Hi All!
I just thought I’d switch things up by starting up my own site and share a bit more with you guys than I do on my bookstagram and Tumblr!
For those of you who don’t know me, my name is Seher and I’m a reader based in Pakistan! I read just about everything I can get my hands on! That being said I adore fantasy and poetry! I used to post exclusively on Instagram, but now I’ve decided to try and maintain my own blog!
If you prefer Instagram, that’s all good! I’ve linked that below! And if you prefer getting your reviews and giveaways on Tumblr and Twitter, those will be here too!
I’m also using this as a more creative space, so you’ll also get plenty of tarot card posts, restaurant reviews (from Islamabad), and pictures of the sky after it rains! I’ll also be posting my writing update, which is something I’m trying to get back into!
This is The Girl Who Reads in chaos mode!
I maintain two tumblr accounts! Which does sound like a bit much, but both serve for different moods!
My book tumblr lets me post more content than I can on my bookstagram, so you’ll find more posts here (in the future) and more excerpts, etc!
https://bookstagramofmine.tumblr.com/
My poetry tumblr is a mood. Things that I love are posted there!
https://www.tumblr.com/blog/alliwanttodoiscollectpoetry
You can also find me on twitter (where I generally just cry and complain about life)
I have a lot of badges from all the sites I usually review on and now you have to see them because this is the first time I’ve had a place to put them! 🙂
And last but not least, my google reviews!
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Book Review: Five Survive by Holly Jackson ~ TBR and Beyond Tours
They say that when you’re trapped in a life-or-death situation, you really see a person’s true colors. That’s the premise that Holly Jackson plays around with in her new book Five Survive!
As you all should know, I’m a fan of Holly Jackson! Her series, A Good Girls Guide to Murder, was fantastic, and when I saw that I could read the ARC for Five Survive, it took me less than 5 minutes to sign up!
Five Survive came out on the 29th of November and was published by Delacorte Press, a Penguin Random House Imprint. It is 380 pages long and falls under the YA thriller category.
(Speaking of Penguin Random House, how is everyone feeling about the merger being blocked?)
Mini Book Review:
I don’t know if I loved this much as I loved A Good Girls Guide to Murder. The twist at the end could have been more believable.
That being said, Holly Jackson did do some very cool things in the story with how she depicted Oliver and Red. Red and how she’s always hyper-focused on not taking up too much space, and Oliver just because it’s so interesting to see such a vile person in action. He’s an abusive asshole, and he’ll probably go so far in life because everyone is ready to let it go. After all, human decency doesn’t match up against practicality. As a whole, Holly Jackson writes characters that feel so real that you can imagine things happening in front of your eyes.
About the Author
Holly Jackson started writing stories from a young age, completing her first (poor) attempt at a novel aged fifteen. She lives in London and aside from reading and writing, she enjoys playing video games and watching true crime documentaries so she can pretend to be a detective. A Good Girl’s Guide to Murder is her first novel. You can follow Holly on Twitter and Instagram @HoJay92
Blurb
Red Kenny is on a road trip for spring break with five friends: Her best friend – the older brother – his perfect girlfriend – a secret crush – a classmate – and a killer.
When their RV breaks down in the middle of nowhere with no cell service, they soon realize this is no accident. They have been trapped by someone out there in the dark, someone who clearly wants one of them dead.
With eight hours until dawn, the six friends must escape, or figure out which of them is the target. But is there a liar among them? Buried secrets will be forced to light and tensions inside the RV will reach deadly levels. Not all of them will survive the night…
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BBNYA Semi-Finalist Spotlight Tour ~ City of Strife by Claudie Arseneault
BBNYA Semi-Finalist Spotlight Tour
This is my first year on the BBNYA Panel and I’m so excited to also be part of the Semi-Finalist Spotlight Tour!
Even though you’ve probably seen all our posts on joining the Panel, you haven’t seen much else! That’s because we don’t want to tell anyone which books we’re reading and how we liked them! We do that to keep things fair because it’s interesting to see how many authors we interact with online, especially on twitter and instagram and we wanted to be as fair and unbiased as possible!
However, for the next few weeks you’ll see a lot of BBNYA Panelist posts! This is because instead of just touring our finalists, we’ll be celebrating the 55 books that made it into Round Two with a mini spotlight blitz tour for each title.
A Bit About BBNYA
BBNYA is a yearly competition where book bloggers from all over the world read and score books written by indie authors, ending with 15 finalists and one overall winner.
If you want some more information about BBNYA, check out the BBNYA Website or take a peek over on Twitter @BBNYA_Official. BBNYA is brought to you in association with the @Foliosociety and the book blogger support group @The_WriteReads.
City of Strife by Claudie Arseneault
Publisher: The Kraken Collective
Length: 375 Pages
Genre: Fantasy, LGBTQ+, Political/Epic Fantasy
Age Category: Adult
Date Published: 22 February 2017
Amazon: https://www.amazon.ca/City-Strife-Isandor-Novel-Spires-ebook/dp/B06VWYQNXH/ (Canada)
https://www.amazon.com/City-Strife-Isandor-Novel-Spires-ebook/dp/B06VWYQNXH/ (USA)
https://www.amazon.co.uk/City-Strife-Isandor-Novel-Spires-ebook/dp/B06VWYQNXH/ (UK)
Goodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/34330728-city-of-strife
Blurb:
Isandor, City of Spires.
A hundred and thirty years have passed since Arathiel last set foot in his home city. Isandor hasn’t changed—bickering merchant families still vie for power through eccentric shows of wealth—but he has. His family is long dead, a magical trap has dulled his senses, and he returns seeking a sense of belonging now long lost.
Arathiel hides in the Lower City, piecing together a new life among in a shelter dedicated to the homeless and the poor, befriending an uncommon trio: the Shelter’s rageful owner, Larryn, his dark elven friend Hasryan, and Cal the cheese-loving halfling. When Hasryan is accused of Isandor’s most infamous assassination of the last decade, what little peace Arathiel has managed to find for himself is shattered. Hasryan is innocent… he thinks. In order to save him, Arathiel may have to shatter the shreds of home he’d managed to build for himself.
Arathiel could appeal to the Dathirii—a noble elven family who knew him before he disappeared—but he would have to stop hiding, and they have battles of their own to fight. The idealistic Lord Dathirii is waging a battle of honour and justice against the cruel Myrian Empire, objecting to their slavery, their magics, and inhumane treatment of their apprentices. One he could win, if only he could convince Isandor’s rulers to stop courting Myrian’s favours for profit.
In the ripples that follow Diel’s opposition, friendships shatter and alliances crumble. Arathiel, the Dathirii, and everyone in Isandor fights to preserve their homes, even if the struggle changes them irrevocably.
About the Author:
Claudie Arseneault is an easily-enthused arospec and asexual writer with a never-ending cycle of obsessions but an enduring love for all things cephalopod and fantasy (together or not!). She writes stories that centre platonic relationships and loves large casts and single-city settings.
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BBNYA Semi-Finalist Spotlight Tour ~ The Hurtle of Hell by Simon Edge
BBNYA Semi-Finalist Spotlight Tour
This is my first year on the BBNYA Panel and I’m so excited to also be part of the Semi-Finalist Spotlight Tour!
Even though you’ve probably seen all our posts on joining the Panel, you haven’t seen much else! That’s because we don’t want to tell anyone which books we’re reading and how we liked them! We do that to keep things fair because it’s interesting to see how many authors we interact with online, especially on twitter and instagram and we wanted to be as fair and unbiased as possible!
However, for the next few weeks you’ll see a lot of BBNYA Panelist posts! This is because instead of just touring our finalists, we’ll be celebrating the 55 books that made it into Round Two with a mini spotlight blitz tour for each title.
A Bit About BBNYA
BBNYA is a yearly competition where book bloggers from all over the world read and score books written by indie authors, ending with 15 finalists and one overall winner.
If you want some more information about BBNYA, check out the BBNYA Website or take a peek over on Twitter @BBNYA_Official. BBNYA is brought to you in association with the @Foliosociety and the book blogger support group @The_WriteReads.
The Hurtle of Hell by Simon Edge
Publisher: Lightning Books
Length: 272 Pages
Genre: Commercial Fiction, LGBTQ+
Age Category: (New) Adult
Date Published: 1 November 2018
Amazon: https://www.amazon.ca/Hurtle-Hell-Atheist-Featuring-Confused-ebook/dp/B07G32YX5L (Canada)
https://www.amazon.com/Hurtle-Hell-Atheist-Featuring-Confused-ebook/dp/B07G32YX5L (USA)
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Hurtle-Hell-Atheist-Featuring-Confused-ebook/dp/B07G32YX5L (UK)
Goodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/39305396-the-hurtle-of-hell
Blurb:
When gay, pleasure-seeking Stefano Cartwright is almost killed by a wave while at the beach, his journey up a tunnel of light convinces him that God exists after all, and he may need to change his ways if he is not to end up in hell. When God happens to look down his celestial telescope and see Stefano, he is obliged to pay unprecedented attention to an obscure planet in a distant galaxy, and ends up on the greatest adventure of his multi-eon existence. The Hurtle of Hell combines a tender, human story of rejection and reconnection with an utterly original and often very funny theological thought-experiment, in an entrancing fable that is both mischievous and big-hearted.
About the Author:
Simon Edge was born in Chester and read philosophy at Cambridge University.
He was editor of the pioneering London paper Capital Gay before becoming a gossip columnist on the Evening Standard and then a feature writer and critic on the Daily Express. He has an MA in Creative Writing from City University, London, where he also taught literary criticism.
He is the author of five novels, all published by Lightning Books: The Hopkins Conundrum, longlisted for the Waverton Good Read Award, The Hurtle of Hell, A Right Royal Face-Off, Anyone for Edmund? and The End of the World is Flat.
He lives in Suffolk.
Twitter/Insta: @simonjedge
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Book Review: The Gentleman of Holly Street by Lotte R. James
Book Tour with Rachel’s Random Resources
Thank you, Rachel’s Random Resources, for the chance to take part in the book tour for The Gentleman of Holly Street by Lotte R. James.
The Gentleman of Holly Street is a holiday romance novel that comes out on the 29th of November. This 279-page book is the third in the Gentlemen of Mystery series and is published by Harlequin Historical.
Fans of the miscommunication trope will love this book. Mena and Freddie have had close to a decade to figure out where they stand and what they mean to each other, but they will only do that once everything is on the line.
My review will have some spoilers, so do keep that in mind before you go forward. I will be putting the blurb and links just so you can head on over there instead of reading my review!
Blurb:
Will this Christmas…
Change their lives again?
After self-made gentleman Freddie Walton rescued penniless Philomena Nichols at Christmas eight years ago, he never imagined that he would build his empire with her. Yet whilst they have created a life together as friends, Freddie can’t let their special connection become more than that. Not when his dangerous past continues to haunt him… But what happens when Freddie’s feelings for Philomena also refuse to stay hidden?Review:
I read a lot of regency romance and found it refreshing to read a book where the characters weren’t surrounded by wealth at every twist and turn. Mena and Freddie clearly remember where they came from and know they don’t have the luxury of resting. Mena was a great character; she kept moving forward to try and build something without dwelling too much on what she’d lost. In contrast, when Freddie moves forward, he’s still looking at the past, wondering when he’ll have to pay for his sins. The miscommunication trope works well with them because it feels like their fierce independence is a trauma response; Mena doesn’t know where she’ll go next when things fall apart, while Freddie can’t openly care for her because he feels like he doesn’t deserve her.
The book is also set in an exciting time. We see it briefly when the merchants celebrate a friend’s fine new house; they’re now making money in a way where they can buy everything except the title. They know that when it comes to money, the merchants and nobility are now on an equal playing field. This is why Mena views Lady Mary as a potential partner for Freddie; they live in an age where the right amount of money can allow them to marry into nobility; it’ll raise a few eyebrows but they can do it.
(On a side note, does anyone know whether if this was possible in regency England? I know men could have married below their station but wasn’t that a lot harder or impossible for women?)
I don’t want to go into this too much because I’ll spoil the book more than I already have! I will say that it’s not a very gothic romance to me, even if I do see all the holiday romance vibes.
About the Author
Lotte James trained as an actor and theatre director, but spent most of her life working day jobs crunching numbers whilst dreaming up stories of love and adventure. She’s thrilled to finally be writing those stories, and when she’s not scribbling on tiny pieces of paper, she can usually be found wandering the countryside for inspiration, or nestling with coffee!
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BBNYA Semi-Finalist Spotlight Tour ~ Journeys: the Archers of Saint Sebastian by Jeanne Roland
BBNYA Semi-Finalist Spotlight Tour
This is my first year on the BBNYA Panel and I’m so excited to also be part of the Semi-Finalist Spotlight Tour!
Even though you’ve probably seen all our posts on joining the Panel, you haven’t seen much else! That’s because we don’t want to tell anyone which books we’re reading and how we liked them! We do that to keep things fair because it’s interesting to see how many authors we interact with online, especially on twitter and instagram and we wanted to be as fair and unbiased as possible!
However, for the next few weeks you’ll see a lot of BBNYA Panelist posts! This is because instead of just touring our finalists, we’ll be celebrating the 55 books that made it into Round Two with a mini spotlight blitz tour for each title.
A Bit About BBNYA
BBNYA is a yearly competition where book bloggers from all over the world read and score books written by indie authors, ending with 15 finalists and one overall winner.
If you want some more information about BBNYA, check out the BBNYA Website or take a peek over on Twitter @BBNYA_Official. BBNYA is brought to you in association with the @Foliosociety and the book blogger support group @The_WriteReads.
Journeys: the Archers of Saint Sebastian by Jeanne Roland
Publisher: Nepenthe Press
Length: 646 Pages
Genre: Medieval Fiction
Age Category: Young Adult
Date Published: 13 November 2021
Amazon: https://www.amazon.ca/Journeys-Archers-Sebastian-Jeanne-Roland-ebook/dp/B09L6KZ8D7/ (Canada)
https://www.amazon.com/Journeys-Archers-Sebastian-Jeanne-Roland-ebook/dp/B09L6KZ8D7/ (USA)
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Journeys-Archers-Sebastian-Jeanne-Roland-ebook/dp/B09L6KZ8D7/ (UK)
Goodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/59568060-journeys?ac=1&from_search=true&qid=vRsedqsZX0&rank=1
Blurb:
15-year-old Marieke disguises herself at the elite all-male archers’ guild of Saint Sebastian, the most prestigious institution of Ardennes and the place she suspects houses her father’s brutal killers. Here every year the twelve best young archers in the country compete as Journeymen in a series of grueling public competitions: six will win permanent guild membership; one will win a coveted spot on the prince’s bodyguard. Marieke’s been obsessed with St. Sebastian’s for as long as she can remember, but when she flees to the guild for refuge, there are really only two things she knows about the place: one is that a mysterious injury ended her own father’s Journey days.
The other?
There are no women allowed inside Saint Sebastian’s.
Marieke knows disguising herself as a boy at the guild means embarking on a dangerous deception. But it might be her only chance to find out the truth about her father’s past, and to keep a deadly plot from coming to fruition. And when the handsome young Journey Tristan takes her under his wing as his squire, she’s got to stay – at least long enough to help him beat out his bitter rival to pass the guild trials. Keeping her identity hidden will be hard. Living among all those gorgeous boys, without giving herself away? That will be harder still. But the hardest thing of all will be keeping the vow she makes for herself: to see Tristan become the next Guardsman, without ever letting him discover her secrets.
Robin Hood meets Mulan and Princess Bride in this frothy but literate coming-of-age romp through 14th century Belgium that’s packed with romance, wit, a hint of mystery, and plenty of longbow archery competitions.
About the Author:
Roland hails from Davis, California, where she spent most of her youth lounging at the pool, soaking up the sun, and daydreaming. She had a key ring that read ‘I’m running away to join the circus,’ and her favorite moment of the day was when the local movie theater went dark, and the slogan ‘escape to the movies’ appeared on the screen. As an adult, her passions include all things melodramatic and beautiful — everything from classic movies, British romantic poetry, ancient tragedy and epic, to Italian opera. She is now a professor of Classics in a small midwestern town, where she lives with her Greek husband, her fraternal twins, and a Bernese mountain dog named Franco Corelli.
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BBNYA Semi-Finalist Spotlight Tour ~ Children by Bjørn Larssen
BBNYA Semi-Finalist Spotlight Tour
This is my first year on the BBNYA Panel and I’m so excited to also be part of the Semi-Finalist Spotlight Tour!
Even though you’ve probably seen all our posts on joining the Panel, you haven’t seen much else! That’s because we don’t want to tell anyone which books we’re reading and how we liked them! We do that to keep things fair because it’s interesting to see how many authors we interact with online, especially on twitter and instagram and we wanted to be as fair and unbiased as possible!
However, for the next few weeks you’ll see a lot of BBNYA Panelist posts! This is because instead of just touring our finalists, we’ll be celebrating the 55 books that made it into Round Two with a mini spotlight blitz tour for each title.
A Bit About BBNYA
BBNYA is a yearly competition where book bloggers from all over the world read and score books written by indie authors, ending with 15 finalists and one overall winner.
If you want some more information about BBNYA, check out the BBNYA Website or take a peek over on Twitter @BBNYA_Official. BBNYA is brought to you in association with the @Foliosociety and the book blogger support group @The_WriteReads.
Children by Bjørn Larssen
Publisher: Josephtailor
Length: 442 Pages
Genre: Norse Mythical Fantasy
Age Category: Adult
Date Published: 3 October 2020
Amazon: https://www.amazon.ca/Children-Norse-Mythology-Retelling-Worlds-ebook/dp/B08JVFSZZX(Canada)
https://www.amazon.com/Children-Norse-Mythology-Retelling-Worlds-ebook/dp/B08JVFSZZX (USA)
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Children-Norse-Mythology-Retelling-Worlds-ebook/dp/B08JVFSZZX (UK)
Goodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/57875295-children
Blurb:
Gods make lousy parents.
All Magni wants is peace and quiet, but when your father is the God of thunder, you don’t get to live the life you want. When Thor destroys all his son knows and loves, Magni vows to bring prosperity and end the violence… forever. But can you escape cruelty in a universe built on it, or the shadow of your father when everyone calls you by his name?
Maya, her rage more powerful than she knows, wants freedom to pursue her own destiny. Neither torture nor blackmail can make her obedient or pretty enough for Freya, her foster-mother and Goddess of love. Fighting for independence and revenge, can a mere human win a game where Gods dictate the rules?
The book includes strong language, depictions of sexual, physical, and emotional violence. For full list of triggers, which may contain spoilers, see: https://www.bjornlarssen.com/children-tw
About the Author:
Bjørn Larssen is a Norse heathen made in Poland, but mostly located in a Dutch suburb, except for his heart which he lost in Iceland. Born in 1977, he self-published his first graphic novel at the age of seven in a limited edition of one, following this achievement several decades later with his first book containing multiple sentences and winning awards he didn’t design himself. His writing is described as ‘dark’ and ‘literary’, but he remains incapable of taking anything seriously for more than 60 seconds.
Bjørn has a degree in mathematics and has worked as a graphic designer, a model, a bartender, and a blacksmith (not all at the same time). His hobbies include sitting by open fires, dressing like an extra from Vikings, installing operating systems, and dreaming about living in a log cabin in the north of Iceland.
Find out more: http://www.bjornlarssen.com
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BBNYA Semi-Finalist Spotlight Tour ~ By the Pact by Joanna Maciejewska
BBNYA Semi-Finalist Spotlight Tour
This is my first year on the BBNYA Panel and I’m so excited to also be part of the Semi-Finalist Spotlight Tour!
Even though you’ve probably seen all our posts on joining the Panel, you haven’t seen much else! That’s because we don’t want to tell anyone which books we’re reading and how we liked them! We do that to keep things fair because it’s interesting to see how many authors we interact with online, especially on twitter and instagram and we wanted to be as fair and unbiased as possible!
However, for the next few weeks you’ll see a lot of BBNYA Panelist posts! This is because instead of just touring our finalists, we’ll be celebrating the 55 books that made it into Round Two with a mini spotlight blitz tour for each title.
A Bit About BBNYA
BBNYA is a yearly competition where book bloggers from all over the world read and score books written by indie authors, ending with 15 finalists and one overall winner.
If you want some more information about BBNYA, check out the BBNYA Website or take a peek over on Twitter @BBNYA_Official. BBNYA is brought to you in association with the @Foliosociety and the book blogger support group @The_WriteReads.
By the Pact by Joanna Maciejewska
Publisher: Self-Published
Length: 321 Pages
Genre: Fantasy
Age Category: Adult
Date Published: 10 January 2021
Amazon: https://www.amazon.ca/Pact-Pacts-Arcane-Otherwise-Book-ebook/dp/B08KWJCCJJ (Canada)
https://www.amazon.com/Pact-Pacts-Arcane-Otherwise-Book-ebook/dp/B08KWJCCJJ (USA)
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Pact-Pacts-Arcane-Otherwise-Book-ebook/dp/B08KWJCCJJ (UK)
Goodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/55609131-by-the-pact
Blurb:
High mages lied: Veranesh, the demon who destroyed the continent is still alive. And it’s up to their former student to expose the truth—even if it means another Cataclysm.
When Kamira, a once high mage student turned arcanist, discovers an imprisoned demon in underground ruins, she is forced into a pact that grants her powerful magic, but also ties her to the very demon that once devastated the continent… and Veranesh wants his freedom.
With one friend by her side, Veelk, a mage killer bound on protecting her, Kamira will have to outwit the archmages, other demons, and possibly her own demonic benefactor to survive. Her chances are slim, but with Veelk’s ever-present sarcastic repartee, Kamira might just pull through.
Plots and schemes, power and means—sometimes the price for victory is choosing which friend will die, but when you only have one friend, the choice is… easy?
About the Author:
Joanna might be a bit too cautious to do anything even remotely daring or dangerous herself, so she writes about daring adventures and dangerous magic instead. Yet, she found enough courage to abandon her life in Poland and move to Ireland, and then some years later, she abandoned her life in Ireland to move over to the US. She’s determined to settle there, once she finally chooses which state to reside in.
When she’s not writing or thinking about writing, she plays video games or makes amateur art. She lives the happy life of a recluse, surrounded by her husband, a stuffed red monkey, and a small collection of books she insisted on hauling across two continents.
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Book Spotlight: An Incarnation of Shadow and Light by Samantha Christianson
Welcome to the Book Tour for An Incarnation of Shadow and Light by Samantha Christianson!
An Incarnation of Shadow and Light is a historical fantasy novel that was self-published by the author. It comes out on the 8th of November and is a total of 487 pages. It’s a dark fantasy novel that also marks the authors debut!
The book is on sale for $2.99, but for those of us lucky to be on Kindle Unlimited, the book is free to read!
I’ve already reviewed An Incarnation of Shadow and Light but if you’d like to see everyone else’s posts, please click right here!
Blurb:
In the kingdom of Verchiél only a handful of people known as Incarnate can use magic. Equally feared and respected, they are revered as saints and indulged like gods. But the sudden deaths of Verchiél’s rulers unleashes a power struggle between four Incarnate, each seeking power to fulfill their own desires.
Gabriel, a charismatic socialite who takes darker paths to avoid slipping back into powerlessness.
Zoe, the daughter of a disgraced merchant, determined to carve a new path for herself.
Niklas, an exiled prince trying to escape the ghosts of his past.
Silje, an assassin who will stop at nothing until she’s seized the adoration she has always been denied.
Infighting and betrayal run rampant as each becomes worse than their problems in order to solve them.
Author Bio:
S.A. Christianson is a resident of British Columbia, Canada and when she’s not writing about her many fictional characters, she works full time as a game developer. An Incarnation of Shadow and Light will be her debut novel.
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BBNYA Semi-Finalist Spotlight Tour ~ Blood of Heirs by Alicia Wanstall-Burke
BBNYA Semi-Finalist Spotlight Tour
This is my first year on the BBNYA Panel and I’m so excited to also be part of the Semi-Finalist Spotlight Tour!
Even though you’ve probably seen all our posts on joining the Panel, you haven’t seen much else! That’s because we don’t want to tell anyone which books we’re reading and how we liked them! We do that to keep things fair because it’s interesting to see how many authors we interact with online, especially on twitter and instagram and we wanted to be as fair and unbiased as possible!
However, for the next few weeks you’ll see a lot of BBNYA Panelist posts! This is because instead of just touring our finalists, we’ll be celebrating the 55 books that made it into Round Two with a mini spotlight blitz tour for each title.
A Bit About BBNYA
BBNYA is a yearly competition where book bloggers from all over the world read and score books written by indie authors, ending with 15 finalists and one overall winner.
If you want some more information about BBNYA, check out the BBNYA Website or take a peek over on Twitter @BBNYA_Official. BBNYA is brought to you in association with the @Foliosociety and the book blogger support group @The_WriteReads.
Blood of Heirs by Alicia Wanstall-Burke
Publisher: Self-Published
Length: 335 Pages
Genre: Fantasy (dark, epic)
Age Category: Adult
Date Published: 27 October 2018
Amazon: https://www.amazon.ca/Blood-Heirs-Coraidic-Sagas-Book-ebook/dp/B07JN26KK8/ (Canada)
https://www.amazon.com/Blood-Heirs-Coraidic-Sagas-Book-ebook/dp/B07JN26KK8/ (USA)
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Blood-Heirs-Coraidic-Sagas-Book-ebook/dp/B07JN26KK8/ (UK)
Goodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/41063986-blood-of-heirs
Blurb:
How far would you go into the darkness to reclaim what you have lost?
Lidan Tolak is the fiercest of her father’s daughters; more than capable of one day leading her clan. But caught between her warring parents, Lidan’s world begins to unravel when another of her father’s wives falls pregnant. Before she has time to consider the threat of a brother, a bloody swathe is cut through the heart of the clan and Lidan must fight, not only to prove her worth, but simply to survive.
Ranoth Olseta wants nothing more than to be a worthy successor to his father’s throne. When his home is attacked by the aggressive Woaden Empire, Ran becomes his city’s saviour, but powers within him are revealed and he is condemned to death. Confused and betrayed, Ran is forced to flee his homeland, vowing to reclaim what he has lost, even if it kills him.
Facing an unknown future, and battling forces both familiar and foreign, can Lidan and Ran overcome the odds threatening to drag them into inescapable darkness?
Stunning dark epic fantasy spanning Bronze Age tribal conflict, Iron Age military conquest and the Australian bush. Perfect for fans of Robin Hobb, Devin Madson and Mark Lawrence.
About the Author:
Splitting her time between Central Queensland, Australia and Lancashire, England, Alicia is a writer, a mum and a cat-herder. There are rumours she may in fact be a quokka in disguise, but these are not to be believed. She began writing in her teens and never grew out of the phase, publishing Blood of Heirs in 2018, Legacy of Ghosts in 2019, and the final book of The Coraidic Sagas trilogy, Empire of Shadows, in 2022. She is an accomplished editor, holds a Bachelor of Education and has studied a Post Graduate Certificate in Ancient History.
Author links:
Website – https://aliciawanstallburke.com/
Facebook – https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100009944711572
Twitter – https://twitter.com/AliciaWanstallB
Instagram – https://www.instagram.com/aliciawanstallburke/
TikTok – https://www.tiktok.com/@aliciawanstallburke?lang=en
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BBNYA Semi-Finalist Spotlight Tour ~ By the Hand of Dragons: Rook by Alexzander Christion
BBNYA Semi-Finalist Spotlight Tour
This is my first year on the BBNYA Panel and I’m so excited to also be part of the Semi-Finalist Spotlight Tour!
Even though you’ve probably seen all our posts on joining the Panel, you haven’t seen much else! That’s because we don’t want to tell anyone which books we’re reading and how we liked them! We do that to keep things fair because it’s interesting to see how many authors we interact with online, especially on twitter and instagram and we wanted to be as fair and unbiased as possible!
However, for the next few weeks you’ll see a lot of BBNYA Panelist posts! This is because instead of just touring our finalists, we’ll be celebrating the 55 books that made it into Round Two with a mini spotlight blitz tour for each title.
A Bit About BBNYA
BBNYA is a yearly competition where book bloggers from all over the world read and score books written by indie authors, ending with 15 finalists and one overall winner.
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By the Hand of Dragons: RooK by Alexzander Christion
Publisher: Self-Published
Length: 551 Pages
Genre: Epic Dark Fantasy
Age Category: Adult
Date Published: February 20, 2019
Amazon: https://www.amazon.ca/Hand-Dragons-Rook-Alexzander-Christion/dp/1798520249 (Canada)
https://www.amazon.com/Hand-Dragons-Rook-Alexzander-Christion/dp/1798520249 (USA)
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Hand-Dragons-Rook-Alexzander-Christion/dp/1798520249 (UK)
Goodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/44080275-by-the-hand-of-dragons
Blurb:
Sheath has just learned that he is not a boy, but a Chimera, a weapon created by powerful dragon magic to be the perfect warrior and win a war almost no one believes is coming. One of an army of 300 child soldiers, he must master every art of war and become powerful enough to defeat a threat that frightens even the Council of Dragons. Can a boy, no matter how powerful his magic, win against assassins, politicians, giants, the Blood Soldiers of Loria and all the strange creatures, beasts and monsters that call Fuumashon home? He would say yes.
About the Author:
Crafted and trained in South Florida, Alexzander grew up in sunshine, nice weather and bad schools. Son of a professional kickboxer and a church choir director, Alexzander had a happy eclectic childhood. A student and lover of music, art and all things martial, he is a military veteran and also an avid anime, comic book, movie, tv and video game nerd. He received his degree in Tv and Film production as well as Communications in Frederick Maryland where he lives with his wife and three kids. If you get the chance, you really should talk to him, awesome dude.
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