You Could Rattle the Stars.

Here we are, already a month into 2019 and with the end of the month means wrapping up what all went down. BooksofKings Blog has officially returned and is back and better than ever. SO let’s see what all went down both on the blog and reading in general.

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Skyward by Brandon Sanderson 5 Stars

Queen of Air and Darkness by Cassandra Clare 4 Stars

Outrun the Wind by…

Title:  Wicked like Wildfire Series:  Hibiscus Daughter #1 Author: Lana Popović Publication Date: August 15th, 2017 Publisher: Katherine Tegen Books Goodreads Amazon Barnes & Noble Summary: Fans of Holly Black and Leigh Bardugo will be bewitched by Lana Popovic’s debut YA fantasy novel about a bargain that binds the fates—and hearts—of twin sisters to a force larger than life. All the women in…

Title: Piper Author: Jay Asher &  Jessica Freeburg Publication Date: October 31st, 2017 Publisher: Razorbill Goodreads Amazon Barnes & Noble Summary: #1 New York Times bestselling author Jay Asher and co-author Jessica Freeburg brilliantly reimagine the classic Pied Piper legend as a powerful graphic novel about loneliness, love, and vengeance. Fans of Neil Gaiman and Through the Woods by Emily…

Sydney Reads and Reviews: The Edge of the Abyss

Title: The Edge of the Abyss Series: Reckoners #2 Publication Date: April 18th, 2017 Publisher: Flux Author: Emily Skrutskie Rating: 5/5 Stars Goodreads page Amazon Barnes & Noble Summary: Three weeks have passed since Cassandra Leung pledged her allegiance to the ruthless pirate-queen Santa Elena and set free Bao, the sea monster Reckoner she’d been forced to train. The days as a pirate trainee…

Sydney Reads and Reviews: Flame in the Mist

Title: Flame in the Mist Series: Flame in the Mist #1 Publication Date: May 16th, 2017 Publisher: G.P. Putnam’s Sons Books for Young Readers Author: Renee Ahdieh Rating: 5/5 Stars Goodreads page Amazon Barnes & Noble Summary: The only daughter of a prominent samurai, Mariko has always known she’d been raised for one purpose and one purpose only: to marry. Never mind her cunning, which rivals that…

Sydney Reads and Reviews: The Onyx Vial

Title: The Onyx Vial Series: Shadows of the Nine #1 Publication Date: January 31st, 2016 Publisher: Self Published Author: Alexis Lampley Rating: 5/5 Stars Goodreads page Amazon Summary: Fifteen-year-old Ariana Emory hides a rare and forbidden talent: she creates portals between worlds in the pages of books. These portal books are dangerous. But to Ariana, they are freedom. Her world is one of…

Title: Lucky in Love Series: None Author:  Kasie West Publication Date: July 28th, 2017 Publisher: Scholastic Goodreads Amazon Barnes & Noble Summary: In this new contemporary from YA star Kasie West, a girl who wins the lottery learns that money can cause more problems than it solves, especially when love comes into the picture. Maddie doesn’t believe in luck. She’s all about hard work and…

Title: Wonder Woman: Warbringer Series:  DC Icons Author: Leigh Bardugo Publication Date: August 29th, 2017 Publisher: Random House Books for Young Readers Goodreads Amazon Barnes & Noble Summary: The highly anticipated coming-of-age story for the world’s greatest super hero: WONDER WOMAN by the # 1 New York Times bestselling author LEIGH BARDUGO. She will become one of the world’s greatest…

Sydney Reads and Reviews: Rebel Magsiters

Title: Rebel Magisters Series: Rebel Mechanics #2 Publication Date: July 12th, 2016 Publisher: NLA Digital Author: Shanna Swendson Rating: 5/5 Stars Goodreads page Amazon Barnes & Noble Summary: Tea, Love … and Revolution! The Rebel Mechanics aren’t the only group plotting revolution against the magical British Empire. There are rebel magisters, as well, and Verity Newton and her magister…

Sydney Reads and Reviews: Queens of Geek

Title: Queens of Geek Publication Date: March 14th, 2017 Publisher: Swoon Reads Author: Jen Wilde Rating: 4/5 Stars Goodreads page Amazon Barnes & Noble Summary: When BFFs Charlie, Taylor and Jamie go to SupaCon, they know it’s going to be a blast. What they don’t expect is for it to change their lives forever. Charlie likes to stand out. SupaCon is her chance to show fans she’s over her public…

Sydney Reads and Reviews: When Dimple Met Rishi

Title: When Dimple Met Rishi Publication Date: May 30th, 2017 Publisher: Simon Pulse Author: Sandhya Menon Rating: 4/5 Stars Goodreads page Amazon Barnes & Noble Summary: A laugh-out-loud, heartfelt YA romantic comedy, told in alternating perspectives, about two Indian-American teens whose parents have arranged for them to be married. Dimple Shah has it all figured out. With graduation behind…

Sydney Reads and Reviews: Eliza and Her Monsters

Title: Eliza and Her Monsters Publication Date: May 30th, 2017 Publisher: Greenwillow Books Author: Francesca Zappia Rating: 5/5 Stars Goodreads page Amazon Barnes & Noble Summary: Eighteen-year-old Eliza Mirk is the anonymous creator of Monstrous Sea, a wildly popular webcomic, but when a new boy at school tempts her to live a life offline, everything she’s worked for begins to crumble. In the…

Sydney Reads and Reviews: Persuasion

Title: Persuasion Author: Jane Austen Rating: 4/5 Stars Goodreads page Amazon Barnes & Noble Summary: Twenty-seven-year old Anne Elliot is Austen’s most adult heroine. Eight years before the story proper begins, she is happily betrothed to a naval officer, Frederick Wentworth, but she precipitously breaks off the engagement when persuaded by her friend Lady Russell that such a match is unworthy.…

Sydney Reads and Reviews: Wintersong

Title: Wintersong Series: Wintersong #1 Publication Date: February 7th, 2017 Publisher: Thomas Dunne Books Author: S. Jae Jones Rating: 4/5 Stars Goodreads page Amazon Barnes & Noble Summary: Beware the goblin men and the wares they sell. All her life, nineteen-year-old Liesl has heard tales of the beautiful, mysterious Goblin King. He is the Lord of Mischief, the Ruler Underground, and the muse…

Title: The Savage Dawn Series: The Girl at Midnight #3 Author: Melissa Grey Publication Date: July 11th, 2017 Publisher: Delacorte Press Goodreads Amazon Barnes & Noble Summary: The sides have been chosen and the battle lines drawn. Echo awakened the Firebird. Now she is the only one with the power to face the darkness she unwittingly unleashed . . . right into the waiting hands of Tanith, the…

Sydney Reads and Reviews: Second Chance Summer

Title: Second Chance Summer Publication Date: May 8th, 2012 Publisher: Simon & Schuster Children’s Publishing Author: Morgan Matson Rating: 5/5 Stars Goodreads page Amazon Barnes & Noble Summary:  From the Flying Start author of Amy & Roger’s Epic Detour, a powerful novel about hope in the face of heartbreak. Taylor Edwards’ family might not be the closest-knit—everyone is a little too busy and…

Sydney Reads and Reviews: Alex, Approximately

Title: Alex, Approximately Publication Date: April 4th, 2017 Publisher: Simon Pulse Author: Jenn Bennett Rating: 5/5 Stars Goodreads page Amazon Barnes & Noble Summary: The one guy Bailey Rydell can’t stand is actually the boy of her dreams—she just doesn’t know it yet. Classic movie fan Bailey “Mink” Rydell has spent months crushing on a witty film geek she only knows online as Alex. Two coasts…