A Promise of Fire
Published: August 2nd 2016
Publisher: Sourcebooks Casablanca
Series: Kingmaker Chronicles #1
Genres: Adult Fantasy, Greek Mythology
Source: Library My Rating:
A Promise of Fire
Published: August 2nd 2016
Publisher: Sourcebooks Casablanca
Series: Kingmaker Chronicles #1
Genres: Adult Fantasy, Greek Mythology
Source: Library My Rating:
Publication: September 20th 2016 by: Ace
Series: Kate Daniels #9
Genres: Adult Fiction, Urban Fantasy, Paranormal Romance, Supernatural, Mythology
Format: eARC Source: Publisher via Netgalley
My Rating:
Published: April 26th, 2016
by: St. Martin’s Griffin
Genres: YA, Fantasy, Mythology
Format: e-ARC
Source: Publisher via Netgalley
My Rating: 3.5 Stars
Published: April 1st 2008 By: Ace Series: Kate Daniels #2
Genres: Adult, Urban-Fantasy Series Reviews: Magic Bites
Format: ebook
Source: Library My Rating: 4.5 Stars
Publication September 1st 2015 by Atheneum Books FYR
Young-Adult, Fantasy,Greek- Mythology, Literary-Fiction?
eARC provided by publisher via Edelweiss
My Rating 2 Stars
A girl’s dark destiny could cause the unraveling of the world in this spellbinding novel from the author of A Creature of Moonlight, whichKirkus Reviews called “cumulatively stunning” in a starred review.
Heed this warning, mortal: stay far away from the three sister Fates. For if they come to love you, they might bring about the end of the world…
Chloe is the youngest. Hers are the fingers that choose the wool, that shape the thread, that begin it. The sun smiles upon her. Men love her without knowing who she is. She has lived forever and will live forever more. She and her sisters have been on their isolated Greek island for centuries, longer than any mortal can remember. They spin, measure, and slice the countless golden threads of human life. They are the three Fates, and they have stayed separate for good reason: it is dangerous for them to become involved with the humans whose lives they shape.
So when a beautiful girl named Aglaia shows up on their doorstep, Chloe tries to make sure her sisters don’t become attached. But in seeking to protect them, Chloe discovers the dark power of Aglaia’s destiny. As her path unwinds, the three Fates find themselves pulled inextricably along—toward mortal pain, and mortal love, and a fate that could unravel the world.
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Publication Date June 12th 2015 by A.J. Krafton
New-Adult, Historical, Fantasy, Paranormal, Greek Mythology
eARC provided by author for review
My Rating 4 Stars
Haunted by a crushing fear of death, a young Victorian woman discovers the secret of eternal youth—she must surrender her life to attain it, and steal heartbeats to keep it.
In 1860 Surrey, a young woman has only one occupation: to marry. Senza Fyne is beautiful, intelligent, and lacks neither wealth nor connections. Finding a husband shouldn’t be difficult, not when she has her entire life before her.
But it’s not life that preoccupies her thoughts. It’s death—and that shadowy spectre haunts her every step.So does Mr. Knell. Heart-thumpingly attractive, obviously eligible—he’d be her perfect match if only he wasn’t so macabre. All his talk about death, all that teasing about knowing how to avoid it…
When her mother arranges a courtship with another man, Senza is desperate for escape from a dull prescripted destiny. Impulsively, she takes Knell up on his offer. He casts a spell that frees her from the cruelty of time and the threat of death—but at a steep price. In order to maintain eternal youth, she must feed on the heartbeats of others.
It’s a little bit Jane Austen, a little bit Edgar Allen Poe, and a whole lot of stealing heartbeats in order to stay young and beautiful forever. From the posh London season to the back alleys of Whitechapel, across the Channel, across the Pond, across the seas of Time…
How far will Senza Fyne go to avoid Death?
Released January 28th 2014 by Balzer + Bray
Young-Adult, Mythology, Fairy Tale, Beauty and the Beast, Paranormal, Fantasy, Retelling
My Rating 4 Stars Purchased Kindle book
Based on the classic fairy tale Beauty and the Beast, Cruel Beauty is a dazzling love story about our deepest desires and their power to change our destiny.
Since birth, Nyx has been betrothed to the evil ruler of her kingdom-all because of a foolish bargain struck by her father. And since birth, she has been in training to kill him.
With no choice but to fulfill her duty, Nyx resents her family for never trying to save her and hates herself for wanting to escape her fate. Still, on her seventeenth birthday, Nyx abandons everything she’s ever known to marry the all-powerful, immortal Ignifex. Her plan? Seduce him, destroy his enchanted castle, and break the nine-hundred-year-old curse he put on her people.
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