Hello Friends!
How are you doing this fine Wednesday? This will be my last week in France, next Monday night I will be on a plane going back to Portugal. It’s been a cray time here and I’m so happy I came since I got to see some of my cousins’ kids that I haven’t seen in a while and those that were born in the last 3 years.
Nevertheless, you guys are here for a review and not to read about my big family and my vacations.
Today I bring you a review of “Three Bloody Pieces“, by Elizabeth Davies, which is a Paranormal, historical, magical first book in the series, released last year, and this is a book birthday blitz.
I want to thank Rachel, at Rachel’s Random Resources, and Elizabeth for the eCopy of this book and for allowing me to join in the fun and by being a part of the blog tour with my honest review of the book.
Blurb
A dead king, a queen who is more than she seems, and a witch who uses the dark arts to entrap her.
Queen, widow, beggar – Lady Caitlyn is all three, and now she can add murderer to the list.
When death and treachery propel her south to Normandy, to seek sanctuary with the exiled Prince Alfred, visions of a woman with ancient eyes travel with her.
Herleva is a woman filled with ambition and greed. A woman who intends to be more than a commoner. A woman who gets what she wants by whatever means possible, even if she has to practice the dark arts to achieve her goals.
A woman who is a witch.
Caitlyn finds herself caught up in a magic which changes her very being. A magic which produces a king to change the lives of every man, woman, and child in England.
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Author Bio
Elizabeth Davies is a paranormal author, whose books have a romantic flavour with more than a hint of suspense. And death. There’s usually death…
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My Review
Starting with a bang, this book keep us interested and it was a page turner. And as we kept reading the story we started understanding the background of the characters and the history of the world. That aspect gave us the possibility to learn in a different way the plot and follow the storyline.
The characters were well written and their development made them real. The female protagonist, Caitlyn, was a strong character that made her mark in the history/story of the book and my mind, since she was different from some female characters in this genre.
The magic element combined with the historical fiction and the touch of truth in it, were perfect and kept the story fresh and gave the book a good pace that moved along pretty well, since it takes over, not months, but a year.
There were twist and turns, there was action, drama, danger, magic and plotting. And as we follow Caitlyn and her companions we start to connect with them more and more as we learn about their lives, dreams, fears and pasts, as well as we get so stuck in the plot and the events that are happening.
I can’t wait to read the next one to keep understanding the world and learn what will happen next.
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Jess
The Laws of Magick that drive much of the action in The Kithseeker have a rather peculiar origin: Book repair. The Bookminder series, as a whole, owes much of its genesis to my time working in the “Coll Pres” department of the UW-Madison Memorial Library during my undergraduate years. The bulk of my job was assessing broken books that came our way. Cracked spines. Bent and scribbled on pages. Mold. (And worse.) Some books could be repaired in house or commercially re-bound. Some had to be replaced. Others still might be candidates for preservation in other formats.
At the time, the heart of a plot was rattling around in my brain. [Spoiler alert for book 1] In essence: “Girl destroys library to attack a wizard.” But why? How? I knew what it looked like, could see the scene clearly played out in my head. My work in the library offered up some of these answers: Spell books would not function properly if damaged. Worse, they could “backfire” on the user if the wizard was unaware of the damage and tried to use the book.
The Bookminder series has been arced out from day one. The Laws, too, were set and bound. Sometimes one has taken the lead, sometimes the other. Sometimes they’ve contradicted and I’ve had to really look hard at where the story is allowed to go. Some days, the Laws of Magick are a bit like that old “throw your character off a bridge when you’re bored” method of attacking writer’s block. If not plot, you’ll definitely get something going.
M. K. Wiseman has degrees in animation/video and library science – both from the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Today, her office is a clutter of storyboards and half-catalogued collections of too, too many books. (But, really, is there such a thing as too many books?) When she’s not mucking about with stories, she’s off playing brač or lying in a hammock in the backyard of her Cedarburg home that she shares with her endlessly patient husband.
France, 1680
Josie James is an ordinary 13 year old until something extraordinary happens during her summer holidays.
Lily Mae Walters chose her pen name in honour of her beloved grandparents who also stare in the Josie James series.
As a Social Educator that wants to work in a library I always look at middle grade books in a different light. I look at them as a material to help people, and after reading this book that was what happened. 
The more rational part of me wants to talk about the story and the characters. 
When Navy Seal Operative Luke Kiersey is finally granted leave after five years, he finds himself driving to a house he doesn’t recognize in a town he’s never been to. The house is home to a beautiful woman and a little girl with big blue eyes. Day after day, he drives back only to hide in the shadows and wonder why he can’t seem to walk away from them.
Andrea is a wife, mother and writer from small town West Virginia. She spends her time while she’s not dreaming up lovers and villains alike chasing after her two kids and husband.
This is the first book I have ever read of Andrea Bills and I most say that she is now on my favorite authors’ list, and I’m quite excited for when I can get her other books
With the action, I couldn’t put the book down and I felt like I was there, trying to run away with the characters and help them out. 
When Maddie Lee is forced to deal with a businessman she despises from the get-go, she is determined to stand her ground.
The characters were interesting. 
India Buchanan plans to set up an English-Style bed and breakfast establishment in her great-aunt’s home, MacFarlane’s Landing, Wisconsin. But she’s reckoned without opposition from Logan MacFarlane whose family once owned her aunt’s house and now want it back. MacFarlane is in no mood to be denied. His grandfather’s living on borrowed time and Logan has vowed to ensure the old man sees out his days in their former home. India’s great-aunt has other ideas and has threatened to burn the house to the ground before she lets a MacFarlane set foot in it. There’s a story here. One the family elders aren’t prepared to share. When India finds herself in Logan’s debt, her feelings towards him change. However, the past casts a long shadow and events conspire to deny them the love and happiness they both deserve. Can India and Logan’s love overcome all odds? Or is history about to repeat itself?
After teaching her 1000th pupil and working as a deputy head teacher in a large primary school, Lizzie decided to pursue her first love: writing. She joined the Romantic Novelists’ Association’s New Writers’ Scheme, wrote 
This is the first book of Lizzie Lamb that I have read. Although 
From the very first page I was hooked. I wanted to know how could two families be at war, and why… plus,
The relationships between all the characters made me laugh, sigh and get my adrenaline pumping. I love that there was emotional moments, funny ones too and definitely all the obstacles in the way.
As if it weren’t enough to be cheated on by her husband of ten years, Yorkshire lass Hannah Davis is losing her beauty salon business too. Luckily, her big sister is there to pick up the pieces, but Hannah is desperate to find some independence.
Victoria Cooke grew up in the city of Manchester before crossing the Pennines in pursuit of a career in education. She now lives in Huddersfield with her husband and two young daughters and when she’s not at home writing by the fire with a cup of coffee in hand, she loves working out in the gym and travelling. Victoria was first published at the tender age of eight by her classroom teacher who saw potential in a six-page story about an invisible man. Since then she’s always had a passion for reading and writing, undertaking several writers’ courses before completing her first novel, ‘The Secret to Falling in Love,’ in 2016
This is the first book I’m reading of Victoria and it was the perfect book for the end of Summer. 
Sylvia Blackwell is tired. Her grandchildren are being kept away from her, and the expected inheritance that might finally get her middle-aged son to move out has failed to materialise – thanks to her mother’s cat. It is becoming increasingly difficult to remain composed. On a romantic clifftop walk for her 47th Wedding Anniversary, an unexpected opportunity leads to a momentous decision that will irretrievably change the course of her life. The Craft Room is a darkly comic tale of sex, crepe paper, murder and knitting in a sleepy Devon town, with a ‘truly original’ premise and genuinely jaw-dropping moments. What would you do if unexpectedly freed from bondage you never knew you were in? How would your children cope? How far would you go to protect them from an uncomfortable truth? You can only push a grandmother so far…
Dave Holwill was born in Guildford in 1977 and quickly decided that he preferred the Westcountry – moving to Devon in 1983 (with some input from his parents).
Coming home after calling off my engagement is hard, but the moment I lay eyes on Buck, I know home isn’t just a place; it’s a feeling. And Buck is home to me. Always has been.
My goodness!… I don’t even know where to start with this review. Maybe let me tell you all how much I loved this book: I… LOVE… THIS… BOOK!!! I really did. 
Dakota, Kota as Buck calls her, is close to my age so in some ways I can relate to her. She determinate, strong, independent woman. Then there is hot, sweet and honest Buck, the bar owner and Jack’s best friend. 
And the ending was perfectly fine with me. I loved the book from beginning to end, that’s it. 
France 2000: Two babies are born on the same day just two hours apart – but to very different lives. Isabella is a Princess and heir to the French throne, while Sophia is born into a life of poverty and abuse at the hands of her father. At the age of 18, Sophia runs away from home. That same night, Isabella is also fleeing from the burden of her royal life when she finds Sophia slumped at the palace gates. Amazed by how alike they look, Isabella proposes a daring plot – to exchange their lives for one week. 
Katie Ward always knew she wanted to write for a living. However, she was told by her careers advisor that “it might be more appropriate for you to work in a shop”. When Katie didn’t get the grades she needed to get into college, she negotiated a three month trial. After successfully completing the course she secured a place at her first choice university to study Journalism.
This is the first book I’m reading that has that classic changing identities with other, in a Princess and the Pauper modern take. And 
I also like all the journey in the plot. 
Of course, as the adventure begins as soon as the switch happens, we get drama and panic. That was expected too. 
