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Fun! Sweet! And completely cozy!

Revisado: 08-03-24

OMG! I thought that reading an ecopy of Amethyst & Alchemy was absolutely fantastic! And now having experienced the audio version I have been completely floored once more. The narrator—Lia Langola—is the epitome of what I imagined Delaney Stone sounded like. Her execution of Delaney’s quarks and mannerisms where completely perfect! And she really did a phenomenal job bringing Delaney to life.

Delaney is such a unique, brilliant, and interesting character that I wholeheartedly fell in love with. Add in Heath, Li, and Topie and this book was completely captivating and wonderful. The story was completely cozy with enough tension and angst to keep you needing to know more, and the rivals to lovers romance was completely unique and fresh in its execution.

All in all, this is a completely wonderful story, filled with unique and fantastic characters, extremely interesting and intriguing magic, enough swoon and spice to set you on fire, and the cutest little piggy sidekick you could imagine!

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I Love this Book So Much!

Revisado: 07-21-24

Not gonna lie…this is my third time reading Of Stormlarks and Silence and each and every time it is more enjoyable than the last! With it’s stabby heroine intent on revenge, chivalrous and compassionate prince, sweet, swoony, but clean romance, deep emotional plot, and a whole cast of interesting, wonderful, and devastatingly evil characters, I knew the first time I read it it would be a favorite reread and escape for me…and it has!

Riona has been waiting nearly ten long years to enact revenge on her parent’s murderer, but when she succeeds in getting a position as Prince Tristan’s chambermaid she isn’t prepared for the compassionate and tortured Prince she meets.

And Tristan…well Tristan has a secret of his own. One that haunts his dreams and plaques his thoughts. But he hasn’t let that keep him from becoming just and honorable. On the contrary, he has used it to fuel it. But when the lovely new chambermaid—Rea—arrives he finds himself drawn to her.

Will Riona submit to hatred and enact her long sought revenge or will love win out when the chip’s finally fall? You just need to read this story and discover all its magic for yourself!!!

The audio also contained the short story Of Summer and Stormlarks, which in my opinion is one of the greatest short stories ever written! This too was a reread for me, but it was just as sweet and fulfilling as the first time. I really don’t know how Lopez fits so so much into so few pages…but…SHE IS AN ABSOLUTE GENIUS!!!

As this was an audio reread I should mention that the narration was wonderful and I very very much enjoyed it! I highly recommend!

Anyways! Of Stormlarks and Silende is an absolutely wonderful book! A very very favorite of mine! If you love endearing characters that are tortured by their past and seek closure, even at the hands of revenge and deceit, a prince that is everything and all things a prince should be, a plethora of unique side characters, a story filled with betrayal, sacrifice, redemption, unique magic, romance, and most importantly forgiveness, then you HAVE TO read Of Stormlarks and Silence!!!

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Utterly Enticing!

Revisado: 04-14-24

“Find them, or blood shall rain!”

Does your mind yearn for stories filled with complex and captivating world building? Filled with characters that will capture your heart, make you fall in love with them despite their faults and failures because they are absolutely beautiful, multifaceted, and entirely plausible? Where the story begs you to delve deeper? Think more? Question everything you think you know? And appreciate all the intricate and well designed nuances?

If your answer was yes to any and/or all of these questions then I have the perfect book for you!!!!

Birthrights (Book 1 of The Last Son of the Faromage Saga) by David Andrew Trotter is one spellbinding! Completely captivating! Character driven! But filled with some of the best and most enticing world building and magic system I have ever read! Honestly, I cannot think of a single thing I didn’t enjoy about this story.

First of all, I listened to the narrated version of this book and let me tell you, I adored the narrator! Kramer did an exceptional job of bringing Trotter’s characters and world to life. It was so good and I very highly recommend giving this audio book a listen.

Now onto the book review:

I loved the characters who were all multifaceted, intriguing, and well developed. My favotive just had to be Darius, 1000 year old, last Son of the Faromage, who despite waking up in a completely different era was able to move forward, search and question his existence and purpose, all the while being his completely altruistic and self sacrificing self. Also...he had some super exciting and unique abilities and I cannot wait to explore his character more in the next book.

Another fantastic element to this story is the subtle steampunk/futuristic world building. It is just so well done. The genius of it is in the small but perfectly executed details. It doesn’t slap you in the face but let’s you explore it with unique, interesting, well devised descriptions. I really really enjoyed learning about and experiencing this unique world , especially through the eyes of Darius, who himself, was new to it’s existence.

And finally I thoroughly and wholeheartedly appreciated the way Trotter interwove the aspect of religion and belief into the story. How he was able to take something such as gods and deities and portray them in a way that made me question what was right, who was good, where the evil presided, all those beliefs you hold dear and yet may be different than those of other people and religions. It was just nothing short of perfection. And I can tell this is one of those series that is going to stick with me far beyond it’s conclusion.

So yep…go read Birthrights and discover the amazing story of a protector thrown headlong into unknown future, where he must learn to navigate a religion both similar and yet so unlike his own, a thief and outcast who doesn’t shy away from fighting, battle, and refuses to let anything or anyone get in her way, and a prophecy that may or may not be exactly what it seems.

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