Saturday, January 28, 2017

Crown Review #27 - The Blue Moon Narthex

The Blue Moon Narthex - N.J. Donner


Rating: 4.5/5 Stars
Series: Karmanic Sovereign Legion, #1
Length: 360
Purchase: [Amazon]

Thank You Concierge Marketing Inc. and NetGalley for giving an eARC for an honest review.

Synopsis:
The balance of good and evil has been left in the hands of a thirteen year old...

Since the beginning of time, Karmanic matter worked silently and unassisted keeping good and evil in balance, until growing greed in the world meant Karma couldn’t keep up. As World War I rages, the secret Karmanic Sovereign Legion works behind the scenes to help Karma.

A suspicious train accident and an odd stone-shaped object that belonged to his father thrust Cole McCarthy and two schoolmates into the middle of this battle to keep dark forces in check. 

With only the powerful stone, a letter, and grandfatherly Norm to guide them, the trio must unravel clues and tap into unknown strengths to discover who Cole’s father really was and keep themselves and those they love safe.

Saturday, January 21, 2017

Crown Review #26 - Curse of Stars

Curse of Stars - Donna Compositor


Rating: 2/5 Stars
Series: Diamond Crier, #1
Length: 316 Pages
Purchase: [Amazon]

Thank You Xpresso Book Tours and NetGalley for giving an eARC for an honest review.

Synopsis:
Sabi Perez is the last Diamond Crier, only she doesn’t know it. Not until a crazed ruler from another world comes to collect her priceless tears and won’t take no for an answer.

Living in New York, Sabi’s seen some nasty things, but the lengths to which her captor will go to keep his crown are things found only in the darkest nightmares. Afraid and alone, Sabi finds solace in her cellmate, Anya, and Cabal, a fellow Crier who also has powers, a rare combination that buys his favor from the ruler. Only it’s a favor he doesn’t want.

In a fit of rage, power erupts out of Sabi, the same power Cabal has, and a spark of hope ignites. Together they may have a chance at escape, something no other Crier has done. Except a ruler hellbent on draining them of every last diamond tear isn’t their only hurdle. If they escape they’ll be hunted to the ends of the earth, if they survive the trek to safety. If they stay the ruler will leech them dry. Sabi would rather die trying than lie down and die, even if that means running away into even more danger.

Saturday, January 14, 2017

Crown Review #25 - Day of the Predator

Day of the Predator - Alex Scarrow


Rating: 4.5/5 Stars
Series: TimeRiders Series, #2
Length: 405 Pages
Purchase: [Amazon] | [Barnes & Noble]

Synopsis:
Liam O’Connor should have died at sea in 1912.
Maddy Carter should have died on a plane in 2010.
Sal Vikram should have died in a fire in 2026.

But all three have been given a second chance—to work for an agency that no-one knows exists. Its purpose—to prevent time travel destroying history . . .

When Maddy mistakenly opens a time window where and when she shouldn’t have, Liam is marooned sixty-five million years ago in the hunting ground of a deadly—and until now—undiscovered species of predator.

Can Liam make contact with Maddy and Sal before he’s torn to pieces by dinosaurs—and without endangering history so much that the world is overtaken by a terrifying new reality?

Saturday, January 7, 2017

Crown Review #24 - The Infinite Sea

The Infinite Sea - Rick Yancey


Rating: 4/5 Stars
Series: The 5th Wave, #2
Length: 300 Pages
Purchase: [Amazon] | [Barnes & Noble]

Synopsis:
The hugely anticipated follow-up to the New York Times bestselling The 5th Wave, hailed by Justin Cronin as “wildly entertaining.”

For Cassie Sullivan and the rest of Earth’s remaining human survivors, the situation was already desperate when the 5th Wave hit. It’s about to get worse.

No one yet knows the depths to which Earth’s conquerors—the Others—will sink in order to rid the Earth of the human infestation, nor have they guessed the heights to which the human spirit can reach. Characters introduced in Book One will come to the fore—and others will face the ultimate test.

Readers will watch in awe as the Others give their answer to Cassie’s defiance.