Stacking the Shelves #243

Stacking the Shelves is a weekly meme hosted by Tynga's Reviews that lets us share what we've added to our shelves.

PRH Canada very kindly sent me a finished copy of The Bride Test, thank you! I loved her debut, The Kiss Quotient :D
 

I received these pretties from S&S Canada, thank you so much!

What did you add to your shelves this week?

WoW #258: The Shadows Between Us by Tricia Levenseller

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The Shadows Between Us
by Tricia Levenseller

February 25, 2020
336 pages

Goodreads      Indigo

Goodreads Summary:
Alessandra is tired of being overlooked, but she has a plan to gain power:

1) Woo the Shadow King.
2) Marry him.
3) Kill him and take his kingdom for herself.

No one knows the extent of the freshly crowned Shadow King’s power. Some say he can command the shadows that swirl around him to do his bidding. Others say they speak to him, whispering the thoughts of his enemies. Regardless, Alessandra knows what she deserves, and she’s going to do everything within her power to get it.

But Alessandra’s not the only one trying to kill the king. As attempts on his life are made, she finds herself trying to keep him alive long enough for him to make her his queen—all while struggling not to lose her heart. After all, who better for a Shadow King than a cunning, villainous queen?
 

I loved Tricia Levenseller's debut duology. This new one of hers sounds like all kinds of wicked and delish~

What are you guys waiting on this week?

Review: Technically, You Started It but Lana Wood Johnson

Technically, You Started It

by Lana Wood Johnson

June 25, 2019

384 pages

 
Goodreads      Indigo

Goodreads Summary:

When a guy named Martin Nathaniel Munroe II texts you, it should be obvious who you're talking to. Except there's two of them (it's a long story), and Haley thinks she's talking to the one she doesn't hate.

A question about a class project rapidly evolves into an all-consuming conversation. Haley finds that Martin is actually willing to listen to her weird facts and unusual obsessions, and Martin feels like Haley is the first person to really see who he is. Haley and Martin might be too awkward to hang out in real life, but over text, they're becoming addicted to each other.

There's just one problem: Haley doesn't know who Martin is. And Martin doesn't know that Haley doesn't know. But they better figure it out fast before their meet-cute becomes an epic meet-disaster...
 

Stacking the Shelves #242

Stacking the Shelves is a weekly meme hosted by Tynga's Reviews that lets us share what we've added to our shelves.

I'm so excited to read this one!! Thank you PRH Canada for this beauty <3
 

 

A big thank you to HBG Canada for sending me these advance copies! I couldn't resist and have already devoured my most anticipated sequel Queen of Ruin. SO GOOD!!

 

What did you add to your shelves this week?

WoW #257: Find Me Their Bones (Bring Me Their Hearts #2) by Sara Wolf

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Find Me Their Bones
(Bring Me Their Hearts #2)
by Sara Wolf

November 5, 2019
400 pages

Goodreads      Indigo

Goodreads Summary:
No one can save her.

In order to protect Prince Lucien d’Malvane’s heart, Zera had to betray him. Now, he hates the sight of her. Trapped in Cavanos as a prisoner of the king, she awaits the inevitable moment her witch severs their magical connection and finally ends her life.

But fate isn't ready to give her up just yet.

With freedom coming from the most unlikely of sources, Zera is given a second chance at life as a Heartless. But it comes with a terrible price. As the king mobilizes his army to march against the witches, Zera must tame an elusive and deadly valkerax trapped in the tunnels underneath the city if she wants to regain her humanity.

Winning over a bloodthirsty valkerax? Hard. Winning back her friends before war breaks out? A little harder.

But a Heartless winning back Prince Lucien’s heart?

The hardest thing she’s ever done.
 

I have been waiting for more news on this sequel since I finished the first book. Finally we have a cover, synopsis and even a release date YAY!!

What are you guys waiting on this week?

Review: Huge Deal (21 Wall Street #3) by Lauren Layne

Huge Deal
(21 Wall Street #3)
by Lauren Layne

April 23, 2019

268 pages

Goodreads     Indigo

Goodreads Summary:
Even for a top-gun banker, temptation this hot is quite a gamble, in a sexy Wall Street romp from New York Times bestselling author Lauren Layne.

An alpha among the wolves of Wall Street, Kennedy Dawson rose to the top of the pack by striking the right contracts at the right times. But there’s one deal that’s been giving him a run for his money—a pact to never again let his assistant, Kate, get under his skin. She may be smart, gorgeous, and sharp as a whip, but she’s definitely off-limits.

Kate Henley isn’t a banker, but she knows a thing or two about risk management—specifically, about managing her attraction to her smolderingly sexy boss. She already fell once, and Kennedy showed no sign of paying a return on her investment. So when Kennedy’s brother starts pursuing her, Kate figures she has the best of both worlds. Jack is charming, rich, very attentive, and the spitting image of his older brother.

It’s also making Kennedy think twice. But to win Kate’s heart, he’ll have to broker the deal of a lifetime…and prove he’s worth the risk.

Stacking the Shelves #241

Stacking the Shelves is a weekly meme hosted by Tynga's Reviews that lets us share what we've added to our shelves.

The cat is guarding our precious haul! Thank you so much to Raincoast Books for these two fantasy reads. I can't believe I have Darkdawn O.O

 

 

I got a fun package from PRH Canada, thank you!

 

 

What did you add to your shelves this week?

Event Recap: Raincoast Books present TeensRead Fall 2019 Preview

 

Last weekend I had the pleasure of attending the latest TeensRead Preview from Raincoast Books! It was such a fun time filled with book announcements and awesome swags~ It was exciting to learn that Wattpad will be publishing books :D

We had special guest author Jacqueline Firkins there to talk about her debut novel Hearts, Strings, and Other Breakable Things! She's a costume designer and it was so fun listening to her talk about the input she had in her cover design (the red sneakers is important!).
 

I'm looking forward to reading these titles (click on the cover for more info):

   

   

 

Here are all the titles that were presented (click on the picture to get a better view):

 

Which title(s) are you most excited for?

 

The ladies also came up with this neat idea of matching horoscopes to the upcoming releases (click on the picture to get a better view):

 

 

I'm a Scorpio and definitely excited to read Good Luck Girls which I actually got a copy of in my swag bag! I haven't had a chance to snap a picture of the goodies I received yet but I'll share that soon in a Stacking the Shelves post.

 

As always a huge thank you to the Raincoast team for an amazing time!! I'm already looking forward to the next one ;)

WoW #256: The Orchid Throne (Forgotten Empire #1) by Jeffe Kennedy

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The Orchid Throne
(Forgotten Empire #1)
by Jeffe Kennedy

September 24, 2019
384 pages

Goodreads      Indigo

Goodreads Summary:
Welcome to the world of Forgotten Empires from award winning author Jeffe Kennedy that begins with The Orchid Throne.

A PRISONER OF FATE

As Queen of the island kingdom of Calanthe, Euthalia will do anything to keep her people free—and her secrets safe—from the mad tyrant who rules the mainland. Guided by a magic ring of her father’s, Lia plays the political game with the cronies the emperor sends to her island. In her heart, she knows that it’s up to her to save herself from her fate as the emperor’s bride. But in her dreams, she sees a man, one with the power to build a better world—a man whose spirit is as strong, and whose passion is as fierce as her own…

A PRINCE AMONG MEN

Conrí, former Crown Prince of Oriel, has built an army to overthrow the emperor. But he needs the fabled Abiding Ring to succeed. The ring that Euthalia holds so dear to her heart. When the two banished rulers meet face to face, neither can deny the flames of rebellion that flicker in their eyes—nor the fires of desire that draw them together. But in this broken world of shattered kingdoms, can they ever really trust each other? Can their fiery alliance defeat the shadows of evil that threaten to engulf their hearts and souls?
 

I found this one on GR and it sounds right up my alley!

What are you guys waiting on this week?

Review: Defy the Fates (Constellation #3) by Claudia Gray

Defy the Fates
(Constellation #3)
by Claudia Gray

April 2, 2019

400 pages

Goodreads     Indigo

Goodreads Summary:
Hunted and desperate.

Abel only has one mission left that matters: save the life of Noemi Vidal. To do that, he not only has to escape the Genesis authorities, he also must face the one person in the galaxy who still has the means to destroy him. Burton Mansfield's consciousness lives on, desperate for a home, and Abel's own body is his last bargaining chip.

Alone in the universe.

Brought back from the brink of death, Noemi Vidal finds Abel has not only saved her life, but he's made her into something else, something more. Not quite mech, yet not quite human any longer, Noemi must find her place in a universe where she is utterly unique, all while trying to create a world where anyone--even a mech--can be free.

The final battle between Earth and the colony planets is here, and there's no lengths to which Earth won't go to preserve its domination over all humanity. But together, the universe's most advanced mech and its first human-mech hybrid might have the power to change the galaxy for good.
 

Stacking the Shelves #240

Stacking the Shelves is a weekly meme hosted by Tynga's Reviews that lets us share what we've added to our shelves.

I was lucky enough to win a copy of this book from the author's Instagram giveaway! It's super pretty, thank you Crystal Cestari!!
 

 

Raincoast very kindly sent me The Grace Year and surprised me with Kid Gloves! Thank you so much!!

 

 

What did you add to your shelves this week?

WoW 255: Bringing Down the Duke (A League of Extraordinary Women #1) by Evie Dunmore

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Bringing Down the Duke
(A League of Extraordinary Women #1)
by Evie Dunmore

September 3, 2019
320 pages

Goodreads      Indigo

Goodreads Summary:
A stunning debut for author Evie Dunmore and her Oxford Rebels, in which a fiercely independent vicar's daughter takes on a powerful duke in a love story that threatens to upend the British social order.

England, 1879. Annabelle Archer, the brilliant but destitute daughter of a country vicar, has earned herself a place among the first cohort of female students at the renowned University of Oxford. In return for her scholarship, she must support the rising women's suffrage movement. Her charge: recruit men of influence to champion their cause. Her target: Sebastian Devereux, the cold and calculating Duke of Montgomery who steers Britain's politics at the Queen's command. Her challenge: not to give in to the powerful attraction she can't deny for the man who opposes everything she stands for.

Sebastian is appalled to find a suffragist squad has infiltrated his ducal home, but the real threat is his impossible feelings for green-eyed beauty Annabelle. He is looking for a wife of equal standing to secure the legacy he has worked so hard to rebuild, not an outspoken commoner who could never be his duchess. But he wouldn't be the greatest strategist of the Kingdom if he couldn't claim this alluring bluestocking without the promise of a ring...or could he?

Locked in a battle with rising passion and a will matching her own, Annabelle will learn just what it takes to topple a duke....
 

I love a good historical romance and this one sounds meaningful and FUN!

What are you guys waiting on this week?

Review: Sorcery of Thorns by Margaret Rogerson

Sorcery of Thorns

by Margaret Rogerson

June 4, 2019
464 pages

Goodreads      Indigo

Goodreads Summary:
All sorcerers are evil. Elisabeth has known that as long as she has known anything. Raised as a foundling in one of Austermeer’s Great Libraries, Elisabeth has grown up among the tools of sorcery—magical grimoires that whisper on shelves and rattle beneath iron chains. If provoked, they transform into grotesque monsters of ink and leather. She hopes to become a warden, charged with protecting the kingdom from their power.

Then an act of sabotage releases the library’s most dangerous grimoire. Elisabeth’s desperate intervention implicates her in the crime, and she is torn from her home to face justice in the capital. With no one to turn to but her sworn enemy, the sorcerer Nathaniel Thorn, and his mysterious demonic servant, she finds herself entangled in a centuries-old conspiracy. Not only could the Great Libraries go up in flames, but the world along with them.

As her alliance with Nathaniel grows stronger, Elisabeth starts to question everything she’s been taught—about sorcerers, about the libraries she loves, even about herself. For Elisabeth has a power she has never guessed, and a future she could never have imagined.

Stacking the Shelves #239

Stacking the Shelves is a weekly meme hosted by Tynga's Reviews that lets us share what we've added to our shelves.

I actually got these books a few weeks ago but have just been lazy to unpack them haha. After eyeing these titles for some while on BookOutlet I finally got them! I've already read and loved Obsidio, now I just need to get to the rest of them XD

 

What did you add to your shelves this week?