Andye Reads

The Atlas Paradox by Olivie Blake My rating: 3 of 5 stars It's going to be interesting to see the reaction to this book. I listened to The Atlas Paradox on audio (thank you Macmillan Audio for the review copy), and I really enjoy the production of this series. I feel like every narrator they got perfectly encapsulated the character they read for and I do think it adds to the overall feel and atmosphere. The Book: I feel like people are either going to be incredibly disappointed because this book doesn't live up to book one, or they're going to be so in love with book one that they're just going to be so happy to be in this world with these characters again that it won't matter. I strangely fall into both of these categories. In my opinion, TAP definitely suffers from second book syndrome. There was SO MUCH dialog and inner dialog about the characters and what they were thinking about themselves and each other. About what they might be capable of, or not. About wha...

by R.F. Kuang My rating: 3 of 5 stars (I haven't settled on a star rating yet. 2-3 stars I believe) Thank you Harper Audio for an early audiobook copy of this book. The audiobook narrators did a fantastic job and really enhanced my enjoyment of BABEL. I thought the way they handled the footnotes was quite well done, and the main narrator, Chris Lew Kum Hoi, did a phenomenal job with voices and emotion throughout. I would definitely recommend this on audio. Review: I, like every bookish person I know, was highly anticipating BABEL. When I was sent the audiobook, I dove in immediately. There were definitely things that I really loved about the book, but those things tended to be on the educational and informational side and not on the story itself. I found the world of Babel to be fascinating. The way language was used in the book is such a perfect metaphor for how important, manipulative, destructive, and motivating language can be in life. There were incredibly relevant and compl...

THE STEEL PRINCE Shades of Magic Vol 1 by VE Schwab Andrea Olimpieri (Illustrator, Artist) Enrica Eren Angiolini (Colorist) Print Length: 112 pages Publisher: Titan Publication Date: March 6, 2019 Sold by: Amazon Digital Services LLC Goodreads | Amazon Written by #1 New York Times bestselling author V.E. Schwab and torn from the universe of the Shades of Magic sequence, this all-original comic book prequel to A Darker Shade of Magic is perfect for fans of bloody, swashbuckling adventure and gritty fantasy. Delve into the thrilling, epic tale of the young and arrogant Prince Maxim Maresh, long before he became the King of Red London and adoptive father to Kell, the lead of A Darker Shade of Magic. The youthful Maresh is sent to a violent and unmanageable port city on the Blood Coast of Verose, on strict orders from his father, King Nokil Maresh, to cut his military teeth in this lawless landscape. There he encounters an unruly band of soldiers, a lawless landscape, a...

Guys, we are so genuinely excited for this blog tour. Reagan and I (Andye) both fell in love with  THE LAST MAGICIAN  by Lisa Maxwell, and desperately want everyone else to read it and fall in love as well. And book two, THE DEVIL'S THIEF, is coming out soon, so now is the time! Check out Reagan's review for TDT, and don't miss her interview with one of the most swoon-worthy book boys ever! And, of course, you'll want to enter the giveaway at the end. THE DEVIL'S THIEF The Last Magician #2 by Lisa Maxwell Print Length: 704 pages Publisher : Simon Pulse (October 9, 2018) Publication Date : October 9, 2018 Sold by : Simon and Schuster Digital Sales Inc Buy the Book: Amazon.com Esta’s parents were murdered. Her life was stolen. And everything she knew about magic was a lie. She thought the Book of Mysteries held the key to freeing the Mageus from the Order’s grasp, but the danger within its pages was greater than she ever imagined. Now the Book’s fu...

Review by Jackie A SHADOW BRIGHT AND BURNING by Jessica Cluess Print Length: 416 pages Publisher: Random House Books for Young Readers (September 20, 2016) Publication Date: September 20, 2016 Sold by: Random House LLC Language: English Goodreads | Amazon I am Henrietta Howel. The first female sorcerer in hundreds of years. The prophesied one. Or am I? Henrietta Howel can burst into flames. Forced to reveal her power to save a friend, she's shocked when instead of being executed, she's invited to train as one of Her Majesty's royal sorcerers. Thrust into the glamour of Victorian London, Henrietta is declared the chosen one, the girl who will defeat the Ancients, bloodthirsty demons terrorizing humanity. She also meets her fellow sorcerer trainees, handsome young men eager to test her power and her heart. One will challenge her. One will fight for her. One will betray her. But Henrietta Howel is not the chosen one. As she plays a dangerous game of decep...

Review by Sara... THE MIRROR KING The Orphan Queen #2 By Jodi Meadows Hardcover: 544 pages Publisher: Katherine Tegen Books (April 5, 2016) Language: English Goodreads | Amazon Wilhelmina has a hundred enemies. HER FRIENDS HAVE TURNED. After her identity is revealed during the Inundation, Princess Wilhelmina is kept prisoner by the Indigo Kingdom, with the Ospreys lost somewhere in the devastated city. When the Ospreys’ leader emerges at the worst possible moment, leaving Wil’s biggest ally on his deathbed, she must become Black Knife to set things right. HER MAGIC IS UNCONTROLLABLE. Wil’s power is to animate, not to give true life, but in the wraithland she commanded a cloud of wraith mist to save herself, and later ordered it solid. Now there is a living boy made of wraith—destructive and deadly, and willing to do anything for her. HER HEART IS TORN. Though she’s ready for her crown, declaring herself queen means war. Caught between what she wants and wha...

I I know you've probably been hearing a lot about this series, and how amazing it is, and how the world-building is incredible and the characters are awesome and blah, blah, blah. But I'm here to tell you to think twice before starting these books. Here are 8 reasons you may want to steer clear. 1. You're going to want a magic coat that changes every time you flip it around and you can't have one. This is just going to make you sad, thinking about all the space you could save in your closet, and all the things you could hide from other people in your magic coat pockets. Who needs that? 2. All the other covers on your shelf will be jealous, because . . .  BEAUTIFUL! Do you want to make all your other books sad? I mean you say you love them, so how are you going to go and shove the awesomeness of these covers in their faces? What kind of parent are you? 3. Delilah Bard kicks a** and it might give you ideas about girls ruling the world and stuff. ...

Review by Krista  ENDURE by Sara B. Larson Series: Defy #3 Hardcover: 320 Publisher: Scholastic Press (December 29, 2015) Language: English Goodreads | Amazon The remarkable third novel in Sara B. Larson's bestselling Defy series! At last, Alexa and King Damian are engaged to be married. But their lives are far from safe. The kingdom of Antion is under siege, and Rylan is a prisoner of the enemy. Even worse, Alexa remains at the mercy of the evil Dansiian Rafe, who controls her mind and can force Alexa to kill or harm Damian at any moment. Despite this, Alexa is determined to rescue Rylan, which soon leads her far from Damian and deep into enemy territory. When she arrives, what awaits her is deadlier than anything she could have ever imagined: an army of black sorcerers, and a horrifying plot to destroy the world as Alexa knows it. Will she be able to gather the strength to free herself, protect the love of her life, and save the land? Will there ever be true peace? ...