Bingo Square: So Shiny One good thing about being on the West Coast for work: my Kate Daniels pre-order was delivered to my Kindle account at 12 AM EST, which was 9 pm PST. I was still up at that point, and immediately dropped the other book I was reading (it’s alright, it was for the TBT square so it’s not like I don’t know how it’s going to end) and dived into Magic Triumphs! So first off, Conlan, Curran and Kate’s son, is adorable! […]
I Kind of Hate the Whole Concept Behind the Phrase “Mama Bear”
This is the final novel of the Queens of Renthia trilogy though Durst mentioned she was writing a stand-alone novel about one of the other three kingdoms not explored as thoroughly as Aratay and Semo. Overall, I quite liked where Durst went with the story, and while in some ways, she followed some of the expected solutions, in other ways, she very much went against conventions, leading to a conclusion that contained elements I expected and others that I did not. After mostly being discussed […]
Do You Know How Hard It Is To Lead?
After The Reckoning, I needed to take a break from Bingo since my upcoming selections were not what I needed after a tragic medieval Welsh history novel. One was too dark, one was another novel set in medieval Britain and I figured I needed something different as a palate cleanser. It also seemed like the perfect excuse to fit in The Reluctant Queen, the second part of the Queens of Renthia trilogy, which I had started shortly before Bingo but then couldn’t’ fit into any […]
The one without the series’ main character.
I have liked this book against my will. I am a completionist, so I will be finishing this series, even though it is ALL OVER THE PLACE, all caps well deserved. But I put off reading this book for a long time because it seemed like SJM was taking me on a detour to a country I knew nothing about with characters I didn’t know, and Chowl (who I really grew to dislike over the course of the first four books), and I was resentful […]