Cannonball Read 18

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Court Intrigue and Second Chance Romance

The Wife Comes First Vol. 1 by Lv Ye Qian He

The Wife Comes First Vol. 2 by Lv Ye Qian He

The Wife Comes First Vol. 3 by Lv Ye Qian He

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Jing Shen, Prince Cheng, spent his life chasing power and women, ignoring Mu Hanzhang, the man he was forced to marry.  However, when his life falls apart, Mu Hanzhang is the only one to stand by his side, even as they both face their deaths.  However, Jing Shen wakes not to the afterlife, but to the day after his disastrous wedding night.  Given a second chance, Jing Shen is determined to do things differently this time around, starting by making sure that in this lifetime […]

Very much NOT a romantasy

Monster, Monarch, Maiden by Rae Carson

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This was an ARC; thank you to NetGalley, Harper Audio and Greenwillow Books. My opinions are my own. This book is on sale now. Bria Angarsold is an innkeeper’s daughter (she mentions this at seven different points in the story, in case you were likely to forget) who was kidnapped by raiders, along with her sister and several other people who were at her family’s inn at the time. Bria is one of the last surviving captives when the raiders’ caravan is attacked by a […]

“She’d played so many parts she hardly knew which one was her. She was an onion made of only skins with nothing at the centre.”

The Devils by Joe Abercrombie

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Nowhere Book Bingo 26: Book rec from a friend (Ashley/Narfna loved this) Defeat the Goblin TBR: The Rogue Book – a book with politics/intrigue/sneakery involved (this book has all three and lots of it) CBR18 Bingo: Left (All of my fiction books are alphabetised by author, so Abercrombie comes to the very top left of the bookshelf it’s placed on) A cowardly monk. A mercenary. A vampire. A werewolf (who used to be a viking warrior). An elf. A necromancer. A knight who cannot die. […]

Better than the first one

Bridget & Gabe Are Not Okay by Lex Croucher

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CBR18 Bingo: And (literally in the title) Thanks to St. Martin’s Press and NetGalley for this ARC. My opinions are my own. This book is on sale now. I don’t know if Croucher intends this to be an ongoing series, but readers should know that this is book two, and this review is probably going to contain some spoilers for book one, Gwen & Art Are Not in Love (which I read earlier this summer, but will not be reviewing because I’m already WAY too […]

I wish most of this book didn’t feel like homework

Prince of Storms by Kit Rocha

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3.5 stars Thank you to Montlake and NetGalley for this ARC. This book is on sale now. Naia, Einar and Aleksi return to the ice queen’s island to figure out who tried to kidnap them and are soon joined by all the other deities of the High Court of the Sheltered Lands, concerned about them and wondering exactly who is behind this most recent plot. As Naia’s powers keep growing and she needs to use them to protect the innocent residents of the island from […]

Historian friends to lovers, a haunted mansion and a potentially explosive teaspoon

The Antiquarian's Object of Desire by India Holton

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Amelia Tarrant and Caleb Stirling are both history professors at Oxford with a speciality in magical antiques. They have been best friends since childhood, but any hint of affection between them could be ruinous to Amelia’s reputation and the careers of both. As a result, they have to appear to be enemies and stage elaborate public fights every so often to make sure all their colleagues believe them to be bitter rivals. One such fight, involving a volatile magical teaspoon, causes a big enough explosion […]



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