This is the week where I finish all of the books that have been sitting on my Goodreads “Currently Reading” shelf forever. I started reading The Immortal Crown by Kieth Merrill back in May, and despite really liking the plot, it’s taken me a while to finish it. It’s a pretty hefty dose of epic fantasy, andRead more
It’s 1745, right after the events of The Sisters of Versailles, and Louis XV is in need of a new mistress. Jeanette Poisson, much later known as Madame Pompadour, is a young girl, and a gypsy fortune-teller promises that she will one day be lover to a king. Although her mother tries to prepare her forRead more
Half a King by Joe Abercrombie is the story of a reluctant heir who must overcome adversity to reclaim his throne. Yarvi, a young prince with a withered hand, never wanted to be a king. He’s not cut out for a life of blood and steel. Instead, Yarvi is a peaceful soul who is much moreRead more
Do you ever come across a book that everybody tells you to read, but you don’t get around to for months or even years because there are so many other books on your TBR pile? Prince of Thorns was one of those books. It had been recommended to me by other bloggers, and then MikeRead more