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REVIEW; Nettle & Bone
Title: Nettle & BoneAuthor: T. KingfisherGenre: Adult, fantasyType: E-bookPublisher: Tor Books After years of seeing her sisters suffer at the hands of an abusive prince, Marra—the shy, convent-raised, third-born daughter—has finally realized that no one is coming to their rescue. No one, except for Marra herself. Seeking help from a powerful gravewitch, Marra is offered the tools to kill a prince—if she can complete three impossible tasks. But, as is the way in tales of princes, witches, and daughters, the impossible is only the beginning. On her quest, Marra is joined by the gravewitch, a reluctant fairy godmother, a strapping former knight, and a chicken possessed by a demon. Together, the five of them intend…
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AUTHOR AVENGERS; August Round Up
This month’s prompt was not actually a prompt but actually a joke by Morris. Honestly though, it worked as a writing prompt, and it proved to be a fun one. We were all complaining about aging, after all – I think all of us have been writing for a long time, and it’s showing! – and the prompt felt apt. I had a lot of fun with what I ultimately came up with, and I hope you enjoy it too! INDEX:Aradhna Kaur (me!) – The Blessed Aches Of Aging As per usual, any prompt fills going up after today will be added in to the post later! If you like…
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REVIEW; The Kiss Curse / The Wedding Witch
Title: The Kiss Curse / The Wedding WitchSeries: Graves GlenAuthor: Erin SterlingGenre: Adult, romance, urban fantasyType: E-bookPublisher: Avon Gwyn Jones is perfectly happy with her life in Graves Glen. She, her mom, and her cousin have formed a new and powerful coven; she’s running a successful witchcraft shop, Something Wicked; and she’s started mentoring some of the younger witches in town. As Halloween approaches, there’s only one problem—Llewellyn “Wells” Penhallow. Wells has come to Graves Glen to re-establish his family’s connection to the town they founded as well as to make a new life for himself after years of being the dutiful son in Wales. When he opens up a shop of his own, Penhallow’s, just across the…
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AUTHOR AVENGERS; July Round Up
I recently started playing FFXIV so when Lou suggested the prompt for this month, it didn’t take me very long before I decided what my story was going to be – a sort of pre-canon of why my player character decided to set out from home to the main cities in the first place, but also just fleshing out her family a little bit. I had fun writing it, even if it doesn’t hit all the beats of the prompt. Games seems to be the vibe though, and I know I’m not the only one who leaned that way. Do be sure to check our stories out and let us…
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NEWSLETTER SNIPPETS; Issue #4
I’ve written four of these now and it doesn’t seem to be getting any easier. These blog intros, not the newsletters. Those are surprisingly easy, even if I don’t always remember how the entire quarter of the year has passed. This last issue went out with a free short story download and I hope that readers enjoy it. It’s one of my favourite things I’ve written. You can sign up here! My husband and I took our first long childfree vacation in April too. We went to Japan – largely because this year’s Star Wars Celebration was held there and I really wanted to go, but also because his grandmother…
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AUTHOR AVENGERS; June Round Up
Happy Pride! This month’s prompt was suggested by L’poni, both for both pride and for the new addition to Josh‘s family. Congratulations again, Josh! I don’t know how well I encompassed the feelings I was trying to get across, but you can judge for yourself when you read my short offering and do let me know! INDEX:Aradhna Kaur (me!) – The Eclosion Of Eira As per usual, any prompt fills going up after today will be added in to the post later! If you like my content, consider leaving me a tip on Ko-fi!
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REVIEW; Aru Shah and the Tree of Wishes / the City of Gold / the Nectar of Immortality
Title: Aru Shah and the Tree of Wishes / Aru Shah and the City of Gold / Aru Shah and the Nectar of ImmortalitySeries: The Pandeva QuintetAuthor: Roshani ChokshiGenre: Middle Grade, fantasy, mythological reimaginingsType: PaperbackPublisher: Rick Riordan Presents War between the devas and the demons is imminent, and the Otherworld is on high alert. When intelligence from the human world reveals that the Sleeper is holding a powerful clairvoyant and her sister captive, 14-year-old Aru and her friends launch a search-and-rescue mission. The captives, a pair of twins, turn out to be the newest Pandava sisters, though, according to a prophecy, one sister is not true. During the celebration of Holi, the heavenly attendants stage…
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AUTHOR AVENGERS; May Round Up
It’s May – or Star Wars month as Josh and L’poni and Morris reminded us in the Author Avengers server – so having a Star Wars-esque prompt seemed like the thing to do. I am a self-proclaimed no.1 Jedi fan, so I took it upon myself to find a quote from Buddha themself (the inspiration behind Jedi philosophies) for this month’s prompt: I leaned heavily into the similarities between the Jedi and Sikhism for this story, and I hope you enjoy it! The underlying message of the prompt for me and for Morris seems to be about hope for the future, even if the now looks bleak, and I think we did it pretty well. INDEX:Morris…
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REVIEW; The Very Secret Society Of Irregular Witches
(Yes, I do see the irony of this going up as the post immediately after the last one. I’ve had it in drafts for ages though.) I have a new favourite book and this is it. It is cozy, emotional, romantic, warm, the vibes are immaculate, characters are distinct, the hurt/comfort is real. I love it. living for the slow burn and pining and just – ahhhh! The whole time I was reading this book – which was a very short time because I did not want to put it down – I was liveposting on Bluesky. It was just so well done, the angst so heartwrenching. The premise that…
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Why I’ll Be Reviewing Less Books On The Blog
It’s been a while since I’ve posted a book review on here. A number of months, really, and that’s not been because I haven’t been reading. I have! More than I have in a long while, even. I’ve hit 10 books this year already, and 10 was my aim when I set up my GR Challenge. But the thing is, I set out a few years ago to have my blog posts on a schedule. A slow one – once every two weeks – and the initial plan was for reviews to go up whenever. Plans have a way of not working out, and now I’ve switched things up on…