Sunday, February 9, 2014
Saturday, February 8, 2014
Amy says...
Hello!
It's been a while since I've addressed you all, but I figured it was time. I know things haven't run on a regular schedule around here. I've seen those pageviews drop day by day, unable to do anything about it, because the reality is that Grad School is priority.
This January marked the beginning of my last term at SHU's Writing Popular Fiction program, and though I'm still super busy with an online class, a new project, and scrambling to get my final thesis edits done, I've decided to slowly re-start Amy's Book Den.
For this, I've enlisted the help of some friends who will be participating in the blog by guest reviewing. You'll distinguish those by the title and the small signature at the end of the reviews. These are lovely, lovely people who are as busy as me, yet are taking the time to help me out so make them feel good by commenting on their posts!
It's been a while since I've addressed you all, but I figured it was time. I know things haven't run on a regular schedule around here. I've seen those pageviews drop day by day, unable to do anything about it, because the reality is that Grad School is priority.
To those of you that stopped following, I understand.
To those who still follow, thank you for being patient!
For this, I've enlisted the help of some friends who will be participating in the blog by guest reviewing. You'll distinguish those by the title and the small signature at the end of the reviews. These are lovely, lovely people who are as busy as me, yet are taking the time to help me out so make them feel good by commenting on their posts!
Thursday, February 6, 2014
Review: Kinslayer by Jay Kristoff
Kinslayer
(The Lotus War 2)
Author: Jay Kristoff
Publisher: Macmillan, 2013
Genre: YA Asian Mythology
Buy: Amazon ♥ B&N ♥ TBD
A SHATTERED EMPIREThe mad Shōgun Yoritomo has been assassinated by the Stormdancer Yukiko, and the threat of civil war looms over the Shima Imperium. The Lotus Guild conspires to renew the nation’s broken dynasty and crush the growing rebellion simultaneously – by endorsing a new Shōgun who desires nothing more than to see Yukiko dead.A DARK LEGACYYukiko and the mighty thunder tiger Buruu have been cast in the role of heroes by the Kagé rebellion. But Yukiko herself is blinded by rage over her father’s death, and her ability to hear the thoughts of beasts is swelling beyond her power to control. Along with Buruu, Yukiko’s anchor is Kin, the rebel Guildsman who helped her escape from Yoritomo’s clutches. But Kin has his own secrets, and is haunted by visions of a future he’d rather die than see realized.A GATHERING STORMKagé assassins lurk within the Shōgun’s palace, plotting to end the new dynasty before it begins. A waif from Kigen’s gutters begins a friendship that could undo the entire empire. A new enemy gathers its strength, readying to push the fracturing Shima imperium into a war it cannot hope to survive. And across raging oceans, amongst islands of black glass, Yukiko and Buruu will face foes no katana or talon can defeat.
The ghosts of a blood-stained past.
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