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Month: December 2016
End of Year Survey: 2016!
As the end of the year draws near, I’m participating in my first end of the year survey, created and hosted by Jamie @ Broke and Bookish! All pics and questions are credited to this lovely lady! Feel free to join in as well!
Ten Books I Wouldn’t Mind Santa Leaving Under My Tree | TTT
Top Ten Tuesday is a weekly bookish meme created by The Broke and the Bookish. You can find it more information here.
For those celebrating Christmas soon, here’s a Top Ten Tuesday for you! So, here are Ten Books I Wouldn’t Mind Santa Leaving Under My Tree!
ARC Review: After the Fall by Kate Hart
After the Fall by Kate Hart
Series: n/a
Series: n/a
Genre: YA Contemporary
Publication: January 24th 2017 by Farrar, Straus & Giroux
Length: 336 pages
Length: 336 pages
Format: eARC
A YA debut about a teen girl who wrestles with rumors, reputation, and her relationships with two brothers.
Seventeen-year-old Raychel is sleeping with two boys: her overachieving best friend Matt…and his slacker brother, Andrew. Raychel sneaks into Matt’s bed after nightmares, but nothing ever happens. He doesn’t even seem to realize she’s a girl, except when he decides she needs rescuing. But Raychel doesn’t want to be his girl anyway. She just needs his support as she deals with the classmate who assaulted her, the constant threat of her family’s eviction, and the dream of college slipping quickly out of reach. Matt tries to help, but he doesn’t really get it… and he’d never understand why she’s fallen into a secret relationship with his brother. The friendships are a precarious balance, and when tragedy strikes, everything falls apart. Raychel has to decide which pieces she can pick up – and which ones are worth putting back together.
ARC Review: Ever the Hunted by Erin Summerill
Ever the Hunted by Erin Summerill
Series: Clash of Kingdoms #1
Series: Clash of Kingdoms #1
Genre: YA Fantasy
Publication: December 27th 2016 by HMH Books for Young Readers
Length: 400 pages
Length: 400 pages
Format: eARC
Seventeen year-old Britta Flannery is at ease only in the woods with her dagger and bow. She spends her days tracking criminals alongside her father, the legendary bounty hunter for the King of Malam—that is, until her father is murdered. Now outcast and alone and having no rights to her father’s land or inheritance, she seeks refuge where she feels most safe: the Ever Woods. When Britta is caught poaching by the royal guard, instead of facing the noose she is offered a deal: her freedom in exchange for her father’s killer.
However, it’s not so simple.
The alleged killer is none other than Cohen McKay, her father’s former apprentice. The only friend she’s ever known. The boy she once loved who broke her heart. She must go on a dangerous quest in a world of warring kingdoms, mad kings, and dark magic to find the real killer. But Britta wields more power than she knows. And soon she will learn what has always made her different will make her a daunting and dangerous force.
The Alchemists of Loom by Elise Kova | Blog Tour Excerpt + Giveaway
The Alchemists of Loom by Elise Kova
Series: Loom Saga #1
Publication date: January 10th 2017
Genres: Fantasy, Young Adult
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Her vengeance. His vision.
Ari lost everything she once loved when the Five Guilds’ resistance fell to the Dragon King. Now, she uses her unparalleled gift for clockwork machinery in tandem with notoriously unscrupulous morals to contribute to a thriving underground organ market. There isn’t a place on Loom that is secure from the engineer turned thief, and her magical talents are sold to the highest bidder as long as the job defies their Dragon oppressors.
Cvareh would do anything to see his sister usurp the Dragon King and sit on the throne. His family’s house has endured the shame of being the lowest rung in the Dragons’ society for far too long. The Alchemist Guild, down on Loom, may just hold the key to putting his kin in power, if Cvareh can get to them before the Dragon King’s assassins.
When Ari stumbles upon a wounded Cvareh, she sees an opportunity to slaughter an enemy and make a profit off his corpse. But the Dragon sees an opportunity to navigate Loom with the best person to get him where he wants to go.
He offers her the one thing Ari can’t refuse: A wish of her greatest desire, if she brings him to the Alchemists of Loom.
Top Ten Books I’m Anticipating For The First Half Of 2017 | TTT
Top Ten Tuesday is a weekly bookish meme created by The Broke and the Bookish. You can find it more information here.
2017 is going to be filled with so many amazing releases, no doubt, so here’s the top 10 books I’m excited for in the first half of the new year!
Review: Siege and Storm by Leigh Bardugo
Siege and Storm by Leigh Bardugo
Series: The Grisha #1
Series: The Grisha #1
Genre: YA Fantasy, Romance, Magic
Publication: June 4th 2013 by Henry Holt and Company
Length: 435 pages
Length: 435 pages
Format: ebook
Darkness never dies.
Hunted across the True Sea, haunted by the lives she took on the Fold, Alina must try to make a life with Mal in an unfamiliar land. She finds starting new is not easy while keeping her identity as the Sun Summoner a secret. She can’t outrun her past or her destiny for long.
The Darkling has emerged from the Shadow Fold with a terrifying new power and a dangerous plan that will test the very boundaries of the natural world. With the help of a notorious privateer, Alina returns to the country she abandoned, determined to fight the forces gathering against Ravka. But as her power grows, Alina slips deeper into the Darkling’s game of forbidden magic, and farther away from Mal. Somehow, she will have to choose between her country, her power, and the love she always thought would guide her–or risk losing everything to the oncoming storm.
Top Ten New-To-Me Authors I Read In 2016 | TTT
Top Ten Tuesday is a weekly bookish meme created by The Broke and the Bookish. You can find it more information here.
2016 was filled with my exploration of new authors and books, and it’s safe to say that I’ve read a multitude of new authors! Thus, here are Top Ten New-To-Me Authors I Read In 2016!
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