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Quick Review: Immortal Longings by Chloe Gong

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I don’t know where to begin with this one because it’s not easy to describe it. It says it’s based on Antony and Cleopatra, which is not a Shakespeare play I am familiar with. We have 3 main characters. Princess Calla who is in hiding, Prince August who is the heir to the throne and Anton, a former quartier who has been exiled. Once a year, the Kingdom of Talin sponsors a hunger games style competition that the winner wins money and an audience with the king. Calla and Anton both enter for different reasons and August makes it possible for them to compete for his own reasons. Basically everyone wants to get rid of the King.

This book was a little hard for me to get into. Some people have the ability to transfer their consciousness into other people’s bodies and while many people can do it, it’s also kinda illegal? The whole concept I found to be confusing and after awhile I just kinda just went with it because while it was important to the stories, it is a small part to the story. I liked the characters and they all have valid reasons for doing what they are doing. I immediately picked up on the twist ending and I’m intrigued as to how this play out in the next book.

Quick Review: Theonite: Planet Adyn by M.L. Wang

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This was a fun book. Joan is a little 13 year old She has powers that no one else has and no one really to talk to about it or would understand. Daniel comes from an alternate universe and does have powers but is new to Joan’s world. Joan is excited to meet Daniel because she finally has someone to ask questions to and maybe get some answers to why she has these powers but it can’t be that simple. Daniel and his father are there to track down a dangerous person and that threat has come for Joan too. Will they escape in time?

Reading about Joan’s life was definitely heartbreaking. Here is a smart girl who feels that she has to hide herself away because no one understands her and will only dismiss her. Her parents are more concerned with their own troubles to really pay attention to her. She has mastered the skill of being invisible. The way she lights up when she discovers that Daniel might have similar powers and finally some answers is so pure and just shows how lonely she has been. I can only hope that she finds what she needs in the sequel.

Quick Review: Ink Blood Sister Scribe by Emma Torzs

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I picked this book because it was about sisters and sisters, Esther and Joanna are a big part of the book. It’s really about two different families that share a connection. Magic exist and it exists in books. There are scribes who blood is used as ink to write spells and there are those who can hear the magic. Esther is a scribe and Joanna can hear the magic. At the beginning of the book Esther has left home and moves every year in fear that whoever killed her mother will find her. Joanna is still at home, protecting the books her father has collected over the years. Things start to change when Esther decides not to move on and they thrown into a mystery of their past. Enter Nicholas, the scribe of the Library. His uncles partner, Maram sends him and his bodyguard, Collins to go find the sisters and unravel the mystery. They find that they are all connected and those that they trusted have not always had their best interests at heart. I’ll admit at first, I wasn’t really into it. It was a slow burn but once I got going, it was really good. All the characters were fleshed out and motivations on how they got to where they were and wanted to move forward. It was fun read. I ended up really enjoying it.

Quick Review: Fourth Wing by Rebecca Yarros

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I clearly have a type because I loved this book. It was so much fun. Yes, it does have Harry Potter, Percy Jackson and Hunger Games vibe to it. Violet is about to start her education as a Rider even though all her life she was training to be a scribe. She has chronic illnesses so being a rider is not a good fit for her but her mom is the General and what the General wants she gets. Even if that means putting her own daughter at risk because the survival rate of this school is low. Like 20 students didn’t even live long enough to register. Students still sign up because the lure of being a dragon rider and proctecting their country from the enemy is too big. So Violet has to live through her classes and avoid being killed by her fellow students. Including Xaden Riorson, the son of the former traitor who blames her mom for his father’s death. If you love dragons, action stories, enemies to lover romances and found family stories. This series is for you. I do wish I knew this was a series before I started reading because now I’m anxiously waiting the sequel.