Book Review: Sword and Pen by Rachel Caine

People, this is the final book of The Great Library series, I am happy, I am SAD, so many emotions...let's get to the review :)

Sword and Pen by Rachel Caine

The corrupt leadership of the Great Library has fallen. But with the Archivist plotting his return to power, and the Library under siege from outside empires and kingdoms, its future is uncertain. Jess Brightwell and his friends must come together as never before, to forge a new future for the Great Library . . . or see everything it stood for crumble.

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I have been reading this series for years now and now that it's over what am I going to do now that it's over?  I'm so going to miss this world, these characters, Oh these characters, they are so freaking amazing, I fell in love with them from the first book and with each new book I was more and more in love with them, the world building just got better and every time I was reading it, I just wanted to be in there with them.  Alright, let's get to this last adventure with our little crew...

Since our last book, the Great Library has fallen, but the corrupted Archivist is still very well alive and he is plotting and it's up to our dear friends to find him and bring him to justice.  But not all of them will be in that crew, because some are need to protect the city from upcoming threats and others are need to protect the new Archivist.  They are separated but at the same time looking out for each other and that's what it makes them the perfect team to make the Great Library whole again.  

The jobs are not easy, Brightwell is dealing with death in life and OMG, my heart was in my throat the whole entire book.  But the twists and turns in this book, I really wasn't expecting them, every time I thought I knew what was coming something else came along and man, I really wasn't ready for ANY of them.

The new future of the Great Library is everything for these friends and they will do ANYTHING to accomplish it and so be ready my friends because everything is possible.  

The ending was cruel and unexpected, my heart is broken, is happy, is sad, is twisted, is everything and more.  I still have sooooo many emotions and still don't know how I truly feel about that ending, but with Rachel Caine I should have known that she would have done something like that.  Am I happy, yes I am.  It wrap everything up, but I'm still going to miss this gang a lot.

If you haven't started this series, you are missing so much out; books, friendships, romance, adventure and lots of action, everything you need in books.

What rating did I give?  5 out of 5 stars of course :)

I got a free copy of this book from NetGalley...

XOXO,

Nelia

Book Review: Aquaman Volume 1: Unspoken Water by Kelly Sue DeConnick

I mean, who doesn't like to read some comics/graphic novels.  It's such a quick read and it seriously brings me a smile to my face every time a read them.  And this next one a perfect quick read:

Aquaman Volume 1: Unspoken Water by Kelly Sue DeConnick





The tides turn for the Sea King as superstar scribe Kelly Sue DeConnick (Captain Marvel, Pretty Deadly) and red-hot artist Robson Rocha (Teen Titans, Supergirl) take the rudder to steer Aquaman into uncharted waters. In the wake of "Drowned Earth," an amnesiac Arthur washes ashore on a remote island and ends up being cared for by a young woman named Callie, who's just a little too curious for comfort. And as a lifetime of horror movies has taught us, there's something strange going on in this island village. Aquaman needs to come to his senses quickly...or he might wind up sleeping with the fishes instead of chatting with them.

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First of all, I cannot wait to continue with this series, this is Volume 1 of Unspoke Water and damn was it good.  It's Aquaman, so of course I knew it was going to be great, but I really didn't know what I was going to get, so we get an amnesiac Arthur and washed ashore on a remote island.  Of course after a while he wants to find out who he truly is, the woman who took care of him, Callie, also wants to meet her mom, so both of them go the adventure that will make Arthur an hero even he still doesn't know who he is.

SO good, I can't wait to see what the next volume will bring, when he will find out who he truly his...I want more answers and of course more adventures.

4 out 5 stars.

I got a free copy of this Volume from NetGalley.

XOXO,

Nelia

Book Review: Bloodwitch by Susan Dennard

The Witchlands...oh man, if you haven't started this series, you need to stop what you are reading right now and start reading the first book.  The magic system of this series is AMAZING, the characters are the best, it's just the best.  I'm so ready to review the latest book, let's do this.


Bloodwitch by Susan Dennard




Fans of Susan Dennard's Witchlands series have fallen in love with the Bloodwitch Aeduan. And now, finally, comes his story.

High in a snowy mountain range, a monastery that holds more than just faith clings to the side of a cliff. Below, thwarted by a lake, a bloodthirsty horde of raiders await the coming of winter and the frozen path to destroy the sanctuary and its secrets.

The Bloodwitch Aeduan has teamed up with the Threadwitch Iseult and the magical girl Owl to stop the destruction. But to do so, he must confront his own father, and his past.

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If you have been reading The Witchlands series, you know you have been dying to read about our Bloodwitch Aeduan and we have FINALLY got his book and OH MAN, it was everything and more than I was expecting, don't you agree?

Aeduan's story continue were we left off on the last book, but we also got everything we wanted, we got his back story, we got his feelings, we got to understand his powers.  Holy crap, it was so much in one book, that once I started, I couldn't stop, I didn't want to stop and I didn't want to end. 

Of course we got our favorite Treadwitch Iseult teamed up with Aeduan and these two and my favorite duo, my favorite couple and their story are everything to me, they go through so much together and that ending?  I'm not ready for that to be it, I need more of them and I'm sure we are going to get more, right Susan?

And can we talk about our little magical girl Owl?  That little girl is a beast, she is freaking amazing and the best thing that bring those two together, I need a little Owl in my life and I wouldn't mind her little friend to come along too :)

Okay, Okay...I feel like I have just been gushing about Aeduan and Iseult and Owl but seriously guys, the book was amazing, so much action happens in this book, Aeduan and Iseult fight their way through so much and they just don't give up even when things are at their worst and things really take turns they never thought would come on their way.  They fight armies and raiders and enemies and find unexpected help on the way too.  SO GOOD.

The only thing I have left to say is please read the series and if you haven't read Bloodwitch yet, go ahead and start NOW.

5 out of 5 stars

I got a preview from NetGalley and then went ahead and bought the book after :)

XOXO

Nelia

Book Review: The Witch of the Hills by J M Fraser

Alright, time to review a witchy book, one that I read in October, because it was Halloween month and it was all about reading books about witches and scary things, right? Right...let's do this.

The Witch of the Hills by J. M. Fraser

Ancient prophecy compels a young Salem witch to travel through the time-bending dimension we all visit when we sleep. Rebecca Church must recruit a modern-day boy to save this interactive fantasy world from imminent disaster, but her task won't be easy. She may use no more than poetry, illusions, and dreams to convince the chosen one of his destiny, and she can visit him only nine brief times.

When Brian Danahey meets Rebecca at the side of a desolate road, he recognizes her from a recurring nightmare about a girl in great danger. Brian falls in love with her, she disappears, and he comes to believe she's the legendary Witch of the Hills, a colonial maiden exiled to haunt the western prairies for centuries. The quest to free Rebecca takes him through mirrors and time from the sand hills of contemporary Nebraska to the seventeenth-century witch haven she once called home.

But Rebecca doesn't need saving and certainly not three-hundred-plus years ago. The magical dimension that nourishes our souls is on the brink of apocalypse. Today.

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This book had a lot of potential, it really did.  I mean, time travel, witches, magic, romance?  It had it all the things that I love in a book, but for me it had something missing and the romance just wasn't there for me.  I'm all about love at first sight but the love between Rebecca and Brian?  It just felt off, it felt too pushy, he met Rebecca once and boom he couldn't forget her at all and the next time they met they were all about making plans for the future and talking about an ancient prophecy.  And once he finds out she's a witch?  He's totally okay with it.  

I'm not going to lie, there were somethings that I liked about the book, for example, I really liked his sister, she was the best character of the book in my opinion, yeah and she wasn't in the book that much lol.  Would I recommend this book?  Yeah, if you like a really, really quick romance, then yes totally read it.

I still gave the book a 3 out of 5 stars.

I got a free copy of the book from NetGalley.

XOXO,

Nelia

Book Review: Bruja Born by Zoraida Cordova

Do you know when you read a book from a series that you totally forgot that you actually love about it?  Yeah, that happened to me when I read Bruja Born, holy molly, I love, love these books....okay, okay...let me get to the review.

Bruja Born by Zoraida Cordova



Lula Mortiz may be a bruja with healing powers, but after her family's battle in Los Lagos, she feels broken in a way she can't seem to fix. Then tragedy strikes when a bus crash leaves her friends and her boyfriend, Maks, dead. Desperate to reclaim normalcy, Lula invokes a dark spell to bring Maks back. It isn't until she hears that all of the bodies from the crash have gone missing that she realizes something is wrong. Lula has unwittingly raised an army of casi muertos--creatures between the living and dead--and they're hungry for freedom...which they can only achieve if Lula dies.

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The Mortiz sisters, if you haven't read the first book in this trilogy, please go do yourself a favor and go read the first book (Labyrinth Lost) now.  And then come back and let's discuss this one.  But back to the Mortiz's sisters, these girls are amazing, first of all, but they are also tight, they will do anything for each other and this book proves it again how much they love each other and how far they go to help each other when needed.

Lula is the oldest sister and after what happened on the last book she hasn't been the same, she is withdrawn from her sisters and from everyone pretty much.  But what she didn't expect to happen was the tragedy that happens to her boyfriend and friends which leaves most of them dead.  She becomes desperate and asks for her sisters help and together they invoke a spell to bring Maks back.  But, when all the dead bodies of all her friends mysteriously disappears, she starts to realize that something is wrong and then she finds out that she has risen an army of casi muertos which are creatures between the living and the dead.  But, that's isn't the worse, the casi muertos will not stop until Lula dies, that way they will be able to live free for ever.

Lula will have to realize that once again will need the help of not only her sisters but her whole family to make the casi muertos go away, but at what cost?  Because there is always a cost, right?

Lula has always been the bad ass sister and she proves it in this book, there is action, family drama and romance and magic,ah...what else could I have asked for it?  I just cannot wait for the next book, because the little sister's power is proving to be so much more than we all thought and I cannot wait to see what troubles she is going to cause lol.

5 out of 5 stars...

I got a free copy of this book from NetGgalley.

XOXO,

Nelia

Book Review: The Rogue Queen by Emily R. King

The Hundreth Queen Series, I'm at the third book and man, I remember reading the first book and getting sucked in.  And now, I'm totally slowly reading the rest of this series because I don't want it to end.  Let's get to the review of this book...

The Rogue Queen by Emily R. King

Despite the odds, Kalinda has survived it all: Marriage to a tyrant. Tournaments to the death. The forbidden power to rule fire. The icy touch of a demon.

That same demon now disguises itself as Rajah Tarek, Kalinda’s late husband and a man who has never stopped haunting her. Upon taking control of the palace and the army, the demon brands Kalinda and her companions as traitors to the empire. They flee across the sea, seeking haven in the Southern Isles.

In Lestari, Kalinda’s powers are not condemned, as they are in her land. Now free to use them to protect those she loves, Kalinda soon realizes that the demon has tainted her with a cold poison, rendering her fire uncontrollable. But the lack of control may be just what she needs to send the demon back to the darkest depths of the Void.

To take back the empire, Kalinda will ally with those she distrusts—and risk losing those most loyal to her—to defeat the demon and bring peace to a divided nation.

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Emily brings us the third book in the The Hundreth Queen series and Oh Man, this series just gets better with each book, the story line gets better, the characters' development gets better, the world build is even better. EVERYTHING is better.  Seriously, if you haven't started this series yet, because you are not sure if you will like it, just read the first book and trust me, you will be hooked.

So, Kalinda is back in this book and after surviving a marriage to a tyrant and tournaments to her death now she literally has to fight for everyone.  She cannot think only about herself, even though it's really tempting, the world is not what it was when things started out for her.  The demon is destroying everything and everyone and he will not stop no matter what.  And Kalinda knows that she has to take back the empire and fight him even if it will cost losing what she loves the most.

I can't wait to see where the next book is going to bring us and Kalinda, where the whole story is going to go, how it will all end.  But I also don't want it do end, which is why I haven't read it yet lol.

Emily create this magical place that I don't want to leave and that I'm totally loving it...

I got a free copy of the book from NetGalley.

4 out of 5 stars for this one...bring on the last book!

XOXO,

Nelia