February reads!
February is almost over. As I’m not really publishing these months, I decided to create this monthly article for writing what I read recently. And I hope that this is going to become weekly article instead of monthly.
So let’s see what my Goodreads shows!
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Read in February:
The Queen of the Tearling
Author: Erika Johansen
Release date: 8th July 2014
Series: The Queen of the Tearling, book 1
Edition read: Bulgarian edition, published on 25th May 2015 by “Bard Publishing”.
My raiting: 5 stars
Synopsis:
Young Kelsea Raleigh was raised in hiding after the death of her mother, Queen Elyssa, far from the intrigues of the royal Keep and in the care of two devoted servants who pledged their lives to protect her. Growing up in a cottage deep in the woods, Kelsea knows little of her kingdom’s haunted past… or that its fate will soon rest in her hands.
Kelsea’s quest to save her kingdom and meet her destiny has only just begun. Riddled with mysteries, betrayals, and treacherous battles, Kelsea’s journey is a trial by fire that will either forge a legend… or destroy her.
Paper Towns
Author: John Green
Release date: 16th October 2008
Edition read: Bulgarian edition, published on 2013 by “Egmont Bulgaria”.
My raiting: 5 stars
Synopsis:
Quentin Jacobsen has spent a lifetime loving the magnificently adventurous Margo Roth Spiegelman from afar. So when she cracks open a window and climbs into his life—dressed like a ninja and summoning him for an ingenious campaign of revenge — he follows. After their all-nighter ends, and a new day breaks, Q arrives at school to discover that Margo, always an enigma, has now become a mystery. But Q soon learns that there are clues — and they’re for him. Urged down a disconnected path, the closer he gets, the less Q sees the girl he thought he knew…
The Golden Lily
Author: Richelle Mead
Release date: 12th June 2012
Series: Bloodlines, book 2
Edition read: Bulgarian edition, published on 17th July 2012 by “Ibis”.
My raiting: 5 stars
Synopsis:
Sydney Sage is an Alchemist, one of a group of humans who dabble in magic and serve to bridge the worlds of humans and vampires. Alchemists protect vampire secrets – and human lives.
Sydney would love to go to college, but instead, she’s been sent into hiding at a posh boarding school in Palm Springs, California – tasked with protecting Moroi princess Jill Dragomir from assassins who want to throw the Moroi court into civil war. Formorly in disgrace, Sydney is now praised for her loyalty and obedience, and held up as the model of an exemplary Alchemist.
But the closer she grows to Jill, Eddie, and especially Adrian, the more she finds herself questioning her age-old Alchemist beliefs, her idea of family, and her sense of what it means to truly belong. Her world becomes even more complicated when magical experiments show Sydney may hold the key to prevent becoming Strigoi – the fiercest vampires, the ones who don’t die. But it’s her fear of being just that – special, magical, powerful – that scares her more than anything. Equally daunting is her new romance with Braydon, a cute, brainy guy who seems to be her match in every way. Yet, as perfect as he seems, Sydney finds herself being drawn to someone else – someone forbidden to her.
When a shocking secret threatens to tear the vampire world apart, Sydney’s loyalties are suddenly tested more than ever before. She wonders how she’s supposed to strike a balance between the principles and dogmas she’s been taught, and what her instincts are now telling her.
Should she trust the Alchemists – or her heart?
The Indigo Spell
Author: Richelle Mead
Release date: 12th February 2013
Series: Bloodlines, book 3
Edition read: Bulgarian edition, published on 4th July 2013 by “Ibis”.
My raiting: 5 stars
Synopsis:
Sydney Sage is an Alchemist, one of a group of humans who dabble in magic and serve to bridge the worlds of humans and vampires. Alchemists protect vampire secrets – and human lives.
In the aftermath of a forbidden moment that rocked Sydney to her core, she struggles to draw the line between her Alchemist teachings and what her heart is urging her to do.
Then she finally tracks down the elusive, enigmatic Marcus Finch – a former Alchemist who the organization denies exists, and who lives in shadows, on the run. With Marcus’s help, Sydney realizes that the group she’s been loyal to her whole life has been hiding the truth from her. Is it possible that her golden lily tattoo might have more power over her than she thinks?
As she struggles to come to terms with what that might mean, Sydney is compelled to use her magical powers to track down an evil magic user who is targeting powerful young witches. Using magic goes against everything she always thought she believed, but she realizes that her only hope is to embrace her special blood – or else she might be next.
Forging her own way is harder than Sydney ever dreamed. Maybe by turning off her brain – and following her heart – she’ll be able to finally figure out where she belongs.
Adrian’s Lost Chapter
Author: Richelle Mead
Release date: 3rd August 2011
Series: Bloodlines, book 0.5
Edition read: On Scribd
My raiting: 5 stars
Synopsis:
When Richelle first sat down to write Bloodlines each chapter was narrated by a different Character.
This is Adrian’s lost story.