Monday 19 February 2018

What to read after... Throne of Glass




Why you may ask ??

Carve the mark
Carve the Mark shares some of the great elements of Throne of Glass - Strong characters, characters with more than human abilities and hidden plans that keep you turning the pages way past bedtime - but its set in a totally different genre so there is a whole new amazing 'planet' to discover . With strong protagonists, an evil prince and an underground rebellion I don't know what more you need but just encase there is also inter-planet fighting, amazing airships and its set in space .... come on! 

The Lost Prince
Now full honesty this book just reminds me of Aedion :) So it's more of a 'what to read after you finish book 5' .   Following unavoidable events Ethan the Main character is forced to hide out in the magical world that he has spent years trying to avoid and hes not alone.. Mackenzie St.James, the cute reporter from the school paper, is now court up in the dangerous world not meant for mortals and with a destiny that wont leave him alone and a cute girl that refuses to return to safety Ethan's got his work cut out for him if their every going to get home. The Lost Prince is a great book for everyone

The Demon king
Okay take a minute with me and imagine two medieval schools side by side and at one you study how to control high magic and at the other you learn how to fight for the best armies ... Now if you haven't gone there already imagine the Throne of Glass characters a few years younger (or in some cases a few hundred years younger) attending those schools !!  The Demon king trilogy is sooo good and I'm not doing it justice with this explanation but seriously this book goes toe to toe with Throne of Glass, its full of magic and action , with two very solid main characters and two intricate stories . You'll find this hard to put down and with each book having no less then 500 pages they look daunting but they are super easier to read and the language is not overly intricate so you'll find yourself finishing and grabbing for the next one faster then you think .

Frostblood
So with my 'no spoilers' rule this one is hard to explain why is a 'read next' but basically for fans of the "Throne of Glass queen" and her "warrior prince" (if you get my drift 'cough cough') then read this! I loved it , the focus on just the two blood types was interesting and meant the author could really build the world and characters . It would be a great book to read if you enjoyed Carve the Mark too. Basically a bit of the throne of glass world but the character building of Carve the Mark and hey I'm not upset with that :P .

Tuesday 13 February 2018

Book Review: Waer



This book intrigued me from the start and I wasn’t disappointed. I was expecting to read a story like many others I had read -the big scary wolf saving the day      stories- but I was pleasantly surprised by the different turn this book took.

The story begins with Lowell finding a girl (Lycaea) washed up on the river bank -presumed dead- while teaching his younger brother how to change and hunt. Lowell can smell that she is alive and also a fellow waer, so him and his family take her in and nurse her back from the brink of death. (Don’t worry no spoilers this happens very early in the book). My surprise with this book was the way the author betrayed waer… let’s just say they’re not your typical out of control, hiding in the woods living in caves type of waer which don’t get me wrong can also make a fantastic book but I was interesting to read a book like this one still packed with intrigue and action but with its own twist.


Book Review: Hunger


Read book 1 of the GONE series before reading this review of book 2 Hunger :)

Three months has passed.
Three months since you discovered a dome has appeared around the FAYZ.
Three months without adults.

The food has all gone.
Everyone is starving.
More and more kids are evolving, gaining powers.
The normal kids are getting agitated.
Tensions are rising.
Normal kids against mutant kids.

You’re in charge.
You need to make a plan.
Save the day again.
But no-one wants to help.
No-one has any idea.

The Darkness is growing stronger.
Buried deep in the hills, it calls to them.
Guiding them.
Manipulating them


Book Review: The Headhunters Race


Being sentenced to prison at thirteen for a crime you didn't commit is hard enough but then you add in the fact that your step-father — the same man that owns the prison — is the one who sent you there for being an accomplice to your own mothers killing and you have me intriguing.

The author throws us straight into the deep end on the first page with an opening paragraph that will make you feel like you’re standing alongside Avene, tiptoeing to get the small bit of semi fresh air coming through the top window before having to venture into the death and disease full prison.   The first few chapters gives us a good description of how terrible the prison is to live in and being a dystopian novel you can already imagine how horrible it will be. With food.. well more accurately slop.. only dispensed into a large troughs twice a week with no-where near enough food to feed everyone only the strong and canning survive. The only way out is to compete in the headhunters race which sees prisoners racing to find and kill a wanted man/woman and the first to find them is granted their freedom. Avene has been denied every time until now ... and with the wanted man being Gavin (the boy truly responsible for her crime) maybe its the perfect time for Avene to right some wrongs.

The headhunters race is only 187 pages long so is a great quick read by page 43 we're starting the race and then the story has you hooked.