A wonderful week of books with 26 new titles and 20 former hardcovers/reprints.
Four series end this week: The Black Blade trilogy by Jennifer Estep, The Raven Cycle by Maggie Stiefvater, The Sky Falls trilogy by Shannon Messenger and the Divided We Fall trilogy by Trent Reedy.
Royals, fractured fairy tales, thrillers, grief, science fiction, romance- there's something for everyone this week- Happy reading!
Bright Blaze of Magic, book 3 and conclusion of the Black Blade trilogy by Jennifer Estep
Bad Things Always Come In Threes…As a thief, I'm good at three things: hiding in the shadows, getting in and out unseen, and uncovering secrets. I put these skills to work for the Sinclair Family, one of the magical mobs that run the tourist town of Cloudburst Falls.
Everyone knows Victor Draconi wants to take over all the other Families—and kill every last Sinclair. What they don't know is that I'm on to him, and no way will I let the man who murdered my mom get away with hurting all the other people I care about. Especially when I've got places to break into, stuff to steal, and Devon Sinclair fighting right by my side…
"The characters are as fantastic as Estep fans have come to expect." – RT Book Reviews
The Star-Touched Queen by Roshani Chokshi
Fate and fortune. Power and passion. What does it take to be the queen of a kingdom when you're only seventeen?
Maya
is cursed. With a horoscope that promises a marriage of Death and
Destruction, she has earned only the scorn and fear of her father's
kingdom. Content to follow more scholarly pursuits, her whole world is
torn apart when her father, the Raja, arranges a wedding of political
convenience to quell outside rebellions. Soon Maya becomes the queen of
Akaran and wife of Amar. Neither roles are what she expected: As
Akaran's queen, she finds her voice and power. As Amar's wife, she finds
something else entirely: Compassion. Protection. Desire...
But
Akaran has its own secrets -- thousands of locked doors, gardens of
glass, and a tree that bears memories instead of fruit. Soon, Maya
suspects her life is in danger. Yet who, besides her husband, can she
trust? With the fate of the human and Otherworldly realms hanging in the
balance, Maya must unravel an ancient mystery that spans reincarnated
lives to save those she loves the most. . .including herself.
A
lush and vivid story that is steeped in Indian folklore and mythology.
The Star-touched Queen is a novel that no reader will soon forget.
The Rose and the Dagger, book 2 in the Wrath and the Dawn series by Renee Ahdieh
"I am surrounded on all sides by a desert. A guest, in a prison of
sand and sun. My family is here. And I do not know whom I can trust."In a land on the brink of war, Shahrzad has been torn from the love of her husband Khalid, the Caliph of Khorasan. She once believed him a monster, but his secrets revealed a man tormented by guilt and a powerful curse—one that might keep them apart forever. Reunited with her family, who have taken refuge with enemies of Khalid, and Tariq, her childhood sweetheart, she should be happy. But Tariq now commands forces set on destroying Khalid's empire. Shahrzad is almost a prisoner caught between loyalties to people she loves. But she refuses to be a pawn and devises a plan.
While her father, Jahandar, continues to play with magical forces he doesn't yet understand, Shahrzad tries to uncover powers that may lie dormant within her. With the help of a tattered old carpet and a tempestuous but sage young man, Shahrzad will attempt to break the curse and reunite with her one true love.
“Above all there is the shattering, triumphant catharsis of love… In a story about stories, love is ‘the power to speak without words.’ Thrillingly full of feeling.”—Kirkus Reviews
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