BLOG TOUR: A Crown Forged By Victory's Consequence by Marlayna James

I am thrilled to be hosting a spot on the A CROWN FORGED BY VICTORY'S CONSEQUENCE by Marlayna James & Aaryanna Abbott Blog Tour hosted by Rockstar Book Tours. Check out my post and make sure to enter the giveaway!

 

About The Book:

Title: A CROWN FORGED BY VICTORY'S CONSEQUENCE (The Blackened Tablet Series, #1)

Author: Marlayna James & Aaryanna Abbott

Pub. Date: January 3, 2023

Publisher: Friends with Pens Author Group

Formats: Paperback, eBook

Pages: 438

Find it: Goodreads, Amazon, Kindle, B&N, iBooks, Kobo, TBD, Bookshop.org

The Blackened Tablet Series is an epic fantasy quest story with corrupt politics, wondrous magic, and illicit encounters in a supernatural world where no one is safe.

Three hundred years ago, the sacred tablet granted by their god, Jezabet, turned black, and eight kingdoms broke free, plummeting into the bottomless sea. There was no warning, and no one knows why.

Now, a strange illness plagues Aldersward. Crowned Prince Aedyn's sisters, Achelle and Annora, his father, and countrymen are desperate and grief-stricken. All hope is lost...

Until someone dreams, and Aedyn leaves behind his mistress and his betrothed to cure their nation. He enlists his friends; a brazen playboy, a gentle strongman, and an ancient mentor. Together, they set out on a perilous journey-few believe they will survive.

This isn't a fairy tale-s3x becomes currency, murder is ordinary, and love doesn't conquer all.

Everyone loves a hero-good triumphs evil. But few dare to question how victory ripples into consequences. Explore this exciting concept in the Blackened Tablet Series.

Review: coming soon

About Marlayna James:

Marlayna lives in Canada where she writes romance, erotica, women's fiction, and fantasy. She loves video games, TV, reading, and writing.

About Aaryanna Abbott:

This is another of my pen names. For every pen name, I use a different part of who I am. I imagine this is how she looks.

What’s this part of me like?

I was a daddy’s girl. The very epitome of spoilt.

I love to be wild and crazy—experience everything the world has to offer. I’m adventurous and my carefree disposition is contagious.

I’m loyal to a fault and don’t care what expectations or labels society has bestowed upon me. I believe one’s truth is more valuable than anyone’s perception.

This part of me writes for escapism—to be free of my mundane day to day and live in a magical world almost as real to me as earth. Except in my imaginary world, I control all things and it pleases me to no end.

Do you know how happy you would be living there?

 

Find all of Marlayna James & Aaryanna Abbott’s Links HERE- https://friendswithpensauthorgroup.com/letshookup/

 

Giveaway Details:

5 winners will receive an eBook of A CROWN FORGED BY VICTORY'S CONSEQUENCE, International.

Ends January 10^th, midnight EST.

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Tour Schedule:

Week One:

12/1/2022	Mythical Books	Guest Post/IG Post
12/2/2022	The Momma Spot	Guest Post
12/3/2022	Sadie's Spotlight	Guest Post/IG Post

Week Two:

12/4/2022	#BRVL Book Review Virginia Lee Blog	Guest Post/IG Post
12/5/2022	A Dream Within A Dream	Guest Post
12/6/2022	Jazzy Book Reviews	Guest Post/IG Post
12/7/2022	Lady Hawkeye	Guest Post/IG Post
12/8/2022	Books and Kats	Guest Post
12/9/2022	Living in a Bookworld	Guest Post
12/10/2022	Two Chicks on Books	Guest Post

Week Three:

12/11/2022	@jaimerockstarbooktours	IG Post
12/12/2022	Nagma | TakeALookAtMyBookshelf	IG Review
12/13/2022	Books With A Chance of Traveling	Review/IG Post
12/14/2022	Nerdophiles	Review
12/15/2022	The Book Countess	Review
12/16/2022	Books a Plenty Book Reviews	Review
12/17/2022	Fire and Ice	Review

Week Four:

12/18/2022	Rajiv's Reviews	Review/IG Post
12/19/2022	More Books Please blog	Review/IG Post
12/20/2022	Forthenovellovers	Review
12/21/2022	@allyluvsbooksalatte	IG Review/TikTok Post
12/22/2022	OneMoreExclamation	Review/IG Post
12/23/2022	The Girl Who Reads	Review/IG Post
12/24/2022	NO POST	NA

Week Five:

12/25/2022	NO POST	NA
12/26/2022	Ashe_and_ink	IG Review
12/27/2022	the book near me	Review/IG Post
12/28/2022	@froggyreadteach	IG Review
12/29/2022	Emily Ashlyn	IG & Facebook Review
12/30/2022	@booksrn_rashi	IG Review
12/31/2022	Lifestyle of Me	Review

BLOG TOUR: Broken Wish by Julie C. Dao

 A fairy tale retelling that got a 5 star rating from me. I am not a fan of fairy tales. I didn't grow up watching all the Disney princesses and some I didn't watch until I had kids. I watched all the sad animal Disney movies. Anyways, I went into this thinking I was going to read it and forget it and read the next two books that I was sent by Disney. 

This month, my reading speed slowed. It took me a week to finish this book and that is not a bad thing. It kept my attention and I savored the story. I went into this thinking that it would be a retelling of just one fairy tale and it has different aspects of a couple different. This cover gives sleeping beauty vibes and that is the main fairy tale that is being retold, but more like a fanfiction of Maleficent. 

The story starts off with this married couple who has just moved to this small village in Germany to start anew. They buy this cozy little cottage in the woods and the village people tell them to stay away from their neighbor that lives up the mountain because she is a witch. The town is full of gossipers.

The wife Agnes, befriends Mathilda in secret and they leave little gifts for each other. Agnes' husband wants her to cut off contact because he cares about what the villagers say and he doesn't want to be shunned once again. Over the friendship, Mathilda offers to help Agnes have a baby on the condition that she continues to visit and keep being friends. Agnes goes back on her promise and over the years, she had three kids and believs that a curse has been set on the family. Two good things and one bad thing will happen.

The oldest daughter Elva has just turned 15 or 16 and she has had magical abilities that she has had to hide her whole life because her parents don't want the villagers finding out because they have grown into a respectable family and don't want to lose their status. 

When I finished this, I was obsessed and wanted to immediately pick up the second book in this series. But it follows different characters and it is written by Dhonielle Clayton. I know that it will have some links to this first book and that it will be a type of generational family???? story which I have realized that I really enjoy reading. 

Top Ten Tuesday: Bookish Wishes for Birthday and Christmas

 

Top Ten Tuesday is a weekly meme hosted by Jana from That Artsy Reader Girl.

Is that time of year again when we share our bookish wishes that we hope to see under the tree. This will always be a mix of birthday and Christmas and my 32nd birthday is tomorrow. I am suffering the birthday blues this year big time. 

With my TBR being so out of control, there are only a handful of books that I really want the physical copy of. Two are continuations of series that I started this year and the others are ones that I read that I had an arc of or a library copy. 

3 Days Until My Birthday & 1 Week Until Christmas// Sunday Post #47

The Sunday Post is a weekly meme hosted by Kimberly from The Caffeinated Book Reviewer.

How is Christmas next Sunday. Mentally, I am not ready. Physically, I am ready for it to be over so I can have my living room back and space to walk, and also my closet where I hide the presents. But before Christmas, I have to get through my birthday which is on Wednesday. I will be 32 and I am suffering the birthday blues severely this year. I am not ready to turn another year older. Turning older is a special kind of torture especially when you have kids. I had my oldest when I was 18, so we "grew up" together and she will be 14 in April and I just can't deal with that. Last year around my birthday I was asked to share my amazon wishlist, so I will be including it this year. 

WISH LIST

The past week was good but again exhausting and stressful. But I did have this weekend to look forward to. My dad took my girls roller skating for the first time on Friday and they made new friends. Now they want to go back next weekend and want their own pair of skates. Those will have to be birthday presents.

Puppy update... Pizza is growing like crazy. One morning I looked at her and realized she had grown overnight. She got brave and ventured into the kitchen, she touched noses with the cats and got bopped on the head by one of them because her sniffing the cat got to be too much. My big dog Si is doing well. She is trying to play more with Pizza. She is also still trying to eat Pizza's head...lol.

I got to see the toddlers again for the first time in months. They kept hugging me and the girls. Their parents had an adult Christmas party and the toddlers got to make grinch cookies and eat chicken nuggets. I also got permission to share a picture of them but their names will remain private.

Reading update: I finished Broken Wish by Julie C. Dao and absolutely LOVED it. I went in ecpecting it to be a retelling of a certain fairy tale, but it had different fairy tale elements and I loved each character. I will be reading the second book in the series, but it is by Dhonielle Clayton and follows different characters. I don't know how it is going to be connected to Broken Wish, but I hope it does live up to my high expectation now.

I am currently reading:

Growing up I used to watch this movie with my grandmother all the time. We always used to say the secrets in the sauce and quote this movie by heart. Last year, I was meant to read this and I have finally decided to pick it up because I was a little hesitant because I didn't want my memories of the movie to be changed and the movie be totally different from the source material. But, surprisingly it works in the story telling. I understand why they changed most of the stories around because if they would have kept it the way it is in the book, the movie would be confusing as hell. Like learning about Smokey the hobo before meeting Ruth and then learning about Buddy's death and then Ruth's marriage, and then Buddy Jr losing his arm. It would have been a hot mess of a movie.

Hope everyone has a great week. 

Top Ten Tuesday: 2022-2023 Winter TBR

 

Top Ten Tuesday is a weekly meme hosted by Jana from That Artsy Reader Girl.

This weeks topic is to share our 2022-2023 winter TBRs. I have a bad habit of putting the same books on these seasonal lists. I have already shared most of these and some are what I am going to be starting next. Over the past year I have had a tough time sticking to TBRs, so I am hoping that this will be more like a priority list.

 

Exhausting Week// Sunday Post #46

 

The Sunday Post is a weekly meme hosted by Kimberly from The Caffeinated Book Reviewer.

First week of having a small puppy is exhausting. It is even more exhausting with 3 kids homeschooling, 3 cats and full grown dog who all need my attention equally. My free time was devoted to cooking and cleaning and sleeping. Thankfully this weekend I got some much needed time because my husband was home from work and able to spend time with the puppy. So during that free time I finished a book, watched some youtube, and I finally got a video that I filmed back in March edited and uploaded. 

I am excited to get back into Youtube in the new year. I have a few more videos from March that were the last ones I filmed this year and then I have a channel and life update planned before the end of the year. 

Other than youtube, I finished the book I started last Saturday. Again it took me another week to finish a book. But this time I am so glad that I took as long as I did because I enjoyed every minute of it. 

If you have not read or even heard about this book... READ IT!!!! It is about different mythologies. It mixes African, Norse, Mayan, Aztec and Inuit. The main character is Inuit and her mother is an Inuit water goddess. The mix of Gods and Goddesses is something that I never knew I needed. The new book that I have started is the start of another series. I got the second book earlier this year for part of a blog tour.

if anyone has read this series let me know your thoughts and if it's any good. 

I am hoping that this week goes a little smoother and that our routine can be more finely tuned. I am officially done with Christmas Shopping. The last gift I bought which was one of the first ones I bought finally showed up way before delivery date. Looking forward to the upcoming weekend as well because I get to babysit the toddlers again while their parents go to their work Christmas party.

Everyone have a good week!

BLOG TOUR: Armadas in the Mist by Christian Klaver

I am thrilled to be hosting a spot on the ARMADAS IN THE MIST by Christian Klaver Blog Tour hosted by Rockstar Book Tours. Check out my post and make sure to enter the giveaway!

 

About The Book:

Title: ARMADAS IN THE MIST (The Empire of the House of Thorns #3)

Author: Christian Klaver

Pub. Date: December 6, 2022

Publisher: CamCat Books

Formats: Hardcover, paperback, eBook, Audiobook

Pages: 332

Find it: Goodreads, Amazon, Kindle, B&N, iBooks, Kobo, TBD, Bookshop.org

The Black Shuck’s forces gather just beyond the mist . . .

Captain Justice Kasric knows how complicated family can be. The escalating Human-Faerie war has scattered and wounded her siblings and transformed her parents beyond recognition. After narrowly escaping yet another dangerous clash, fifteen-year-old Justice has had enough. She’s determined to defeat the Black Shuck, the mysterious leader controlling the Faerie invasion of London, but if Justice hopes to stand a chance at victory, she’ll have to do the impossible: reunite her family and lead them against the looming Faerie Armada.

With her mother and brother at the helm of the enemy fleet, and the prophesized Seven Virtues slipping out of reach, Justice more than has her work cut out for her. Even if she can save England, the cost may be higher than she’s willing to pay.

 

Grab the first 2 books in the Empire of the House of Thorns series now!

 

Review: coming soon

 

About Christian Klaver:

Christian Klaver has been writing for over twenty years, with a number of magazine publications, including Escape Pod, Dark Wisdom Anthology, and Anti-Matter. He’s the author of The Supernatural Case Files of Sherlock Holmes series, but has written over a dozen novels, both fantasy and sci-fi, often with a Noir bent. He's worked as book-seller, bartender and a martial-arts instructor before settling into a career in internet security. He lives just outside the sprawling decay of Detroit, Michigan, with his wife, Kimberly, his daughter, Kathryn, and a group of animals he refers to as The Menagerie. He’s also a part of the Untitled Writer’s Group based in Ann Arbor for the past decade or so with a bunch of equally starry-eyed dreamers and social misanthropes.

Website | Twitter | Goodreads | Amazon | BookBub

 

Giveaway Details:

2 winners will receive a finished copy of ARMADAS IN THE MIST, US Only.

Ends December 20^th, midnight EST.

a Rafflecopter giveaway

Tour Schedule:

Week One:

11/21/2022	Mythical Books	Guest Post/IG Post
11/22/2022	Jazzy Book Reviews	Excerpt/IG Post
11/23/2022	Books and Kats	Excerpt
11/24/2022	Living in a Bookworld	Excerpt
11/25/2022	Two Chicks on Books	Excerpt
11/26/2022	@jaimerockstarbooktours	IG Post

Week Two:

11/27/2022	A Dream Within A Dream	Excerpt
11/28/2022	Lady Hawkeye	Excerpt/IG Post
11/29/2022	@froggyreadteach	IG Review
11/30/2022	OneMoreExclamation	Review/IG Post
12/1/2022	Locks, Hooks and Books	Review
12/2/2022	YA Books Central	Guest Post/IG Post
12/3/2022	Sadie's Spotlight	Excerpt/IG Post

Week Three:

12/4/2022	Books a Plenty Book Reviews	Review
12/5/2022	The Momma Spot	Review
12/6/2022	Fire and Ice	Review
12/7/2022	Rajiv's Reviews	Review/IG Post
12/8/2022	Brandi Danielle Davis	IG Review/TikTok Post
12/9/2022	Lifestyle of Me	Review
12/10/2022	A Court of Coffee and Books	Review/IG Post

Week Four:

12/11/2022	Emily Ashlyn	IG & Facebook Review
12/12/2022	popthebutterfly	Review/IG Post
12/13/2022	The Real World According To Sam	Review/IG Post
12/14/2022	History from a Woman’s Perspective	Review
12/15/2022	A Blue Box Full of Books	IG Review/LFL Drop Pic
12/16/2022	@ReadsReaders	YouTube Review/IG Post