I have so much catching up to do with my book reviews it's crazy. I have been swamped with work and life in general that it leaves me next to no time to write. This weekend I am reviewing my Netgalley reads. I got these e-ARC books back in August I think and only got to read them recently. Hope you enjoy.
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The Fire Queen (The Hundredth Queen #2) by Emily R. King
Rating: ⭐⭐⭐⭐
In the second book in The Hundredth Queen Series, Emily R. King once again follows a young warrior queen’s rise to meet her destiny in a richly imagined world of sorcery and forbidden powers.
Though the tyrant rajah she was forced to marry is dead, Kalinda’s troubles are far from over. A warlord has invaded the imperial city, and now she’s in exile. But she isn’t alone. Kalinda has the allegiance of Captain Deven Naik, her guard and beloved, imprisoned for treason and stripped of command. With the empire at war, their best hope is to find Prince Ashwin, the rajah’s son, who has promised Deven’s freedom on one condition: that Kalinda will fight and defeat three formidable opponents.
But as Kalinda’s tournament strengths are once again challenged, so too is her relationship with Deven. While Deven fears her powers, Ashwin reveres them—as well as the courageous woman who wields them. Kalinda comes to regard Ashwin as the only man who can repair a warring world and finds herself torn between her allegiance to Deven and a newly found respect for the young prince.
With both the responsibility to protect her people and the fate of those she loves weighing heavily upon her, Kalinda is forced again to compete. She must test the limits of her fire powers and her hard-won wisdom. But will that be enough to unite the empire without sacrificing all she holds dear?
Review: I so liked this book better than the first one. It felt like the first book was only an introduction and we are only actually getting to the actual story. Any book that is somehow set in the Arabian Deserts have been such a cathartic experience for me. In this book, although we still see a plot with contest trials like the first book (and so many books like it), we finally see Kalinda use her powers as Bhuta. She gains new friends and allies but finds herself facing more than her normal foe. I was literally awake for the better part of my rest day just reading this. Haha. I can't wait for the next book.
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Expected publication: January 30th 2018 by Flux Books/North Star Editions
Rating: ⭐⭐⭐
When a 200-year-old witch attacks her, sixteen-year-old bookworm Lainey Styles is determined to find a logical explanation. Even with the impossible staring her in the face, Lainey refuses to believe it—until she finds a photograph linking the witch to her dead mother.
After consulting a psychic, Lainey discovers that she, like her mother, is a Keeper: a witch with the exclusive ability to unlock and wield the Grimoire, a dangerous but powerful spell book. But there’s a problem. The Grimoire has been stolen by a malevolent warlock who is desperate for a spell locked inside it—a spell that would allow him to siphon away the world’s magic.
With the help of her comic-book-loving best friend and an enigmatic but admittedly handsome street fighter, Lainey must leave her life of college prep and studying behind to prepare for the biggest test of all: stealing back the book.
Review: For starters the protagonist did not get attacked by a 200 year old witch - she didn't now it was a witch as it came as a ghost and the attacked part was mostly the ghost touching her to establish a metaphysical connection, yeah it hurt but I wouldn't go so far to say 'attacked'. Sorry, I just had to get it out there. Haha. Anyway, I got to read this e-ARC before it got published. Yay! The book itself is a typical paranormal YA coming of age story that had it's high and low moments all throughout the book. I actually enjoyed it mainly because of the geeky best friend. I loved her comic book allusions. I would read the next books in this series.
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I have more to read and no I am not complaining. I just have to stop putting writing all these reviews off. Ciao!
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