Tag: Unfinished

Books I Didn’t Finish: April 2020 (the slump continues)

Posted by Jessi (Geo) on May 8, 2020 | 0 Comments

Oath Taker by Audrey Grey Series: Kingdom of Runes #1 Published by Starfall Press (5.23.2019) Genres: High Fantasy, Young Adult Format: eBook, 317 pages Source: I own it Light magic is forbidden. Dark magic spells death. Haven has both. After the Prince of Penryth saved her from captivity, seventeen-year-old Haven Ashwood spends her days protecting the kind prince and her nights secretly fighting the monsters outside the castle walls. When one of those monsters kidnaps Prince Bell, Haven must ally with Archeron Halfbane and […]

Books I Didn’t Finish: March 2020 (a terrible reading month!)

Posted by Jessi (Geo) on April 3, 2020 | 0 Comments

A Rage of Dragons by Evan Winter Series: The Burning #1 Published by Orbit (7.16.2019) Genres: Adult, High Fantasy Format: Hardcover, 544 pages Source: Library The Omehi people have been fighting an unwinnable fight for almost two hundred years. Their society has been built around war and only war. The lucky ones are born gifted. One in every two thousand women has the power to call down dragons. One in every hundred men is able to magically transform himself into a bigger, stronger, […]

Books I Didn’t Finish: January & February 2020

Posted by Jessi (Geo) on March 4, 2020 | 0 Comments

Gideon the Ninth by Tamsyn Muir Series: The Locked Tomb #1 Published by Tor (9.10.2019) Genres: High Fantasy, Young Adult Format: Audiobook, 448 pages Source: Audible The Emperor needs necromancers. The Ninth Necromancer needs a swordswoman. Gideon has a sword, some dirty magazines, and no more time for undead bullshit. Tamsyn Muir’s Gideon the Ninth unveils a solar system of swordplay, cut-throat politics, and lesbian necromancers. Her characters leap off the page, as skillfully animated as necromantic skeletons. The result is a […]

Books I Didn’t Finish: Winter 2019-2020

Posted by Jessi (Geo) on January 31, 2020 | 2 Comments

The Never Tilting World by Rin Chupeco Series: The Never Tilting World #1 Published by HarperTeen (10.15.2019) Genres: High Fantasy, Young Adult Format: Hardcover, 496 pages Source: I own it Generations of twin goddesses have long ruled Aeon. But seventeen years ago, one sister’s betrayal defied an ancient prophecy and split their world in two. The planet ceased to spin, and a Great Abyss now divides two realms: one cloaked in perpetual night, the other scorched by an unrelenting sun. While one […]

Books I Didn’t Finish: Summer 2019

Posted by Jessi (Geo) on November 22, 2019 | 0 Comments

Blood and Sand by C.V. Wyk Series: Blood and Sand #1 Published by Tor Teen (1.16.2018) Genre: Historical Fantasy, Young Adult Format: Hardcover, 320 pages Source: I own it Forged in battle, from the dust of the arena, a legend will rise… Roma Victrix. The Republic of Rome is on a relentless march to create an empire―an empire built on the backs of the conquered, brought back to Rome as slaves. Attia was once destined to rule as the queen and […]

Books I Didn’t Finish: January & February 2019

Posted by Jessi (Geo) on March 6, 2019 | 0 Comments

Ruin of Kings by Jenn Lyons Series: A Chorus of Dragons #1 Published by Tor (2.5.2019) Genre: High Fantasy, Young Adult Format: eARC, 560 pages Source: Netgalley There are the old stories. And then there’s what actually happens. Kihrin is a bastard orphan who grew up on storybook tales of long-lost princes and grand quests. When he is claimed against his will as the long-lost son of a treasonous prince, Kihrin finds that being a long-lost prince isn’t what the storybooks […]