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A Paladin’s Sin
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After a short hiatus for the holidays, I’m back with a new book review! This one goes to author Jessica Kemery and her book titled, A Paladin’s Sin. This is the first book in the Paladin Sin Series and a lot of wholesome epic fantasy along the way.
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Rating: 4 out of 5.
Let me start off this review by first saying that I thoroughly enjoyed the story as a whole. I loved the simplistic…
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Horseclans is a post-atomic book series that makes sense when you read it, but it comes off as utterly insane when you describe it to other people.
The bad guys are the Greek Orthodox church, who seized power after the atomic war in America. Everyone in the states is (basically) a Dothraki. And some people have Sabertooth tigers they are telepathically bonded to.
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The Raven Cycle
(The Raven Boys, The Dream Thieves, Blue Lily, Lily Blue, The Raven King & Opal)
By Maggie Stiefvater
I was reluctant to read a book about a group of boys, but the dream elements in The Raven Cycle echoed some of the themes in my own book so I decided it would be valuable research. I tend to eschew male protagonists because I surfeited on a diet of them growing up when I longed to read about intelligent, daring, creative women.
ButThe Raven Cycle not only boasts a menagerie of multidimensional nuanced male characters, but also fierce, dynamic, wild females as well. I am so glad that Maggie Stiefvater lured me in with her brilliant premise, lyrical prose and unexpected landscape so that I could appreciate this gorgeous gritty tapestry of teen male kinship (and dare I say the sensuality of cars?) through not just a trilogy, but a quartet of books - plus a bonus short story. Oh, and for all of us that curse the end of a good series, guess what? There is a spin-off called The Dreamer Trilogy which I am enjoying now narrated by the brilliantly pliant Will Patten.
Blue Sergeant chronicles the names of the dead as the pass on the ley line each year. A seemingly ungifted seer in a house of talented female clairvoyants, Blue never seems to “see” anything until she sees the ghost of Gansey. This encounter catapults Blue into an adventure with a group of misfit prep school boys in search of a legend king.
With the kind of grand reveals that make a reader do a double take, Stiefvater builds a wholly unique world full of fantastical nightmares and earnest possibility that exists just a stumble away from our own.
Written with the intelligence of an adult but the poetry and wisdom that we lose as we age, this southern gothic tarot phantasm has the imagination of Erin Morgenstern and the dark possible magic of Melissa Albert’s The Hazel Wood.
So, let’s hear it for the boys, and for an author who has rendered such vivid multidimensional heroes - and heroines - to add to the canon of YA literature.
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GUYS GUYS GUYS GUYS GUYS GUYS GUYS
I AM CURRENTLY IN SHOCK.
he also… said. the. line. ♂️
I need a book hangover recovery manual for every time I finish a series
I can’t handle all this grief by myself
You can’t force love, I realized. It’s there or it isn’t.
Richelle Mead, Frostbite
I told you to hide your heart once. You should have listened.
Victoria Aveyard, Red Queen
Some things are destined to be — it just takes us a couple of tries to get there.
J. R. Ward, Lover Mine
okay but I’ve never related to Blue as much as I do now as I just got over mono and realized i can’t kiss my girlfriend for another two weeks-
Warning: This is a rant!
I’m reading this romance book and it’s bad. Granted, I’m only 16% into the book, but I’m truly hating it. The book is bad in that hard to explain way, where the writing is bad. It’s not the grammar or editing, but just the writing. I’m not going to say the name of the book, but here’s a screenshot of 1 page of it from my iPhone kindle. But first context.
The main character is 18 and she dreams of independence and wants to go to college with dreams of a Ph.D. But when she’s sold off by her father into an arranged marriage, she just accepts it. Her father is a U.S. senator (the most believable part of the whole situation) and he’s marrying her off to a rich family so that family can back his next campaign. Her new fiancé is only 26, and he’s handsome, so that’s fine. Her father could have married her off to an old bad of dirt, but he didn’t. She met her fiancé at her 18th birthday party, he was her birthday present (no joke). The scene below happens 3 months later, at their second meeting — their wedding day.
Now, I often find romance novels to be problematic because of all the genres out there, romance seems to be one where many bad writers make their names. The main character is compelling and her story has a lot of potential, but I have to keep rolling my eyes to the back of my head because of how badly this writer keeps butchering the story and characters. It’s bad.
I’ve read really well done books about dominant men and the women who love them. Books where the idea of, “you married him and so he owns your body now,” runs rampant. I’ve accepted a lot of sketchy writing from authors in the name of a good and well told story, but this one is just so bad. My whole mantra while reading this has been, “she’s only 18, she probably doesn’t know any better.” ♀️
It seems to me that this author only knew what they wanted these characters to do, not how to actually write them doing it. So, things are just thrown at the reader and we’re expected to process it and it’s problematic implications and move on. The section that I highlighted above, that statement is incredibly sexist and demeaning to women, but it is said in the book with no modifiers and no push back. How can someone who just wants to break free from her father and go college just unquestionably accept that ridiculous advice. And even worst, this is the 1st book in a trilogy and I, for the life of me, don’t know how that is possible.
This is where I’m always unsure what to do next with these types of books. Do I keep reading in hopes that it gets better? Or do I just stop the torture, but never know what happened to these characters? This is the dilemma that these types of books place readers in. At it’s the dilemma they place me in, and it really sucks.
As a black woman, I don’t often find brilliant works of fiction with black protagonists. They are especially rare in the romance novel genre. But every once in a while, I’ll find an amazing work that takes my breath away. Queen Move is one of those books. I love Kennedy Ryan because her characters are amazing and her romances are epic. Queen Move was brilliant and I enjoyed EVERY SECOND of reading it!! Please check this one out!!
Reading Is Magical!!
Up in the Air Series
By:R.K Lilley
I read these books years ago and they are so good. I keep going back to them and I reread them every year or so. I think that they’re a really great representation of what a BDSM relationship can look like. They are lovely books and very well written.
When I finally got around to reading Fifty Shades of Grey books, I was expecting them to be like the Up In the Air series. However, they were not anywhere near as good. If you’re in the mood for some kinky romance, check this series out. These books are worth the read.
All The King’s Men Series by Kennedy Ryan
This is such a great romance duet. The characters are flawed, smart, and enthralling. I could not put the books down. I kept going back to them for weeks after I had finished reading them. These are truly worth the read. Check them out and ENJOY!!!
Curse Of The Gods By Jane Washington and Jaymin Eve
I love this book series. It’s a reverse harem book series set in an alternate fantasy universe. It’s a funny, crazy, and amazing series. I love the main character Willa and her absolutely ridiculous thoughts and actions. The later books do have sex scenes in them, but they totally add to the whole story line. I would recommend this series to everyone over 15.
