Between the Blade and the Heart | Book Review + Giveaway

I received an ARC of Between the Blade and the Heart.  I would like to thank St Martin's Griffin (St. Martin's Press) and Amanda Hocking sponsoring this review and giveaway.

Author: Amanda Hocking

Genre: YA, Urban Fantasy

Pub Date: January 3, 2017

Publisher: St Martin's Griffin

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When the fate of the world is at stake, loyalties will be tested.

Game of Thrones meets Blade Runner in this commanding new YA fantasy inspired by Norse Mythology from NewYork Times bestselling author Amanda Hocking.

As one of Odin's Valkyries, Malin's greatest responsibility is to slay immortals and return them to the underworld.  But when she unearths a secret that could unravel the balance of all she knows, Malin along with her best friend and her ex-girlfriend must decide where her loyalties lie.  And if helping the blue-eyes boy Asher enact his revenge is worth the risk-- to the world and her heart.

Book Review

Hello 2018 and Happy New Year!  It's only right that I'm starting off the New Year talking about books as I spent the last part of 2017 with my head in them.  You guys already know that my love of books is real.  And when I heard that Amanda Hocking's latest novel, Between the Blade and the Heart, was a cross between Throne of Glass and Blade Runner, I just knew that I had to read it for myself.  Also, if you'll remember, I did thoroughly enjoy Freeks by Amanda Hocking.

Freeks | Book Review + Giveaway

I received an ARC of Freeks.  I would like to thank St Martin's Griffin (St. Martin's Press) and Amanda Hocking sponsoring this review and giveaway.



Author: Amanda Hocking

Genre: YA, Urban Fantasy

Pub Date: January 3, 2017

Publisher: St Martin's Griffin

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Mara has become used to the extraordinary.  Roaming from place to place with Gideon Davorin's Traveling Carnival, she longs for an ordinary life where no one has the ability to levitate or predict the future.

She gets her chance when the struggling sideshow sets up camp in the small town of Caudry, and she meets a gorgeous local guy named Gabe.  But before long, Mara realizes there's a dark presence lurking in the town that's threatening the lives of her friends.  She has seven days to take control of a power she didn't know she had in order to save everyone she cares about -- and change the future forever.

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I'd never read anything written by Amanda Hocking, but when I saw the cover of Freeks, I knew had to give this book a read.  Judging a book by its cover is a bit of a gamble I know, but if a book even looks like it might have something to do with magic/the supernatural or have some type of mystery/crime/thriller element, then I'm all in.  I was totally getting the vibe that this book had a combination of all of the above.