Happy Book Day to AS SHE ASCENDS, A SPARK OF WHITE FIRE, THE LANTERN'S EMBER, and THE MERMAID AND MRS HANCOCK! (Enter to WIN a copy!!!)
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HAPPY BOOK DAY TO...
AS SHE ASCENDS by Jodi Meadows,
full of fantastical dragons!
A SPARK OF WHITE FIRE by Sangu Mandanna,
based on The Mahabharata and other ancient Indian stories!
THE LANTERN'S EMBER by Colleen Houck,
revolving around making deals with the devil and guarding a portal to the Otherworld!
THE MERMAID AND MRS HANCOCK by Imogen Hermes Gowar,
which is seeped in magical realism involving mermaids!
I adore Jodi Meadows. and have been highly anticipating this follow-up to BEFORE SHE IGNITES. Over the weekend, I took part in the AS SHE ASCENDS Blog Tour and did a fun travel post on the food each island in the Fallen Isles is famous for! There are still a couple of days left to WIN AN AMAZING PRIZE PACK! Click, click, click! Good luck!
I love learning more about mythology from other cultures. I grew up more exposed to Greek and Roman mythology and tales from The Brothers Grimm, Hans Christian Andersen, and Andrew Lang than I did anything else. I love that this is full of Indian lore and inspired by The Mahabharata, especially because I fell in love with Roshani Chokshi's ARU SHAH AND THE END OF TIME earlier this year when it debuted in the Rick Riordan Presents Line, and it uses lore from the same epic! More please! I'm so ready!
This one only just came across my radar recently. It may not be something I'd pick up at the store without knowing much about it, but I recognized the author from her Tiger's Curse series, which also utilizes blended lore. This book has a very "Underworld" feel to it. 500 years ago, the main character made a deal with the devil. Now, he serves his sentence as a Lantern and must guard the Otherworld's portal, full of horrible creatures. But now, a crafty mortal has slipped through the portal and he must bring her back--before all hell breaks loose.
Okay, you guys know me. If a mermaid is involved, I am automatically intrigued! This one seems to be based more on magical realism and reads as historical fiction, but it still sounds intriguing!
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O F F I C I A L I N F O:
Title: AS SHE ASCENDS
Author: Jodi Meadows
Release Date: September 11, 2018
Publisher: HarperTeen / Katherine Tegen
SUMMARY:
MIRA, THE HOPEBEARER
Mira Minkoba is on the run with her friends after a fiery escape from the Pit, where she’d been imprisoned for defending the dragons she loves. And she wants answers. Where have all the dragons been taken? Why are powerful noorestones being shipped to the mainland? And did the treaty she’s been defending her whole life truly sell out the Fallen Isles to their enemies?
MIRA, THE DRAGONHEARTED
As her connection to the dragons—and their power—grows stronger, so does Mira’s fear that she might lose control and hurt someone she loves. But the only way to find the truth is to go home again, to Damina, to face the people who betrayed her and the parents she’s not sure she can trust. Home, where she must rise above her fears. Or be consumed. The second page-turning novel in Jodi Meadows’ Fallen Isles trilogy scorches with mysterious magic and riveting romance as one girl kindles a spark into a flame.
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O F F I C I A L I N F O:
Title: A SPARK OF WHITE FIRE
Author: Sangu Mandanna
Release Date: September 11, 2018
Publisher: Sky Pony Press
SUMMARY:
In a universe of capricious gods, dark moons, and kingdoms built on the backs of spaceships, a cursed queen sends her infant daughter away, a jealous uncle steals the throne of Kali from his nephew, and an exiled prince vows to take his crown back.
Raised alone and far away from her home on Kali, Esmae longs to return to her family. When the King of Wychstar offers to gift the unbeatable, sentient warship Titania to a warrior that can win his competition, she sees her way home: she’ll enter the competition, reveal her true identity to the world, and help her famous brother win back the crown of Kali.
It’s a great plan. Until it falls apart.
Inspired by the Mahabharata and other ancient Indian stories, A SPARK OF WHITE FIRE is a lush, sweeping space opera about family, curses, and the endless battle between jealousy and love.
Raised alone and far away from her home on Kali, Esmae longs to return to her family. When the King of Wychstar offers to gift the unbeatable, sentient warship Titania to a warrior that can win his competition, she sees her way home: she’ll enter the competition, reveal her true identity to the world, and help her famous brother win back the crown of Kali.
It’s a great plan. Until it falls apart.
Inspired by the Mahabharata and other ancient Indian stories, A SPARK OF WHITE FIRE is a lush, sweeping space opera about family, curses, and the endless battle between jealousy and love.
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O F F I C I A L I N F O:
Title: THE LANTERN'S EMBER
Author: Colleen Houck
Release Date: September 11, 2018
Publisher: Delacorte Press / Random House
SUMMARY:
Welcome to a world where nightmarish creatures reign supreme.
Five hundred years ago, Jack made a deal with the devil. It’s difficult for him to remember much about his mortal days. So, he focuses on fulfilling his sentence as a Lantern—one of the watchmen who guard the portals to the Otherworld, a realm crawling with every nightmarish creature imaginable. Jack has spent centuries jumping from town to town, ensuring that nary a mortal—or not-so-mortal—soul slips past him. That is, until he meets beautiful Ember O’Dare.
Seventeen, stubborn, and a natural-born witch, Ember feels a strong pull to the Otherworld. Undeterred by Jack’s warnings, she crosses into the forbidden plane with the help of a mysterious and debonair vampire—and the chase through a dazzling, dangerous world is on. Jack must do everything in his power to get Ember back where she belongs before both the earthly and unearthly worlds descend into chaos.
Five hundred years ago, Jack made a deal with the devil. It’s difficult for him to remember much about his mortal days. So, he focuses on fulfilling his sentence as a Lantern—one of the watchmen who guard the portals to the Otherworld, a realm crawling with every nightmarish creature imaginable. Jack has spent centuries jumping from town to town, ensuring that nary a mortal—or not-so-mortal—soul slips past him. That is, until he meets beautiful Ember O’Dare.
Seventeen, stubborn, and a natural-born witch, Ember feels a strong pull to the Otherworld. Undeterred by Jack’s warnings, she crosses into the forbidden plane with the help of a mysterious and debonair vampire—and the chase through a dazzling, dangerous world is on. Jack must do everything in his power to get Ember back where she belongs before both the earthly and unearthly worlds descend into chaos.
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O F F I C I A L I N F O:
Title: THE MERMAID AND MRS HANCOCK
Author: Imogen Hermes Gowar
Release Date: September 11, 2018
Publisher: HarperCollins
SUMMARY:
This voyage is special. It will change everything…
One September evening in 1785, the merchant Jonah Hancock hears urgent knocking on his front door. One of his captains is waiting eagerly on the step. He has sold Jonah’s ship for what appears to be a mermaid.
As gossip spreads through the docks, coffee shops, parlours and brothels, everyone wants to see Mr Hancock’s marvel. Its arrival spins him out of his ordinary existence and through the doors of high society. At an opulent party, he makes the acquaintance of Angelica Neal, the most desirable woman he has ever laid eyes on… and a courtesan of great accomplishment. This chance meeting will steer both their lives onto a dangerous new course, a journey on which they will learn that priceless things come at the greatest cost…
What will be the cost of their ambitions? And will they be able to escape the destructive power mermaids are said to possess?
In this spell-binding story of curiosity and obsession, Imogen Hermes Gowar has created an unforgettable jewel of a novel, filled to the brim with intelligence, heart and wit.
One September evening in 1785, the merchant Jonah Hancock hears urgent knocking on his front door. One of his captains is waiting eagerly on the step. He has sold Jonah’s ship for what appears to be a mermaid.
As gossip spreads through the docks, coffee shops, parlours and brothels, everyone wants to see Mr Hancock’s marvel. Its arrival spins him out of his ordinary existence and through the doors of high society. At an opulent party, he makes the acquaintance of Angelica Neal, the most desirable woman he has ever laid eyes on… and a courtesan of great accomplishment. This chance meeting will steer both their lives onto a dangerous new course, a journey on which they will learn that priceless things come at the greatest cost…
What will be the cost of their ambitions? And will they be able to escape the destructive power mermaids are said to possess?
In this spell-binding story of curiosity and obsession, Imogen Hermes Gowar has created an unforgettable jewel of a novel, filled to the brim with intelligence, heart and wit.
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