Title: Empress of all Seasons Author: Emiko Jean Publisher: HMH Books for Young Readers Format: Hardcover – borrowed from local library Summary: 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…
Title: Dark Intent (Legends of the Godkissed Continent book 4) Author: A.B. Endacott Publisher: Amazon Digital Services Format: eARC – Electronic Advanced Reader Copy *I received an advanced copy of this book from the publisher in exchange for an honest review.* Summary: “You can either live in the world that surrounds you, or you can fight for…
Title: Kingdoms and Chaos (Book 4: Kings Dark Tidings) Author: Kel Kade Publisher: Dark Rover Publishing LLC I found Kel Kade and his King’s Dark Tidings series earlier this year and could not stop! This series just carried me away. So when I learned the fourth book was being released in September I pre-ordered it and got…
Title: Cress (book 3 – The Lunar Chronicles) Author: Marissa Meyer Publisher: Macmillan Young Listeners Cress by Marissa Meyer is a Rapunzel retelling. Cress is stuck on a satellite serving Queen Levana’s goals. She has nothing but her netscreens and a robot she has programmed for company. Cinder and her friends embark on a rescue of Cress…
Title: Free the Darkness (King’s Dark Tidings #1) Author: Kel Kade Format: Audible audiobook Publisher: Podium Publishing Narrator: Nick Podehl I have found a new auto-buy author. Intrigue gripped me from page 1 as I wondered what was going on with a little boy learning they ways of war, and sneaking. Then one day ordered to kill…
Title: An Ember in the Ashes Author: Sabaa Tahir Format: audiobook Publisher: Listening Library Narrators: Fiona Hardingham and Steve West Summary: Set in a terrifyingly brutal Rome-like world, An Ember in the Ashes is an epic fantasy debut about an orphan fighting for her family and a soldier fighting for his freedom. It’s a story that’s literally burning to be…
I decided to do something a little different this time around. Usually, when I film a recommendations video for YouTube, I stick to one genre. But I’ve kind of been bouncing around lately in my reading, and it can be good to try different genres. So I was thinking about starting a new series of…
Title: Road of the Lost Author: Aidan Russell Publisher: 13Thirty Books Format: eBook ARC – A copy of this book was provided to me by the publisher in exchange for an honest review. Summary: Reslo, an outsider from birth, wants only to protect his mother forest and be home with his family. Instead, he finds…