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So, from January 7th to January 14th, I got...

in the mail


♩ UK paperback of Lady Midnight by Cassandra Clare--thank you, Carol!
♩ ARC of No Filter by Orlagh Collins

from netgalley


♩ Barbed Wire Heart by Tess Sharpe
♩ The Way You Make Me Feel by Maurene Goo


♩ Blood and Sand by C.V. Wyk
♩ The Game Can't Love You Back by Karole Cozzo

from edelweiss


♩ My Plain Jane by Cynthia Hand, Jodi Meadows, Brodi Ashton
♩ Sea Witch by Sarah Henning
♩ The Bird and the Blade by Megan Bannen

SO!!! What are you guys currently reading? rereading? watching on netflix? I'll be here drowning in all the books I told myself I shouldn't request!
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Sky in the Deep by Adrienne Young
standalone novel
publishes April 24th 2018 by Wednesday Books 
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Seventeen-year-old Eelyn’s world is war. Raised to fight alongside her Aska clansmen in a generations-old blood feud against the Riki, her life is brutal but simple: fight and survive. Until the day she sees the impossible on the battlefield—her brother, fighting with the enemy—the brother she watched die five years ago.
Faced with her brother's betrayal, she must survive the winter in the mountains with the Riki if she wants to make it back to the fjord after the thaw. But when she begins to see herself in the people she's been taught to hate, the world Eelyn once knew begins to crumble. And after the village is raided by a ruthless clan many believe to be a myth, Eelyn is given no choice but to trust Fiske, her brother’s friend who has tried more than once to kill her. Together, they must end the blood feud between their clans or watch their people be slaughtered.

A lush, Viking-age inspired fantasy about loyalty, forgiveness, and the definition of family.

•*´¨`*•.¸¸.•*´¨`*•


{ my review }

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Oh man. I... I expected more? This was okay but I wasn't really... blown away by it. The aspects I was really looking forward to just fell flat and it ended up being disappointing.

The first half of the book is a bit difficult for me to explain. I thought it was well done, but I also thought that nothing of real consequence happened. If that makes sense.

I just. I expected so much MORE. The first half is literally the main character, Eelyn, getting captured by the enemy clan, and forced to act as a slave in the home her brother now lives in—which makes him a traitor in her eyes. There was some sibling angst but it felt like they hardly interacted? I initially understood—even adored—how Eelyn acted towards him, it was sort of warranted. But there was hardly any bonding!! I wanted more time where the two finally hash out everything between them but I was cheated.

Anyway, it was also a lot Eelyn thinking that she’ll escape the first chance she gets but… she never following through. It was weird, like her fight left her at some point. The first half was well written and paced and all, and I get the setup, it is important, but it didn’t push anything forward. Basically: It… hardly did anything for the plot?

Then the second half was just rushed. Which is weird, y’know, because it had that going for the former half, but everything after just felt too fast. We were finally introduced to the bigger, life threatening problem, but they were super one dimensional and dealt with way too easily. There was a big battle and all but… it lacked any depth to it. Where that succeeded in the beginning, it failed here.

The romance was also weird for me. I didn’t feel any chemistry, and I honestly have no idea how Eelyn and Fiske began to have feelings for each other in the first place. I wanted to like it because it came highly recommended to me by someone whose recs I trust, but it just… didn’t work out.

Overall, I’m just disappointed, lol. It was interesting and definitely very engaging—I stayed up all night to finish it!—but it didn’t wow me like I’d hoped it would. So, that being said, it’s a solid 3 stars from me.


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My Plain Jane by Cynthia Hand, Brodi Ashton, & Jodi Meadows
The Lady Janies, book 2
publishes June 26, 2018 by HarperTeen
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You may think you know the story. After a miserable childhood, penniless orphan Jane Eyre embarks on a new life as a governess at Thornfield Hall. There, she meets one dark, brooding Mr. Rochester. Despite their significant age gap (!) and his uneven temper (!!), they fall in love—and, Reader, she marries him. (!!!)

Or does she?

Prepare for an adventure of Gothic proportions, in which all is not as it seems, a certain gentleman is hiding more than skeletons in his closets, and one orphan Jane Eyre, aspiring author Charlotte Brontë, and supernatural investigator Alexander Blackwood are about to be drawn together on the most epic ghost hunt this side of Wuthering Heights.


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Happy Tuesday everyone! I'm excited to begin the day with the cover reveal of Jessi Elliot's debut novel, Twisted Fate, out Feb. 13, 2018!

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Without further ado...

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the cover for Twisted Fate!


{ about the book }

Twisted Fate by Jessi Elliot
Twisted, book 1
Publishes February 13, 2018
Cover created by Okay Creations
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Being kidnapped by the leader of the fae really puts a dent in your senior year. 

Aurora Marshall is sharp, witty, and always has a plan. Ready to finish her business degree and graduate, her life is going smoothly—until the night she meets Tristan Westbrook. 

Tristan, the overbearing, gorgeous fae leader, and an admired businessman in the human world, is all kinds of dangerous. While he finds Aurora intriguing, her refusal to bend to his will keeps them locked in a constant power struggle. 

Entering into a deal is the only way to escape Tristan’s clutches, which only plunges Aurora deeper into the fae world. With her future at stake, she is forced to handle his arrogance and extraordinary fae abilities as she fights to stay grounded in her mundane life. 

Not to mention her struggle to ignore the growing attraction she knows she shouldn’t feel for the man who kidnapped her. 

When people said college would be the most exciting time of her life, Aurora never thought this is what they meant.


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Jessi Elliott is a newly graduated law clerk and debut author of both young adult and new adult romantic fiction. Her love of writing was born after many years of reading and reviewing books on her blog Living Within Fiction. 

She lives in Southwestern Ontario with her family and two adorable cats. ​ 

When she’s not plotting her next writing project, she likes to spend her time hanging with friends and family, getting lost in a steamy romance novel, watching Friends, and drinking coffee. 

You can find Jessi at www.jessielliott.com, on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram to stay up to date on book news and upcoming releases.

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The Shadow Weave by Annette Marie
Spell Weaver, book 2
published January 12, 2017 by Dark Owl Fantasy Inc.
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Clio might be a nymph living in exile among humans. And she might possess the rare ability to mimic any magic she sees. And she might have just seriously ticked off the most powerful family of spell weavers in the Underworld.

But she is not in love with an incubus.


Lyre is the rebellious black sheep of said weaver family, and he's the only reason she survived her recent Underworld "vacation." He's also the sexiest thing she's ever seen. Together, they have to track down a catastrophically dangerous magic—a magic he created, she sort of stole, and they both lost—before his family gets their hands on it. And that means fighting alongside him in a desperate attempt to avert complete disaster.

But she is definitely not in love with him. At least, she's pretty sure she's not.

Mostly sure.
Maybe sure?
…Crap.

•*´¨`*•.¸¸.•*´¨`*•


{ my review }

♫ ♫ ♫ ♫

Give it up for my final book of 2017! What a way to end—the anticipated sequel from one of my favourite authors.

The Shadow Weave proved to be more than a promising sequel. It loved up to all of Marie's other work and included her signature action-packed fight scenes and swoony kisses. It's a sequel that will not disappoint you, especially if you adored The Night Realm.

It picks up a little ways after the first book's ending and continues on a steady pace. Clio and Lyre are both running from the reapers hunting them and chasing Eryx and the dangerous weapon he'd stolen from Lyre. They face off with old and new enemies alike and this book is just one dangerous scene after another. My poor babies can't get a break!

I more than adored The Shadow Weave. Marie's books all have this addictive quality to them, this easy readability, that makes it difficult to put it down for evem a second. This one is no exception and it hooked me from the first page and my attention hardly wavered after starting it.

One of my favourite things about this book was definitely the characters. I loved her in this book! There was a darker side to her that was just so intriguing to read about. I couldn't help but cheer her on in those scenes. Being a nymph, Clio isn't a natural fighter, but she becomes lethal when someone threatens her or Lyre. This part of her is incredibly fun to read and makes her that much more of a complex and admirable character.

And then there's Lyre, who truly shines as a main character in this series. I absolutely adore from his point of view, and I adore his sense of humour! Finding out more about his past in definitely a highlight of the Spell Weaver series. Lyre is so much more than the flirty character introduced in Chase the Dark and I feel Marie doesn't hold back with him. He faces a lot of trauma in this book and my heart just breaks for him, thinking about what he had to endure. I'm also glad that Marie didn't just forget what downplay any of that trauma in any way, instead having both characters recognise and overcome it.

The magic system in the Spell Weaver series is one of the most unique that I've ever read. I can't even begin to fathom the complications behind it, and it's clear that none of it is half-hearted. It's complex, the magic Lyre and Clio use, and definitely intriguing, adding all the more to the world Marie has created. Not only that, but also the different castes introduced in the series. Since we get to read about whole new castes and get more insight on others. the daemon world just keeps expaning and it's amazing reading about them and what they can do.

I know I didn't mention the romance yet... and that's because wow. I adore it. I love Clio and Lyre together, they're so cute, it's ridiculous. They're both aware of the situation they're in and what they feel for each other, and they're wonderful. It's clear that they would do anything to help and protect the other and I loved that cameraderie between them. 

I cannot wait for the final book in this series! (Hell, I can't wait for anything Annette Marie writes.) I'm excited but also nervous for the finale and what it means for all the characters involved!

You can find my review of the first book here!


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So, from December 25th to January 7th, I got...

from edelweiss


♩ Onyx & Ivory by Mindee Arnett
♩ The Lies They Tell by Gillian Flynn

from netgalley


♩ The Life and Death Parade by Eliza Wass
♩ Bookish Boyfriends by Tiffany Schmidt
♩ Our Dark Stars by Audrey Grey & Krystal Wade

from the author


♩ The Shadow Weave by Annette Marie

I've already read & adored both Onyx & Ivory and The Shadow Weave. I can't wait to start the others!
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The Dragon's Price by Bethany Wiggins
Transference, book 1
published February 21, 2017 by Crown Books for Young Readers
e-ARC provided via netgalley
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Fans of Julie Kagawa’s Talon and Renee Ahdieh’s The Wrath and the Dawn will devour this action-packed fantasy adventure about a girl who chooses to surrender herself to a deadly dragon rather than marry an enemy prince.

When two warring kingdoms unified against a deadly menace laying waste to both their lands, they had to make a choice: vow to marry their heirs to one another, or forfeit their lives to the dragon.


Centuries later, everyone expects the sheltered princess Sorrowlynn to choose the barbarian prince over the fire-breathing beast—everyone, that is, except Sorrow, who is determined to control her own destiny or die trying.

As she is lowered into the dragon’s chamber, she assumes her life is over until Golmarr, the young prince she just spurned, follows her with the hopes of being her hero and slaying the dragon. But the dragon has a different plan. . . .

If the dragon wins, it will be freed from the spell that has bound it to the cave for centuries. If Sorrow or Golmarr vanquish the dragon, the victor will gain its treasure and escape the cave beneath the mountain. But what exactly is the dragon hiding?

There are no safe havens for Sorrow or Golmarr—not even with each other—and the stakes couldn’t be higher as they risk everything to protect their kingdom.

•*´¨`*•.¸¸.•*´¨`*•


{ my review }

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First book of 2018! Sort of first review of 2018?

The Dragon's Price was a fun, short novel that you can easily fly through. It has its moments, but I also found the writing to be a bit... childish at times. Some of the dialogue, especially for the dragons, really didn't make them seem like ancient creatures with a wealth of knowledge. Same went for some of the characters—I just couldn't imagine someone saying what they were. Their dialogue was a bit more colloquial than I've encountered in other high fantasy novels, though. Which... necessarily wasn't bad? But it was slightly weird, with them being royal and all and most royals being super stiff, y'know? It just felt oddly modern at times.

For the most part, I did like princess Sorrowlynn. In the beginning, though, she felt like one of those special snowflakes (wrong phrasing, perhaps)—the only princess not as beautiful as her sisters, the only treated poorly and unfairly than them, all that nonsense. A lot of that stuff where she just isn't like everyone else in her family, maybe even amongst all nobility. It got pointed out a lot throughout the book, which was kind of annoying... there's only so many times a reader can take that, as if being everything her sisters or the nobility were all inherently bad or something. I don't know, but I could've... not gone with that, lol.

Despite that, hers is an interesting character and I did like watching her grow throughout the novel. She's definitely had a strange journey—a strange life, I suppose, being locked up and hidden away for most of her life—but she does manage to take care of herself in The Dragon's Price. I admired her strength and urge to move forward.

The romance was... a bit amusing? Slightly embarrassing to read? You can tell there's an attraction almost immediately and it only grows throughout the book. I will admit at times it was... awkward? But it was still kind of cute, with Sorrow figuring out how to deal with her feelings and sudden desires and fighting her proper upbringing. But there is banter and a nice cameraderie between Golmarr and the princess!

The book ended on a pretty interesting note, so I'm excited to see where book 2 takes these characters! Overall: 3.5 stars.


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