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 […]
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 […]
Empress of All Seasons by Emiko Jean Genre: High Fantasy, Young Adult Published by Houghton Mifflin eARC, 384 pages Source: NetGalley In a palace of illusions, nothing is what it seems. Each generation, a competition is held to find the next empress of Honoku. The rules are simple. Survive the palace’s enchanted seasonal rooms. Conquer Winter, Spring, Summer, and Fall. Marry the prince. All are eligible to compete—all except yōkai, supernatural monsters and spirits whom the human emperor is determined […]
ISAN by Mary Ting Genre: Science Fiction, Young Adult Published by Vesuvian Books (5.1.2018) eARC, 330 pages Source: Netgalley The world has changed. Scientists warned it would happen. Meteors devastated the Earth. World Governments developed plans to help surviving citizens. The United States disbanded and salvageable land was divided into four quadrants—North, South, East, and West—governed by The Remnant Council. Struggling to survive, seventeen-year-old Ava ends up in juvenile detention, until she is selected for a new life—with a catch. She […]
Furyborn by Claire Legrand Series: The Empirium Trilogy #1 Genre: High Fantasy, Young Adult Published by Sourcebooks Fire (5.22.2018) ARC, 491 pages Source: I own it (Illumicrate) When assassins ambush her best friend, the crown prince, Rielle Dardenne risks everything to save him, exposing her ability to perform all seven kinds of elemental magic. The only people who should possess this extraordinary power are a pair of prophesied queens: a queen of light and salvation and a queen of blood and destruction. […]
I had a terrible year in reading! I was in a massive reading slump for months on end, and during those months I picked up countless books and couldn’t get into anything. I was going through 4-5 books before I found something I could stick to. On the bright side, I rated books much higher because I DNFed the ones I wasn’t enjoying. I may have only read 20 books, but out of those only 3 of them were under 4 […]