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Wednesday, November 29, 2017
The Queen Short Story by Carolina Cardona
Super Excited to share my short story with y'all. I am still working on the novel and on another short story that will hopefuly be done soon. Untill then:
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https://www.amazon.com/Queen-Short-Story-Fehèry-Land-ebook/dp/B073N7W2PM/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1512012982&sr=8-1&keywords=Carolina+Cardona
Happy reading y'all!
Friday, April 28, 2017
Thursday, August 18, 2016
Sunday, August 14, 2016
Review of A Gathering of Shadows by VE Schwab ~IBG
I’ll be the first one to admit that the first book in this
series didn’t feel very satisfying by the end of it. A Darker Shade of Magic seemed like the
whole book had been set up much more to explain this new world –understandable
since there are four variations of the same one, that are of course different,
and that one of the characters (and the bad guy) can visit at will. An ability
that is dying, seeing as only one person can now travel thru kingdoms.
But there was not
much on the way of story, or at least not for me. It felt like the basis of a
great series that had not yet been fulfilled, but just barely begging to touch
how great it could be, and the many twist and turns the story could take.
A Gathering of Shadows was much better, hence the 4 out of 5
Star rating.
Four because I felt like it took forever to get on with it,
and because Kell, true to character, most of the time– annoys me to no end.
This book is right after what they are now calling the black
plague. Meaning the remnants of the backlash the first book left them to deal with.
Kell is now more a prisoner than he had ever been. He’s been treated like a pet
that is at the end of a leash, and has no escape. Only he does have an escape,
but because of the fact that his life is now truly attached to that of his
brothers, he can’t do much about this feelings, other than fantasize about it. Fantasize
about leaving for good, about disappearing. Like Lila had done.
A Gathering of Shadows is told from several perspectives.
Rhy’s, Kell, Lila, and even sometimes a new character that just happen to be
Lila’s captain, he is a very interesting individual, to say the least. One the is dangerous and refreshing in turns.
This
second instalment of the series is much more entertaining and we all get to see
much more of this new world, away from the capital and the palace while traveling with Lila and the charming captain and his crew. However, as
fate will have it, the things that Lila and Kell thought to be hidden, are
coming back to life to hunt him down in Red London. The one place where they
all thought that no one would be able to follow him. The enemies that he
thought long gone and defeated, where but biding their time to strike back at
him, and use him to his own purposes. And the characters all converge, in one
way or another at the Essen Tach. The magician tournament that is held in Red
London this year, where magicians of all the three regions - of the Red World, come
to this capital to demonstrate their strength and stealth, and of course, to show each other what the one next to you can do, in case a war could be on the
horizon. Political tug a war at its best, only with magic.
I liked the characters much better in this one because they
are coming out of their shell, and because you can see the evolution from the
first book, and the backlash it caused, reflected in this one. Lila is as
clever as ever, borderline reckless, and she knows it, but of course, this had
never stoped her from doing what she wants. Kell is more dark and distant that
ever, while at the same time haunted by everything his brother and him are
doing and have done. The Essen Tach becomes his only way of blowing some steam and playing the bad boy, for once, because while entertaining his participation is highly illegal. How ever, compared to all the times the brothers have been suffering under this new "arrangement" the Essen Tach becomes the only way of
letting go of some of the magic that has been strangling him for the past
couple of months and; not only for him, but for Rhy, who now has to suffer along
side Kell, for all one does, the other does as well, no matter if the counterpart
wants to or not.
More complications, some answers and yet more questions,
this book was finally the magical adventure that I was waiting for, and it
delivered. I can’t wait for the next one to be out and in my hands.
A Conjuring of Light is the next and last book of The Shades
of Magic Series by V.E Schwab, and it will be available February 21st,
2017; here is the link to the pre-order site in Amazon, in case you want to
double check it.
That’s all I have for y’all today. I hope you enjoyed the
review, and please don’t forget to comment if you did, or if you have some
other books you would like me to try. I’d love to hear your recommendations.
Have a great rest of the day, and keep reading.
CC
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