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Godsgrave (murder and amazing bi rep, what more could I want?) — Jay Kristoff

TITLE: Godsgrave (The Nevernight Chronicle, #2) AUTHOR: Jay Kristoff GENRE: Fantasy AGE RANGE: Adult SYNOPSIS: Assassin Mia Corvere has found her place among the Blades of Our Lady of Blessed Murder, but many in the Red Church ministry think she’s far from earned it. Plying her bloody trade in a backwater of the Republic, she’s no closer to ending Consul Scaeva and Cardinal Duomo, or avenging her familia. And after a deadly confrontation with an old enemy, Mia begins to suspect the motives...

LIFEL1K3 — Jay Kristoff (ARC Review)

TITLE: LIFEL1K3 AUTHOR: Jay Kristoff SERIES: Lifelike, #1 RELEASES: May 29th, 2018; Knopf Books for Young Readers GENRE: Sci-fi/Dystopian AGE RANGE: YA SYNOPSIS: On a floating junkyard beneath a radiation sky, a deadly secret lies buried in the scrap. Eve isn’t looking for secrets—she’s too busy looking over her shoulder. The robot gladiator she’s just spent six months building has been reduced to a smoking wreck, and the only thing keeping her Grandpa from the grave was the fistful of credits she just lost...

Nevernight — Jay Kristoff

TITLE: Nevernight AUTHOR: Jay Kristoff SERIES: The Nevernight Chronicle, #1 RELEASED: August 9th, 2016; Thomas Dunne Books GENRE: Fantasy AGE RANGE: Adult SYNOPSIS: In a land where three suns almost never set, a fledgling killer joins a school of assassins, seeking vengeance against the powers who destroyed her family. Daughter of an executed traitor, Mia Corvere is barely able to escape her father’s failed rebellion with her life. Alone and friendless, she hides in a city built from the bones of a dead god,...

Obsidio — Jay Kristoff & Amie Kaufman (NO SPOILERS!)

TITLE: Obsidio AUTHOR: Kristoff, Jay; Kaufman, Amie RELEASED: March 13th, 2018; Knopf Books for Young Readers GENRE: Sci-fi AGE RANGE: YA SYNOPSIS: Kady, Ezra, Hanna, and Nik narrowly escaped with their lives from the attacks on Heimdall station and now find themselves crammed with 2,000 refugees on the container ship, Mao. With the jump station destroyed and their resources scarce, the only option is to return to Kerenza—but who knows what they’ll find seven months after the invasion? Meanwhile, Kady’s cousin, Asha, survived the initial...

T10T: 2017’s New-to-Me Authors

This is a weekly tag hosted by The Broke and the Bookish, and this week’s challenge is Top Ten New-to-Me Authors I Read In 2017! I specifically opted not to pick any debut authors – these are just authors that were published pre-2017, but I didn’t check out until January 1st or later. NOTE: If any of these dates are wrong… blame Goodreads. 1. Sarah J Maas – first published in 2012 Yep, she’s on this list! I could have sworn I first read...

T10T: Characters Who Could Teach Me Something!

This is a weekly tag hosted by The Broke and the Bookish, and this week’s challenge is Ten Characters Who Would Make Great Leaders! I like to change the challenge up a little sometimes, so I decided to name ten fictional characters who I would like to learn a thing or two from (and what those things are!). Click the book covers for links to the book’s Goodreads listing, or the fanart pictures for links to the artist’s page!...

Top 10 Tuesday: Best Reads of 2017 (So Far)

I originally was going to focus this week's post specifically on fantasy and sci-fi books, but I realized that it left me with no excuse not to pick multiple titles from the same series (looking at you, ACOTAR and The Lunar Chronicles!). Instead, I thought I'd just give you guys a rundown of my ten favorite reads of the year so far - any genre! I limited myself to one title per series, which is why you won't see a few of my beloved titles in this list.