And dog movies just hit an all time low. How, well it’s called Russelmania! What happened to the glory days of Homeward Bound? No really?
My only regret is that I actually had to sit through it.
Romancing the Duke by Tessa Dare
Genre: Historical Romance
Series: Castles Ever After, book 1
In the first in Tessa Dare's captivating Castles Ever After series, a mysterious fortress is the setting for an unlikely love . . .
As the daughter of a famed author, Isolde Ophelia Goodnight grew up on tales of brave knights and fair maidens. She never doubted romance would be in her future, too. The storybooks offered endless possibilities.
And as she grew older, Izzy crossed them off. One by one by one.
Ugly duckling turned swan?
Abducted by handsome highwayman?
Rescued from drudgery by charming prince?
No, no, and… Heh.Now Izzy’s given up yearning for romance. She’ll settle for a roof over her head. What fairy tales are left over for an impoverished twenty-six year-old woman who’s never even been kissed?
This one.
That synopsis is bad. However, there are many great reviews on Goodreads to inspire confidence in this read. While it’s not 100% gimmicky in that it doesn’t openly state it’s fairy tale retellings, I enjoy that it’s lose inspiration.
Court of Fives by Kate Elliott
Genre: Young Adult Epic Fantasy
Series: Court of Fives, book 1
On the Fives court, everyone is equal.
And everyone is dangerous.
Jessamy’s life is a balance between acting like an upper-class Patron and dreaming of the freedom of the Commoners. But away from her family, she can be whomever she wants when she sneaks out to train for the Fives, an intricate, multilevel athletic competition that offers a chance for glory to the kingdom’s best competitors.
Then Jes meets Kalliarkos, and an improbable friendship between the two Fives competitors—one of mixed race and the other a Patron boy—causes heads to turn. When Kal’s powerful, scheming uncle tears Jes’s family apart, she’ll have to test her new friend’s loyalty and risk the vengeance of a royal clan to save her mother and sisters from certain death.
In this imaginative escape into an enthralling new world, World Fantasy Award finalist Kate Elliott’s first young adult novel weaves an epic story of a girl struggling to do what she loves in a society suffocated by rules of class and privilege.
OK, I’ve read some pretty bad reviews for this book. But I’ve been looking forward to it for quite a while and I can’t stop myself from wanting it!
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