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King of Sword and Sky (Tairen Soul Book 3) by C. L. Wilson
Returning to the Fading Lands with his Celierian truemate, Rain discovers a dissension among the most powerful members of his own council. As the Eld plot their next deadly strike, Ellysetta struggles to master her powerful magic and discover how to save the tairen, while Rain confronts open challenge to his rule and prepares to lead the Fey army to war.

I promised I would post this after my re-read of the first two books.
Great addition, I LOVE this series!! They finally travel to the Fading Lands and find that things are not exactly as they should be. Rain discovers somethings that have happened because of his near insanity. When he was not himself his power was given to the Counsel and now (like when the military takes power during a war) they do not want to give the power back over to Rain. They have gotten huge egos with all that power and do not want to give it up.
They also have a lot of suspicion about Elly and her Marks that she has and how safe she actually is, they do not trust her.
Elly starts working with the tairen trying to save them and discovers exactly what is happening to them, but does she have the power to save them.
Great story. I cannot wait for the next book to see what happens with the Mage War. And if Shan and his mate get rescued. Good stuff, June is too far away :(

Labels: fantasy, magic, sidhe

I have a guest review over at Breezing Through about Strike Zone by Kate Angell, check it out. Also in other cool news, I found out that the RT convention next year is in Orlando, YEAH, hometown advantage!!!


The Sorcerer King (Book 3 of the Faerie Path) by Frewin Jones

Tania has brought the long-lost Queen Titania back to Faerie from the Mortal World of modern London. But when they cross between the worlds, they find only devastation. The Sorcerer King of Lyonesse—ancient enemy of the Faerie Court—has been released from his amber prison. As the wicked sorcerer regains his power, King Oberon, Tania's father, is imprisoned and the Faerie Court is being destroyed. Tania and her true love, Edric, must travel the Realm to try to find and rescue King Oberon, who is their only hope for defeating the evil Sorcerer King. And Tania must prepare for battle . . . and to fight a war that she may not survive.

This was a fun trilogy to read. There was romance, fighting, monsters, magic what more could you want. (I feel like I am intro-ing The Princess Bride.) I suppose there could be another book but I think this ended it well. The first two books are The Faerie Path and The Lost Queen. They must be read in order. There is nothing real deep about this series, but it is a fun YA fantasy with some romance in it. I enjoyed them all.

Labels: fantasy, sidhe, young adult

The Faerie Path (Book 1 of the Faerie Path) by Frewin Jones

Swept away into a court of magic and beauty, she discovers she is Tania, the lost princess of Faerie: the youngest daughter of Oberon and Titania. Since Tania's mysterious disappearance on the eve of her wedding five hundred years before, Faerie has been sunk in darkness and gloom. The courtly Lord Gabriel Drake, who Tania was once to marry, has found her and brought her back.
With Tania's return, Faerie comes alive again as a land of winged children, glittering balls, and fantastic delights. But Tania can't forget Anita's world, or the boy she loved there.
Torn between two loves and between two worlds, Tania slowly comes to discover why she disappeared so long ago. She possesses a singular magical ability and she must use it to stop a sinister plan that threatens the entire world of Faerie.

I read this book while I was on internet hiatus and really enjoyed it. It was a cool story and I was anxious for the second book. Which I got this week and already read. The story has some romance in it but that is not the primary focus of the story. The main focus is her goal to try to understand what happened to her and accept that she is actually a faerie princess for real and that Faerie does exist and it needs her help.
It is not anything deep or dark but an light interesting story.

The Lost Queen (Book 2 of the Faerie Path) by Frewin Jones

Tania is a princess of Faerie.
And now she must return to the Mortal World.
Once upon a time, Tania was an ordinary girl. But then she was swept into another world, where she was the long-lost princess of the elegant and magical court of Faerie, and only she could save the court from great peril.
Now Tania—and her true love, Edric—will go back to the Mortal Realm to seek Queen Titania, lost hundreds of years ago while searching for Tania.
Their return leads to struggles with Tania's much-loved mortal parents and friends as she and Edric try to conceal their secret. But much more serious dangers lurk: The sinister Lord Drake is not yet defeated, they are pursued by dark supernatural forces, and Tania's two worlds are about to collide in amazing and frightening ways she never could have anticipated.

This was a quick read (the book is thick but the print is pretty large) but definitely the second in the trilogy. You know, the book that is the transition book. Some stuff happens that needs to happen to finish the story, but it is really killing time until you get the third book and the climax. There was no real climax in the book unless you count the very end (like the last page).
Book 3, The Sorcerer King comes out in hardback the end of January.

Labels: fantasy, sidhe, young adult

I am back!!! I had a great time at my class, I learned tons and cannot wait to apply when school starts. I also got some reading done and I know I am so backed up on my posting now but I will post about these two that I read while I was out of town. Now I have got some major blog catching up to do :)

Witchling by Yasmine Galenorn

Changeling by Yasmine Galenorn

This series has a little bit of everything paranormal and I am enjoying it so far
The author says this on her website about the series and I thought it was interesting...
"Yes, I know they're labeled paranormal romance, but trust me, the series is urban fantasy--the publisher decides the category they're shelved under, not the author. Yes, there are relationships in these books. Yes, they have explicit sex scenes. But they are not primarily romances, so don't expect hero/heroine relationship focus, or HEA endings, and you won't be disappointed. And no, I have never sat through an episode of Charmed and these books are not based in any way on that series--mythology abounds with triple goddess/sister archetypes." ....Yasmine Galenorn

So this kind of worries me about the end of the trilogy, but so far it is very good. The next book is called Darkling and looks good as well. I will say as a warning to others that they are told in the first person and it changes depending on the book. The first book is told from Camille's POV and Changeling is told from Delilah's POV. It is a true trilogy and cannot be read out of order. The order is ... Witchling (Camille's book, she is a witch), Changeling (Delilah's book, she is a werecat) and Darkling (Menolly's book, she is a acrobat and recently turned vampire and her book comes out in January).
Ms Galenorn's website gives a good overall description of the trilogy so I will post that as well...

Meet the D’Artigo Sisters—three half human, half-Faerie, wild and sexy members of the OIA—the Otherworld Intelligence Agency. Camille, a witch, Delilah, a werecat, and Menolly, an acrobat extraordinaire turned vampire, are sent Earthside to keep them out of trouble by their superiors, who consider the girls nothing but a bunch of bumbling half-breeds. But the girls soon find themselves smack in the middle of Demon-Central when Shadow Wing, the leader of the Subterranean Realms, decides to attempt a coup on both Earth and Otherworld.

From their home in a seedy suburb of Seattle, the sisters must use every ounce of erratic power they have to thwart the havoc about to unfold. Together with Camille's lust-crazed and not-quite-human boyfriends, an FBH (full-blood-human) detective named Chase Johnson who has a penchant for spicy beef tacos and wild women, a gorgeous hunk of dragon flesh named Smoky, Iris the house sprite, and Maggie--their baby calico gargoyle, they must use all of their collective talents to prevent the demons from taking over as the three sisters attempt to save two worlds, one monster at a time.

Labels: magic, paranormal, shape-shifter, sidhe, vampires

Master of Dragons (Mageverse Book 8) by Anglea Knight
Good book. I got into it a lot easier than the last book and I enjoyed it more. I love this series. You did not get the whole vampire and witch match going, but you got a nice sidhe and dragon thing going. I am getting a nice appreciation for dragon heros. This was a great installment for the series and carried the storyline nicely.

NOTE: in the back of the book, it said she had a new book coming out called Warlord and I was excited until I read the rest and it said it was a release of Jane's Warlord and her novella Warfem (in the Kick @$$ anthology) in one book.

I do not like the description on the back of the book and I cannot find it to copy anyway so I am going to write my own summary.

Sidhe princess, Nineva Morrow has been in hiding all of her life on Earth. She has been on the run since Ansgar's soldier's killed her parents 12 years ago. Nineva is the Avatar of Semira, fated to save Semira from her imprisonment but now there is a rebellion that has formed and is trying to use her to their advantage. Her only hope is the dragon, Kel, now a knight but who had trapped for centuries in a sword and has been cutting a swath through the witches of Mageverse to make up for lost time. He has been sent by the god, Cachamwri, to help her. Now the Dark Ones are coming and the future is uncertain.

Labels: dragons, magic, paranormal, sidhe

Over the Moon anthology by Angela Knight, MaryJanice Davidson, Virginia Kantra, and Sunny

I enjoyed the stories that I read for the most part. I did not read Sunny's story because I have not read her other book yet and it is part of that series. I am not sure if I am going to buy this one or not, I don't think that it is a keeper for me.

The italicised is from the back of the book and then I added some of my own notes...
Angela Knight ventures to the borders of Mageverse, a land ruled by vampire knights. (Werewolf story with Lucas Rolling and Elena Livingston)
MaryJanice Davidson returns to the wicked lair of the Wyndham werewolves. (about werewolf, Burke Wolftauer and vampire, Serena Crull)
Virginia Kantra finds magic and wonder in a strange fairy kingdom. (not part of a series that i am aware of but interesting story about the sidhe)
And Sunny discovers a Mixed Blood Queen in command of a new realm.


Moon Awakening (Children of the Moon Book 1) by Lucy Monroe
I really liked this book. And I am not a big fan of medieval books. Because the treatment of women and the heroines usually annoy me. But this one I liked and I look forward to the next books in the series.

Book Description:
Emily Hamilton volunteers to marry a Scottish laird (Talorc of the Sinclair clan) in order to save her younger sister (Abigail). But she can't save herself from being kidnapped by a werewolf clan-and its wild-hearted leader (Lachlan of the Balmoral clan).

Labels: historical, paranormal, sidhe, vampires, werewolves