Review: Wings of Fury (Wings of Fury #1) by Emily R. King

Book Blurb:

My mother told me that men would speak about the Golden Age as a time of peace and happiness for all… However, the women of our age would tell a very different story…

Cronus, God of Gods, whose inheritance is the world. Among his possessions: women, imprisoned and fated to serve. The strong-minded Althea Lambros controls her own fate and lives to honor her dying mother’s plea to protect her two sisters at all costs. Althea’s journey toward crushing the tyranny has begun. It is a destiny foretold by the Fates. And she is following their visions.

On the southern isle of Crete, hidden among mortal women who have fled the Titans, is the Boy God, son of Cronus and believed dead. He shares Althea’s destiny to vanquish the Almighty—fate willing. Because Cronus has caught wind of the plot. He’s amassing his own forces against Althea’s righteous rebellion and all those who will no longer surrender or run. There will be war. If she’s to survive to write their history, the indomitable Althea must soar higher than any god.

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My Review:

4 Out Of 5 Stars

Genre: Another-World, Retelling, Romance, Royal-Court, Supernatural, Suspense--

Wings of Fury was a super interesting take on the origins of the Greek Gods, told from the unsuspecting eyes of a girl who just wanted her freedom. I have come to expect strong female characters and lots of action from this author and this was another great example of that. I enjoyed how this took the traditionally excepted Greek mythology and ran with it to create something new and fresh from the typical with some surprising twists I could not have predicted.

While the ending was for the most part (or at least at a temporary truce) resolved, this is the first book in a series and there is so much more to come with what I expect to be a crazy epic battle with the Titans. Side note for those familiar with the author's other books, this is not a YA novel, more a New Adult series due to sexual content.

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Keep an eye out for the next book in the Wings of Fury Series:

Book Blurb:

Crown of Cinder (Wings of Fury #2) by Emily R. King

Release Date: 05 October 2021

Althea’s head is still spinning from her discovery that she’s Hera, daughter of Cronus, the terrible Titan king. After Althea failed to cast Cronus down into the deepest pit of Tartarus, the king calls upon his powerful allies, the elder Titans who reign supreme over the heavens, earth, and seas. To force Althea to surrender, the elder Titans rain down wrath upon the mortal world with earthquakes, famine, pestilence, hurricanes, and all manner of destruction. Lukas, Althea’s friend and confidant, hides her and her godly siblings, but they can’t run forever. She must recruit allies from the younger Titans before the afflicted mortals turn them into Cronus in exchange for peace.

Poseidon and Hades are also in hiding. Althea sets out to find her brothers, but hunting them down without getting caught and persuading them to stand against their all-powerful father will be next to impossible. Althea has a lot to learn about her newly restored crown and Titaness powers. She must divide heaven and earth to protect her mortal home and friends and unite her brothers and sisters in the war to end all wars.

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Blog Tour & Giveaway: Baculum (Angelbound Lincoln #4) by Christina Bauer

Baculum
Christina Bauer
(Angelbound Lincoln #4)
Published by: Monster House Books
Publication date: January 26th 2021
Genres: Fantasy, Young Adult

Watch Lincoln battle Norse monsters in the Viking Games!

As King of the Thrax, Lincoln leads the most powerful demon fighting force in the after-realms… yet he cherishes nothing more than his Angelbound love, Myla. Which is why the king loses his freaking mind when the sinister Ringmaster Kell targets his pregnant wife.

So. Not. Happening. 

Ringmaster Kell runs the infamous Viking Games, a series of battles where participants take on the identity of a Norse monster and fight to the death. Sounds good to Lincoln. The king sets aside his crown and enters the arena with one goal only: destroy Ringmaster Kell. 

Sometimes, a warrior just needs to ignite his baculum sword and kick a ton of evil ass. But is Lincoln protecting Myla or walking into a trap?

Perfect for readers who love Vikings, Norse mythology, hot princes and cool heroines.

ANGELBOUND LINCOLN
Stories from the perspective of Mister The Prince
1. Duty Bound
2. Lincoln
3. Trickster
4. Baculum
5. Angelfire
6. Rixa

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My Review:

4.5 Out Of 5 Stars

Genre: Angels, Another-World, Romance, Royal-Court, Supernatural, Suspense--

As per the norm, I highly recommend you read all the series before starting this story so that way you can catch all the nuisance details included and the relationship dynamics. But, all that being said, I feel like this is a pretty solid novel that could work as a standalone, with enough backstory to get your feet wet and a completely new and unique adventure that requires no introduction and resolves within this book alone.

I love how this story was delivered. While this was a Lincoln book, it is dual narrated at chapters by Myla and Lincoln, and each chapter is super fast making read "just one more" until the book was finished, much to my surprise. The pacing was fantastic and there was never a dull minute. The author also uses two very distinct voices for Myla and Lincoln, which helps to showcase their personalities. Myla is full of hot-headed impulse choices and snark whereas Lincoln is the epitome of calm, rational and well controlled. I have always been a big fan of the dynamic between the two and this was another great read to reinforce that they are one of my favorite literary couples.

I am pretty sure that if there was a competition for most stupid and evil villain, Lincoln's own father would probably win (in my totally biased mind). In the previous books I didn't like him, I found him to lack a backbone and be easily manipulated, but in this book I really hate him. And no, he is not the villain or enemy in this story, but still he is the well deserved target for my wrath- read the book and tell me you disagree.

Overall this was another solid installment in the Angelbound saga, full of awesome action and the best battle scenes a girl could hope for (including new and crazy supernatural badies to discover)- as well as plenty of warm and fuzzy feels and snark. Oh and pictures at the end of a lot of chapters that really hekped to set the stage for the story

Author Bio:

Christina Bauer thinks that fantasy books are like bacon: they just make life better. All of which is why she writes romance novels that feature demons, dragons, wizards, witches, elves, elementals, and a bunch of random stuff that she brainstorms while riding the Boston T. Oh, and she includes lots of humor and kick-ass chicks, too. Christina lives in Newton, MA with her husband, son, and semi-insane golden retriever, Ruby. She loves to connect with her fans at BauersBooks.com.

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Audiobook Tour: Stolen Enchantress (Forbidden Forest, #1) by Amber Argyle

Author: Amber Argyle

Narrator: Lynn Bradford

Length: 14 hour 5 minutes

Series: Forbidden Forest, Book 1

Publisher: Starling Publishing

Released: Nov. 11, 2020

Genre: Romantic Fantasy; YA

A beast. An enchantress. An unbreakable curse....

Deep within the sentient woods, Larkin uncovers a secret that puts her in dreadful danger. Worse, now that the beast has had his taste, he’ll never stop hunting her. But the forest has woken something inside Larkin; something that gives her the power to fight back.

Magic.

Using forbidden magic will get Larkin hanged. Not using it will leave her at the mercy of the beast's enchantment. But there’s a third option; one that scares her more than anything.

She could fall in love with the beast.

Fans of A Curse so Dark and Lonely and A Court of Thorns and Roses will be spellbound by the fairytale re-telling of Beauty and the Beast and The Pied Piper in Stolen Enchantress. Buy now to find out why listeners around the world are getting lost in the Forbidden Forest!

“Moody, whimsical, and enchanting.” (Emily R. King, author of The Hundredth Queen Series)

 

My Review:

4.5 Out Of 5 Stars

Genre: Audiobook, Fairytale, Heart-Wrenching, Retelling, Romance, Royal-Court, Supoernatural, Suspense--

Larkin was supposed to be watching her little sister when she realizes that her sister wandered into the Forbidden Forest, the place nobody ever returns from. Understanding that she will not get help from the superstitious town, she plunges into the forest to try and find her sister, irrevocably changing her life in ways nobody could have predicted.

We start the book with Larkin secretly in love with her friend Bane, who seems like an ok guy (I guessed a secret about him from the start but overall he was not a bad guy per se) but once we meet Denan, the guy who basically kidnapped her, I was in love. No, Larkin was not a victim of Stockholm syndrome, she wanted nothing to do with Denan and still loved her friend (much to my chagrin, I seriously wanted to shake this girl at some points- her bad choices moved the book from 5 stars to 4.5 since I was so mad at her). But I still loved Denan. He gave Larkin a choice and options, respected her views and wants regardless of them being conflicting with his own and was overall a really decent person. Keep in mind that this is not a romance story (there is a teeny tiny smidge but not a ton), but I adored watching the two of them develop a relationship through many adversities.

I purchased this forever ago as an ebook when it first came out (I mean seriously, Beauty and the Beast meets The Pied Piper? Yes please!) because I was super excited to read it but never got a chance. When I saw it was an audio, I jumped at the chance to listen to the story. The narrator was perfect at bringing Larkin to life, giving her personality and spunk and having a clear precise diction, as well as doing a great job creating distinct voices for the other characters. I would love for the rest of the series to be on audio and be narrated by this same voice. Keep in mind I listened at 1.75x speed which was just about perfect.

I really enjoyed this read and can't wait to continue the series. While this did not end on a cliffhanger, I have so many questions and concerns about what will happen and the overall fate of Larkin and Denan. I highly recommend this for anyone who loves fairytales and retellings full of action, magic and surprises.

I received this audiobook as part of my participation in a blog tour with Audiobookworm Promotions. The tour is being sponsored by Lynn Bradford. The gifting of this audiobook did not affect my opinion of it.

Amber Argyle is the bestselling author of numerous fantasy and romance novels. Her award-winning books have been translated into several languages and praised by such authors as NYT bestsellers David Farland and Jennifer A. Nielsen.

Amber grew up on a cattle ranch and spent her formative years in the rodeo circuit and on the basketball court. She graduated cum laude from Utah State University with a degree in English and physical education, a husband, and a two-year-old. Since then, she and her husband have added two more children, which they are actively trying to transform from crazy small people into less-crazy larger people. She's fluent in all forms of sarcasm, loves hiking and traveling, and believes spiders should be relegated to horror novels where they belong.

To receive Amber Argyle’s starter library of four free books, simply tell her where to send it: www.amberargyle.com

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Lynn Bradford is a graduate of Michigan State University’s theatre program. She has always loved YA and Beauty and the Beast retellings, like this one, are her absolute favorite books to narrate.

In addition to her numerous stage credits, Lynn brings her experience from multiple diverse industries to her non-fiction narration with her background in computer programming, legal, medical, psychology, anthropology, and many others.

When not in the booth, Lynn prefers the great outdoors and loves running, traveling, and backpacking.

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Blog Tour: Send Me Their Souls (Bring Me Their Hearts #3) by Sara Wolf

Book Blurb:

Send Me Their Souls (Bring Me Their Hearts #3)

Genre: YA Fantasy

Release Date: November 3th 2020

Published by Entangled Teen

There are worse things than death.

With the rise of Varia d’Malvane comes the fall of the Mist Continent. Cavanos is overrun by the brutal rampage of the valkerax, led by its former crown princess. Vetris is gone. Helkyris is gone. As each mighty nation falls, the grip of the crown princess closes around the throat of the world.

But Zera Y’shennria isn’t out yet.

Alongside Malachite, Fione, Yorl, and her love Lucien, Zera seeks aid from the High Witches and the Black Archives, with the valkerax horde hot on their heels. Seemingly unstoppable, Varia can track Zera through her dreams, ensuring there is nowhere to run. Thankfully, an ancient book holds the key to stopping the incursion forever.

But at what cost comes freedom?

At what cost comes love?

At what cost comes the end of the world, and the beginning of a new one?

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My Review:

4.5 Out Of 5 Stars

Genre: Another-World, Heart-Wrenching, Romance, Royal-Court, Supernatural, Suspense, Teen, Witches--

Zera's complete life (un-life?) is in shambles, the choice to follow her current witch master versus her need to be with Prince Lucien and his newly discovered magic battles in her. Who does she choose to protect and will her choice cost those she loves their lives? Zera is about to enter the ultimate battle for her own freedom as well as everyone in the kingdom's freedom- and not everyone will survive what is to come.

I strongly recommend for you all to race out (or go online to your favorite online bookstore) and snag a copy of each book in the trilogy asap. Once you start it will be very hard to put it down and you will really, really want to know how everything plays out. That being said, this review will be super short so not to spoil what has been 3 incredibly epic books in making to get to this conclusion. I feel like I have been waiting forever for this conclusion, while at the same time I had been dreading reading this because I was so nervous that my people where not going to get the HEAs I so hoped for them- and I selfishly I didn't know if I was ready to say goodbye.

"I've barely worked a day in my life."

"You've worked quite a lot! With your brain."

"Brains are not hands."

"They're basically the same thing."

"If they were, perhaps we'd have an easier time holding on to our thoughts." She pauses, her grin miniscule. "This conversation is complete nonsense. You're rubbing off on me."

I grin back. "Unfortunately."

I highly recommend this series (and basically anything by this author but for other reasons) if you are a fan of fantasy worlds, heart wrenching choices, a heroine who never stops with the snark and the random string-of-consciousness commentary that fills me with joy, a prince with a heart of gold, zombie like creatures, witches and deadly magic, end of the world battles and a romance that is so sweet it can melt the coldest heart (or the heartless). I am so glad that I got to experience this series and I will gladly push it on everyone I know with complete abandon.

Author Bio:

Sara Wolf is a twenty-something author who adores baking, screaming at her cats, and screaming at herself while she types hilarious things. When she was a kid, she was too busy eating dirt to write her first terrible book. Twenty years later, she picked up a keyboard and started mashing her fists on it and created the monster known as Lovely Vicious. She lives in San Diego with two cats, a crippling-yet-refreshing sense of self-doubt, and not enough fruit tarts ever.

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Blog Tour & Giveaway: Quasi Redux (Angelbound Origins #8) by Christina Bauer

 

Quasi Redux
Christina Bauer
(Angelbound Origins, #8)
Published by: Monster House Books
Publication date: September 29th 2020
Genres: Fantasy, Paranormal, Young Adult

“Myla is a magnificent heroine, fierce and outspoken, hilarious and mischievous … And did I mention that her demon tail is sentient? Best. Sidekick. Ever.” – The Nocturnal Library

Myla Lewis has her life back. Wife. Mother. Queen. Great Scala. Queen of the Thrax. Yay! Then one day, Myla runs across a supernatural waterfall that makes her igni screech like crazy. Our heroine speaks the fateful words, “Some days, I wish I weren’t the Great Scala.”

The waterfall grants her wish.

A moment later, Myla is back at Purgatory High. No husband. No child. No powers beyond her old quasi days. And without Myla around as the Great Scala, all quasis now live under Armageddon’s rule. That sucks. Hard. So Myla sneaks into Antrum—she simply must find Lincoln and figure this out. Once she arrives, two problems arise.

First, her husband doesn’t know her. At all.

Second, Lincoln is married to someone else.

Fuuuuuuu…

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My Review:

5 Out Of 5 Stars

Genre: Angels, Romance, Royal-Court, Supernatural, Suspense--

Keep in mind that if you are not familiar (like really super familiar, also know as you read all the previous books in order) then I very much do not recommend jumping in here. Quasi Redux basically throws the reader (and you know, the main characters) right into the action with tons of danger- and a scary megaladon encounter- and absolutely no backstory.

I will read anything that deals with Myla and Lincoln and this super intricate angel/demon supernatural world but I was a little hesitant to start this book because the synopsis sounded a little sad and after having read Thrax and experiencing the heart break that was the Lincon/Myla situation there, I didn't know if I was up for more heartbreak. But since I had to know what would happen, I of course had to pick Quasi Redux up. I was so surprised (in the best of ways) to find that this was sorta, kinda a Beauty and the Beast retelling. I am such a sucker for fairytale retellings and Beauty and the Beast is hands down my favorite, and having Myla and Lincoln inserted into this storyline (with of course all the action, danger, fighting and sarcasm provided by Myla- she is not the sweet soft spoken Beauty of the fairytale and I love that about her.

Overall this was another solid installment in the Angelbound series that I am so glad I did not miss. Who would have thought that prehistoric sharks, fairytales, forced marriage, prison escapes, magical yard sales, The Great Scala action figured and lawn ornaments and curses would all mesh so well into a fast paced, entertaining story that I could not put down. I really like how the author has the ability to keep this storyline fresh, always a pleasant surprise that keeps me guessing and completely engaged. I am so here for the Myla/Lincoln HEA.

Author Bio:

Christina Bauer knows how to tell stories about kick-ass women. In her best selling Angelbound series, the heroine is a part-demon girl who loves to fight in Purgatory’s Arena and falls in love with a part-angel prince. This young adult best seller has driven more than 500,000 ebook downloads and 9,000 reviews on Goodreads and retailers. The first three books in the series are now available as audiobooks on Audible and iTunes.
Bauer has also told the story of the Women’s March on Washington by leading PR efforts for the Massachusetts Chapter. Her pre-event press release—the only one sent out on a major wire service—resulted in more than 19,000 global impressions and redistribution by over 350 different media entities including the Associated Press.

Christina graduated from Syracuse University’s Newhouse School with BA’s in English along with Television, Radio, and Film Production. She lives in Newton, MA with her husband, son, and semi-insane golden retriever, Ruby.

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Blog Tour & Giveaway: Tempting the Prince (Sexy Misadventures of Royals #3) by Christi Barth

Book Blurb:

What happens when you mix an average American woman with a decidedly not average future King?

TEMPTING THE PRINCE

by Christi Barth

Sexy Misadventures of Royals, #3

Publication Date: August 24, 2020

Genres: Adult, Entangled: Amara, Contemporary, Romance, Royalty

I can tell you from experience—a whole lot of complications.

You see, four months ago, my all-American sister, Kelsey, found out that she’s not actually my sister—she’s a princess of a country we’d never heard of. She begged me to come along when she was whisked off to her new palace, so here I am. An outsider who doesn’t fit in anywhere.

Now that she’s settled, I should go back to my exciting new career in New York. I absolutely should not stay in a country where I got shot (long story), where I suck so badly at the national sport that I accidentally murdered the symbol of the monarchy in front of half the country, and—oh yeah—where I can’t stop ogling Kelsey’s actual brother.

The Crown Prince.

The man who has to marry a very important princess. (not me)

The man who must create the next heir to the throne. (without me)

The man I absolutely can never be with. (remember that long story?)

The man who just gave me the best sex of my life…

Did I mention that it’s complicated?

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My Review:

4 Out Of 5 Stars

Genre: Romance, Royal-Court--

Be aware that this is the third book in the series. But that being said, I have not read the first two books in the series and felt like Tempting the Prince stood just fine on it's own. I loved this book and did not feel like I was missing out on anything. I do now really really want to read the first two books but I have zero regrets reading this out of order. I will say that the ending of this book appeared to wrap up the relationships from all three books, so it might spoil those for you (but I love spoilers, so I was not bothered in the slightest).

And in here, I’m as safe as the palace. This is a Royal Protection Service hangout. Half these tables are filled with off-the-clock bodyguards.”

 Mallory whipped her head left and right, taking in the relaxed crowd and noting that nobody looked out of control. Or desperate. Or even rough around the edges. It was the Disneyland version of a bar; spotless, charming, and far from exciting.

This was the perfect combination of charming, romantic, royal-court politics and heat. I read this book on a weekend, completely swept up in the characters. I loved both the main characters as people as well as a couple and the story was dual narrated which is my favorite for a romance. Tempting the Prince is much more about the people than the plot, dealing more with character depth and relationship dynamics.

This is a great book (or series, apparently) for anyone who loves themselves some royal family, relationship drama, and the best kind of HEA.

You do have a reputation for… I don’t know…” She leaned in closer. “Getting off on getting women out of ballgowns?” Then she and Kelsey burst into giggles. 

“For Christ’s sake. These balls are deadly dull. Hooking up’s my reward for getting through the evening.”  After tsking , Kelsey said solemnly, “Women are neither cookies nor medals, Christian.”

“I know that. Believe me, every one of them was ready to hand me a medal for exemplary service by the time we finished . Nobody was used. And no promises were made.”

Author Bio:

USA TODAY bestselling author Christi Barth earned a Masters degree in vocal performance and embarked upon a career on the stage. A love of romance then drew her to wedding planning. Ultimately she succumbed to her lifelong love of books and now writes award-winning contemporary romance, including the Naked Men and Aisle Bound series.

Christi can always be found either whipping up gourmet meals (for fun, honest!) or with her nose in a book. She lives in Maryland with the best husband in the world.

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