Best I've Read is back! I'm excited to be taking part in this for the third straight year. Through out the entire week I'll be spotlighting some of my favorite reads along with hosting some giveaways. I'm not the only one featuring my favorites, myself along with Page Turners, Once Upon a Twilight, Reading Lark, Books Complete Me, Portrait of a Book, Amethyst Daydreams, A Reader's Ramblings, Cindy Thomas, YA Author, I Am A Read, Not a Writer, are all also taking part in this year's week long feature.
In addition each of our posts, don't miss all of our top favorites which will be featured on Best I've Read's blog along with giveaways! Collectively as a group we came up with our shared favorites which are being featured on the BIR blog each day. So you have numerous chances this week to win some fabulous goodies. You can check out each blog's individual schedule's here. Next week you'll have more chances to win goodies with our annual Mundie Moms Best of series.
Don't miss today's BIR2102 blog favorites: Shadow & Bone by Leigh Bardugo & The Immortal Rules / The Lost Prince by Julie Kagawa.
Today's Feature Favorites are: Days of Blood & Starlight by Laini Taylor and Throne of Glass by Sarah J Maas.
By: Laini Taylor
Published by: Little Brown
Released on: November 6th, 2012 TODAY
Purchase from: Amazon | Barnes & Noble
Series: Daughter of Smoke & Bone #2
In this stunning sequel to the highly acclaimed Daughter of Smoke and Bone, Karou must come to terms with who and what she is, and how far she’ll go to avenge her people. Filled with heartbreak and beauty, mysteries and secrets, new characters and old favorites, Days of Blood and Starlight brings the richness, color and intensity of the first book to a brand new canvas. - quoted from Goodreads
This series is in a league all it's own! Laini Taylor has created a series that's not just another one of those books that full of angel/demon lore. There is so much for to this intense, richly detailed, mesmerizing world. Normally I have favorite things I like about a book and one or two, or sometimes a few things I don't like. The only thing I didn't like about this book is it ended! I am in love with Laini's writing. Seriously, she is a literary genius. I mean who can right a book that has this absolutely breath taking romance, without even having the two characters together in the book!? If you've read the book you'll know what I mean. If you haven't read it, you are missing out! This is a book brimming with everything I love in an urban fantasy. There's romance, danger, fabulous characters, action and plenty of intrigue. You can check out my full spoiler free review here, to see why it made this list and my 2012 top tens list.
Thank you to Little Brown, I have a copy of Days of Bloods & Starlight to giveaway to one lucky winner.
Thank you to Little Brown, I have a copy of Days of Bloods & Starlight to giveaway to one lucky winner.
By: Sarah J Maas
Published by: Bloomsbury
To Be Released on: August 7th, 2012
Purchase from: Amazon | Barnes & Noble | IndieBound
When magic has gone from the world, and a vicious king rules from his throne of glass, an assassin comes to the castle. She does not come to kill, but to win her freedom. If she can defeat twenty-three killers, thieves, and warriors in a competition to find the greatest assassin in the land, she will become the King’s Champion and be released from prison.
Her name is Celaena Sardothien.
The Crown Prince will provoke her. The Captain of the Guard will protect her.
And a princess from a foreign land will become the one thing Celaena never thought she’d have again: a friend.
But something evil dwells in the castle–and it’s there to kill. When her competitors start dying, horribly, one by one, Celaena’s fight for freedom becomes a fight for survival–and a desperate quest to root out the source of evil before it destroys her world
There's a running theme for each of the books I've chosen to feature this week, and that is that each one of them is flawlessly written. Throne of Glass is an incredibly well written story with equally incredible characters. This is a story filled with sizzling romance, plenty of danger and introduced me to one heck of an amazing heroine. I loved Celaena from the moment I met her. It's not just her rags to riches story that got to me, but the fact this girl isn't just incredibly strong, she's smart and I love that she's a character who thinks for herself. If you love a story with a great romance, well just wait till you meet the Captain of the Guard and the Prince! I HIGHLY recommend picking this book up!! You won't regret that you do. You can check out my full review here.
Thank you to Bloomsbury, Portrait of a Book and I have a copy of Throne of Glass we're giving to one lucky winner. Be sure to enter here: