Published: January 10, 2017 Publisher: Del Rey Genre: Fantasy Pages: 336 (Hardcover) My Rating: 4.5/5.0 Synopsis: At the edge of the Russian wilderness, winter lasts most of the year and the snowdrifts grow taller than houses. But Vasilisa doesn’t mind—she spends the winter nights huddled around the embers of a fire with her beloved... Continue Reading →
Waiting on Wednesday: Lord of Shadows by Cassandra Clare
Waiting on Wednesday is a weekly meme hosted by Jill at Breaking the Spine where bloggers feature a book that we just can’t wait to get our hands on! After getting back into the world of Shadowhunters this past year with Lady Midnight, I am (not) patiently awaiting the release of Lord of Shadows in April. I was... Continue Reading →
The Blinding Knife by Brent Weeks – Review
Published: September 11, 2012 Publisher: Orbit Books Genre: Fantasy Pages: 671 (Hardcover) My Rating: 5.0/5.0 Synopsis: Gavin Guile is dying. He’d thought he had five years left—now he has less than one. With fifty thousand refugees, a bastard son, and an ex-fiancée who may have learned his darkest secret, Gavin has problems on every... Continue Reading →
Currently Reading: 1/2/16
Wrath by John Gwynne AHH!!! I got a copy of Wrath for Christmas, and of course it was going to be the first new book I began reading post holiday madness. I binge read half of it in a single sitting, so obviously it's great. I can't wait to see how this one wraps up... Continue Reading →
The Last Sacrifice by James A. Moore – Review
Published: January 3, 2017 Publisher: Angry Robot Books Genre: Fantasy Pages: 400 (Paperback) My Rating: 2.5/5.0 Synopsis: Since time began, the Grakhul – immortal servants of the gods – have taken human sacrifices to keep the world in balance and the gods appeased. When they choose the family of warrior Brogan McTyre, everything changes.... Continue Reading →
Cruel Beauty by Rosamund Hodge – Review
Published: January 28, 2014 Publisher: Balzer + Bray Genre: Young Adult, Fantasy Pages: 352 (Hardcover) My Rating: 2.5/5.0 Synopsis: Based on the classic fairy tale Beauty and the Beast, Cruel Beauty is a dazzling love story about our deepest desires and their power to change our destiny. Since birth, Nyx has been betrothed to... Continue Reading →
Waiting on Wednesday: The Holver Alley Crew by Marshall Ryan Maresca
Waiting on Wednesday is a weekly meme hosted by Jill at Breaking the Spine where bloggers feature a book that we just can’t wait to get our hands on! The Holver Alley Crew is the beginning of Maresca's newest Maradaine series called The Streets of Maradaine. The synopsis describes another exciting set of characters and... Continue Reading →
Dark Intelligence by Neal Asher – Review
Published: February 3, 2015 Publisher: Night Shade Books Genre: Science Fiction Pages: 416 (Hardcover) My Rating: 3.5/5.0 Synopsis: One man will transcend death to seek vengeance. One woman will transform herself to gain power. And no one will emerge unscathed... Thorvald Spear wakes in a hospital to find he's been brought back from the... Continue Reading →
Waiting on Wednesday: Game of Shadows by Erika Lewis
Waiting on Wednesday is a weekly meme hosted by Jill at Breaking the Spine where bloggers feature a book that we just can’t wait to get our hands on! For whatever reason I keep coming back to this particular book so I'm going to go ahead and feature it here as my WoW for the... Continue Reading →
Currently Reading: 12/19/16
The Blood Mirror by Brent Weeks I've just begun listening to this (audio version is great, BTW) and it's already got me in a tizzy. Can't wait to see what happens to the characters after some serious craziness at the end of the previous book! This will probably keep me engrossed all week 😀 ... Continue Reading →
