Book Review & Giveaway | The Assassin's Daughter

I am thrilled to be hosting a spot on the THE ASSASSIN'S DAUGHTER by Shana Vernon Blog Tour hosted by Rockstar Book Tours. Check out my post and make sure to enter the giveaway!

About the Book:

Title: THE ASSASSIN'S DAUGHTER (The Hybrid Chronicles Book 1)

Authors: Shana Vernon

Pub. Date: July 15, 2020

Publisher: Shana Vernon

Formats:  Paperback, eBook

Pages: 195

Find it: Goodreads, Amazon, Kindle

I've been hiding from the Guild since I was born.

If they knew about my magic, they would kill me in a heartbeat.

I should be avoiding them, but instead, I enter the Guild as a regular human recruit.

Why?

Papa went missing after a mission, and I need answers.

I realize I might have bitten off more than I can chew when my new instructor is the guy

I kissed a few months before.

It doesn't seem like Cade recognizes me without my disguise, but if he does and blows the whistle, I'm as good as dead and so is Papa.

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My Review

The Assassin's Daughter, is the very first installment in the The Hybrid Chronicles by Shana Vernon.

Exceptionally written and riveting, it sets the stage for a highly promising brand new series.

The Plot

Lenna is the secret child of a Guild assassin who has gone missing. While she has managed to keep her identity a secret for so long, she must now enter the ranks of the Guild and train as an assassin, undercover and withholding her powerful abilities.

However, along the way she discovers much more than she ever imagined, gaining friendships and unexpected allies, as well as dangerous enemies...

The Characters

Our main character, Lenna, is a great heroine, with so many amazing powers. She is fierce, she is loyal and ready to go to great lengths for her father and loved ones.

Moreover, there is an abundance of great characters in this book, about whom we discover more and more along with Lenna, an element that satisfies the reader and makes us feel like we are the ones living this adventure.

The World Building

The world building is really good, with a great magic system and so many paranormal creatures and entities intertwining. Basically, there are humans, assassins with special abilities and vampires, but we soon discover that there is much more to that...

Plot twists

One more thing I deeply enjoyed in this book was the fact that there were so many plot twists.

Just when I thought I knew what to expect of the plot, a new revelation would come to light and shock me to my core.

Overall Thoughts & Rating

This novel is an amazing experience and I can't wait to see how the series progress!

4 solid stars for a great heroine, an extremely well-thought plot, romantic interests that made me swoon and friends who made me get emotional!

About Shana:

Shana Vernon is a full-time writer and mother of triplet boys.

When she isn't writing or taking care of her kiddos, she is reading, exercising, experimenting with cooking, or traveling around the world.

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Review & Giveaway | ARROWHEART by Rebecca Sky

About the Book:

Title: ARROWHEART

Author: Rebecca Sky

Pub. Date: June 14, 2018

Publisher: Hodder

Formats: Paperback, eBook

Pages: 384

Find it: Goodreads, Amazon, TBD

Kiss the boys and make them cry...

The gods are gone. 

The people have forgotten them. 

But sixteen-year-old Rachel Patel can't forget - the gods control her life, or more specifically, her love life.

Being a Hedoness, one of a strong group of women descended from Greek God Eros, makes true love impossible for Rachel. She wields the power of that magical golden arrow, and with it, the promise to take the will of any boy she kisses. But the last thing Rachel wants is to force someone to love her . . .

When seventeen-year-old Benjamin Blake's disappearance links back to the Hedonesses, Rachel's world collides with his, and her biggest fear becomes a terrifying reality. She's falling for him - a messy, magnetic, arrow-over-feet type of fall.

Rachel distances herself, struggling to resist the growing attraction, but when he gives up his dream to help her evade arrest, distance becomes an insurmountable task. With the police hot on their trail, Rachel soon realizes there are darker forces hunting them - a group of mortals recruited by the gods who will stop at nothing to preserve the power of the Hedonesses - not to mention Eros himself, who is desperate to reverse the curse . . .

Rachel must learn to do what no Hedoness has done before - to resist her gift - or she'll turn the person she's grown to love into a shadow of himself ... for ever.

My review:

What drew me right in this novel from the very first few sentences, was the writing style.

It seemed so friendly and inviting to me, that I couldn't put the book down for hours on end.

But, apart from the fab and refreshing voice of the author, really, the fact that I loved this book is no mystery as it contained so many of the elements I like in a good book.

It was inspired by Greek mythology - and, as a Greek, I deeply adore all the myths, especially the well-known plump little baby angel, Eros, and his arrows!

And, to top it all off? It was a contemporary read, which means that the Greek myths come to our modern world. What could be better than that? Like, seriously!

Anyway, I liked our heroine, Rachel, very much, and I deeply enjoyed experiencing this unique story from her point of view. 

The - forbidden, might I add - romance was swoon-worthy and I just couldn't get enough of Rachel and Benjamin!

But, what deeply captured my attention while reading this novel were the plots and twists - although, that cliffhanger in the end of the book did destroy me a bit!

I seriously need the next book in this fabulous new series, yesterday!

All in all, 4 stars to a fantastic read, I recommend to everyone, especially if they like a good blend of mythology in the modern world and forbidden romance!

About Rebecca:

After graduating high-school, Rebecca Sky set out on a five-year, 24 Country exploration to find herself. She slept in a hammock in the Amazon Jungle, skinny-dipped off the West African Coast, ate balut and climbed the chocolate hills in the Philippines, and fell in love in Cuba (then again in Brazil, and a final time to a Rocker from Canada). Rebecca returned home to the West Coast captivated by the world and ready for another adventure.

So she did what every wanderer does when standing still—began writing. Her work has since garnered over 20 million reads on Wattpad, and she’s had the opportunity to partner with some really great brands. She was featured in The New York Times and The Boston Globe, (check out those articles here). Her debut Arrowheart, book one in THE LOVE CURSE series is published by Hodder Children's Books a division of Hachette Book Group.

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Week One:

7/16/2018- BookHounds YA- Interview

7/16/2018- Writer of Wrongs- Excerpt

7/17/2018- CoffeeCocktailsandBooks Blog- Review

7/17/2018- For the Love of KidLit- Guest Post

7/18/2018- Do You Dog-ear?- Review

7/18/2018- Fall Into Books- Excerpt

7/19/2018- Here's to Happy Endings- Review

7/19/2018- The Cover Contessa- Interview

7/20/2018- Wonder Struck- Review

7/20/2018- The Cozy Reading Corner- Guest Post

Week Two:

7/23/2018- Lauren is Reading- Review

7/23/2018- Rhythmicbooktrovert- Review

7/24/2018- Nerdophiles- Review

7/24/2018- Christen Krumm- Interview

7/25/2018- The Heart of a Book Blogger- Review

7/25/2018- Book-o-Craze- Review

7/26/2018- Snark & Squee- Review

7/26/2018- To Be Read- Review

7/27/2018- Belle’s Book Blog- Review

7/27/2018- Daily Waffle- Excerpt

Week Three:

7/30/2018- Buttons Book Reviews- Review

7/30/2018- The Reading Corner for All- Interview

7/31/2018- Adventures in Literature- Review

7/31/2018- Confessions of a YA Reader- Excerpt

8/1/2018- The Desert Bibliophile- Review

8/1/2018- Book Dragon Lair- Review

8/2/2018- Sincerely Karen Jo- Review

8/2/2018- Don't Judge, Read- Review

8/3/2018- Two points of interest- Review

8/3/2018- Eating Between The Lines- Review

Cover Reveal ⤞ All of you by Lindsay Detwiler

Title: All of You

Author: Lindsay Detwiler

Genre: Contemporary Romance

Release Date: January 27, 2018

Publisher: Hot Tree Publishing

Cover Designer: Soxsational Cover Art

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There’s no such thing as impossible when it comes to saving the one who holds your heart. 

A sexy doctor who’s restricted by expectations.

A quirky poet who’s defined by her dark past.

All it takes is Alex Evans saving Marley Jade one fateful night for their futures to be realigned. And when a passion sparks between them, they must decide if they can piece each other back together and make love work.

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A high school English teacher, an author, and a fan of anything pink and/or glittery, Lindsay's the English teacher cliché; she love cats, reading, Shakespeare, and Poe.

She currently lives in her hometown with her husband, Chad (her junior high sweetheart); their cats, Arya, Amelia, Alice, and Bob; and their Mastiff, Henry.

Lindsay's goal with her writing is to show the power of love and the beauty of life while also instilling a true sense of realism in her work. Some reviewers have noted that her books are not the “typical romance.” With her novels coming from a place of honesty, Lindsay examines the difficult questions, looks at the tough emotions, and paints the pictures that are sometimes difficult to look at. She wants her fiction to resonate with readers as realistic, poetic, and powerful. Lindsay wants women readers to be able to say, “I see myself in that novel.” She wants to speak to the modern woman’s experience while also bringing a twist of something new and exciting. Her aim is for readers to say, “That could happen,” or “I feel like the characters are real.” That’s how she knows she's done her job.

Lindsay's hope is that by becoming a published author, she can inspire some of her students and other aspiring writers to pursue their own passions. She wants them to see that any dream can be attained and publishing a novel isn’t out of the realm of possibility.

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REVIEW: The Alchemists Of Loom by Elise Kova

Title: The Alchemists Of Loom

Series: Loom Saga (#1)

Author: Kova, Elise

Format: eBook ARC (Advance Readers Copy) by Keymaster Press

Edition: English

Publication: January 10th, 2017

Pages: 380

Goodreads Blurb: 

"Her vengeance. His vision.

Ari lost everything she once loved when the Five Guilds’ resistance fell to the Dragon King. Now, she uses her unparalleled gift for clockwork machinery in tandem with notoriously unscrupulous morals to contribute to a thriving underground organ market. There isn’t a place on Loom that is secure from the engineer turned thief, and her magical talents are sold to the highest bidder as long as the job defies their Dragon oppressors.

Cvareh would do anything to see his sister usurp the Dragon King and sit on the throne. His family’s house has endured the shame of being the lowest rung in the Dragons’ society for far too long. The Alchemist Guild, down on Loom, may just hold the key to putting his kin in power, if Cvareh can get to them before the Dragon King’s assassins.

When Ari stumbles upon a wounded Cvareh, she sees an opportunity to slaughter an enemy and make a profit off his corpse. But the Dragon sees an opportunity to navigate Loom with the best person to get him where he wants to go.

He offers her the one thing Ari can’t refuse: A wish of her greatest desire, if she brings him to the Alchemists of Loom."

My Rating: ✿✿✿✿✿

My Review:

Where do I start from, with this incredible book?

Do you enjoy reading about dragons (especially a unique and original take in them), steampunk (with all the technology and dress style that comes hand in hand with the term) and amazing, strong, independent and mysterious heroes?

Then, look no further!

The first installment in the brand new series written by the author of Air Awakens, Elise Kova, has all those elements and so many more!

The story started with so much action right away, and I found myself trying to get a hold of everything happening, and attempting to understand exactly who the narrator is!

But, as soon as I got into the vibe, I fell right in love with all this action and the strong heroine.

The plot was very interesting. In a land of loom, where Fenthri (the "grey" equivalent of the common humans - who really have different shades of grey skins!) have to live below the clouds and suffer the will of the Dragon King. But, the interesting fact, is that the dragons (and their King) are not the typical 4-legged, winged and colorful creatures. While they are indeed colorful, the similarities end there! The dragons are 2-legged human(or, rather, Fenthri)-like creatures that can fly by using very advanced technology.

But, apart from Dragons and Fenthri, there is also another creature (that doesn't go bump only in the night)! Chimaeras are a combination of the two. They are Fenthri, who have acquired (with maybe not so legal ways) Dragon blood, organs and body part.

Our heroine, Ari is a Chimaera herself.

And, that is all that we actually know about her. Her whole previous life remains a mystery almost to the end of the book!

All we know is that she lives with Florence, since the latter abandoned her home in the Ravens Guild in order to pursue a life as Revolver.

Because there are 5 Guilds, and each Fenthri has (according to the law of the Dragon King) to belong in one of them and demonstrate it through a facial tattoo!

So much information. I know, and yet just the essential for you to get just a glimpse of this complex world created by Kova.

As for the characters, I liked Ari and I liked Florence. Each for different reasons.

Ari was strong and independent and brave and everything most people would want to be.

But, Flor was strong, too! In her own ways! And, while it didn't get proven until the second hald of the book, I still felt a little more love towards her then!

I liked Cvareh, too! He is a Dragon, and while it was a little difficult for me to picture him as colorful as he was, I loved his personality and the way he handled things.

He is a man in a mission and I loved his concentration and deep will to execute his mission!

The writing style was flawless, and the fact that everything started so seemingly sudden, I loved every single part of this book!

It makes me crave the release of the rest of the books in the series so bad!

All in all, 5 stars for a greatly executed novel, which revolves around 

a complex world, with its own intricate rules, 

brave and strong characters and lots of interesting new creatures!

RELEASE & REVIEW: Army Of Fire by Jennifer L. Kelly

Title: Army Of Fire

Part of Series: The Elementals (#1)

Author: Kelly, Jennifer L.

Format: E-book

Edition: English

Publication: 25th October, 2016

Pages: 324

Description: According to the Legend of the Impossible Girl, the Five Elemental Stones must be obtained from the Elemental Abyss. Newly initiated into Fire, Ka must retrieve the Fire stone from the Land of Fire and upon her return single-handedly defeat the Army of Fire in order to save her friends.

* An e-book version of this book

was provided to me by the author, free of charge,

in exchange for an honest review! *

My Review:

You are all possibilities and yet you are impossible.

You are the Impossible Girl"

This book was a quite fast and thoroughly enjoyable read.

In fact, I loved the originality of the plot and the easy flowing of the writing so much, that I immediately categorized it as one of my favorite books!

But, first things first, with more details!

The plot, as I already pointed out, was just brilliant!!

Everything is explained shortly and very effectively right from the Prologue.

The Sun's explosion forced 3.000 people move from Earth to Xon 9, a planet where five elements are effective. So effective, in fact, that after 800 years of inhabiting this planet, people have resided to holding a ceremony, the Pronouncement, where 18-years-old decide which element, Metal, Wood, Earth, Fire or Water, will affect them for the rest of their lives.

This is, understandably, a really major decision. The wrong choice may have some very negative effects on the person.

That's why, the protagonist, Ka, a passionate, stubborn, yet indecisive and a little insecure girl, despite her immense capabilities, finds it so hard to decide in which element she will be pronounced.

Yet, despite the recommendation she gets on her Pronouncement day, she goes with Fire.

A fact that only leads to warnings by everyone around her, even from the people that this is most unexpected from.

But, Ka is a really extraordinary and unique girl.

She isn't suitable, nor unsuitable for Fire.

And, she must find out why, and what that means for her, her future, and the future of every colonist of Xon 9.

The action just got more and more after that point, and I loved the way everything turned out.

The style of writing and the whole way the story was unfold to the reader, captivated me right from the beginning, even from the prologue, and made me fall even deeper in love with the story and its characters.

As for the heroes?

Ka was one of my favorite heroines ever! And, I even loved the fact that she seemed to be so indecisive about the biggest decision of her life. Even if that was a major part of the plot, it still made her feel more real, than most female leads in other books.

Yet, she still managed to be courageous and strong and take the best decisions, at all the right times.

I found myself so anxious of how the story will unfold, and what exactly being the Impossible Girl meant for Ka, the more I read into the book.

And, well, I have to admit that Sloan, despite all the wetness of the situation, he seemed to me as down-right swoon-worthy right from the start. And, I even longed to find out his real name, even more than Ka, if that's even possible!

Many other people played a huge role in how the events would unfold for Ka, and I loved every single one's contribution to the story.

All in all, five HUGE stars to an amazing and 

captivating read that kept me on the edge of my seat, 

and made me anxious for the sequel 

even BEFORE the release of the first book!!

 

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