Queenslayer by Sebastien de Castell

Paperback, 400 pages

Published May 2019 by Hot Key Books

Series: Spellslinger #5'

Fantasy 

Own

Gonna make it short :)

I can't recall if it was book 4 alone, or book 3 and 4 that felt like  a bump in the road. A big enough bump that I didn't even mean to read more. But for some reason I did and I am glad I did. Book 5 was good again, good that it felt like being back with the beginning of the series. It was Kellen at his best.

Kellen and the best sidekick ever, Reichis, the foulmouthed best, are in trouble again. And then he gets embroiled in plot upon plots. He is the joker in the deck and he might help an empire, or bring it down.

Kellen is great and it does show that he has become older. Reichis on the other hand is still a monster.

The Daroman Empire, oh the plots upon plots. Everyone wants to kill someone, but who wants to kill X and why? And then there are neighboring states that are plotting too.

A fun ride! I wish I had the last book now!

Kellen and Reichis have just finished fighting a duel in the desert when Kellen inadvertently smears blood on the Daroman flag - an act of treason for which the Marshals have no choice but to arrest him. Just before he's put before the Queen to be executed, Kellen is given a strange piece of advice from one of his fellow prisoners: kill the Queen and he'll be given clemency by those who take power. But when Kellen comes face-to-face with the eleven year-old monarch, he realises she's vastly smarter than he expected - and in a great deal more danger.

Educated by Tara Westover

Paperback, 384 pages

Published November 1st 2018 by Windmill Books 

Memoir

Library

I am a bit torn when it comes to this book. I was really bored by page 40 and gave up for some time, then I read a bit more because I had chosen this for my book club. Then I finished it so I would have something to talk about.

But did I like it? Eh. It had good points and low points. I did feel the author was too detached in her writing. When it comes to nonfic I want to feel their pain.

I also feel that she has to be the smarts person in the world. She had no real education at all, she did not know math, and she thought herself trig in a month. She did not understand that she had to read a book for class and not just look at the photos, and still she got a PHD. So what I learned is that if you study real hard then you can do anything! Nope, I am still pretty stupid.

I do hope she got some more professional help regarding her brother because she needs closure for sure. And this sounds bad but those parts where the best parts, because here it really showed how her life had been. A mentally unstable brother and father. And how her whole world falls apart.

While the uni part frankly made me feel pretty dumb.

So can I see why everyone was talking about this one? Not really. Would I recommend it? Nah. But hey this was my non fic of the year, well of last year cos I did not read one then.

Tara Westover grew up preparing for the End of Days, watching for the sun to darken, for the moon to drip as if with blood. She spent her summers bottling peaches and her winters rotating emergency supplies, hoping that when the World of Men failed, her family would continue on, unaffected.

She hadn’t been registered for a birth certificate. She had no school records because she’d never set foot in a classroom, and no medical records because her father didn’t believe in doctors or hospitals. According to the state and federal government, she didn’t exist.

As she grew older, her father became more radical, and her brother, more violent. At sixteen Tara decided to educate herself. Her struggle for knowledge would take her far from her Idaho mountains, over oceans and across continents, to Harvard and to Cambridge. Only then would she wonder if she’d travelled too far. If there was still a way home.

Audio: Chasing Cassandra by Lisa Kleypas

Narrated by: Mary Jane Wells

Series: The Ravenels, Book 6

Length: 8 hrs and 58 mins

Unabridged Audiobook

Release date: 02-18-20

Language: English

Publisher: HarperAudio

Historical romance

In exchange for an honest review

Narration

The narrator was great. She is perfect for his rom. Her voices are great and she made me fall into this world and I did not want to leave.

Well this was cute! I did like that they talked a lot, I actually believed that they fell for each other, and not just fell in love in a night. Or fell in love in a week when they had not even talked. Nope, they talk.

Severin, omg, did I actually read somewhere that she described him as a socipath...ok. Well, I mean he is weird. Not in contact with his feelings, he is logical, smart, ruthless. He is not lovable. Why did I then like him? Mostly cos he liked Cassandra. He fell for her, he then avoided her because damn it, feelings! Feelings are evil. He doesn't want feelings.

Did I like the plot with the kid? I mean in a way, in another way not, it was like trying to make him human.

Cassandra then, she was a sweet whirlwind who wanted a loving husband, a home in the country and peace. I liked her at once.

So, yes she wants one thing, he wants another thing. They are not made to be.

The drama there is was good. Sometimes it just feels silly you know, but here it makes sense. 

I liked it :) What more can I say.

Cover

I have forgotten to talk about covers, and this one is pretty. But that is not Cassandra, she is just more

Railway magnate Tom Severin is wealthy and powerful enough to satisfy any desire as soon as it arises. Anything - or anyone - is his for the asking. It should be simple to find the perfect wife - and from his first glimpse of Lady Cassandra Ravenel, he’s determined to have her. But the beautiful and quick-witted Cassandra is equally determined to marry for love - the one thing he can’t give.

Everything except her....

Severin is the most compelling and attractive man Cassandra has ever met, even if his heart is frozen. But she has no interest in living in the fast-paced world of a ruthless man who always plays to win.

When a newfound enemy nearly destroys Cassandra’s reputation, Severin seizes the opportunity he’s been waiting for. As always, he gets what he wants - or does he? There’s one lesson Tom Severin has yet to learn from his new bride:

Never underestimate a Ravenel.

The chase for Cassandra’s hand may be over. But the chase for her heart has only just begun....

TMST

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March 10th: Do you enjoy anthologies?

I usually write these on Sunday, but I must have forgotten!

Ok, so sure, at times. I never go out of my way to get one. If I find one, then yes, if I am sent one, then yes, but most of the time some are meh, some are good, some are too short.

So...sometimes