Another really cool change this week was posting my BookTube Newbie video and receiving some really great feedback. I had a lot of encouragement and it has been so much fun so far!
Below are the three books I plan on focusing on this weekend. Happy reading!
Title: The Phoenix Empress
Page Count: 544
Progress: 10%
Format Read: e ARC
Genre: Fantasy
Keywords: Friendship, Loyalty, Demons
Kid Appropriate: Teens and older
Release Date: October 9, 2018
Synopsis from Goodreads:
The Phoenix Empress, the sequel to K Arsenault Rivera's wildly buzzed about The Tiger's Daughter, an epic historical fantasy in the vein of Patrick Rothfuss and Naomi Novik.
Since she was a child, the divine empress O Shizuka has believed she was an untouchable god. When her uncle, ruler of the Hokkaran Empire, sends her on a suicide mission as a leader of the Imperial Army, the horrors of war cause her to question everything she knows.
Thousands of miles away, the exiled and cursed warrior Barsalyya Shefali undergoes trials the most superstitious would not believe in order to return to Hokkaran court and claim her rightful place next to O Shizuka.
As the distance between disgraced empress and blighted warrior narrows, a familiar demonic force grows closer to the heart of the empire. Will the two fallen warriors be able to protect their home?
Thoughts so far:
I was honestly so disappointed when I started this one immediately after finishing The Tiger's Daughter as that one finished on such a high note and then this one begins in a darker place of almost depression. While it makes sense that this is where the story would be, it was still jarring.
Now that I am a bit further into the book it is beginning to pick up and I am finding myself enjoying it.
Title: Kat Wolfe Investigates
Page Count: 304
Progress: 25%
Format Read: e ARC
Genre: Middle Grade
Keywords: Mystery, animals, adventure
Kid Appropriate: Yes
Release Date: October 9, 2018
Synopsis from Goodreads:
When twelve-year-old Kat Wolfe starts a pet-sitting agency, she soon finds herself unraveling a mystery, in this first book of a new middle-grade series from award-winning author Lauren St. John.
After a break-in at their London home, Kat Wolfe and her veterinarian mum decide it's time to move to the country. Dr. Wolfe's new job on England's Jurassic Coast comes with a condition: They have to adopt Tiny, a huge Savannah who resists Kat's best attempts at cat whispering. Kat starts a pet-sitting agency to make pocket money, but then the owner of her first client, an Amazon parrot, vanishes from his gadget-filled mansion. Only one person shares Kat's conviction that he's the victim of foul play: Harper Lamb, an American girl laid up with two broken legs thanks to her racehorse. Kat and Harper team up, but what starts out as mystery-solving fun turns deadly for the duo. When all clues point to a nearby army base, can they count on their unruly animal friends to save the day--and their lives?
My thoughts so far:
Oh boy did I hate the first chapter of this one. It seems to be a theme this week. The writing was in no way realistic of any 12 year old I have ever met. However, the story is getting better and I could easily see readers between the ages of 8 and 14 (depending on their comprehension level and maturity) really loving this book. It is making me miss the days where I watched Animal Planet and Crocodile Hunter incessantly as a little girl.
Title: Lethal White
Page Count: 647
Format Read: Hardcover
Progress: 0
Genre: Mystery
Keywords: Detective, PI, Murder
Kid Appropriate: Probably not
Release date: September 18, 2018
Synopsis from Goodreads:
“I seen a kid killed…He strangled it, up by the horse.”
When Billy, a troubled young man, comes to private eye Cormoran Strike’s office to ask for his help investigating a crime he thinks he witnessed as a child, Strike is left deeply unsettled. While Billy is obviously mentally distressed, and cannot remember many concrete details, there is something sincere about him and his story. But before Strike can question him further, Billy bolts from his office in a panic.
Trying to get to the bottom of Billy’s story, Strike and Robin Ellacott—once his assistant, now a partner in the agency—set off on a twisting trail that leads them through the backstreets of London, into a secretive inner sanctum within Parliament, and to a beautiful but sinister manor house deep in the countryside.
And during this labyrinthine investigation, Strike’s own life is far from straightforward: his newfound fame as a private eye means he can no longer operate behind the scenes as he once did. Plus, his relationship with his former assistant is more fraught than it ever has been—Robin is now invaluable to Strike in the business, but their personal relationship is much, much trickier than that.
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