The Dead House by Dawn Kurtagich

Publisher: Orion

Format: ARC**

Published: 6^th August 2015

Number of Pages: 320

Book: For Review*

Genre:  Thriller, Suspense, Horror, Paranormal, Mystery, Contemporary, Adventure, YA, Crossover

Recommended Age: 14+

Contains: Violence, Death, Swearing, Alcohol and Drug References

Author's Site: Dawn Kurtagich

Part-psychological thriller, part-urban legend, this is an unsettling narrative made up of diary entries, interview transcripts, film footage transcripts and medical notes. Twenty-five years ago, Elmbridge High burned down. Three people were killed and one pupil, Carly Johnson, disappeared. Now a diary has been found in the ruins of the school. The diary belongs to Kaitlyn Johnson, Carly’s identical twin sister. But Carly didn’t have a twin . . . 

Re-opened police records, psychiatric reports, transcripts of video footage and fragments of diary reveal a web of deceit and intrigue, violence and murder, raising a whole lot more questions than it answers.

Who was Kaitlyn and why did she only appear at night? Did she really exist or was she a figment of a disturbed mind? What were the illicit rituals taking place at the school? And just what did happen at Elmbridge in the events leading up to ‘the Johnson Incident’?

Chilling, creepy and utterly compelling, THE DEAD HOUSE is one of those very special books that finds all the dark places in your imagination, and haunts you long after you've finished reading.

                                                                   Review:

I read The Dead House in a single sitting.  It blew my mind.  Totally.  Completely.  Irreversibly.  I literally cannot believe how amazing this book was – especially for someone's debut novel!  I just... wow.  I am seriously struggling to find the words.  It's so hard...  The Dead House is so freaking unique and it blew my goddamn mind.  Ah, I need the words...  Here goes…

'I AM NOT A SICKNESS!'

Carly and Kaitlyn Johnson are unique: two sisters, two people, who share one body.  Carly has the day.  Kaitlyn belongs to the night.  People think they are crazy. 

Are they?

Naida Chounan-Dupré, a practitioner of Mala, doesn't think so.

And then one night, twenty-five years ago, the school the girls attended burnt down.  Three were killed. One vanished – Carly Johnson.

Ever since, this event has become known as the Johnson Incident – but very little was actually known about it.

Until a journal was found among the wreckage – a diary that belonged to Kaitlyn.  Along with police interviews, Naida's video footage and psychiatry sessions, the diary finally sheds a light upon the mystery that happened all those years ago.

What happened that night?  Who set the fire? 

And who is Kaitlyn Johnson?

I received The Dead House in the mail.  It came with a post-it note on it, reading ‘I curse anyone who reads this book’.  Also with it, an admissions form for the psychiatric hospital Carly and Kaitlyn were sent to.  The moment I saw these intriguing little extras, I began to read.  And just... whoa.  I have never, ever read anything like The Dead House.  It's going to be so hard to write this review – partly because I really don't want to write any spoilers, partly because it's so hard to describe everything this book made me feel, everything this book is.  I just... God, I still don't have the words – not to do The Dead House justice.

All of the characters were just... so amazingly made and so complex.  I can't say much about them – I don't want to give anything away about this mind-blowing plot.  But all of them just blew me away, because I never knew what to do with any of them.

Kaitlyn was the most intriguing character.  Broken, dark, scared, so lonely.  And the biggest question, one everyone has to ask, is she even real?  Is she crazy?  Whatever you believe, you can't deny she's one of the most interesting characters in any YA paranormal thriller.

Carly – we didn't see a lot of Carly.  But we saw some of the notes the girls pass to one another – they are so close, so loving, it's so sweet...

The first time Ari entered the story was hilarious – with the bowler hat and the "I have excellent taste.  It'd be gay if I wasn't so straight."  And their IM chats... killed me!

Naida was another intriguing character – she was into Mala, a kind of magic.  The whole thing was so fascinating, actually – and freaking terrifying! 

Enough with the characters!  No spoilers, guys!

I utterly adored Dawn's writing – it was phenomenal.  The mix of diary entries, interviews, film footage and notes was pure genius and so brilliantly compelling.  I was so addicted to every single word that Dawn wrote – every. single. damn. word.  It was like a spell had been cast over me. 

If you know me, you know I love a good thriller.  I've watched and read many – horrors and mysteries too.  But I have never read a plotline quite like that of The Dead House.  It was... whoa.  I still can't get my head around it – still can't believe this brilliantly crafted, utterly terrifying, bloody brilliant story line.  It is just... bloody hell.  I seriously don't have the words!  I never knew what to expect, was left desperate for more answers, left stunned, mind blown, and utterly lost for words.  I just... bloody hell.

The other issues – was this insanity or Mala? – were utterly intriguing.  I know which I'm leaning towards, but either way... whoa.  The complexity of the Johnson split personality disorder was utterly intriguing – and towards the end the theory about why rang true...  As for Naida's dual-soul and Olen-based beliefs, those were just as intriguing, oddly just as believable too.  It was all just... whoa (never have I said whoa so much in one review).  

This review is random ramblings – I'm not even sure it makes sense and I apologise.  It's just The Dead House was so freaking amazing.  It was scary as hell, utterly addictive and pure damn magic.  I'm not sure how to tell you guys how goddamned and bloody fantastic.  You can't blame me – only about ten percent of my thought process is going towards this review.  Sixty percent is silent, lost for words, blown away.  The other thirty is still trying to figure everything out, still trying to desperately piece together the clues, my thoughts, my mind, my heart.  I just...

Ok, I seriously have no words.  So I'm going to do you all a favour and stop and give you a piece of advice instead.  Buy The Dead House.  Buy it right freaking now.  Read it.  Read it right freaking now.  It is one of the most intense, most suspenseful, most shocking and most breath-taking thrillers you will read this year – or ever, actually.  I honestly just can't recommend this bloody amazing book enough.  It is... phenomenal.  Unique.  Incredible.

And we're back to adjectives.  I'll stop now.  Just read it yourself – render yourself as incoherent as me.

If you'll excuse me, I now have to go rock in a corner, hugging this book to my chest.  I should be better in a year or two.  Maybe.

Star Rating:
5 Out of 5

Read this book if you liked:

Heart-Shaped Bruise by TanyaByrne

Empty Coffin Series by Gregg Olsen

Say Her Name by James Dawson

Happy Reading

Megan

* This book was received from Orion in exchange for an honest review

** Quotes used are from a proof copy and may have been changed in the finished book

Red Queen Blog Tour: The Epic Red Queen Fangirl Post And Giveaway!

I adore Red Queen by Victoria Aveyard.  So when I was asked to join in with this blog tour, of course I said hells yes!  But then I had to come up with something to do.  And I momentarily got a little (ok very) overexcited as I thought of all the possibilities.  Well, I've tried to condense all my ideas here – into one EPIC RED QUEEN FANGIRL POST!  I hope you enjoy the insanity.  And gifs.  And the giveaway at the end (yea, you heard me people!  Get excited!). 

Let's start with my tip top reasons for reading Red Queen!

Part One: Five Reasons To Read Red Queen

As much as I'd like to make my top five reasons to read Red Queen: 

1) Because it's awesome. 2) Because it's awesome.  3) Because it's awesome.  4) Because it's awesome.  5) Because it's BLOODY AWESOME. 

I don't think that's going to cut it as a post, is it?  No?  Thought not.  Here are some real reasons why you should go out of your house right now, go as fast as you can to the nearest book store or library, and pick up a copy of Red Queen.  I hope I convince you and that you become as big a fangirl/boy as me and maybe (hopefully) understand this rather odd and super enthusiastic post!  

1)      The world building is freaking brilliant.  I'm not going to lie to you guys.  I read a hell of a lot of epic fantasies and dystopias.  But none of them are anything like Red Queen.  In case you don't know, the book is set in a world divided by blood.  The Reds are commoners, worthless, without power, living in poverty and forced to fight a war they didn't start.  They are ruled by the Silvers, godlike beings with godlike powers, who live in luxury and have no cares.  And our lead gal is Mare Barrows, a Red blood... who discovers she has Silver powers.  And then Things. Kick. Off.  The plot is utterly addictive and intriguing – made even more amazing thanks to this brilliant world.  Wanna know how much I love this world?  This much! 

2)     It's like Game of Thrones without the incest and pointless (constant) killing!  Ok, it's actually nothing like GoT.  But it does have badass characters, amazing world building, romance, suspense, violence, treachery, double crosses and deadly court games.  It's also just as addictive – I was instantly itching for Book Two the very second I finished Red Queen.  Which sucks.  Because it doesn't come out til next year.  NEXT YEAR!  I really don't know how I'm gonna make it, guys... 

3)     The characters!  They are amazing – all of them!   Mainly because you really cannot trust so many of them!  Much like in GoT, the characters are complicated and intriguing – though some are just b*tches (yep, I'm talkin' about you, Evil Queen).  Seriously though, it is so hard to judge them all – and there are more double crosses than in Game of Thrones and Pretty Little Liars put together.  But Mare is awesome – you go, lightning girl!  I don't wanna say too much about everyone else – no spoilers! – but I will say there are some dreamy peoples that make the heart go a-flutter.  And some bloody terrifying ones who make me want to do this:  gif So yeah.  Read it and do this and then this: 

4)     There's something about this book that is just pure magic.  You guys know how it is.  When you start reading a book and all you feel is this: 

It's all you can think about.  You dream about it.  You wish you were a part of this world (I would prefer to be a Silver - but maybe a slightly nicer one?).  And Red Queen absolutely has  this magic – in freaking spades.  I literally just can’t recommend it enough – possibly because I’m still under its spell.  Oh!  Maybe Victoria is really a Whisper… 

5)     But you want to know the real reason you should read Red Queen?  Because it is the best epic fantasy-slash-dystopia you'll read this year.  Well, it might be the only one...  But you know what I mean.  There is literally every single thing a book lover could want – romance, action, suspense, twists, turns, magic, rebellion, treachery, ambiguous characters, an evil queen, awesome characters, amazing writing, sublime world building... OH, man I could go on.  But I won't.  I'll just say DUDES READ RED QUEEN!  And if you live in the UK, enter my giveaway to win one of three gorgeous copies – along with your very own badges!  

Part Two: Gifs That Sum Up Red Queen!

I buy Red Queen, start reading and am like:

I get sucked in, until the world around me could explode into flames and I wouldn't even look up.

Plot twists, character developments and Red Queen's pure awesomeness do this to me:

Mind. Blown.  And it hurts.

And then it's finshed.  And I'm left a mess.

And then I'm like:

I finished and was just sitting there, huggling my book to my chest.

Please don't leave me.  

And all I can think is:

Why, Victoria?

And then I snap myself out of it and go to declare my love to the world.  And I start to recommend it.  To everyone.

Hi, have you met Red Queen?  No?  You haven't?  Buy it right now.

Don't make me hurt you.

And then I go home, curl up and admit:

I need Book Two.  Until then:

Part Three: What You’ve Been Waiting For!

Ok, I hope you've enjoyed this bizarre mishmash of random fangirlyness.  It's been a lot of fun to write!  But now it's what y'all have been waiting for...  GIVEAWAY TIME!

Yes, all you lucky ones who live in the UK (especially those of us lucky enough to be in the middle of this freak heatwave!), you have a chance to win your very own beautiful copy of Red Queen – it's so pretty.  I wanna do this: gif!

Yes, so here's the deal.  Three of you are going to win your own copy of Red Queen and a cool Red Queen badge as well!  All you have to do is enter in the Rafflecopter gadget thing below – and please post your own fangirl/boy reactions to how much you love Red Queen or how much you NEED Red Queen in the comments!  I will be choosing two winners at random but one will be chosen because of how awesome your reaction is.  Don't be afraid of being inventive – post a link to a Tweet/post/video showing how much you love everything Red Queen!

Rise, Red As Dawn, Red Queen fans everywhere!  The giveaway closes Saturday 18th July at midnight!  So get entering!!

Shadow Study by Maria V. Snyder

Series: Soulfinders, Book One

Study, Book Four
The Chronicles of Ixia, Book Seven

Publisher: MIRA Ink

Format: Kindle

Published: 12^th March 2015

Number of Pages: 416

Book: ARC*

Genre: Fantasy, High Fantasy, Paranormal, Magic, Romance, Mystery, Suspense, Action-Adventure, YA, YA-Adult Crossover

Recommended Age: 14+

Contains: Violence, Death, Swearing, Alcohol and Sexual References

Author's Site: Maria V. Snyder

Blurb From Goodreads:

Once, only her own life hung in the balance…

When Yelena was a poison taster, her life was simpler. She survived to become a vital part of the balance of power between rival countries Ixia and Sitia.

Now she uses her magic to keep the peace in both lands—and protect her relationship with Valek.

Suddenly, though, dissent is rising. And Valek’s job—and his life—are in danger.

As Yelena tries to uncover her enemies, she faces a new challenge: her magic is blocked.  And now she must find a way to keep not only herself but all that she holds dear alive.

                                                                   Review:

“Dead air surrounded me.

My magic was gone…”

When you miss your days as a poison tester, you know your life is crazy.

Yelena Zaltana, former poison tester for the Commander of Ixia, now Liason between Ixia and Sitia and powerful magician, is just looking forward to some quality time with her heart mate, Valek, when she is shot by a poisoned arrow.  Thinking she expelled all the poison before it had a chance to take effect, she leaves the hunt for her assassin to Valek.  

But she didn't get it all out.  And now her magic is gone, leaving her defenceless against a magical enemy she thought she'd defeated.

Meanwhile, Valek attempts to find Yelena's attempted-assassin, take down a smuggling ring (with the help of Janco and Ari) and also deal with a newcomer who is vying for his job.

Can Yelena save her own life, let alone the ones she loves, when she is deprived of the very thing that makes her strongest?

“Run and hide?  That was so not my style…”

When I found out Yelena's story would continue in a brand new trilogy, I freaked out; I was just so, so excited.  In fact, I did many a happy dance.  But when I got my hands on Shadow Study, I found myself a bit nervous, since I haven't actually read the Glass series yet.  I shouldn’t have worried: it didn't take long for me to figure out what had happened – and I'm sure I'll reread Shadow Study after I read the Glass series, so it doesn't matter much! 

But anyway: I was also worried Shadow Study wouldn't live up to the original series.  But I was, of course, wrong.  From the very start, it was all action and just as magical as ever – and we even had Valek and Janco chapters, two of my other fave Study characters!  Can I hear a HELL YEAH!

Yelena has grown up so much in the time between Fire Study and Shadow Study.  Not surprising, given the time that has passed, but she's matured a lot.  I love her – how badass and brave she is, even without her magic.  We got to see more of the human Yelena, the one who was cunning, Valek's student and who needed her friends – I liked that a lot.

Valek.  I loved learning more about Valek's past, about how he became Valek.  About why he makes animals form the black stone with silver specks.  About why he's so rational.   About how and why he became an assassin.  About how he was told to not feel, how emotions were weakness, but he's embraced them anyway because of his good heart, how he is so so caring.  It has made me love him even more – something I thought impossible.

Janco: oh how I love him!  He's my favourite soldier ever, my favourite comedic release in this suspenseful series.  He's also man after my own heart – not a morning person.  I get it, Janco.  "Bright sunlight, chirping birds and those obnoxious morning people" make my stomach churn too.  Seriously though, I am so in love with this bonkers, hilarious, brave soldier – as-much-as-I-love-Valek kind of love.

Now for our supporting cast.  First up Ari, who sadly we didn’t see as much of, but he was so brilliant when we did!  And Leif has become such a protective big brother!  He killed me at time – the boy has serious snark!  And little Fisk!  Not so little now – and such an entrepreneur!   Oh, and Reema killed me – the lines that kid came out with were amazing!  And then there’s Onora, who just intrigues me – I can’t wait to learn more about her, and I see a future love connection with my favourite little Janco (though does anyone else totally want Janco and Ari to be a couple?  Is that just me?  Just think – they could be Jaari or Arco or Janri: too cute!).

I must say, I loved this triple but linked storyline.  The way we followed Yelena, Valek and Janco made the action and suspense just nonstop and full on.  Of course, I occasionally wished it was easier to skip ahead on my Kindle – sometimes I just wanted to continue with the storyline I read in that chapter, because they were always left on cliffhangers!  Noo!  But seriously: loved it to pieces.  And that ending... Oh. My. Gods.  I need the next book – like right now.  Or, even better, yesterday!

And the writing: OH MY GODS, I love split POVs.  So so much.  I mean, we got to read daring quests from the perspectives of the lovely and kickass Yelena, the gorgeous and badass Valek and  the hilarious and brilliant Janco.  It was just so much awesome to fit into one book – and I loved it so much!  I've always loved Yelena, but it was so great to get to know Valek and Janco better!   And Maria is always so good at writing brilliant action scenes, scenes of comic relief and sparkling dialogue – and Shadow Study had all of these in spades!

I've said so many times and I'll say it again: I love this world!  I love Ixia and I love Sitia and I love the magic and the politics and the spying and the mad adventures.  I want to move here – live in Sitia with the Zaltanas, or live in Ixia and be one of Valek's spies.  I just love Maria's world building so freaking much and I can't get enough of this brilliant world she's created.  

Damn, I love this world, this series and these characters.  It feels so much like home – like one of my favourite places to be – and I'm so glad I get to spend even more time here.  Shadow Study managed to exceed every single one of my expectations and left me shaking for so much more.  I just... God, I loved it so much!  Maria V. Snyder is always amazing, always a true artist, but Shadow Study exceeds all the others in the Study series so far.  Night Study can't come quickly enough!

Star Rating:
5 Out of 5

Read this book if you liked:

Study Series by Maria V. Snyder

Throne of Glass and A Court Of Thorns And Roses by Sarah J. Maas

Grisha Trilogy by Leigh Bardugo

Happy Reading

Megan

* This book was received from NetGalley in exchange for an honest review

** Quotes used are from a proof copy and may have been changed in the finished book

A Court Of Thorns And Roses by Sarah J. Maas

Series: A Court Of Thorns And Roses, Book One

Publisher: Bloomsbury

Format: Paperback

Published: 5^th May 2015

Number of Pages: 432

Book: ARC*

Genre: Fantasy, Romance, Epic Fantasy, Paranormal, Thriller, Suspense, Fairy Tale Retelling, Mystery, YA, New Adult

Recommended Age: 14+

Contains: Violence, Death, Swearing, Sexual and Alcohol References

Author's Site: Sarah J. Maas

Blurb From Goodreads:

The breathtaking start to a seductive high-fantasy from New York Times bestselling author of Throne of Glass series.

Feyre’s survival rests upon her ability to hunt and kill – the forest where she lives is a cold, bleak place in the long winter months. So when she spots a deer in the forest being pursued by a wolf, she cannot resist fighting it for the flesh. But to do so, she must kill the predator and killing something so precious comes at a price.

Dragged to a magical kingdom for the murder of a faerie, Feyre discovers that her captor, his face obscured by a jewelled mask, is hiding far more than his piercing green eyes would suggest. Feyre’s presence at the court is closely guarded, and as she begins to learn why, her feelings for him turn from hostility to passion and the faerie lands become an even more dangerous place. Feyre must fight to break an ancient curse, or she will lose him forever.

                                                                   Review:

I feel it’s only fair to warn you in advance.  It’s taken me a whole damn month to finally get my obsessed and adoring feels down.  This review will be fangirly and rambly and quite possible incoherent.  How better to let the whole damn world know about the awesomeness of my favourite fantasy book of 2015?  Read A Court Of Thorns And Roses now people!

“I knew – I knew I was headed down a path that would likely end in my mortal heart being left in pieces, and yet...  And yet I couldn't stop myself…”

Once, humans were ruled by faeries, who used them as they pleased.  But following a vicious and bloody war, the humans broke free from the shackles of their enslavement by proposing a Treaty, outlining acceptable and forbidden behaviour on both sides – and splitting countries into mortal and faerie realms.

Feyre is a human, and ever since her family went broke and were forced to live in a small shack, they've struggled to survive.  Her father cannot work and her older sisters refuse to.  And so it comes down to Feyre to keep them all alive.

When you are a huntress and starving, depended upon, and you find a huge wolf in the woods… even though it might be the very species you fear above all else, a faerie, do you still kill it?  Do you have a choice?

Feyre takes the shot, but she never could have imagined the true price of killing one of the fae – until a faerie beast barges into her home and demands a life for a life…

Dragged to the faerie kingdom Prythian for breaking a rule she didn't know existed, Feyre is left in a large house with Tamlin and what remains of his court.

Something is happening in Prythian, something terrible – something dangerous.  It's spreading more every day, and no one knows how to stop it.  

Feyre doesn't know what to do about Tamlin, her captor, who is so different from the vicious faeries she was told about.  Who she is falling for...

When the beast is the most beautiful thing in a land of magic, death and danger, how can a human girl survive?

I absolutely adore Sarah J. Maas' Throne of Glass series and when I found out that she was doing another fantasy series, chock-full of Fae, I almost screamed the house down in excitement.  When A Court Of Thorns and Roses landed on my doormat, I hugged my copy to my chest and just grinned.  And then, once I'd got my fangirly, excited, hyper, happy-freak out under control, I opened ACoTaR up and began to read.  And I fell even more in love with the book than with the Throne of Glass series, something I did not believe could be possible.  And yet, A Court Of Thorns And Roses.  Man, I loved this book SO MUCH!

Feyre was like an epic fantasy version of Katniss Everdeen – but, to me at least, so much more awesome.  She was brave and hard and soft and kind and caring and badass and compassionate.  She was amazing and I just loved her.  She was easy to relate to, but also a real heroine – a balance that is hard to perfect.  Feyre also wasn't perfect, she wasn't some perfect faerie princess; she was just Feyre, she was real.

And then there was Tamlin: I know Feyre wasn't won over right away, but I really was.  Tam... he was so perfect.  I adored him.  He was kind and funny and protective and brooding and sweet and badass and... just everything you'd want from a Fae High Lord and so much more too.  I love him!

I know it's basically the same cover,
but it's so gorgeous!!

His friend Lucien could be a bit of a git at times, but he was also really funny.  Oh, and when you know his backstory, heart-breaking!  Poor Lucien!

But did anyone else kind of totally like Rhysand?  Sure, he was a total prick, but at times... I don't know.  I sorta really liked him.  It was so very confusing, because I really don’t think I should like him so much, and I'm so very excited to see where he goes next.

And as for Her... she scares the hell out of me.  Seriously freaking terrifying.

In the beginning, Feyre's sisters and father kind of reminded me of Cinderella's stepsisters and mother.  In other words, they treated her like crap.  But they grew on me.  Sarah J. Maas is amazing and perfected everyone’s character development to a tee: it was brilliant, how all of the characters changed, deepened and became more loved the longer you knew them.

Just like in Throne of Glass, the world-building in A Court of Thorns and Roses was sublime.  It was so intricate, so fascinating, so beautiful and so perfect.  I felt transported to this dangerous, violent and beautiful land of Prythian, where the faeries lived in their own little world of bizarre rituals, deadly politics and lavish parties.  It was a world that I simultaneously craved to visit and feared, all at once.  If I was under the protection of Tamlin, though, I'd go in a heartbeat.  But seriously: this world... perfection.

I adore fairy tales and always have.  I love the morals, the darkness, the Disney versions, the brutality... I've read a lot of retellings – a lot – but A Court Of Thorns And Roses was, by far, the most amazing, most magical Beauty and the Beast retelling I've ever read.  The plotline and writing... the original tale was twisted, enhanced, complicated, made more magical, more beautiful, more touching and more believable than the story we know so well.  I mean, when you mix the fae with fairy tales, you know you'll get something amazing.  But what Maas has accomplished in this book.... it blew my mind.  Completely.

The writing was beautiful, enchanting and vivid; I felt transported, entranced and totally hooked.  I loved Feyre's voice, loved the beautiful descriptions and loved the world building.  And, just as much, I adored the plot: it was both fast-paced and slow-burning, addictive and suspenseful.  It made the Beauty and the Beast story so much more plausible, because the chemistry between the two was palpable.  I loved watching the plot unfold, loved how Maas never let up on the suspense.

I try not to judge a book until the very end.  But with A Court of Thorns And Roses, I knew before I was four chapters in that it would be one of my favourite books – and that it would get at least four and a half stars.  By a hundred pages, four and three-quarters.  And by two hundred, it had five stars and my eternal love and devotion.  I am going to go mad waiting for the second book and I will never stop telling everyone to just read this book.  It is... by the Cauldron, it's so good.  Beyond belief.  Beyond description – despite this long, rambly review.  (Hey, I warned you.)

I've found my new addiction, people!  I'm so hooked.  And I shall be counting down the days until I can get my greedy hands on the second book in the series.

Sigh.  I love A Court Of Thorns And Roses so very very much...  Almost as much as I love Tamlin and Lucien and Feyre.  In other words: a whole freaking lot.

I have never wanted a year to just freaking finish already more than I do right now…

Star Rating:
5 Out of 5

Read this book if you liked:

Throne of Glass by Sarah J. Maas

Grisha Trilogy by Leigh Bardugo

Gracling by Kristin Cashore

The Sin Eater's Daughter by Melinda Salisbury

Happy Reading

Megan

* This book was received from Bloomsbury in exchange for an honest review

** Quotes used are from a proof copy and may have been changed in the finished book