Stacking The Shelves is a weekly (or in my case monthly) meme hosted by Tynga’s Reviews and it’s all about sharing the books you’ve added to your shelves, may it be physical or virtual. You can include books you buy in a physical store or online, books you borrow from friends or the library, review books, gifts, and of course ebooks!
Received for Review:
Orbit Books very kindly sent me finished copies of The Shadow of the Gods by John Gwynne and The Broken God by Gareth Hanrahan. You can check out my review of The Shadow of the Gods HERE.
A Spindle Splintered by Alix E. Harrow
This is a teensy little novella that I mostly picked up because of that gorgeous cover and my confidence that Alix Harrow tells a good story. Oh yeah, Sleeping Beauty was always one of my favorite Disney movies, so I’m curious to see what I think of a retelling (though Maleficent turning into a glorious dragon was truly my favorite part). Thanks to Tordotcom for the eARC.
The Seventh Queen by Greta Kelly
Hands down one of my most anticipated sequels of the year after I was left in awe of the cliffhanger ending in The Frozen Crown. Totally blew me away! Many thanks to HarperVoyager for the eARC.
The Coward by Stephen Aryan
I couldn’t possibly resist a book where the lauded hero wasn’t really all that heroic, so I’m dying to see what sort of antics occur when the MC tries to get out of saving the world again. Plus, something about that cover makes me want to put it on my shelf – I hope the gold parts are all gorgeous and shiny because I might buy the paperback! Thanks to Angry Robot for the eARC.
A Desert Torn Asunder by Bradley P. Beaulieu
Well, my self control got the best of me because I wasn’t going to pick this up until I finally read the previous book in the series. But here we are. Thanks to DAW for the eARC and making succumb to temptation!
My Purchases:
I’ve had a month full of good audiobooks! I picked up Swordheart by T. Kingfisher after reading the Bibliosanctum review, which was a great choice since I loved it and am now officially a T. Kingfisher fan. I also picked up Six Wakes and The Hunting Party which are two vastly different murder mysteries. And lastly one of my most anticipated YA releases of the year, Blade of Secrets.
I finally received my stunning Subterranean Press edition of Dark Age by Pierce Brown. It has several awesome interior illustrations and is such a quality (and hefty) book! The wait for book to finally arrive is usually a long one, but it was longer than usual (thanks COVID) so it’s been just over a year wait to finally receive it.
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Dark Age is gorgeous! Do you have the whole set? I was so tempted to buy them but they are on the pricier side (but then I turned around and bought two expensive Stephen Graham Jones books from Sub Press so go figure🤣)
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I do have the whole set!! They are all gorgeous 😍 I can’t wait for the next book to finally come out
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I’m really looking forward to Blade of Secrets, I loved her last book The Shadows Between Us!
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Oh my goodness, so many good books! I just started the new John Gwynne and I’m enjoying it a lot so far! I’m also dying to get my hands on the Seventh Queen but since I listened to the first in audio and it was great, I might have to wait for audio of the sequel too. I hope you’ll enjoy Swordheart! It’s VERY different from her horror, but the romance was cute and story itself was very light and fun 🙂
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How AMAZING was Shadow of the Gods, right?? That edition of Dark Age is also pretty amazing! And you have the whole set? Wow!
I also got A Desert Torn Asunder, and can’t wait to read it. I think you’ll like the 5th one, so long as you’ve enjoyed the rest of the series.
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