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Wednesday, February 27, 2019

THE TRIUMPHANT by Lesley Livingston / Blog Tour: Book Review / Favorite Quotes #TheTriumphant


I am so thrilled to partner with Penguin Teen to celebrate the recent release of Lesley Livingston's THE TRIUMPHANT, the third and final book in the Valiant series. If you haven't yet picked up this series, I highly recommend you do! You can check out my reviews on the first two books here. Today's tour post includes information about the book, my thoughts, as well as Penguin Teen's 5 favorite quotes from the book. I always love getting posts like this from the publishers. It's fun seeing what parts of the book they enjoyed too. 

PENGUIN TEEN'S TOP 5 FAVORITE QUOTES FROM THE TRIUMPHANT: 


1. “I miss the days when all we had to worry about was beating the living tar out of each other.”

2. “I’m no more a lady than either of you two are lords. We’re all just gladiators, after all.”

3.   The murder itself was over in mere moments. The consequences would ripple down through the days and years to come.

4. “All of you,” Cleopatra continued. “All of you are extraordinary young women. Never doubt that, or what you have accomplished. You have all walked fearlessly into a place that, before you, was a kind of temple reserved for men only. You took oaths that, before you, only men took. You fought and hurt, and some of you even died . . . but you won glory in ways only men did. And you did it all with the grace of women.”

“And the occasional kick to the stones of the nearest man,” Elka said.

5.   "Destiny is not something that is given. It’s something you prove yourself worthy of taking."

ABOUT THE BOOK


By: Lesley Livingston 
Published by: Razorbill
Released on: February 12th, 2019
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The final book in the Valiant series takes Fallon and her warrior sisters on an epic journey from the corrupt Roman Republic to the wonder of the ancient world: Alexandria, Egypt.

“You are from a world, Fallon, that values honor over everything else. Rome is not that world.”

In the wake of their victorious fight to win back the Ludus Achillea, Fallon and her gladiatrix sisters have become the toast of the Republic. Only for Fallon, glory turns to ashes when she learns that Cai has been stripped of his Decurion rank and declared infamia, cast down to serve as one of Caesar’s gladiators. All because he chose his love for her over the life of his treacherous father during the ludus uprising.

But treachery in Rome runs far deeper than Fallon ever suspected. While she is fighting for Cai’s freedom, the unthinkable happens and the Republic begins to tear itself apart at the seams. In the chaos that follows, the Achillea gladiatrices lose any protection they might have had once and for all. They’re not the only ones. 

When Fallon discovers that Cleopatra is in grave danger, she and her sister Sorcha rally their war band in an attempt to spirit the Queen of Aegypt out of Rome, embarking on a remarkable journey that will take them to Alexandria—the wonder of the ancient world—and beyond. Far beyond. Along the way, Fallon will have to decide where her heart truly lies, as well as what—and who—she is willing to sacrifice to get there

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