Sara Reads Things

Its that time of the month again when I recap all the fun reads from the month. There have been many good and bad stories, all which I will share with you now. Enjoy!  

The Chosen Knights Mary Ting (The Angel Knights #1) Publication date: March 19th 2016 Genres: Fantasy, Young Adult (HIGHLY recommend to read prequel first–The Angel Knights) SOME BOOKS AREN’T MEANT TO BE OPENED ***City of Bones meets The Da Vinci Code. Urban fantasy lover’s dream! Demons, vampires, angels, witches, and fallen angels all set to the back drop of high school in Hawaii, and astral travel to the past to Knights Templar era. *** SILVER AWARD WINNER 2016–YA FANTASY–READERS’ FAVORITE INTERNATIONAL BOOK AWARD*** A page turning mystery with a supernatural twist that entertains to the last page! ~InD’tale Magazine Book trailer: http://bit.ly/2t0cOKF When teens go missing in Hawaii, a group of demon-hunters—half human and half angel—disguised as high school students, must leave Crossroads, the place where they reside. In a race against time, they uncover the mystery connecting the missing teens, which dates back to the era of the Knights Templar. However, when they...

Title: The Girl in the Tower By: Katherine Arden Genre: Fantasy Pages: 352 Release Date: December 5th, 2017 Publisher:  Del Rey Summary from Goodreads:  The magical adventure begun in  The Bear and the Nightingale  continues as brave Vasya, now a young woman, is forced to choose between marriage or life in a convent and instead flees her home—but soon finds herself called upon to help defend the city of Moscow when it comes under siege. Orphaned and cast out as a witch by her village, Vasya’s options are few: resign herself to life in a convent, or allow her older sister to make her a match with a Moscovite prince. Both doom her to life in a tower, cut off from the vast world she longs to explore. So instead she chooses adventure, disguising herself as a boy and riding her horse into the woods. When a battle with some bandits who have been terrorizing the countryside earns her the admiration of the Grand Prince of Moscow, she must carefully guard ...

Charm (A Cinderella reverse fairytale) J.A. Armitage (Reverse Fairytales, #1) Publication date: September 26th 2017 Genres: Fairy Tales, Fantasy, Young Adult You all know the story of Cinderella… The kingdom needs an heir and Princess Charmaine is quite aware that the job rests solely upon her shoulders. The problem is, she has no intention of ever getting married, let alone pushing a child out of her ladyparts. When her elder sister dies, Charmaine has to take her place at the ball designed to find her a husband. The problem is, she doesn’t want to choose between a hundred eligible bachelors. She just wants to live her life in peace and find love in her own time. Cynder knows about the impending war between the people of magic and those of his masters, but working as an underpaid servant in the palace kitchens leaves him with little power to do anything about it. On one hand, he’s a staunch supporter of equal rights for his own kind, but he can’t deny the attraction he feel...

MALDOBAR – How has the world changed since the last series? The Dragonrider Chronicles ended the 20-year war that had been ravaging the Kingdom of Maldobar. Since this series picks up 40 years after that, we are stepping into a completely new world with this series. King Felix’s reign has unified Maldobar and Luntharda, making the gray elves equal and free citizens welcomed within his kingdom’s borders. Because of that, and the various nobles he has put in power throughout Maldobar to tend to the larger cities, an era of peace and prosperity gradually has taken hold. With trade routes opened once again, both Maldobar and Luntharda are still working toward restoration. A great many new cities have been built, and some have been rebuilt upon the ashes of the old ones.  Jaevid Broadfeather’s name is now one known throughout both kingdoms. He is a hero of legend, viewed as a savior, and rendered in paintings, sculptures, and tapestries that are found everywhere. Many of t...

Hello Monday! It's me again. Wow, its been a long rough week. There's just too much going on right now and not enough time by myself to get my head on straight. I think my family  is suffering for it. I'm sorry guys, its not really my fault. Writing actually happened this week. I made a lot of progress on my WIP even though when I first sat down to write I wasn't feeling it. It was like magic. When the pen hit the paper, the ideas began to flow and I have a good direction to finish my book. Chapter twenty one is done.  Well, enjoy this weeks menu! Monday - Pesto Chicken Sandwiches Tuesday - Sloppy Joes Wednesday -  Chicken Nachos Thursday -  Pancakes Friday - Cashew Chicken Saturday - French Dip Sliders Sunday -  Tuna Sandwiches

I have had the amazing opportunity to ask the author of Blackwing  a few questions about writing, being an author an life in general. Luckily, I was able to snag am ARC copy of this awesome book and couldn't put it down. Check out the interview below...  So, what have you written? Blackwing is my first published work and will be hitting US shelves in October. It’s available on Amazon and the other usual sites for preorder now. I also run a blog at   www.edmcdonaldwriting.com   and have had a number of guest-posts featured on blog websites during July. Where can we buy or see them?  You can read my guest posts at some of the blogger websites on the graphic below: Give us an insight into your main character. What does he/she do that is so special? Ryhalt Galharrow is forty, a functioning alcoholic who has conflicted feelings about the things that he has done in the past. He’s not very honest with himself and wants to believe that he’s ...