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Wednesday, November 30, 2016

#T5W - Top 5 Wednesday - Favorite Villains

#T5W or Top 5 Wednesday is a weekly meme created by Lainey & hosted on the Goodreads T5W group. Come join us!

This week's theme is: 
Favorite 2016 Villains

I changed it a little bit because I've already done a Favorite Villains post for Top 10 Tuesday a few weeks ago. So I'm focusing only on books I read this year for this one.

#Van Eck & Rollins
Crooked Kingdom by Leigh Bardugo

#The Commandant 
A Torch Against the Night by Sabaa Tahir
The Bloodwitch
Truthwitch by Susan Dennard
Balthazar
Blood of the Prophet by Kat Ross
So, what do you think about these choices? Have you read any of them? Share you opinion bellow

#WWW Wednesday - November 30th, 2016


#WWW Wednesday is a weekly meme formely hosted by MizB @A Daily Rhythm & now hosted by Sam @Taking on a World of Words.
Come join us!


The Three W’s are:
What are you currently reading?
What did you recently finish reading?
What do you think you’ll read next?


    
  
 
Have you read any of them? Share you opinion bellow.

Release Blitz - O'Gallagher Nights: The Series by Mignon Mykel

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O'Gallagher Nights: The Series
Author: Mignon Mykel 
Publication Date: November 30th, 2016 
Genre: Contemporary Romance

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O'GALLAGHER NIGHTS COMPLETE SERIES BOXED SET ONLY $1.99 FOR RELEASE DAY!:

Amazon: http://amzn.to/2dGkn0a

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The three O'Gallagher siblings, all in one set. Includes bonus material such as slightly expanded stories & a Christmas novella not otherwise available!
O’Gallaghers has been a long-lasting establishment in San Diego, known for its Irish brews and fare. When the next generation of O’Gallaghers take over though, it becomes known for a little bit more…

Three Books Included in the O'Gallagher Nights: The Series Boxed Set

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ONE NIGHT STAND (O'Gallagher Nights #1)

Conor O’Gallagher. Thirty-two, six-foot, and all muscle. Flashes of dimples behind his black beard, quick winks for the lady patrons, and a tattoo sleeve that leaves the ladies begging to be his nightly conquest. Because one of them will be. Every night at close, Conor brings one, two, sometimes more, up to his apartment and has his merry way with them. The women always leave satisfied, and always know he’s a one and done kind of guy, no repeat performances. But what happens when one of his one night stands comes back into his life five months later, and pregnant no less? What happens when one night gives you more than you bargained for? Conor’s about to find out…
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ABOUT LAST NIGHT (O'Gallagher Nights #2)

Synopsis: Rory O'Gallagher. Thirty, five-ten, and long, lean muscle. The middle O'Gallagher is as known for his prowess in the bedroom as the oldest is, and for so much more. Women have always been attracted to him. People have always flocked to him. But then there was Emily Winters. With her white blonde hair, icy blue eyes, and cold demeanor toward him, Rory shouldn't want anything to do with her. But so help him, he does.

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ALL NIGHT LONG (O'Gallagher Nights #3)

Synopsis: Brenna O'Gallagher. The baby sister of those sexy O'Gallagher boys has her own story to tell. Her brothers think she's something she's not... but the truth is, most of the rumors had always been true. At twenty, she decided she needed a change. Then her brothers hired him. He makes her feel like she's spiraling backward, but is she really? Has she found the one person she can confide in, the one person who will not judge her? And just how long can she keep it from her brothers before the repercussions settle in and she not only loses him, but the respect of her brothers? Her road hasn't been easy--and it's not about to start smoothing out now.
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Mignon Mykel is the author of the Prescott Family series, as well as the short-novella erotic romance series, O'Gallagher Nights. When not sitting at Starbucks writing whatever her characters tell her to, you can find her hiking in the mountains of her new home in Arizona.

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Tuesday, November 29, 2016

*Grabby Hands* Release & Review - Three Dark Crowns by Kendare Blake

  
 Title: Three Dark Crowns
Author: Kendare Blake
Publication Date: September 22nd, 2016
Category/Genre: Young Adult Fantasy
Publisher: Macmillan Children's Books

Three sisters. One crown. A fight to the death.

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.
 

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4 “I can’t choose a Queen” Stars

Let me just say I’ll be pretty pissed off if Kendare kills one of the girl in the end of this series. I mean it. It won’t be pretty. Sure I should’ve thought about how painful it’d be to get attached to all three of them before starting this book, since the blurb is pretty clear that two need to die so one becomes the queen, but I don’t care. I want all three of them alive.

Now that I got that off my chest…. Warning: This review contains minor SPOILERS, so proceed at your own risk.

 
Three Dark Crows is the story of Queen triplets born with powers: one is a poisoner (she can eat every poisonous thing out there and she won’t die or even feel anything), one is a naturalist (she can make flowers blossom and control animals; she’ll even get her own familiar) and one is an elemental (she can control water, wind, the earth and so on). At the age of 16, these queens will start a ritual that will end with two of them dead and the most powerful one taking the crown. Creepy, huh?

The three sisters are raised by their people (poisoners, naturalists and elementals), and these groups all want their candidate to win, not only because they want the power that comes with the crown, but also because they genuinely love these girls. This was the first great surprise, in my opinion. Watching the powerful women in charge of raising the three queens protect the girls time and time again and show little (or big) signs of affection was something I didn’t aspect from a story with such dark tones. So I applaud that.

The queens, Katherine (the poisoner), Mirabella (the elemental) and Arsinoe (the naturalist) all get their POVs, which means we get to know them better throughout the book. In fact, this is all the book seems to be about… Getting to know all the players in the game. It is slow, but it still managed to keep me interested. I blame it on the fact that I genuinely liked all three Queens. Some more than others, but I still didn’t want any harm to come to any of them.

Mirabella ended up growing on me faster than the other two. I loved how she refused to let go of the memories of a time when her sisters were part of her life—before they were taken away to start their training and their journey that would lead them to kill one another. With her love for her sisters still intact, Mirabella became the one easiest one to relate to. And this plot choice was needed, because Mirabella was the most powerful Queen (the only one who had developed her powers fully), which meant something had to be holding her back or she would’ve destroyed her sisters. The only part of Mirabella’s story that was troubling? The thing with Joseph. It pissed me off at times because cheating is a no-no for me, but I’m betting the whole thing has more to do with a spell going wrong than real feelings.

Katherine was my second favorite. I loved how fierce she was, even though she had no “gift”. She was supposed to be immune to poison, but she felt sick every time she digested something poisonous. Still, the girl wasn’t willing to stop trying. Poor thing. Unlike Arsinoe (the other giftless Queen), Katherine wasn’t willing to go down without a fight. She still believed she’d be the next Queen. She got even more confident when Pietyr came along. Did I love those two together.... I truly think he loves her and has a good explanation as to what happened in the end, although I can’t think of one. He has to… because that completely broke my heart.

I did love Arsinoe, too. It just took me a while to come to appreciate her as much as she deserved. Out of the three, Arsinoe is the one who’s already given up on the crown, but it doesn’t mean she’s given up on her life. The girl is a fighter. She wants to survive, and that makes her careless and a bit selfish at times, but I can forgive her because her life literally depends on how hard she’s willing to fight and how badly she’s willing to break the rules. The thing I loved most about Arsinoe was how she treated and cared for the people around her—Jules, Billy, Luke… She really loved her people. I just wish she could’ve loved her sisters that much, too. Yeah, I get that she grew up thinking she’d have to kill them or they’d kill her, but Mirabella tried more than once to reach out to her, and being a giftless Queen (or so she thought), it would’ve made sense for Arsinoe to at least try to hear her sister out.

It disappointed me that the three sisters were so keen on killing or dying that they didn’t stop to think that maybe, just maybe, they could challenge the order of things and find a way to stay alive.  Maybe that’s the direction the series will take after book 2? I mean after because with the way things ended, it seems like Book 2 will be all about the sisters finally trying to kill one another, which will certainly make it more action-packed than this one.

Some people have complained about the pacing, and while I agree with them that things moved slowly, I liked getting to know these characters. Sure it could’ve been a lot better if there had been more action, but, again, I’m betting that’s how book 2 will go. With that totally surprising ending (I did not see any of that coming AT ALL) and the Queens now ready to get their revenges and the crown, I can’t hardly wait to get my hands on the sequel.
*If you liked this review (or not), if you read the book (or not), come say hello and leave your comments bellow.

Top 10 Tuesday - Holiday Gift Guide Freebie - Ten books I'd Give Friends Who...

#Top 10 Tuesday is a weekly meme created & hosted by The Broke and The Bookish.
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This week's theme is: 
Holiday Gift Guide Freebie
Ten Books I'd Give Friends Who...


#...Love Angsty Romance
It Ends With Us
by Colleen Hoover
#...Love Light Romance & Dogs
Unleashed
by Rachel Lacey
#...Love Fantasy and Bad-Ass Characters
 Six of Crows
by Leigh Bardugo
#....Love Beautiful Writing
The Wrath & The Dawn
by Renée Ahdieh
#....Love Books That Make Readers Cry
The Kite Runner
by Khaled Hosseini
#....Love Hate-To-Love Tropes
The Hating Game
by Sally Thorne
#....Love Sweet Teen Romance
Adorkable
by Cookie O'Gorman
#....Love Veronica Mars
Chasing Truth
by Julie Cross
#....Want to Stay Up All Night Reading
A Court of Mist and Fury
by Sarah J. Maas
#....Want to Laugh out Loud
My Lady Jane
by Cynthia Hand, Brodi Ashton & Jodi Meadows
So, what do you think about these choices? Have you read any of them? Share you opinion bellow