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👸 BLOG TOUR REVIEW + GIVEAWAY! 👸 Q: Do you enjoy retellings? If so, do you have a favorite to share? I'm thrilled today to be on the @jaimerockstarbooktours blog + bookstagram tour for THE MAN OR THE MONSTER by @aamna_qureshi, from @camcat_books! This is the follow-up to THE LADY OR THE LION, which I featured a few days ago in my feed. There's a our-wide giveaway you can enter at Book-Keeping blog (link in bio)! This review will be short and sweet so as not to spoil *anything* from this incredible series. I was able to binge these back-to-back, and I loved both THE LADY OR THE LION and THE MAN OR THE MONSTER! In the first book we met Durkhanai and her royal family and watched her fall in love -- only to be forced to send her lover through “the trial,” in which he must pick from one of two doors, behind which waits either a lady he will then marry (which means he’s innocent) or a lion (which means he’s guilty). This book is based on the short story “The Lady, or the Tiger?” and is set in a Pakistan-inspired world that was amazing to visit. At the end of the first book, Durkhanai has sent her lover off to be either married to another woman or killed by a lion, in either situation meaning she loses him forever. In THE MAN OR THE MONSTER, Durhkanai must come to terms with her decision and the impacts it has on her and those around her. It was amazing to watch Durkhanai come into her own, realize who she is as a person, and determine whether she will continue things as they have always been or if she can be and do better for her people than her grandparents and rulers before them. I absolutely love this duology (I believe it’s just a duology) and would recommend it to anyone who loves retellings and YA fantasy in general! RATING: ⭐⭐⭐⭐ 👸 👸 👸 #themanorthemonster #theladyorthelion #theladyorthetiger #aamnaqureshi #aamnaqureshibooks #aamnaqureshiauthor #pakistaninspired #retellings #retelling #yaretellings #yaretelling #yaliteraturejunkie #yaliterature #yalit #yafantasybooks #yafantasyseries #yafantasyromance #duology #bookreviewers #bookreview #bookreviewblogger #BookKeepingBlog #bookstagrammers #bookstagramit #Bookstagrammer #bookstagram #booktography #camc https://www.instagram.com/p/CiaZHHZLU0Z/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

Anyone else default to unnatural hair colors? #digitalart #digitalillustration #pruplehair #tigertattoo #theladyorthetiger #characterdesign #characterportrait #artistsoninstagram #artoftheday #artistssupport_feature #artshoutout_gallery #yourartsupporter #lovesupportartists #yeppart #fyp #thisisanewtagforartists #featuring_artist (at Waynesburg, Pennsylvania) https://www.instagram.com/p/CbiM1C6rytL/?utm_medium=tumblr

Quoting directly from this card from my friend Ashli (@mailboxmemories): The Casino de Paris ran at The Dunes from 1963 to the 1980s. It cost $75,000 a week to run and involved 100 dancers, 518 costumes, 250 hats and 500 wigs. Plus, what show isn’t made better with a naked woman in red thigh-high boots riding a tiger? (Okay, I wrote that last sentence myself.). #postcardist #theladyorthetiger (at Las Vegas, Nevada) https://www.instagram.com/p/Bw6xOBNFZdL/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=slk5mbldj5jv