Lisa's Summer Reads Blog Tour 2014- A.F.E. Smith
Summer Reads Blog Tour - Week Ten A.F.E. Smith
Reblogged from lisawiedmeier.com. This summer she's hosting a fantastic summer reads blog tour, where authors get to share their favourite reads! So you might just find your next favourite book. She's also hosting a fab giveaway with some awesome prizes, so enter to win (link at the bottom of the post).
Drum roll please as we're already into week ten of our Summer Reads Blog Tour, and welcome A.F.E. Smith!
It's a fast-paced fantasy whodunnit featuring love, murder and obsession, carriage chases, duels to the death and a very angry Wyvern, set in a unique city in the throes of industrial revolution. Here's a little bit more about it: Myrren Nightshade has been overlord of Darkhaven for less than a day, and already he has a brutal murder to deal with. Not just any murder, either. His father is the victim – and his sister Ayla is the only suspect. Born without the shapeshifting abilities specific to his bloodline, Myrren has always considered himself inadequate. But now it's up to him to prove his sister innocent before the law finds her guilty. Aided by a reluctant priestess, and hampered by a Captain of the Helm determined to block him at every turn, Myrren must navigate his way through a maze of secrets and lies to the truth at the centre – even if it could destroy him. Meanwhile, Ayla Nightshade has problems of her own. Fleeing from the threat of incarceration for a crime she didn't commit, unable to take refuge in her other form, she is alone and friendless. The only person willing to offer her aid is the man she despises above all others: the man she holds responsible for her mother's death.
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And now for the most important part – my book recommendations! As a fantasy reader/writer, I've gone for books that have at least an element of fantasy to them. You may not have come across these books before, but they all deserve more readers. I keep my five-star ratings for books I've loved enough to read more than once, but I'm pretty sure all five of the following books will join that number someday ...
A.F.E.'s bookshelf: summer-reads-blog-2014
This is a super-intense YA novel that explores a serious theme (bullying) in the real world as well as creating a fascinating parallel fantasy world. The two strands are well constructed and cleverly interwoven. Recommended for teens and...
I kind of wish I had written this book myself, given that it features a female protagonist whose superpower is being really good at maths. It's also full of action, well written and just plain awesome. Looking forward to the next in the ...
This is comic fantasy, but like all the best comedy, it has a heart. By the end of the book, I defy you not to want to read the other three books in the trilogy (yes, in true Douglas Adams style this is a trilogy of four) to find out wha...
Urban fantasy in the truest sense of the phrase. The author's alternate London is consistently imaginative and inventive. Aimed at a YA audience but great for adults too, this book is for anyone who likes to be immersed in the familiar-y...
A wonderful and atmospheric book, drawing on the mythology of two different cultures to create something new. It's a romance and a fantasy and a fairytale, yet at the same time it vividly brings to life the experiences of immigrants in t...
