Black Dawn | Blog Tour

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I’m excited to have been included on this blog tour for BLACK DAWN. A copy of the book was provided and I was so ready to dive in and read this intriguing fantasy. I hoped to be surprised, captivated, and thrilled with the story and, well, you’ll just have to read my review to find out if this book lived up to its epic promises.

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The Librarian | Cover Reveal & Giveaway!

COVER REVEAL

Today Christy Sloat and Rockstar Book Tours are revealing the cover for THE LIBRARIAN, which releases June 17, 2017! Check out the gorgeous cover, read an exclusive excerpt, and enter to win some awesome swag!

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Champions: At Fire’s End

Champions: At Fire’s End (Champions #1) by Charlotte Jain (2015)
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Champions At Fire's End

YA Fiction | Fantasy | Mythology
3.5 Stars
Blurb:

“Seventeen-year-old best friends, April and Kyle, are thrown into the final battle of the Titan and Olympian war. Locked into an endless struggle, the Immortals have finally reached a solution – bestow mortal Champions with control over the elements to wage their final campaign.  Continue reading

A Court of Wings and Ruin

A Court of Wings and Ruin (A Court of Thorns and Roses #3) by Sarah J. Maas (2017)

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NA Fiction | Fantasy | (TV-MA)
4 Stars
Blurb:

“Looming war threatens all Feyre holds dear in the third volume of the #1 New York Times bestselling A Court of Thorns and Rosesseries.

Feyre has returned to the Spring Court, determined to gather information on Tamlin’s maneuverings and the invading king threatening to bring Prythian to its knees. But to do so she must play a deadly game of deceit-and one slip may spell doom not only for Feyre, but for her world as well.  Continue reading

Death and Night

Death and Night (The Star-Touched Queen #0.5) by Roshani Chokshi (2017)
-eARC Review-

Death and Night

YA Novella | Fantasy
4.5 stars
Blurb:

“Before The Star-Touched Queen there was only Death and Night.

He was Lord of Death, cursed never to love. She was Night incarnate, destined to stay alone. After a chance meeting, they wonder if, perhaps, they could be meant for more. But danger crouches in their paths, and the choices they make will set them on a journey that will span lifetimes.”
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Blood Rose Rebellion

Blood Rose Rebellion (Blood Rose Rebellion #1) by Rosalyn Eves (2017)
-ARC Review-

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YA Fiction | Historical | Magical Realism
4.5 stars
Blurb:

Sixteen-year-old Anna Arden is barred from society by a defect of blood. Though her family is part of the Luminate, powerful users of magic, she is Barren, unable to perform the simplest spells. Anna would do anything to belong. But her fate takes another course when, after inadvertently breaking her sister’s debutante spell—an important chance for a highborn young woman to show her prowess with magic—Anna finds herself exiled to her family’s once powerful but now crumbling native Hungary.  Continue reading

Caraval

Caraval (Caraval #1) by Stephanie Garber (2017)

Caraval

YA Fiction | Fantasy
2.5 Stars
Blurb:

“Scarlett has never left the tiny island where she and her beloved sister, Tella, live with their powerful, and cruel, father. Now Scarlett’s father has arranged a marriage for her, and Scarlett thinks her dreams of seeing Caraval, the far-away, once-a-year performance where the audience participates in the show, are over.

But this year, Scarlett’s long-dreamt of invitation finally arrives. With the help of a mysterious sailor, Tella whisks Scarlett away to the show. Only, as soon as they arrive, Tella is kidnapped by Caraval’s mastermind organizer, Legend. It turns out that this season’s Caraval revolves around Tella, and whoever finds her first is the winner.  Continue reading

The Girl with the Red Balloon

The Girl with the Red Balloon by Katherine Locke (2017)
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YA Fiction | Historical Fantasy
3.5 Stars
Blurb:

“When sixteen-year-old Ellie Baum accidentally time-travels via red balloon to 1988 East Berlin, she’s caught up in a conspiracy of history and magic. She meets members of an underground guild in East Berlin who use balloons and magic to help people escape over the Wall—but even to the balloon makers, Ellie’s time travel is a mystery. When it becomes clear that someone is using dark magic to change history, Ellie must risk everything—including her only way home—to stop the process.”
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The Winner’s Curse

The Winner’s Curse (The Winner’s Trilogy #1) by Marie Rutkoski (2014)

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YA Fiction | Fantasy
4 Stars
Blurb:

Winning what you want may cost you everything you love…

As a general’s daughter in a vast empire that revels in war and enslaves those it conquers, seventeen-year-old Kestrel has two choices: she can join the military or get married. But Kestrel has other intentions.  Continue reading

A Torch Against the Night

A Torch Against the Night (Ember in the Ashes #2) by Sabaa Tahir (2016)

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YA Fiction | Dark Fantasy
4 Stars
Blurb:

“Elias and Laia are running for their lives. After the events of the Fourth Trial, Martial soldiers hunt the two fugitives as they flee the city of Serra and undertake a perilous journey through the heart of the Empire.

Laia is determined to break into Kauf—the Empire’s most secure and dangerous prison—to save her brother, who is the key to the Scholars’ survival. And Elias is determined to help Laia succeed, even if it means giving up his last chance at freedom.  Continue reading