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"Betrayal lodges in my heart like a hot coal trapped behind the grate of the hearth." In this final installment of the Forging Silver into Stars trilogy, Grey has been chased from the Crystal Palace in Syhl Shallow and has returned to Ironrose in Emberfall, leaving his wife Queen Lia Mara to rule her country alone. Like with the first two novels, the continuation of Grey and Lia Mara's complicated love story is a delicious side plot to compliment the story of Tycho, Jax, Callyn, and Alek. Tycho, who promised he'd only be gone for a few days, returns to Emberfall after months away from Jax. Jax had spent his alone time making friends and a not-so-secret admirer. They both feel a little guilty; Tycho per usual looking to hide his emotions behind a wall of toxic masculinity, and Jax trying to hide his emotions with fake indifference. Both agonize over the distance growing between them, neither willing to yield. Callyn is living under the weight of her anxiety; Alek upon ...

Book Beginnings on Fridays by Rose City Reader -  Share the opening sentence (or so) of the book you are reading this week. You can also share from a book that caught your fancy, even if you are not reading it right now. "Sing me, O Muse, the unheroic morning. When the bruised world begins to fracture for them all." The Brides of Maracoor by Gregory Maguire The book gets off to a pretty, lyrical start with a small sense of foreboding. I couldn't resist seeing what happens next. Book Blogger Hop Q: If you had to, would you pass your book collection on to someone special? If not, what would you prefer your family or friends do with your books after you’re gone? (submitted by Billy @ Coffee-Addicted Writer) A: If I had to, I would pass it on to my two nieces. If they don't want the whole thing, they can pick the titles they do want and donate the rest.

Today's Top Ten Tuesday was listed as: " Genre Freebie (Pick a genre and build a list around it. You could do historical fiction featuring strong female leads, contemporary romance set in foreign countries, mysteries starring unreliable narrators, lyrical fiction books in verse, historical romance featuring pirates, Gothic novels with birds on the cover, etc. There are so many options!) " I decided to make a list of my favorite historical fictions that have a foot in the door of a second genre. 1. The Map of Time by Felix J Palma. Historical Fiction x Science Fiction 2. The Snow Child by Eowyn Ivey. Historical Fiction x Fairytale 3. Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter by Seth Grahame-Smith . Historical Fiction x Horror 4. The Book Thief by Markus Zusak. Historical Fiction x Fantasy 5. Devil's Lair by David Wisehart. Historical Fiction x Fantasy 6. The Terror by Dan Simmons. Historical Fiction x Horror 7. The Reckoning by John Grisham. Historical Fiction x Mystery ...

"Cossy didn't know much about memory.  All existence measures itself in creeps and ticks, as far as she knew." The seven brides of Maracoor Spot, a small island off the coast of the greater Maracoor Abiding, are left in isolation to safeguard an ancient relic. There can only ever be seven brides and when one dies, the overseer will bring another. They hold tight to their rules and ceremonial obligations until a strange woman washes ashore, increasing their population to eight. This is the continuation of Rain's story; Rain who flew from Oz on her grandmother's broomstick, to find herself trapped on an island of bickering brides. Helia, leader of the brides, and Cossy, the youngest, wish to keep Rain on the island and want to hide her existence from the overseer. Mirka, second in command, wants to be rid of Rain by any way possible. Unbeknownst to Rain, on the same day she washes ashore, strange things begin to happen across Maracoor. Spirits revealing themselves, ...

Happy Sunday! I hope you are all doing well and enjoying your weekend. The Sunday Post is a news meme created by Caffeinated Reviewer . I'm also linking up with Sunday Salon at ReaderBuzz . I will be posting on the first Sunday of each month and I hope you'll join me. Punxsutawney Phil predicted 6 more weeks of winter and he nailed it. We got a blizzard. Everything was closed, there was a travel ban, and it took about two days for us to shovel out. I think the weatherman said before the storm we'd be getting about two feet, I think we got more than that... Someone said they thought we got 37 inches? But I'm not sure on our exact measurement. And it was on top of the snow we already had from a couple of weeks ago, so we have a lot of snow. My blog has really taken a boring turn, not that it was so exciting before. I haven't kept up with comments this past month, I haven't been as involved with my usual blog memes as I have been, and it took me forever to work up ...

"The stories made it sound so good. Fighting for a cause. Being a hero." He shook his head. "Why does everyone pretend it's anything like that?" Like with many fantasy novels, there is a war between good and evil. But this book starts after that war has ended and evil prevailed over good. A woman held captive by the aforementioned evil, turns out to be an undocumented prisoner and when she's discovered, her captors are determined to learn her identity. As far as anyone can tell, Helena Marino is a glorified nobody but somebody went to a lot of trouble to erase her memories. Enter the High Reeve, Kaine Ferron. He's cold, calculating, and vicious; he's one of the most powerful necromancers of all time. It becomes his task to repair Helena's broken mind and he's willing to destroy it trying. Book One of this 1000+ page novel is absolutely brutal. I think the story opening with evil in control was unique and set the tone for the whole story, but ...