back their family and ushering in a terrible future.
My Review:
Oh, man, this book was so great! I totally didn't expect that it would go in this direction, but I absolutely loved reading it! It was so great to be in this world of monsters who steal time from humans to time travel!
After Joan changed the timeline, things have been different. But she doesn't know all of the changes. But Nick is going to her school. And of course there's the treat of the King and the Monster Court coming after her for what she did.
It was really interesting to see Joan's different relationships with everyone. She never spent that time with Aaron, so they're now on opposite sides, which is hard. She and Nick, in the original timeline, were together. And they had that connection, but Joan erased what happened to him, so he doesn't know anything about the monster world. But he still has the skills he learned. And he's being brought back into the monster world, learning about the difficult truths...
I really enjoyed exploring the Monster world more, because we learn something that's pretty vitally important-that there used to be another monster family in London, it just got erased. And man, I'm so excited to see what's going to happen next, what with that evil ending!
This was such a great read, and I can't wait to see how things are going to go in book 3!
Author: Vanessa Len
Series: Monsters #2
Read: December 4th, 2023
Source: Ebook.bike
Reason Why: Loved the first book, and it's a Prequel & Sequel Challenge 2023 Book, Sophomore Challenge Book and a WoW Book!
Publisher: Harper Teen
Published: August 29th 2023
Author: Vanessa Len
Series: Monsters #2
Read: December 4th, 2023
Source: Ebook.bike
Reason Why: Loved the first book, and it's a Prequel & Sequel Challenge 2023 Book, Sophomore Challenge Book and a WoW Book!
Publisher: Harper Teen
Published: August 29th 2023
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Monday, December 4, 2023
Reindeer Readathon Update 2
So I read my next book for the Reindeer Challenge, and it was Never a Hero which was for the prompt Prancer. I'll be reading The Study Chronicles next!
Reading Journey:
Tempting the Best Man by Jennifer L. Armentrout
Prompt Fulfilled: Cupid/Christmas Carols
Started On: December 1st
Finished On: December 1st, 9:12 AM
Pages Read: 179
Never a Hero by Vanessa Len
Prompt Fulfilled: Prancer
Started On: December 4th
Finished On: December 4th, 11:47 AM
Pages Read: 528
The Study Chronicles by Maria V. Snyder
Prompt Fulfilled: Rudolph
Started On: December 4th
Currently On: Page 0 of 362
Prompts Left: Dasher/Christmas Elf, Dancer/Christmas Lights, Vixen, Comet/Christmas Star, Donner, Blitzen/Christmas Tree, Sleighing It
Books Read: 2
Pages Read: 707
Saturday, December 2, 2023
Merry Bookmas Update 3
So I read my next book for Merry Bookmas, and it was Wicked as You Wish which was for the prompt Swans a swimming, and I'll be reading Never a Hero next!
My Reading Journey:
Tempting the Best Man by Jennifer L. Armentrout
Prompt Fulfilled: Turtle-doves
Started On: December 1st
Finished On: December 1st, 9:12 AM
Pages Read: 179
Lore Olympus, Volume 5 by Rachel Smythe
Prompt Fulfilled: Geese a laying
Started On: December 1st
Finished On: December 1st, 4:34 PM
Pages Read: 400
Wicked As You Wish by Rin Chupeco
Prompt Fulfilled: Swans a swimming
Started On: December 2nd
Finished On: December 2nd, 7:34 PM
Pages Read: 436
Never a Hero by Vanessa Len
Prompt Fulfilled: Calling Birds
Started On: December
Currently On: Page 0 of 528
Prompts Left: Partridge in a pear tree, French Hens, Golden Rings, Maids a milking, Ladies dancing, Lords a leaping, Pipers piping, Drummers drumming
Read: 3
Pages Read: 1015
Wednesday, July 26, 2023
Waiting on Wednesday #637, July 26th
Expected Publication: August 29th, 2023
From Goodreads:
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.
From Goodreads:
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.
Expected Publication: August 29th, 2023
From Goodreads:
Vanessa Len's stunning Only a Monster trilogy continues with this second instalment, a thrilling journey where a secret past threatens to unravel everyone's future.
From Goodreads:
These Violent Delights meets This Savage Song in this sequel to the contemporary fantasy Only a Monster from Vanessa Len that New York Times bestselling author Stephanie Garber called "mind-bending, heart wrenching, and unputdownable!"
Despite all of the odds, Joan achieved the impossible. She reset the timeline, saved her family - and destroyed the hero, Nick.
But her success has come at a terrible cost.
She alone remembers what happened. Now, Aaron, her hard-won friend - and maybe more - is an enemy, trying to kill her. And Nick, the boy she loved, is a stranger who doesn't even know her name. Only Joan remembers that a greater and more dangerous enemy is still out there.
When a deadly attack forces Joan back into the monster world, she finds herself on the run with Nick - as Aaron closes in.
Torn between love and family and monstrous choices, Joan must find a way to re-gather her old allies to face down the deadliest of enemies, and to save the timeline itself.
Expected Publication: August 29th, 2023
From Goodreads:
When Lord Crane sends Nico to search for more plague survivors in the castle, Nico collides with a princess who wants to break out. They will each have to navigate the web of lies they’ve woven if they’re going to survive the nightmares ahead.
From Goodreads:
“Dripping with bloody opulence, A Multitude of Dreams creeps up on you like a sly shadow. I couldn’t guess at the horrors until it was too late to look away! I loved this book.” —Erin A. Craig, New York Times bestselling author of House of Salt and Sorrow
The bloody plague is finally past, but what fresh horror lies in its wake?
Princess Imogen of Goslind has lived a sheltered life for three years at the boarded-up castle—she and the rest of its inhabitants safe from the bloody mori roja plague that’s ravaged the kingdom. But Princess Imogen has a secret, and as King Stuart descends further into madness, it’s at great risk of being revealed. Rations dwindle each day, and unhappy murmurings threaten to crack the facade of the years-long charade being played within the castle walls.
Nico Mott once enjoyed a comfortable life of status, but the plague took everyone and everything from him. If not for the generosity of a nearby lord, Nico may not have survived the mori roja’s aftermath. But does owing Lord Crane his life mean he owes him his silence?
Expected Publication: August 29th, 2023
From Goodreads:
Weaving together elements of The Selection and Ember in the Ashes with classic tales like Beauty and the Beast, Helen of Troy, and Asian folklore, Elizabeth Lim is at the absolute top of her game in this thrilling yet heart-wrenching fantasy that explores the dark side of beauty and the deepest bonds of sisterhood.
From Goodreads:
One sister must fall for the other to rise.
Channi was not born a monster. But when her own father offers her in sacrifice to the Demon Witch, she is forever changed. Cursed with a serpent’s face, Channi is the exact opposite of her beautiful sister, Vanna—the only person in the village who looks at Channi and doesn’t see a monster. The only person she loves and trusts.
Now seventeen, Vanna is to be married off in a vulgar contest that will enrich the coffers of the village leaders. Only Channi, who’s had to rely on her strength and cunning all these years, can defend her sister against the cruelest of the suitors. But in doing so, she becomes the target of his wrath—launching a grisly battle royale, a quest over land and sea, a romance between sworn enemies, and a choice that will strain Channi’s heart to its breaking point.
Expected Publication: August 29th, 2023
From Goodreads:
Sadie wants to go to the police—but how can she? She shouldn’t have been driving, and as her friends remind her, there’s nothing to tell. But when a note that says FIND ME is slipped through Sadie’s window, she fears that she’s either onto something big… or slipping deeper into the illness that took her mother.
From Goodreads:
Sadie Oliver is loving her new life in California. For the first time, she has friends and a normal teenage life filled with parties and pranks. But when one of those pranks goes horribly wrong, Sadie hits someone with her car on a dark, winding road. Or at least… she thinks she did.
Though her friends are quick to convince her that they didn’t see anything, Sadie can’t shake the vision of the girl in the headlights: bloody hair, wide, terrified eyes, lips parted in a scream. When she goes out to investigate, there’s a slight dent in the car, but that’s it: no body, no blood.
Expected Publication: August 29th, 2023
From Goodreads:
It started as a week in paradise meant to bring them together. But the Mayweathers are about to learn the hard way that family bonding can be deadly.
From Goodreads:
From the author of I Killed Zoe Spanos comes a YA thriller in the vein of The White Lotus and Karen M. McManus’s The Cousins following a doomed family reunion at a posh Caribbean resort, where old grudges and dangerous secrets culminate in murder.
Eleven Mayweathers went on vacation. Ten came home.
It’s been years since the fragmented Mayweather clan was all in one place, but the engagement of Addison and Mason’s mom to the dad of their future stepbrother, Theo, brings the whole family to sunny Cancún, Mexico, for winter break. Add cousin Natalia to the mix, and it doesn’t take long for tempers to fray and tensions to rise. A week of forced family “fun” reveals that everyone has something to hide, and as secrets bubble to the surface, no one is safe from the fallout. By the end of the week, one member of the reunion party will be dead—and everyone’s a suspect:
The peacekeeper: Addison needs a better hiding place.
The outsider: Theo just wants to mend fences.
The romantic: Natalia doesn’t want to talk about the past.
The hothead: Mason needs to keep his temper under control.
Expected Publication: August 29th, 2023
From Goodreads:
Still, she fears the most formidable monster she’ll have to face is the one inside.
From Goodreads:
RICH IS THE BLOOD OF THE CHOSEN.
17 year-old Quell has lived her entire life on the run. She and her mother have fled from city to city, in order to hide the deadly magic that flows through Quell’s veins.
Until someone discovers her dark secret.
To hide from the assassin hunting her, and keep her mother out of harm’s way, Quell reluctantly inducts into a debutante society of magical social elites called the Order that she never knew existed. If she can pass their three rites of membership, mastering their proper form of magic, she’ll be able to secretly bury her forbidden magic forever.
If caught, she will be killed.
But becoming the perfect debutante is a lot harder than Quell imagined, especially when there’s more than tutoring happening with Jordan, her brooding mentor and— assassin in training.
When Quell uncovers the deadly lengths the Order will go to defend its wealth and power, she’s forced to choose: embrace the dark magic she’s been running from her entire life or risk losing everything, and everyone, she’s grown to love.
Expected Publication: August 30th, 2023
From Goodreads:
Winter Break turns deadly when Rory Quinn and her treasure-hunter grandmother travel to Iceland in search of an enchanted artifact. Their mission is to recover a blood-smeared stone that legend says will lead whoever possesses it to the nearest doorway to Hell. The client' s grandson, Einar, took the stone at the request of his favorite heavy metal band. As part of a publicity stunt, the band plans to open the closest doorway, rumored to exist deep inside one of Iceland' s many volcanoes, in just three days. Along with Einar' s twin brother, Gunnar, Rory and Gram will need to navigate glaciers, ice caves, and volcanic tunnels in search of the missing artifact. But can the three of them recover the stone before the band unleashes anything evil into the Icelandic wilderness? As the team grows closer to Einar, Rory is growing closer to Gunnar, too. But she can tell he' s keeping secrets from her. Big ones, that when revealed, will cause her to question almost everything she' s ever believed.
From Goodreads:
Winter Break turns deadly when Rory Quinn and her treasure-hunter grandmother travel to Iceland in search of an enchanted artifact. Their mission is to recover a blood-smeared stone that legend says will lead whoever possesses it to the nearest doorway to Hell. The client' s grandson, Einar, took the stone at the request of his favorite heavy metal band. As part of a publicity stunt, the band plans to open the closest doorway, rumored to exist deep inside one of Iceland' s many volcanoes, in just three days. Along with Einar' s twin brother, Gunnar, Rory and Gram will need to navigate glaciers, ice caves, and volcanic tunnels in search of the missing artifact. But can the three of them recover the stone before the band unleashes anything evil into the Icelandic wilderness? As the team grows closer to Einar, Rory is growing closer to Gunnar, too. But she can tell he' s keeping secrets from her. Big ones, that when revealed, will cause her to question almost everything she' s ever believed.
The end of the month has some really fantastic releases that I can't wait for! I'm so excited for all of these books, but especially The Brothers Hawthorne, I'm so excited that we're getting more time with these characters! What about you guys? Happy reading!
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