Book Title: Armadas in the Mist (Empire of the House of Thorns series – Book Three) by Christian Klaver Category: YA Fiction (Ages 13-17), 332 pages Genre: YA Fantasy Publisher: CamCat Books Release date: November 2022 Content Rating: PG. It’s very clean.
Book Description:
The Black Shuck’s forces gather just beyond the mist . . .
Captain Justice Kasric knows how complicated family can be. The escalating Human-Faerie war has scattered and wounded her siblings and transformed her parents beyond recognition. After narrowly escaping yet another dangerous clash, fifteen-year-old Justice has had enough. She’s determined to defeat the Black Shuck, the mysterious leader controlling the Faerie invasion of London, but if Justice hopes to stand a chance at victory, she’ll have to do the impossible: reunite her family and lead them against the looming Faerie Armada.
With her mother and brother at the helm of the enemy fleet, and the prophesized Seven Virtues slipping out of reach, Justice more than has her work cut out for her. Even if she can save England, the cost may be higher than she’s willing to pay.
I love dragons and this fabulous cover for Bianca and the Journey To Ryuugito is adorable. But, what is that pink thing I am seeing? Is that a Unicorn?
If any of you guys have a youngster that will be reading this, or having it be read to them, I would love to know what they think.
Let’s start off by saying…I LOVE that cover front and back. What is that pink unicorn doing there?
I have been reading and reviewing more children’s books than ever and the Bianca series by Meg Dendler fits in that genre, recommended for 4 – 18 year olds (Amazon). I think different ratings would apply to different age groups within the recommendation. This is a book you would read to the younger ones and want a little more sophisticated for the older ones. I loved it, so…what to do?
It is filled with clean adventure. We have dragons, unicorns, faeries, a water sprite, flutterpurrs (how cute a name is that?)…
Bianca has earned some independence from her father. She is still new to being out of the castle, so she doesn’t know all the ins and outs of social interaction, especially when it comes to royalty. After all, who wants to sit at dinner and not be able to talk at all, to tell of her last adventure in Book I? She is 14 and wants to share. She has questions that, the only way she will get answers to, is to be able to ask them?
Well, all that and I haven’t even looked at my notes.
Ooooo, we have a baby dragon. Princess Bianca the Brave and Percy the Merciful will be put to the test when a handsome visitor makes an appearance. He is requesting their assistance with a dragon egg in a far off kingdom. So over the mountain and through the woods they will go.
I can hardly wait to go on the next adventure with Bianca and Percy. And…will the baby dragon be a part of it? What ya thinkin’ Meg?
I voluntarily reviewed a free copy of Bianca: Journey to Ryuugito by Meg Dendler.
4 Stars
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Princess Bianca the Brave and Percy the Merciful have settled into a comfortable life together as Bianca steps out of her sheltered, over-protected past. But a handsome visitor from a distant kingdom disturbs their peace. A rare dragon egg has been discovered, and it will hatch in a matter of days. Can Percy and Bianca keep the new dragonet from pillaging the kingdom of Ryuugito? And are they truly prepared for the journey to reach this egg and the dangers waiting for them along the way? With Percy by her side, Bianca will have to prove she is as brave and fearless as her kingdom now believes her to be.
This is the sequel to “Bianca: The Brave Frail and Delicate Princess.”
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Meg
Dendler has considered herself a writer since she won a picture book
contest in 5th grade and entertained her classmates with ongoing sequels
for the rest of the year. Beginning serious work as a freelancer in the
’90s while teaching elementary and middle school, Meg has over one
hundred articles in print, including interviews with Kirk Douglas,
Sylvester Stallone, and Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson. She has won contests
with her short stories and poetry, along with multiple international
awards for her best-selling “Cats in the Mirror” alien rescue cat
children’s book series. Meg is also an editor with Pen-L Publishing and
works with independent and self-publishing authors to polish their
manuscripts for publication.
Meg and her family (including four cats and her dog, Max) live in Arkansas. Visit her at www.megdendler.com for more information about upcoming books and events and all of Meg’s social media links.
In the first book of the Cats in the
Mirror series, “Why Kimba Saved The World,” feisty house cat Kimba
learns that she is really part of an alien race and has to pick sides
between her loyal human family and her feline destiny. The second book,
“Vacation Hiro,” came out in November of 2013. These first two books in
the Cats in the Mirror series have been honored with Silver Mom’s Choice
Awards, and “Why Kimba Saved The World” won a Bronze Moonbeam
Children’s Book Award as “Best First Book.” Book 3, “Miss Fatty Cat’s
Revenge,” released on September 12, 2014. A companion book to her Cats
in the Mirror series, “Max’s Wild Night,” was published in May, 2015,
and Book 4 in the Cats in the Mirror series, “Slinky Steps Out” joined
the pack in the spring of 2016. An adult book, “At the Corner of
Magnetic and Main,” was released by Pen-L Publishing in September of
2015.
Woo Hoo. Shade and the Castle by the Sea is Marilyn Peake’s third novel in the Shade series and I am enjoying watching the character grow and develop throughout the series.
My name is Galactic Shade Griffin and I am a ghost whisperer.
It has been a while since I have been in Shade’s world, but I am looking forward to be with her on her grand adventure. She is off to college on a full scholarship. Her mother says all the right things, but Shade knows she has to make her own way in the world. Bye Bye trailer park, hello Ocean View College
She is off to train to be a ghost whisperer. Her neighbor and best friend, Kai, is going with her. Even better, Kai is her rooommate. Shade’s major is Ghost Whispering and her minor is Journalism in a Broken World. She is being trained to make the world a better place.
Of course, this is school, so there will be the normal problems when you throw a bunch of teenagers together, but for her it meant freedom from her mother. Although her mother will still try to guilt her into doing what she wants, she was going to take advantage of everything available to her.
From the mouth of Shade, “…when someone’s in a lot of trouble and I understand what the problem is, I play Guardian Angel.” Shade is giving, trusting, and loyal.
Marilyn Peak went where I have never been before and that is saying a lot. The Shade series keeps getting better with each book I read and, lucky me, I have the next one ready to go!
I voluntarily reviewed a free copy of Shade and the Castle by the Sea by Marilyn Peake.
4 Stars
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Semi-Finalist, Young Adult category, 2020 Kindle Book Awards.
With all the other fish in the sea, your first crush needn’t be human.
Shade
and her best friend, Kai Zahnii, begin their freshman year at Ocean
View College. Located on a secret island off the coast of California,
Ocean View is a special place specifically designed to train students
with magical abilities. Shade is a ghost whisperer. Kai is an empath and
healer with the innate ability to become a Navajo shaman. On campus,
their worldview is expanded as they meet witches, faeries, selkies,
shapeshifters and others like themselves.
Ocean View has
incredible facilities and buildings that look like castles. Down by the
sea, merpeople interact with students. In the waters off a remote
stretch of beach, Shade meets a merman with whom she falls deeply in
love. Everything seems idyllic and magical. That is, until Shade
discovers a horrible secret about the college, one that will haunt her
dreams and waking moments.
SHADE AND THE CASTLE BY THE SEA is Book #3 in a YA Paranormal Mystery / YA Urban Fantasy series.
ABOUT MARILYN PEAKE
From Goodreads:
Marilyn Peake is the author
of both novels and short stories. Her publications have received
excellent reviews. Marilyn’s one of the contributing authors in BOOK:
THE SEQUEL, published by The Perseus Books Group, with one of her
entries included in serialization at THE DAILY BEAST. In addition,
Marilyn has served as Editor of a number of anthologies. Her short
stories have been published in seven anthologies and on the literary
blog, GLASS CASES.
Awards: Silver Award, two Honorable Mentions and eight Finalist placements in the ForeWord Magazine Book of the Year Awards, two Winner and two Finalist placements in the EPPIE Awards, Winner of the Dream Realm Awards, and eight Top Ten Finisher Awards in the Preditors and Editors Readers Poll.
Books from the Backlog is a fun way to feature some of those
neglected books sitting on your bookshelf unread. If you are anything
like me, you might be surprised by some of the unread books hiding in
your stacks.
Today I am sharing one that has been hanging around in Documents on my Kindle for a very long time, Dark Promise, Between Worlds Book I by Julia Crane & Talie Jager. Why? They tend to get lost through all the one clicking I used to do. I still have trouble controlling myself, but I am trying to be choosier. There isn’t enough time to read them all.
Dark Promise was free when I created this post, but be sure and check for the ‘0’
There is more than one cover and I am curious which you like more. They are both gorgeous in their own right and I cannot choose my favorite. How about you?
Rylie is special. Her mother gave her up when she was a baby to keep her safe, but now her birthday is approaching and there is nowhere to hide.
I was quickly intrigued…faeries…I haven’t read a lot of them. Once she met Kallan I became hooked. Even though there is a triangle, it doesn’t bother me, the guys are two separate beings and that just adds to my curiosity…which will she choose…and why.
My only problem, I was just getting hot and heavy into the book and it ended. I need more.
4 Stars
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Rylie has it all – great friends, dream boy, loving family. But on the eve of her sixteenth birthday, her perfect little world shatters. A stranger claiming to be her real mother appears with a secret: Rylie is a faery whose powers will be unleashed on her birthday. Captured and forced into a new life, Rylie struggles to keep everything she loves and discovers a terrifying truth: some promises cannot be broken.
Teaser Tuesdays is a weekly bookish meme, hosted by MizB of adailyrhythm.
Anyone can play along! Just do the following: Grab your current read. Open to a random page. Share two (2) “teaser” sentences from somewhere on that page. BE CAREFUL NOT TO INCLUDE SPOILERS! (make sure that what you share doesn’t give too much away! You don’t want to ruin the book for others!) Share the title & author, too, so that other TT participants can add the book to their TBR Lists if they like your teasers!
All he saw was Alexandra, weaving through flowers that reached to her as though ready to whisper all their secrets. Not exactly right for a mystery novel..
(27% on Kindle)
SYNOPSIS
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Muse Alexandra has had it with the arrogant, ungrateful humans she is obligated to inspire. When the internal ranting of her latest charge pushes her past reason, she disregards the rules and forces her own words through his fingers, and is instantly entrapped in mortal form. With no magic, no identity, and no resources, Allie has no alternative but to navigate the mortal realm, depending entirely on her reluctant host while discerning what exactly caused her transformation — and how to reverse it.
Brett doesn’t have a chance to consider the words that mysteriously showed up on his screen; he’s too distracted by the stunning woman who appeared in his office out of nowhere. Before his brain can catch up, Brett’s uninvited guest becomes enmeshed in his everyday life. Her artless innocence gradually lessens his suspicions. Most importantly, the writer’s block that’s been plaguing him dissolves under the fantasies the naively beguiling Alexandra inspires.
All too soon, the forced proximity sparks a confounding awareness neither writer nor muse are able to resist.
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