Tag: Fantasy

[New Post] ARC Review: The Shadows of Wren by Jen Bliton

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Title: The Shadows of Wren

Author: Jen Bilton

Page count: 386

Published: August 30th, 2023

Publisher: Netgalley

Genre: YA, Magic

Received: From the publisher in exchange for an honest review

Rating: 2/5

May the Valiant Prevail

After decades of peace within the lands of Caldumn ruled by the Red Kingdom, the southern towns have come under attack. Their libraries burned and ancient texts stolen by an ominous force. An unlikely alliance between two magic kinds is formed when Wren, a nineteen-year-old Mage, finds herself in the middle of a conflict that will take her outside of the peaceful life she’s known.

Along her journey, she meets Tyran, whose Necromancer magic is not widely trusted, and learns they share a deeper ancient magic that has long since disappeared.

Together with the help of all magic kinds, they must unite the towns to save their lands, and themselves, while the threat of the Red Kingdom looms.

Wren is orphaned as a child and discovers that she has a gift for shadow magic. As she grows, she trains with her father to learn how to work her magic. This was a book that was difficult to get into, and that may be because I don’t normally read this type of genre, it did have a good plot/storyline but it just wasn’t for me.

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[New Post] ARC Review: Gilded Ruins by Chantal Gadoury

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Title: Gilded Ruins

Author: Chantal Gadoury

Page count: 295

Published: May 12th, 2020

Publisher: Parliament House

Genre: Fantasy Romance

Received: From the publisher in exchange for an honest review

Rating: 3/5

The Story Continues. . .

Summer and Darce are summoned by the order of Zeus himself to travel to the home of the Gods: Mount Olympus, where they’re to face even more ancient Gods and Goddesses.

Summer braces to confront her mother again, illuminating secrets about the truth of her tragic pasts, while also persuading Zeus to allow her to stay with the God of the Underworld, her true love – Darce.

Aboard Poseidon’s luxury yacht, Summer meets her mythological family, while also uncovering what exactly happened to her past lives – and the true roles her mother and Darce played.

When Darce and Summer suddenly find themselves separated, Summer must find her inner power and unite them together, before her mortal time runs out.

I absolutely loved the first book in the series, this one how ever I didn’t enjoy as much as I thought that I would. I thought that there was some details that could have been explored more.
If your into Greek mythology then you will enjoy this book.

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[New Post] ARC Review: Eternal by C.C. Hunter

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Title: Eternal

Author: C.C. Hunter

Page count: 386

Published: October 28th, 2014

Publisher: N/A

Genre: Paranormal, YA

Received: From library app

Rating: 3/5

All her life, Della’s secret powers have made her feel separated from her human family. Now, she’s where she belongs, at Shadow Falls. With the help of her best friends Kylie and Miranda, she’ll try to prove herself in the paranormal world as an investigator—all the while trying to figure out her own heart. Should she chose Chase, a powerful vampire with whom she shares a special bond? Or Steve, the hot shapeshifter whose kisses make her weak in the knees? When a person with dark connection to her past shows up, it’ll help her decide which guy to choose–and make her question everything she knows about herself.

I got this book from my local library app. It took me way longer to read it than I thought it would, and I didn’t even finish the book. I got to about 80% before it was sent back. I did request to get it again because I want to finish it.

For the portion that I did read, I’m a little iffy on it. I feel like it was a little repetitive at some points.

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[New Post] ARC Review: Hell Hath No Fury Anthology

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Title: Hell Hath No Furry

Author: Anthology

Page count: 2191

Published: October 18th, 2022

Publisher: Valentine PR

Genre: Contemporary Romance

Received: From the publisher in exchange for an honest review

Rating: 5/5

We will not be silent.
We will not stand down.
We are furious.
We are the storm.

More than forty of your favorite authors have gotten together to create an anthology where 100% of the proceeds go toward charities fighting for our reproductive rights.

Participating Authors
Alexandria Bishop :: :: Karina Halle:: Amelia Wilde :: Amie Knight :: Anna B. Doe :: Anna Edwards :: Anne Malcom :: Anne Mercier :: Bella Matthews :: BT Urruela :: Cali Melle :: Carly Phillips :: Cassandra Robbins :: Claire Hastings :: Clarissa Wild :: Sandy Alvarez and Crystal Daniels :: Danielle Pearl :: Darcy Rose :: Dee Palmer :: Dove Cavanaugh King :: Eden Summers :: Ella Fields :: Evie Mitchell :: Giana Darling :: Hannah McBride :: India R Adams :: Ivy Fox :: Jack Davenport :: Jenika Snow :: Jessica Gadziala :: Kat T. Masen :: KL Donn :: LP Lovell and Stevie J Cole :: Max Henry :: Nicole Blanchard :: Nikki Belaire :: Piper Davenport :: Sade Rena :: Saffron A. Kent :: Samantha Young :: Sarah Bale :: Serena Akeroyd :: Sierra Glass :: Skye Warren :: Susanne Valenti and Caroline Peckham :: Willow Winters

I adore anthologies because they have some new and old authors that you can get introduced to, I want to read all the stories in this at some point to get introduced to some new authors. In this one, I read Samantha young, Amie Knight and Carly Philips. They were all fantastic and kept me gripped to my kindle not wanting them to end.

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