Princess. Captive. Gladiator.
Fallon is the daughter of a proud Celtic king, the sister of the legendary warrior Sorcha, and the sworn enemy of Julius Caesar.
When Fallon was a child, Caesar’s armies invaded her homeland, and her beloved sister was killed in battle.
Now,
on the eve of her seventeenth birthday, Fallon is eager to follow in
her sister’s footsteps and earn her place in the fearsome Cantii war
band. She never gets the chance.
Fallon is captured and sold to
an elite training school for female gladiators—owned by none other than
Julius Caesar. In a cruel twist of fate, the man who destroyed Fallon’s
family might be her only hope of survival.
Now Fallon must
overcome vicious rivalries and deadly fights—in and out of the arena.
And perhaps the most dangerous threat of all: her forbidden yet
irresistible feelings for Cai, a young Roman soldier.
@goodreads
MY REVIEW:
5 STARS
"Cowards die many times before their deaths;
The valiant never taste of death but once."
-William Shakespeare, Julius Caesar
I bloody freaking loved this book!
The first book in this series/trilogy/dualogy is amazing.
Fallon
is in training to become one of her father's war chiefs. She's in love
with an awesome guy named Mael and everything is looking perfect. But it
isn't and it all falls apart.
Fallon is taken and sold into
slavery which ends up getting her into a school to train to become a
gladiatrix. She belongs to Caesar who is her sworn enemy.
Along
the way she meets another slave named Elka and I just love her. She ends
up being a great friend to Fallon and an awesome fighter as well. I
love both of these characters. There are a few other characters that are
awesome but I can't name them because it's a secret!
There is a Roman soldier named Caius (Cai) that has taken a fancy to Fallon and we will see where this leads later on.
I
loved the battles although I hate that the girls were slaves and forced
into this life. But, Fallon is happy, she wanted to be a fighter just
not in this sense and for Caesar. But so many things are not what they
seem in this book. I teared up at a few parts.
There is nothing
left to say accept this is a bad arsed book to start the series. I know
some people don't like the slow building up to stuff. There really isn't
any slow building up to anything in this book. I think it's amaze
balls!
GOODREADS REVIEW:
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/1923612613
On the outside, there's
Violet, an eighteen-year-old dancer days away from the life of her
dreams when something threatens to expose the shocking truth of her
achievement.
On the inside, within the walls of the Aurora Hills
juvenile detention center, there's Amber, locked up for so long she
can't imagine freedom.
Tying their two worlds together is Orianna, who holds the key to unlocking all the girls' darkest mysteries…
What
really happened on the night Orianna stepped between Violet and her
tormentors? What really happened on two strange nights at Aurora Hills?
Will Amber and Violet and Orianna ever get the justice they deserve—in
this life or in another one?
In prose that sings from line to
line, Nova Ren Suma tells a supernatural tale of guilt and of innocence,
and of what happens when one is mistaken for the other. @goodreads
MY REVIEW
5 STARS
At first I wasn't sure about this book because I kept getting really
confused! BUT, the author set it up just perfectly, in my opinion at any
rate.
On this night, the first Saturday of that now-infamous
August, there were forty-one girls locked up in the Aurora Hills Secure
Juvenile Detention Center in the far northern reaches of the state,
which meant we were one shy of full capacity. We weren't yet forty-two.
Amber, Violet & Orianna - they are all three connected. But how are they connected . . . .
As I watched, a gust of wind blew what appeared to be a
bundle of loose twigs and leaves across the grimy floor. It looked like
no one had cleaned the floor in years.
I didn't think, not
consciously, about what I did next. I started down the stairs, straight
for the intruder. She was connected to this, somehow. She'd made this
happen. I reached flat ground and went running. I sped up so much that I
couldn't get my feet to stop and almost rammed into her, and I wanted
her to fall, wanted her flat on her back doing some explaining.
Except there was no her.
I rammed through air.
Violet
and Orianna (Ori) were close friends. They were ballerina's. They
wanted to go on and become the best they could be, but something
happened. What broke these two girls apart. Why did one go away and one
stay. 
All of the answers slowing come to light at the Aurora Hills Detention Center. 
This book is part ghost story, part revenge and a whole lot of cray. I FREAKING loved it!
GOODREADS REVIEW:
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/1923612138
Aerial combat brings a
thrilling new dimension to the Napoleonic Wars as valiant warriors ride
mighty fighting dragons, bred for size or speed. When HMS Reliant
captures a French frigate and seizes the precious cargo, an unhatched
dragon egg, fate sweeps Captain Will Laurence from his seafaring life
into an uncertain future – and an unexpected kinship with a most
extraordinary creature. Thrust into the rarified world of the Aerial
Corps as master of the dragon Temeraire, he will face a crash course in
the daring tactics of airborne battle. For as France’s own dragon-borne
forces rally to breach British soil in Bonaparte’s boldest gambit,
Laurence and Temeraire must soar into their own baptism of fire. @goodreads
MY REVIEW:
5 STARS
****I reckon' I'm going to be spoilery!****
Once
again I'm going to say, "Why did it take me so long to read this?" I
love finding these little gems that I have had around FOREVER!
I
fell right in love with Temeraire! And I love Laurence and his love for
Temeraire, he really knew how to take care of his dragon! I want one
too dang it.
Laurence was a captain on a Naval ship when they
found a French ship with an egg on it. Well, of course they took the egg
and when it hatched, the little black dragon picked Laurence. Well,
life as he knew it was over as he was going to have to leave the Navy
and train with the Aerial Corps. They ride dragons and have a crew on
the dragon with you and fight the enemy. Oh what joy!
I loved
all of the dragons in the book and there were several of the men and
women I loved too. I mean this is just an awesome book full of wonderful
people and dragons.
Well, there was this one ole bastard named
Rankin and he treated his little dragon Levitas horribly! I hated him
and I felt so sorry for Levitas. Laurence started doing nice things for
the little dragon and it was so sweet.
Oh, oh and the dragons
talk! For the love of all that's holy, I want a talking dragon! I wish
my dog could talk too but then they both would probably drive me crazy,
but I digress!
Anyway, most of the book is about training
Laurence and Temeraire with the other dragons and captains but it was so
much fun. There are a few battles they get into a little later but
setting up this world was so freaking awesome. I have never had so much
fun. I mean talking dragons, how could you not love it. The camaraderie
between the humans, dragons and other humans were amaze balls.
This book has went on my favorites list and I sooooooo look forward to the rest of the books!
GOODREADS REVIEW:
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/1305050800
In her first graphic
novel, #1 New York Times and USA Today bestseller Marissa Meyer follows
Iko, the beloved android from the Lunar Chronicles, on a dangerous and
romantic new adventure -- with a little help from Cinder and the Lunar
team.
In her first graphic novel, bestselling author Marissa
Meyer extends the world of the Lunar Chronicles with a brand-new,
action-packed story about Iko, the android with a heart of (mechanized)
gold. When rogue packs of wolf-hybrid soldiers threaten the tenuous
peace alliance between Earth and Luna, Iko takes it upon herself to hunt
down the soldiers' leader. She is soon working with a handsome royal
guard who forces her to question everything she knows about love,
loyalty, and her own humanity. With appearances by Cinder and the rest
of the Rampion crew, this is a must-have for fans of the bestselling
series. @goodreads
MY REVIEW:
4 STARS
What a cute little graphic novel! I love The Lunar Chronicles!
In
this first book we touch base with all of the main characters from the
books, some more so than others. I'm sure they will all have major parts
in the other books in the series.
In this one Iko is running
around taking down some of the wolf pack hybrids that Levana had made
during her reign. They were all supposed to come in and get
rehabilitated But that didn't really happen.
Also, Kai is off
doing stuff and Cinder has some plans of her own that the council
doesn't like. Scarlet and Wolf are on their farm which is sweet.
Carswell
and Cress are running around with Iko after one point. It will all come
together when you read the novel. I sooooooooooooooo look forward to
however many Marissa Meyers is going to do in this series.
I will leave you with a few pics. =)
Enjoy =)
GOODREADS REVIEW:
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/1621582785
Whatever you've
heard about Caraval, it doesn't compare to the reality. It's more than
just a game or a performance. It's the closest you'll ever find to magic
in this world . . .
Welcome, welcome to Caraval―Stephanie
Garber’s sweeping tale of two sisters who escape their ruthless father
when they enter the dangerous intrigue of a legendary game.
Scarlett
has never left the tiny island where she and her beloved sister, Tella,
live with their powerful, and cruel, father. Now Scarlett’s father has
arranged a marriage for her, and Scarlett thinks her dreams of seeing
Caraval, the far-away, once-a-year performance where the audience
participates in the show, are over.
But this year, Scarlett’s
long-dreamt of invitation finally arrives. With the help of a mysterious
sailor, Tella whisks Scarlett away to the show. Only, as soon as they
arrive, Tella is kidnapped by Caraval’s mastermind organizer, Legend. It
turns out that this season’s Caraval revolves around Tella, and whoever
finds her first is the winner.
Scarlett has been told that
everything that happens during Caraval is only an elaborate performance.
But she nevertheless becomes enmeshed in a game of love, heartbreak,
and magic with the other players in the game. And whether Caraval is
real or not, she must find Tella before the five nights of the game are
over, a dangerous domino effect of consequences is set off, and her
sister disappears forever. @goodreads
MY REVIEW:
5 STARS
My February Owlcrate Box!
HOLY CRAP ON A CRACKER! Loved it! 
I guess I should put up the big ole spoiler label just in case I get spoilery! 
First
off let me just get this off my chest. I wanted to smack Scarlett about
15 times during the book because she said this one thing about 50
billion times.
I have to get back to get married. I have to get
back to get married. I have to get back to get married. I have to get
back to get married. I have to get back to get married. <-- Okay
those are not the EXACT words but still - ya get me?
But I digress =)
The sexual tension between Scarlett and Julian could melt butter! And gave me some twinges at times. Good twinges! 
I guess I should just crack on with the book =)
Soooooooooooo,
Scarlett and Donatell (Tella) have a jerk face for a father and they
are stuck on an island with him. He will do horrible things to them or
other people if they dare try to escape. But Scarlett has a way out, she
is to marry some dude her father set her up with and take her sister,
Tella, with her. Scarlett has never met this man and her father won't
tell her anything about him. Like that's not sketchy.
When
Scarlett was younger she used to write letters to Master Legend for
years trying to get him to come to their island with his Caraval. Of
course he never comes but one day many moons later he sends a letter to
Scarlett inviting her and Tella and a guest to his Caraval on an island
down on the right.
Scarlett is so happy but she knows she won't
be able to go because she will be getting married soon but Tella gets
her to go. It's an unsavory way but Scarlett, Tella and Julian (whom
Tella met while he was visiting their island) all end up at Caraval. And
it's crayyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy! Things and people are not what they
seem. 
And
they say that Legend creeps around watching people. You also have the
choice of watching the show or participating in the show to get a
special wish at the end if you are the winner. But the show can drive
you mad.
Turns out Tella is put into the show and everyone in
the show must find her or she could die! What? Julian decides to help
Scarlett out and it's so freaking good!
I'm shutting my mouth
and not saying another thing because you need to read it and find
yourself in the crazy land of Caraval. I wonder where the next book will
take us!
GOODREADS REVIEW:
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/1919377786
A PUPPET IS CROWNED. THE TRUE HEIR REMAINS HIDDEN. A ROGUE'S SECRET COULD CHANGE EVERYTHING.
War
has come to Melengar and once more Royce and Hadrian are hired to make a
desperate gamble and form an alliance with the Nationalists whom are
fighting the Imperialists in the south. As the power of the Nyphron
Empire grows, so does Royce's suspicion that the wizard Esrahaddon is
using the thieves as pawns in his own grab for power. To find the truth,
he must unravel the secret of Hadrian's past--what he discovers may end
their friendship and break Riyria in two. @goodreads
MY REVIEW:
5 STARS
I grow to love Royce & Hadrian more and more as I read the books.
These two characters are just so wonderful and I feel they fit together
nicely as best friends and family. 
Even when one is mad with the other they just get it done and get over it.
"You ready?" Royce asked.
"For what?"
"Turn around. Let's go back-to-back and link arms."
"You're kidding. We aren't going to do that again, are we?"
Hadrian said miserably. "I've been sitting in cold water for hours. I'll cramp."
"You
know another way to get up there?" Royce asked, and Hadrian shook his
head. Royce looked up. "It isn't even as high as the last time and it's
narrower, so it'll be easier. Stand up and stretch a second. You'll be
fine."
"What if the guard is up there with a stick to poke us with?"
"Do you want to get out of here or not?"
Hadrian took a deep breathe. "I'm still mad at you," he said, turning and linking arms back-to-back with Royce.
•••••••
"Weapons?" Hadrian asked.
"I'll check the house. You see about getting horses."
"Don't kill anyone," Hadrian mentioned.
"I'll try not to, but if I see Luret--"
"Oh yeah, kill him."
In this book they are trying to help Arista get some things done, win some people over so they can fight the bigger enemy.
Arista
put on her big girl panties and got down to the nitty gritty with the
boys even though she's royalty and I loved her spunk and lovely attitude
through-out the book.
"Just a few questions I thought you would be able to shed
some light on," Royce told him. "Why don't we talk in your study while
Hadrian and Arista get out of their wet things? Is it all right if we
spend the night here?"
"Certainly. I'll have dinner brought up, although you picked a bad day; the kitchen is serving meat pies." He made a grimace.
Arista stood stiffly, feeling her heart still racing. She narrowed her eyes and glared. "I hate all of you."
There are some revelations that Hadrian learns about when
they all go back to his homeland. Now he feels he needs to go on his own
quest but he wanted to do something like that before.
Royce has
his own mind set on a different life too and it makes me happy. BUT,
they better not split up and they better keep going on in other books.
And then be friends and hang out forever. lol
Some people I liked died in the book but that is a given.
Either
way, I just love this book. I love the camaraderie between the boys. I
love the other people that are in the books. Arista, Gwen, Esrahaddon,
Modina and many more. There is a whole other part of the book dedicated
to Modina but I didn't want to talk too much about her for reasons. I do
wonder about her and if she's something else entirely.
Anyway, I loved the book! 
I'm
so hoping Michael J. Sullivan doesn't kill the boys later on! I always
dread moving on to the next book for that fear! AND NO ONE TELL ME IF HE
DOES, unless of course he doesn't then that's okay. lol
GOODREADS REVIEW:
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/1909305491
David wants Steelheart —
one of the Epics said to be invincible, who killed David's father. For
ten years, David has studied and planned for revenge. He wants to join
the Reckoners. These rebels assassinate the Epics, super-powered
tyrants. He has seen Steelheart bleed. @goodreads
MY REVIEW:
5 STARS
Brandon Sanderson! You do it every time!
This book is so freaking good! 
I cried in this book because of something sad and then it wasn't sad because of reasons but I'm not sure because of . . .
I
cried because of the REVELATIONS, REVELATIONS, REVELATIONS! They were
so freaking awesome that I can't
evennnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnn!
I've seen Steelheart bleed.
And I will see him bleed again.
Yes, we all know that line. Those that have read the book.
This is what David thinks when 10 years ago his father was killed by
Steelheart. Now David is 18 and he's looking to join The Reckoners.
I
loved everyone one of those Reckoners too. They are just ordinary
people that won't stand for how the Epics have taken over the world.
They are evil beings that have damn near destroyed everything and the
Reckoners are here to take them out!
A lot of the world has been
totally destroyed by some Epics but Steelheart has his town running
smoothly. Some think this is okay because they have more than most, and
others, not so much.
When David helps the Reckoners on a hit, he
finally gets to meet them and gets his chance to prove to them he's
smart, he's done research for 10 years on these Epics, and he means
business. They let him in after some stuff and it's awesome. He's
awesome. They are all awesome!
Prof
Cody
Abraham
Megan
Tia
David
I love each of them for their own abilities and personalities!
This
book is action packed with a lot of shootings, bombings, spy stuff,
some creepy Epics, some weird Epics and one nice Epic. They have to find
weaknesses to all the Epics because they are almost impossible to kill.
ALMOST . . .
I had a blast reading this book. And the ending,
it was so EPIC <--- =) that I can hardly stand it. Why did I even
have a little niggle of a doubt that I might not like this trilogy?
Stupidity reigns supreme I guess =)
GOODREADS REVIEW:
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/1540869109
Return to the darkly
beautiful world of The Sin Eater's Daughter with a sequel that will
leave you awed, terrified . . . and desperate for more.
Ever
since her brother Lief disappeared, Errin's life has gone from bad to
worse. Not only must she care for her sick mother, she has to scrape
together rent money by selling illegal herbal cures. But none of that
compares to the threat of the vengeful Sleeping Prince whom the Queen
just awoke from his enchanted sleep.
When her village is
evacuated as part of the war against the Sleeping Prince, Errin is left
desperate and homeless. The only person she can turn to is the
mysterious Silas, a young man who buys deadly poisons from Errin, but
won't reveal why he needs them. Silas promises to help her, but when he
vanishes, Errin must journey across a kingdom on the brink of war to
seek another way to save her mother and herself. But what she finds
shatters everything she believed about her world, and with the Sleeping
Prince drawing nearer, Errin must make a heartbreaking choice that could
affect the whole kingdom @goodreads
MY REVIEW:
4 STARS
I fell right in love with Silas as he is in this book so much doing good
things and he has secrets, but I know what they are. . . mwahahahaahah.
So
Errin is living in a hovel of a home that she rents from some jerk
named Unwin. Her mother has some kind of disease that makes her crazy
when the full moon is out. Poor Errin is trying to keep her mother
locked away, making potions to sell to Silas to help her and her mother.
Errin's brother Lief is also missing. Everything seems like doom and
gloom.
which
it actually is because The Sleeping Prince
was awakened by the queen and now he's wreaking havoc across the land
with his golems. Killing everything in his path . . . well almost
everything. There are things he wants and he will get that at whatever
cost.
Of course now I need the next book to see what is going to happen with that ending.
GOODREADS REVIEW:
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/1605798015
Jill Williamson's Fantasy Saga Continues!
In
the second volume of Jill Williamson's Kinsman Chronicles, a remnant
has escaped the destruction of the Five Realms and now lives on several
hundred ships adrift at sea. As a flock, they sail north into the
unknown in hopes of finding land that might become their new home.
As
the king's illness worsens, SAr Wilek takes authority over the
expedition and struggles to rule the disjointed people, while
assassination attempts, vicious serpents, and dark magic endanger his
life.
One prophecy has come to pass, but another looms dauntingly in
the future. Who is this Deliverer? And if the Magonians have him, what
might that mean for the realm of Armania? @goodreads
MY REVIEW:
4 STARS
I had a really hard time reading this book. The font was very tiny and I
have read tiny font before but this was either more tiny than most or
tiny and not very bold in color. So I got through it the best I could,
mostly with a flashlight to brighten things up!
I enjoyed the
first book in The Kinsman Chronicles and this sequel is good too. I'm
not sure if I love one better than the other but that doesn't matter. In
this book they were all traveling on the sea to find somewhere else to
live since there was chaos and destruction in the first book. And of
course they had many different troubles.
The two characters I
love the most are Trevn and Mielle. I just loved them and they had a lot
to go through what with magic, monsters, trying to find a new home. And
Mielle's sister Amala was horrible! She seemed to be evil incarnate to
me.
Anyway, I liked Wilek who was king for a bit and then had to
fight giants and what not. There was also some weird magic going on in
the book too.
Overall I enjoyed this book even though some people I liked were killed but that is the way it goes in these books =(
I received a print copy of this book through BethanyHouse.
GOODREADS REVIEW:
How did Fox Mulder
become a believer? How did Dana Scully become a skeptic? The X-Files
Origins has the answers in this young adult origin story.
The X-Files Origins: Devil's Advocate will explore the teen years of Dana Scully, the beloved character depicted in the cult-favorite TV show The X-Files. Her story is set in the spring of 1979, when serial murder, the occult, and government conspiracy were highlighted in the news.
The book will follow Scully as she experiences life-changing events that set her on the path to becoming an FBI agent.
Don’t miss The X-Files Origins: Agent of Chaos, by Kami Garcia, about 17-year-old Fox Mulder.@goodreads
MY REVIEW:
4 STARS
Young Scully. She's a loner, mostly hanging out with her sister,
Melissa, taking martial arts, doing yoga, oh and going to school. She
does have a little love interest for a bit =)
There is some crazy
stuff going on where Dana and her family moved. Kids are getting killed
in a numerous amount car accidents. Dana is seeing ghosts, the devil or
angels or something.
and THEN . . .
some things are found out and this is what Scully becomes in her adult life ↓
Granted,
I can understand why after all of this stuff goes down, Scully would be
a skeptic. BUT <-- there's always a but . . . just because this one
super cray incident happened when she was younger doesn't mean that it's
always some kind of a hoax or not real, what have you. It was pretty
messed up, but I digress.
I still love Scully and I loved the way Jonathan Maberry depicted young Scully in the book =)
Now, when are the authors going to write more stories of young Mulder and young Scully because some of us want more!
GOODREADS REVIEW:
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/1912423445
When kingdom come, there will be one.
In
every generation on the island of Fennbirn, a set of triplets is
born—three queens, all equal heirs to the crown and each possessor of a
coveted magic. Mirabella is a fierce elemental, able to spark hungry
flames or vicious storms at the snap of her fingers. Katharine is a
poisoner, one who can ingest the deadliest poisons without so much as a
stomachache. Arsinoe, a naturalist, is said to have the ability to bloom
the reddest rose and control the fiercest of lions.
But becoming
the Queen Crowned isn’t solely a matter of royal birth. Each sister has
to fight for it. And it’s not just a game of win or lose…it’s life or
death. The night the sisters turn sixteen, the battle begins.
The last queen standing gets the crown. @goodreads
MY REVIEW
2 STARS
My September Owlcrate Box! I wasn't sure I was going to read this book, but I am now of course :-)
I didn't like much of anything about this book but the ending. 
And
NOT because it was the ending, I mean the ending was really good. I
will get the next book from the library just to see what happens because
some things that I thought might be happening did but in a different
way <--- which only makes sense to me. AND there is the note of
revenge! I love revenge and this person deserves revenge!!!!!!!!!!
REVENGE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Sorry, a momentary lapse of reason.
I'm
so glad that I wasn't alone in not really liking the book. I hate when I
feel so alone. The book has people that love it or hate or in between.
It just wasn't for me. I didn't much like anyone but Jules and Arsineo
seemed nice. Katharine I felt sorry for the whole time, BUT .... and
Mirabella just ugg.
Anyhoo, I'm hope in the next book the REVENGE gets to happen. And uh, the other stuff I'm not telling you about. =)
GOODREADS REVIEW:
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/1762666669
Some kisses come at a price.
War
has begun. Arin is in the thick of it with untrustworthy new allies and
the empire as his enemy. Though he has convinced himself that he no
longer loves Kestrel, Arin hasn’t forgotten her, or how she became
exactly the kind of person he has always despised. She cared more for
the empire than she did for the lives of innocent people—and certainly
more than she did for him.
At least, that’s what he thinks.
In
the frozen north, Kestrel is a prisoner in a brutal work camp. As she
searches desperately for a way to escape, she wishes Arin could know
what she sacrificed for him. She wishes she could make the empire pay
for what they’ve done to her.
But no one gets what they want just by wishing.
As
the war intensifies, both Kestrel and Arin discover that the world is
changing. The East is pitted against the West, and they are caught in
between. With so much to lose, can anybody really win?
@goodreads
MY REVIEW:
4 STARS
Satisfied with this ending =)
So lets talk spoilers =)So many things took a turn in this book.
Kestrel
was found out! She had been supplying information to a spy for Arin and
the Herrani. Of course, Arin didn't know this because Kestrel had to
keep him at a safe distance. Otherwise he would do a dick move and get
them all killed.
Arin is a twat at times and he thought
everything Kestrel did to make him not like her was true. Men! So he
decides he doesn't care for her any more. Yeah. . . .
Meanwhile.
. . . Kestrel's father finds a letter she had written to Arin coming
clean about helping him and loving him and wanting to be with him. That
twat of a father let the emperor read the letter and they put Kestrel in
a prison!!!!!!!!! Your own father. Pffft!
In this prison,
Kestrel was drugged morning and night. They were too different drugs.
One was to wake her up and energized to work in the caves where they got
the powder. What's it called, the cannon powder - anyway the stuff to
blow sh•t up.
At night she was given a drug to make her sleepy
so she wouldn't put up a fight. All of the prisoners were given the same
drugs in their food and they all lost their memories and became drug
addicts. Fun times!
Then some dude comes and gives Kestrel a key
to escape so she stops eating and drinking to get a little sense back
into her. BUT, she's an idiot and does get free but makes stupid moves
and gets caught. SLAP her.
BUT THEN, Arin finds things out and
he comes to her rescue. Then we have to go on the journey of her getting
off the drugs, remembering who she is and who Arin is and what her
father did to her.
She helps out in the war Arin is fighting
against her father. Her father gets wounded but not killed and they just
keep him around.
Kestrel goes and kills the emperor! Oh happy day!
The emperor knocked over the wine. He seized up against the table, hand clamped around Kestrel's dagger.
She stepped back from the table as he shuddered against it. She felt a relief. It plunged straight into exhaustion.
"I lied," Kestrel told him.
The
emperor tried to push himself upright. She thought he might be trying
to do something with the dagger, but his arm had gone rigid. It thumped
into the spilled red wine.
"I lied when I said I hadn't come to murder you."
His eyes were wide, stark.
"It
never mattered whether I won or lost the game," Kestrel said. "Only how
long the poison would take to kill you. It comes from a tiny eastern
worm. In its purest form, the poison is clear. It dries to a shine. I
painted it onto four Bite and Sting tiles. You touched them."
Foam dribbled from his locked mouth.
His breath rasped. It became glottal, the sound of bubbles popping.
Then it ended
I mean if your an evil b••tard long enough your bound to get killed right?
Anyway, I liked this book better than the second book. Overall, I enjoyed the trilogy =)
GOODREADS REVIEW:
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/1911093432
Here is the third volume in George R.R. Martin's magnificent cycle of novels that includes A Game of Thrones and A Clash of Kings.
Together, this series comprises a genuine masterpiece of modern
fantasy, destined to stand as one of the great achievements of
imaginative fiction.
Of the five contenders for power, one is
dead, another in disfavor, and still the wars rage as alliances are made
and broken. Joffrey sits on the Iron Throne, the uneasy ruler of the
Seven Kingdoms. His most bitter rival, Lord Stannis, stands defeated and
disgraced, victim of the sorceress who holds him in her thrall. Young
Robb still rules the North from the fortress of Riverrun. Meanwhile,
making her way across a blood-drenched continent is the exiled queen,
Daenerys, mistress of the only three dragons still left in the world.
And as opposing forces manoeuver for the final showdown, an army of
barbaric wildlings arrives from the outermost limits of civilization,
accompanied by a horde of mythical Others—a supernatural army of the
living dead whose animated corpses are unstoppable. As the future of the
land hangs in the balance, no one will rest until the Seven Kingdoms
have exploded in a veritable storm of swords... @goodreads
MY REVIEW:
5 STARS
**OKAY, SPOILERS FOR THOSE THAT HAVEN'T READ IT YET**
Reading
this was cray because I keep looking to see if I had read it before! I
thought why is so much of this familiar. Then I thought, "Oh yeah,
stupid, you own and have watched all of the current shows!" <--- I
mean duh!
I was going to give this one 4 stars because it's the
one where they kill more of the Stark's and wolf and I wanted to go in,
turn into my own dragon and burn them all down! 
but then . . . THIS ↓
Oh happy day! Oh happy day! What joy!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I love so many people on the show and in the books. But my favorites are:
1) Jon
2) Tyrion
3) Arya
4) Daenerys
5) Brienne
6) Sam
7) Sansa
in no particular order because I tried that one already.
In
the book there were certain scenes I liked better than I did in the
shows. I love the shows and I love the books so far. But, in this book
there were more parts with dialogue that I really enjoyed. My favorite
in this book were the scenes between Brienne and Jaime. I know, you
didn't see that coming right? I mean you would think it would have been
all the parts about Jon since he's my hunneh bunneh but nope. I liked
his parts better in the show and nooo it's not because I can look at him
in the show. Although. . . nevermind. 
I
just felt like there was so much more to Brienne and Jaime's time
together in the book. I wished he would have quit calling her ugly and
such though. Jerk, but they did seem to be friends of a sort at the end
of their time and I liked that.
The things you miss in any book
is the commentary in someone's head. Of course some I would rather not
read about. But I really loved the parts where we could read Tyrion's
thoughts about Sansa. They were sweet and true and sad in many ways.
Overall I enjoyed the book because of the parts with Joffrey dying. Bwhahahahaahahahahahahah!
And the parts with Brienne and Jaime. I loved all of my other characters parts but these were the highlight moments for me.
Or course you know when you get rid of one evil b•stard, along comes another one!
GOODREADS REVIEW:
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/1877770847
