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I'm starting a new chapter in my life so I'm going to be very busy this month with renovations, upcoming holiday activities, and other exciting things. With that said, I won't be blogging much this month. Hopefully, I'll get a few books in for review to post in January.<br />
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Fantastic Book Reviewhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03282325268458880121noreply@blogger.com62tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9222514103603912586.post-66739729870697462522017-11-21T09:21:00.000-06:002017-11-21T09:21:01.967-06:00Happy Holidays!<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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I've been so busy preparing for festivities with the family plus I'll be putting up our Christmas tree this weekend with the help of the kids. I'm so excited. I haven't gotten any reading done these past couple of weeks due to some exciting events going on in my life right now. So with that said, I'll don't have any posts this week. I'm still reading book 2 in the <i><b>Mara Dyer Series</b></i> by Michelle Hodkin. I wanted to finish up this series so that I could read Noah's book but I haven't gotten there yet. Hopefully, since I have the holidays off, I can catch up. There are so many books out right now that I want to read like <b><i>Renegades</i></b> by Marissa Meyer. Anywho...<b><span style="font-size: large;">Happy Holidays</span></b><span style="font-size: large;">!</span><br />
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I'm thankful for my family and health and so excited about the journey that I'm about to partake.<br />
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Fantastic Book Reviewhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03282325268458880121noreply@blogger.com15tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9222514103603912586.post-44921430662615180102017-11-13T08:00:00.000-06:002017-11-13T08:00:15.744-06:00Release Day Rave: (11/12/17 - 11/18/17)<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<b><i><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/31563982-whichwood" target="_blank">Whichwood</a></i></b> by Tahereh Mafi (11/14/17)</div>
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Fantastic Book Reviewhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03282325268458880121noreply@blogger.com16tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9222514103603912586.post-15040173561007059642017-11-07T07:00:00.000-06:002017-11-07T07:00:15.219-06:00Release Day Blitz: Rosemarked by Livia Blackburne<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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I'm thrilled to help celebrate the release of ROSEMARKED by Livia Blackburne. Here's a special message and giveaway from the author.</div>
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ROSEMARKED with you at long last. There are a lot of elements to this book,
including a love story, a spy story, reflections on trauma and mortality,
medical ethics, and political intrigue. Perhaps because of this, my
research for the book was equally eclectic, from archery and stick fighting
lessons, to chats with memory researchers and soldiers, and lots and lots of
reading, including books about leper colonies, hospice care, and PTSD.
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unlikely love story. In order to work together, they both have to let go
of their own prejudices and preconceptions. It's a painful process, with fights
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<b><span style="color: #ff2f92; font-size: 11.0pt;">To celebrate
the ROSEMARKED release, I’m offering 3 lucky winners a ROSEMARKED swag pack,</span></b><b><span style="color: #ff2f92; font-size: 11.0pt;"> which includes a copy
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Fantastic Book Reviewhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03282325268458880121noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9222514103603912586.post-77872965742046201942017-11-01T08:00:00.000-05:002017-11-01T08:00:21.083-05:00Waiting on Wednesday: Dance of Thieves by Mary E. Pearson<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px;">A new novel in the New York Times–bestselling Remnant Chronicles universe, in which a reformed thief and the young leader of an outlaw dynasty lock wits in a battle that may cost them their lives—and their hearts.</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px;">When the patriarch of the Ballenger empire dies, his son, Jase, becomes its new leader. Even nearby kingdoms bow to the strength of this outlaw family, who have always governed by their own rules. But a new era looms on the horizon, set in motion by a young queen, which makes her the target of the dynasty's resentment and anger.</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px;">At the same time, Kazi, a legendary former street thief, is sent by the queen to investigate transgressions against the new settlements. When Kazi arrives in the forbidding land of the Ballengers, she learns that there is more to Jase than she thought. As unexpected events spiral out of their control, bringing them intimately together, they continue to play a cat and mouse game of false moves and motives in order to fulfill their own secret missions.</span></blockquote>
<span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white;">The Remnant Chronicles is one of my favorite series and I'm so excited that I get to revisit the richly imagined world that Pearson has created.</span></span><br />
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Fantastic Book Reviewhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03282325268458880121noreply@blogger.com12tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9222514103603912586.post-1067866922824708982017-10-27T08:00:00.000-05:002017-10-27T08:09:32.145-05:00Review: Forest of a Thousand Lanterns by Julie C. Dao<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<i><b><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/33958230-forest-of-a-thousand-lanterns?ac=1&from_search=true">Forest of a Thousand Lanterns</a></b> </i>by <a href="http://www.juliedao.com/">Julie C. Dao</a><br />
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Publication date: 10/10/17<br />
Series: Rise of the Empress, #1<br />
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<i style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px;">An East Asian fantasy reimagining of The Evil Queen legend about one peasant girl's quest to become Empress--and the darkness she must unleash to achieve her destiny.</i><br style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px;">Eighteen-year-old Xifeng is beautiful. The stars say she is destined for greatness, that she is meant to be Empress of Feng Lu. But only if she embraces the darkness within her. Growing up as a peasant in a forgotten village on the edge of the map, Xifeng longs to fulfill the destiny promised to her by her cruel aunt, the witch Guma, who has read the cards and seen glimmers of Xifeng's majestic future. But is the price of the throne too high?</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px;">Because in order to achieve greatness, she must spurn the young man who loves her and exploit the callous magic that runs through her veins--sorcery fueled by eating the hearts of the recently killed. For the god who has sent her on this journey will not be satisfied until his power is absolute.</span></blockquote>
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Xifeng’s journey was dark and twisted and I LOVED it! I
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Fantastic Book Reviewhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03282325268458880121noreply@blogger.com24tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9222514103603912586.post-71079715785552465852017-10-25T08:00:00.000-05:002017-10-25T08:00:17.966-05:00Waiting on Wednesday: Reign of the Fallen by Sarah Glenn Marsh<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<b><i>~An LGBT fantasy series that follows a talented necromancer who must face down a deadly nemesis who has learned how to turn her magic into a weapon.~</i></b><span style="background-color: white; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">This is a fantasy series that I can definitely get behind. Zombies - Yes, you can count me in!</span><br />
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<a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/36321070-the-day-she-cried" target="_blank"><b><i>The Day She Cried</i></b></a> by K. Webster (10/16/17)</div>
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<i>Haunting the Deep</i> is the follow up to <i>How to Hang a Witch</i> which follows Sam on another ghostly mission to break a spell that could quite possibly send Sam to watery grave. Anything and everything <i>Titanic</i> related intrigues me and the fact that this book follows Sam as she tries to navigate the mysterious workings that kept luring her onto the <i>Titanic</i> was just as spellbinding. Mather continues to impress by magically weaving a fascinating tale which was inspired by her own relatives surviving the voyage. <br /><br />This book kept me immersed in its wonderfully woven mystery and never let go. I couldn’t put this book down no matter how many times I knew I needed to get some sleep before work. I couldn’t be more satisfied with how everything unfolded in this book. It was so great to live and experience with these characters. Fans of <i>How to Hang a Witch</i> will be thrilled that this book is just as captivating. <br /><br /><i>Haunting the Deep</i> is a great follow up to <i>How to Hang a Witch</i>. The history, the magic, and yes the ghosts are just as enchanting. I would recommend this book to readers of all ages! It’s just that impressive! </div>
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Fantastic Book Reviewhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03282325268458880121noreply@blogger.com176tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9222514103603912586.post-78997352030126589012017-10-04T08:00:00.000-05:002017-10-04T08:00:05.661-05:00Waiting on Wednesday: The Dark Calling by Kresley Cole<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<b><i><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/33280872-without-merit" target="_blank">Without Merit</a></i></b> by Colleen Hoover (10/03/17)</div>
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Fantastic Book Reviewhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03282325268458880121noreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9222514103603912586.post-53125184764673512242017-09-20T08:00:00.000-05:002017-09-20T08:00:12.517-05:00Waiting on Wednesday: The Armored Saint by Myke Cole<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="text-align: justify;">Publication date: 2/20/2018</span><br />
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<br />Myke Cole, star of CBS's Hunted and author of the Shadow Ops series, debuts the Sacred Throne epic fantasy trilogy with The Armored Saint, a story of religious tyrants, arcane war-machines, and underground resistance that will enthrall epic fantasy readers of all ages.<br /><br />
In a world where any act of magic could open a portal to hell, the Order insures that no wizard will live to summon devils, and will kill as many innocent people as they must to prevent that greater horror. After witnessing a horrendous slaughter, the village girl Heloise opposes the Order, and risks bringing their wrath down on herself, her family, and her village</blockquote>
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<b><i><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/29923707-one-dark-throne" target="_blank">One Dark Throne</a></i></b> (Three Dark Crowns , #2) by Kendare Blake (9/19/17)</div>
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<a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/35478658-dear-bridget-i-want-you" target="_blank"><b><i>Dear Bridget, I Want You</i></b></a> by Penelope Ward & Vi Keeland (9/18/17)</div>
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<a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/33629245-a-poison-dark-and-drowning"><b><i>A Poison Dark and Drowning</i></b></a> (Kingdom of Fire, #2) by Jessica Cluess (9/19/17)</div>
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Fantastic Book Reviewhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03282325268458880121noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9222514103603912586.post-36262136961981068622017-09-06T08:00:00.000-05:002017-09-06T08:00:16.246-05:00Waiting on Wednesday: Batman: Nightwalker by Marie Lu<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<b><i><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/31450852-tower-of-dawn" target="_blank">Tower of Dawn</a></i></b> (Throne of Glass , #6) by Sarah J. Maas (9/05/17)</div>
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<a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/34860402-leia-princess-of-alderaan" target="_blank"><b><i>Leia, Princess of Alderaan</i></b></a> (Journey to Star Wars - The Last Jedi) by Claudia Gray (9/5/17)</div>
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<a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/33385229-they-both-die-at-the-end" target="_blank"><b><i>They Both Die at the End</i></b></a> by Adam Silvera (9/5/17)</div>
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Fantastic Book Reviewhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03282325268458880121noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9222514103603912586.post-50644101558449192872017-08-30T08:00:00.000-05:002017-08-30T08:05:56.220-05:00Waiting on Wednesday: The City of Brass by S.A. Chakraborty<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px;">Step into The City of Brass, the spellbinding debut from S. A. Chakraborty—an imaginative alchemy of The Golem and the Jinni, The Grace of Kings, and One Thousand and One Nights, in which the future of a magical Middle Eastern kingdom rests in the hands of a clever and defiant young con artist with miraculous healing gifts</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px;">Nahri has never believed in magic. Certainly, she has power; on the streets of 18th century Cairo, she’s a con woman of unsurpassed talent. But she knows better than anyone that the trade she uses to get by—palm readings, zars, healings—are all tricks, sleights of hand, learned skills; a means to the delightful end of swindling Ottoman nobles. </span><br style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px;">But when Nahri accidentally summons an equally sly, darkly mysterious djinn warrior to her side during one of her cons, she’s forced to accept that the magical world she thought only existed in childhood stories is real. For the warrior tells her a new tale: across hot, windswept sands teeming with creatures of fire, and rivers where the mythical marid sleep; past ruins of once-magnificent human metropolises, and mountains where the circling hawks are not what they seem, lies Daevabad, the legendary city of brass--a city to which Nahri is irrevocably bound. </span><br style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px;">In that city, behind gilded brass walls laced with enchantments, behind the six gates of the six djinn tribes, old resentments are simmering. And when Nahri decides to enter this world, she learns that true power is fierce and brutal. That magic cannot shield her from the dangerous web of court politics. That even the cleverest of schemes can have deadly consequences. </span><br style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px;">After all, there is a reason they say be careful what you wish for . </span></blockquote>
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white;"><br />I can't tell you how thrilled I am about this book</span></span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">. I'm ready for this action packed adventure! Magic - check, a strong heroine - check, a djinn warrior - check, AND a diverse cast of characters - CHECK!</span><br />
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Fantastic Book Reviewhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03282325268458880121noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9222514103603912586.post-28100667280254392932017-08-23T08:00:00.000-05:002017-08-23T08:24:28.276-05:00Waiting on Wednesday: A Plague of Giants by Kevin Hearne<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px;">In the start of an enchanting new series, the </span><i style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px;">New York Times </i><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px;">bestselling author of The Iron Druid Chronicles creates an unforgettable fantasy world . . . one that is forever changed when an army of giants invades. The kingdom's only hope? The discovery of a form of magic that will call the world's wondrous beasts to fight by the side of humankind.</span></blockquote>
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Fantastic Book Reviewhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03282325268458880121noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9222514103603912586.post-77915949760139223752017-08-16T08:00:00.000-05:002017-08-16T08:13:10.999-05:00Waiting on Wednesday: Sleeping Beauties by Stephen and Owen King<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Fantastic Book Reviewhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03282325268458880121noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9222514103603912586.post-8093304593133830232017-08-14T08:45:00.000-05:002017-08-14T08:45:29.650-05:00Release Day Rave: (8/13/17 - 8/19/17)<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/32051720-wicked-like-a-wildfire" target="_blank"><b><i>Wicked Like a Wildfire</i></b></a> (Hibiscus Daughter, #1) by Lana Popovic (8/15/17)</div>
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Fantastic Book Reviewhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03282325268458880121noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9222514103603912586.post-88950707880130344752017-08-11T08:00:00.000-05:002017-08-11T08:00:04.235-05:00Reading Slump...<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<br />So it's going on two weeks now where I've been bouncing from book to book and I've had no luck of finding something that keeps my attention. I love all genres and normally when I experience a book slump, I will jump to a completely different genre. I've been reading a lot of contemporary romance books while I've been waiting on some highly anticipated YA books and I've had no luck so I need your help.<br /><br />I really need some good recommendations. Like I said earlier, I'll read just about any genre except self-help and autobiographies (I do read these but I'm looking to be entertained). My favorite of all of the genres are fantasy, sci-fi, and dystopian.<br /><br /><div>
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Fantastic Book Reviewhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03282325268458880121noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9222514103603912586.post-75518350063321546342017-08-09T08:00:00.000-05:002017-08-09T08:00:14.711-05:00Waiting on Wednesday: Markswoman by Rati Mehrotra<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<b><i><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/35008759-markswoman">Markswoman</a></i></b> by <a href="https://ratiwrites.com/">Rati Mehrotra</a><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px;">An order of magical-knife wielding female assassins brings both peace and chaos to their post-apocalyptic world in this bewitching blend of science fiction and epic fantasy—the first entry in a debut duology that displays the inventiveness of the works of Sarah Beth Durst, Marie Lu, and S. J. Kincaid</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px;">Kyra is the youngest Markswoman in the Order of Kali, a highly trained sisterhood of elite warriors armed with telepathic blades. Guided by a strict code of conduct, Kyra and the other Orders are sworn to protect the people of Asiana. But to be a Markswoman, an acolyte must repudiate her former life completely. Kyra has pledged to do so, yet she secretly harbors a fierce desire to avenge her dead family.</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px;">When Kyra’s beloved mentor dies in mysterious circumstances, and Tamsyn, the powerful, dangerous Mistress of Mental Arts, assumes control of the Order, Kyra is forced on the run. Using one of the strange Transport Hubs that are remnants of Asiana’s long-lost past, she finds herself in the unforgiving wilderness of desert that is home to the Order of Khur, the only Order composed of men. Among them is Rustan, a young, disillusioned Marksman whom she soon befriends.</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px;">Kyra is certain that Tamsyn committed murder in a twisted bid for power, but she has no proof. And if she fails to find it, fails in her quest to keep her beloved Order from following Tamsyn down a dark path, it could spell the beginning of the end for Kyra--and for Asiana.</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px;">But what she doesn’t realize is that the line between justice and vengeance is razor thin . . . thin as the blade of a knife.</span></blockquote>
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<a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/31456593-spellbook-of-the-lost-and-found" target="_blank"><b><i>Spellbook of the Lost and Found</i></b></a> (Tainted Hearts, #1) by Lylah James (8/08/17)</div>
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Fantastic Book Reviewhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03282325268458880121noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9222514103603912586.post-83499390841486988592017-08-04T08:00:00.000-05:002017-08-04T09:10:20.082-05:00For All of My Game of Thrones Fans...<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
I'm a big fan of Game of Thrones - the books and TV series. Here we are on season 7 and I'm just getting around to buying paraphernalia to show how much I love GoT. Sunday's episode, "The Spoils of War," has me so excited. So I know I have to represent.<br />
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Here's to all of the GoT lovers for representing. I'll have my shirt on sitting back with a bag of popcorn and hoping for the tides to turn in favor of Dani. Although Jon Snow is my favorite character on the show. The Mr. will be right alongside of me (the STARK shirt is his).<br />
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<b><span style="font-size: large;">How about you, what are you doing to represent GOT?</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-size: large;"> I'm ready! Let's go!</span></b></div>
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