Kelly Blake

The Eyes of Tamburah

4 Stars

The Eyes of Tamburah is the first book in a newly planned series, Archives of the Invisible Sword, by Maria V Snyder. I thoroughly enjoyed her Chronicles of Ixia and was both excited and nervous to start a new series of hers. Picking up The Eyes of TamburahI was instantly drawn into the world, the detail in which Snyder has gone into is exceptional. The world building is so…

#TeenCon2016 #Recap #Blog

So many books! Those are three words that sum up TeenCon 2016.

The top three things I learnt from attending TeenCon 2016 are:

Bring Food and water! You do not want to miss a panel because you had to go find something to eat. And the water because you need to stay hydrated.

Sleep well the night before. With travelling TeenCon was a 14 hours day.

This one is MOST important. Get there early to put…

Australian readers – take note

#Fantasy #Book #Review: #KingsRising by @cspacat 4/5 stars @PenguinBooksAus

Kings Rising is the conclusion to C.S. Pacat’s Captive Princetrilogy and it is an extremely difficult review to write without spoilers. It is full of double cross, triple cross and perhaps even a quadruple cross as well. In this world that Pacat has created you can never be too certain of who knows what and if someone truly is who they say they are. As it is the final book in the trilogy you, of…

#YA $ #Fantasy #Book #Review #TheMirrorKing by @jodimeadows 4/5 Stars @HarperCollinsYA @EpicReads

The Mirror King is the stunning conclusion to Jodi Meadows’ The Orphan Queenduology. I can imagine the difficulty involved in deciding how many books were going to be in a series. Too often authors that decide on a trilogy get struck with the second book curse, (aka second book syndrome where the author spectacularly fails in producing a second novel worth merit, most either try to hard to…

#Cover #Reveal #EmpireOfStorms by @SJMaas @BloomsburySyd

Introducing the brand new covers for the next Throne of Glass installment; Empire of Storms by the talented Sarah J Maas. I must confess I am partial to the paperback covers, they are what I have on my own bookshelf. I was hoping to see a bit more of a regal aspect to this cover. When we leave Aelin at the end of Queen of Shadowsshe has reached Terrasen land and is now rightfully Queen as King…

#YA & #Fantasy #Book #Review #ACOMAF by @SJMaas 5/5 stars @BloomsburySyd

A Court of Mist and Fury is the second book in Sarah J Maas’s trilogy; A Court of Thorns and Roses. This book has quickly become one of my favourite books; I have read it three times now in the week that it has been released. I reach the end, close the book and open it at the start again. I just can’t get enough; it is as though Maas has created a new drug that I crave. One of my friends, Rhye…

#YA & #Fantasy #Book #Review #TheWinnersKiss by @marierutkoski 4/5 Stars! @BloomsburySyd @WinnersCursePH

The Winner’s Kiss is the final book in Marie Rutkoski’s The Winner’s trilogy. I do not envy authors when it comes to writing the concluding novel of their series, whether it be 3 books or 20 books long. Rutkoski’s finale is something to be proud of.

Rutkoski’s prose is eloquent, simplistic and easier to follow but with a unique feel to it and her use of imagery is perfectly matched with her…

#Fantasy #Book #Review Blood of Innocents by @HoganMitchell 3/5 Stars @HarperVoyagerAU

Blood of Innocents is the second novel in Mitchell Hogan’s A Crucible of Souls trilogy. A Crucible of Souls, the first book was an impressive start to the series. In 2013 it was the first self-published novel to win the Aurealis Award for Best Fantasy Novel and Harpercollins snapped the trilogy up. And so Hogan had quite the shoes to fill with book 2.

If you were to judge the book by my rating,…

#YA #Fantasy #Book #Review #TheGlitteringCourt by @RichelleMead 4/5 Stars @PenguinTeenAus

The Glittering Court is the first book in Richelle Mead’s new trilogy, due out April 5th, 2016. As with Mead’s other series the serial name is the same as the first books title, in this case, it is styled as The Glittering Court (The Glittering Court Book 1). If you are a fan of Kiera Cass’s Selectionseries then you will enjoy this book, it is largely about fashion, dancing and finding a…

#Cover Reveal #AMillionWorldsWithYou by @claudiagray @HarperCollinsYA

Isn’t it is just so gorgeous! A Million Worlds With You is the final book in Claudia Gray’s Firebird trilogy set for release November 1st, 2016.

It was the cover of the first Firebird novel, A Thousand Pieces Of You that made me buy the book. I had read Claudia Gray’s Evernightseries, which I had enjoyed (and recommend), so I knew liked her writing but other then that I knew nothing about the…

#Cover Reveal #FrostLikeNight by @seesarawrite @HarperCollinsYA #sopretty

Frost Like Night is the final book in Sara Raasch’s Snow Like Ashes trilogy, isn’t the cover beautiful? The final book in the trilogy is due out September 20th 2016, you can pre-order now though!

Here is the blurb:

Angra is alive, his Decay is spreading—and no one is safe.

Meira will do anything to save her world. With Angra trying to break through her mental defenses, she desperately needs to…

#Giveaway #Win a #signed #hardcover of #GlassSword by @VictoriaAveyard @Harpercollins @DateaBook

I have a Hardcover of Glass Sword signed by author Victoria Aveyard to giveaway!

Enter here. You can enter once a day for the duration of the giveaway!

The details:

Giveaway starts 12am Feb 1st and ends 12am Feb 10th AESDT.

You need a twitter account to enter.

Only open to Australian & New Zealand residents.

Winner must claim the prize within 48 hours of being notified. If no contact to claim…

#Fantasy #Book #Review & #Giveaway #GlassSword by @VictoriaAveyard 4/5 Stars @DateaBook @HarperCollins

“We seem weak because we want to.”

Honestly opening Glass Sword, I was expecting big things. After the events of Red Queen, I had predicted that book two might send Mare on a mission to find others like her, but it was the twists and Aveyard’s writing style that kept me hooked. Glass Sword lived up to all the hype that I had given the book.

At times in the novel, it felt as though Mare’s POV was…

#YA #Fantasy #Book #Review #SteelScars by @VictoriaAveyard 4/5 Stars@DateaBook @HarperCollins #4stars

In anticipation of Glass Sword being released on February 9th, Steel Scars (Red Queen 0.2) was published, basically to tease us :) Steel Scars provides readers with an insight into Farley and a peek behind the organisation that is The Scarlet Guard.

As I said before with Queen Song (Red Queen0.1), it is extremely hard to review a novella due to the short length and not wanting to give the story…

#YA #Fantasy #Book #Review #NightStudy by #MariaVSnyder @HqnTeenAus

When I interviewed Maria, I had asked her if she could give her readers any hints as to what would happen in Night Study and her response was:

MARIA: Night Study begins right after Shadow Study– Valek and Yelena discuss the bombshell and the implications.  After that, they travel to Ixia.  Valek’s and the Commander’s relationship deteriorates further and not is all right in Ixia.  Storm Thieves…

My #Favourite #Books of #2015

As 2015 draws to a close, I thought to look back over the year and share my favourite books with you all, and a few recommended by some other bloggers!.

January Shadow Study (Soulfinders, #1) By Maria V Snyder

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…