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Title:  The Crown of Gilded Bones (Blood and Ash #3) Author: Jennifer L. Armentrout Pages: 625 Genre: Fantasy/Romance Publisher: Blue Box Press  Release Date:  April 20, 2021  Buy : Amazon | Kobo | Chapters Indigo *Thank you to the author for providing a copy for honest review* Summary ( Goodreads ) She's been the victim and the survivor… Poppy never dreamed she would find the love she’s found with Prince Casteel. She wants to revel in her happiness but first they must free his brother and find hers. It’s a dangerous mission and one with far-reaching consequences neither dreamed of. Because Poppy is the Chosen, the Blessed. The true ruler of Atlantia. She carries the blood of the King of Gods within her. By right the crown and the kingdom are hers. The enemy and the warrior… Poppy has only ever wanted to control her own life, not the lives of others, but now she must choose to either forsake her birthright or seize the gilded crown and become the Queen of Flesh and ...

Title: Empire of Storms Author: Sarah J. Maas Pages: 704  Genre: Fantasy/Teen Publisher: Bloomsbury USA Children/Raincoast Books Release Date: September 6, 2016 Preorder: Amazon|Chapters Indigo| Summary (Goodreads) The long path to the throne has only just begun for Aelin Galathynius. Loyalties have been broken and bought, friends have been lost and gained, and those who possess magic find themselves at odds with those don't. As the kingdoms of Erilea fracture around her, enemies must become allies if Aelin is to keep those she loves from falling to the dark forces poised to claim her world. With war looming on all horizons, the only chance for salvation lies in a desperate quest that may mark the end of everything Aelin holds dear. Aelin's journey from assassin to queen has entranced millions across the globe, and this fifth installment will leave fans breathless. Will Aelin succeed in keeping her world from splintering, or will it all come crashin...

This week's question: Write a letter to your favorite author Gah!! This is going to be hard to write since I have a lot of favorite authors. But I will say this to all of them: Dear authors, To each and everyone one of you, thank you for writing some of my favorite books because they are amazing, create an image of your characters, recommend to other readers when I am working at my job because if you didn't write I would be without a job and would not be reading. Being a blogger, getting to know you during this experience and being able to meet you in person creates joy in me as we become friends. Thank you for giving every reader a chance to explore your minds! Can't wait to read all your upcoming books and to eventually meet in person! - Amanda

Title: Queen of Shadows Author: Sarah J. Maas Pages: 656 Genre: Fantasy (YA) Publisher: Bloomsbury USA Childrens/Razorbill Canada Release Date: September 1, 2015 Buy: Amazon | Chapters Indigo | Kobo Summary ( Goodreads ) The queen has returned. Everyone Celaena Sardothien loves has been taken from her. But she's at last returned to the empire—for vengeance, to rescue her once-glorious kingdom, and to confront the shadows of her past . . . She will fight for her cousin, a warrior prepared to die just to see her again. She will fight for her friend, a young man trapped in an unspeakable prison. And she will fight for her people, enslaved to a brutal king and awaiting their lost queen's triumphant return. Celaena’s epic journey has captured the hearts and imaginations of millions across the globe. This fourth volume will hold readers rapt as Celaena’s story builds to a passionate, agonizing crescendo that might just shatter her world. Review: I am feeling all...

Title: Things We Know by Heart Author: Jessi Kirby Pages: 304 Genre: YA Contemporary Publisher: HarperTeen Release Date: April 21, 2015 Buy: Amazon | Chapters Indigo | Kobo | B&N *Received from publisher for honest review* Summary ( Goodreads ) When Quinn Sullivan meets the recipient of her boyfriend’s donated heart, the two form an unexpected connection. After Quinn loses her boyfriend, Trent, in an accident their junior year, she reaches out to the recipients of his donated organs in hopes of picking up the pieces of her now-unrecognizable life. She hears back from some of them, but the person who received Trent’s heart has remained silent. The essence of a person, she has always believed, is in the heart. If she finds Trent’s, then maybe she can have peace once and for all. Risking everything in order to finally lay her memories to rest, Quinn goes outside the system to track down nineteen-year-old Colton Thomas—a guy whose life has been forever changed by th...

Link to complete tour  Book summary for Pure There is need. And then there is Fate.  Being destined to become some kind of supernatural electrical outlet isn't exactly awesome--especially when Alexandria's "other half" is everywhere she goes. Seth's in her training room, outside her classes, and keeps showing up in her bedroom--so not cool. Their connection does have some benefits, like staving off her nightmares of the tragic showdown with her mother, but it has no effect on what Alex feels for the forbidden, pure-blooded Aiden. Or what he will do--and sacrifice--for her. When daimons infiltrate the Covenants and attack students, the gods send furies--lesser gods determined to eradicate any threat to the Covenants and to the gods, and that includes the Apollyon--and Alex. And if that and hordes of aether-sucking monsters didn't blow bad enough, a mysterious threat seems willing to do anything to neutralize Seth, even if that means forcing ...