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Top 10 Most Anticipated 2018 Releases - Part 1

1/3/2018

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  Hello, Twisters~

  Today, I'm going to share with you my top 10 most anticipated releases of 2018.  As you can tell from the title, this post is going to be in two parts: Part 1 will focus on the beginning of the year releases and Part 2 will focus more on the books that will be released closer to the year's end.  That means today, you'll see my top 5 anticipated book releases from January to April.

Zenith (The Androma Saga) by Sasha Alsberg and Lindsay Cummings

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  I've been following Sasha Alsberg on her YouTube (abookutopia) for about a year now and when I found out she was co-writing a book, I immediately began to anticipate this book's arrival.  I have pre-ordered the book and I am really nervous but excited to read it!

Book Release Date: Janurary 16th

The book summary, once read, completely captivated me and I hold very high expectations for this book.  I've read some reviews of this book by those who have received the ARC and, yes, there have been some mixed reviews, which can be said about any and every book in existence, but I'm hoping that I can really love this book.
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The Cruel Prince (The Folk of the Air #1) by Holly Black

  I haven't read any of books by Holly Black and... I probably should.  I've heard about this book for quite some time now, so I was actually very surprised to find that it came out a few days ago. Family members murdered, the hatred of a prince that sounds so much like love, and a young girl dying to belong.  And, knowing the type of genre that Mrs. Black has written in the past, I have found that this story has found a place in my heart.  Goodness, am I excited to read this book.

Book Release Date: January 2nd

  The first book that introduced me to Mrs. Black was Doll Bones.  Unfortunately, I was too young to read the book, so I watched Mrs. Black publish book after book in the shadows.  BUT NOW, oh yes, I can finally indulge myself in her elegant and descriptive words of poetry.
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Children of Blood and Bone

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  I found out about this book recently actually.  I was looking at theliteraryllama's Instagram early last month and I saw this book.  I didn't know what it was about or anything like that, but the cover was beautiful and, after I read the plot, it was immediately put on my top 10.  I don't normally read a lot of books like this one because I feel as though they're much harder to find.

Book Release Date: March 6th 

  I haven't read any reviews or anything like that, so all I have to go on for the book is its plot and, let me tell you, I am not disappointed at all!  On the Author's bio on Goodreads, it is said that the book is getting a movie adaptation. I just hope that the movie lives up to the expectations to the book.
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Ash Princess (#1) by Laura Sebastian

  A princess enslaved in her own kingdom.  Witnessing murder and death from every corner, she does everything she can to survive. Losing her last resort to escape, she decides to take matters into her own hands.

Book Release Date: April 24th
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  This books sounded crazy amazing.  Reading the goodreads summary of the book, I was pumped up for another trope novel.
  I don't get around to reading a lot of YA fantasy romance novels, but I am way excited to after reading this book.

  But, I'm not trying to get my hopes up about this being an absolutely amazing book.  I'm sure it's going to be a good one, but I feel as though it might be a retelling of Cinderella (that's how the presentation of the book is coming off anyhow).
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Tempest and Slaughter (The Numair Chronicles #1) by Tamora Pierce

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  I don't believe that I have ever read anything by Tamora Pierce, but she is such an iconic author that I immediately knew who she was when I saw her name on the cover.

Book Release Date: February 6th

  I'm really excited for this book.  I love prequels and knowing that not only this is going to be a prequel, it is going to be a series for the prequel. 

Apparently, this booking is going to introduce the story of how Numair Salmal
ín came to Tortall.  I'm not sure who this person is or what type of world Tortall is, but this sounds like an epic journey.
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  This is it!  What books are you excited to be released?  Tell us in the comments!
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Book Reviews - The Islands of Chaldea

1/1/2018

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Author: Diana Wynne Jones; Completed by Ursula Jones

Genre:  Fantasy / Fiction

Length:  you do this

Summary:  Aileen was supposed to grow up magical – just like the other women in her family. Unfortunately, she’s just found out that the magic seems to have skipped a generation… but that’s not her biggest problem right now.

In her world, there are four Islands of Chaldea. The largest and most magical island has been cut off from the other three for decades – and is slowly draining the magic from them.
But now a prophecy has come to light. Someone from Aileen’s island will gather a man from each of the three islands, bring down the magical barrier, and unite them with the fourth island again. And according to the king, that someone is Aileen’s Aunt – who insists on dragging Aileen along. AND the boy Aileen is sure she’ll marry (one day); the local boy with more brawn then brain. Someone seems to want to stop them too… someone with an interest in keeping the Islands apart. But still, with magic on their side, nothing can go wrong. Right?

​My Review: Beautiful. Absolutely stunning.

**PROS:**
- The characters were absolutely magnificent. They were three-dimensional, they had human emotions, and they said the thoughts that I was thinking. Ivar, the son of the King of Skarr, was a snobby, arrogant child. But his transformation was beyond satisfying. Aileen, the daughter of Garth of Gallis, was quick to self-depreciation and criticism, but she turned out to be a very smart, capable individual with the ability to lead. Ogo, a Logran, seemed to be very stupid at the beginning of the story, but I found out that he was only misunderstood and that was actually incredibly observant and caringly blunt. Aunt Beck, the aunt to Aileen, was very... strange in my opinion. She was extremely blunt and was very rude every time she spoke, so I didn't like her as much as I wanted too. Every other character in this story just added color and spirit to the beautiful plot!

- The plot was full of twists and magic, both of which I love. 1) The antagonist was so smart. I was in complete shock when the full plan of the villain surfaced to life. 2) The story got started immediately. Even though the first sentence sounds irrelevant, it was an instant reading hook.

- The map. The hardcover that I got had a map in the book before the actual story began, and this was so helpful. With as many cities and islands they traveled through, I lost a sense of direction. But it was nice to see a physical image of where there were traveling.

- Page 342. The story ends page 350. I have 8 more pages and this story is nowhere near being resolved. In fact, the intense fight scene hadn't begun yet! As the author slowly puts this story to a close, the characters are in such a dire predicament, my heart is pounding. As I continued reading, I found myself losing track of the page number and realized that the story ended perfectly, as well as with a perfect pace.

- The love in this was brimming with fluff. It was absolutely beautiful. At the beginning, there was one pairing, but I didn't like it at all, but it soon changed towards the end of the middle. It was right there when two couples were formed and then two more. So, in all, there were four couples and my heart was bursting with satisfaction and happiness. It was so nice to see so many lovers in such a story!

**CONS:**
- There were many parts of the book that had grammatical errors. Usually, I'm one to skip over those, but these errors were in such important areas.

- In the very beginning, they introduced two characters that weren't even talked about until the middle of chapter two and the other the middle of chapter three! I shouldn't have to wait that long to understand a single sentence in the first chapter.

- For some parts of the book, I definitely felt as though the book hadn't gone past the first draft phase. That was partially disappointing to me as I realized that part of the plot, even though it was already amazing, could have been fleshed out more.

- Closer to the end of the book, you could subtly tell that the writing style changed. It wasn't a bad change, not at all. But the fact that I had familiarized myself with Ms. Diana's writing style and it just changed to Ms. Ursula's was very surprising, still though, it wasn't bad.

All in all, I would definitely recommend this book to others!

I rate this book a 4 out of 5.
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