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5 2024 Fantasies I'm Excited About
Do you know how excited I was to realise that I was compiling enough Asian fantasies for 2024 that I could put together an entire releases post dedicated solely to that niche? But we’re not quite at twenty yet. I want to post that closer to the time so if anyone wants to pre-order the release date isn’t so far flung that they forget about books in the interim. Until then, here are some Asian…
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TBR Pile Review: Frontier, by Grace Curtis
Format: 256 pages, HardcoverPublished: March 9, 2023 by Hodder & StoughtonISBN: 9781529390520Language: English
Blurb
Saints and preachers, librarians and horse thieves, lawmakers and lawbreakers, and a crash-surviving spaceborn vagrant searching for her lover on a scarred Earth.
Earth, the distant future: climate change has reduced our verdant home into a hard-scrabble wasteland. Saints and…
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The Last Tale of the Flower Bride - Roshani Chokshi
If you love gothic romance, don't miss The Last Tale of the Flower Bride by Roshani Choksi - it is absolutely exquisite.
#BookBlogger #BookReview #Gothic #Romance #NetGalley @hodderscape @NetGalley #FictionCafeBookClub #RoshaniChokshi
It has taken a while for me to be able to organise my thoughts about this book into actual sentences, but I am finally able to review The Last Tale of the Flower Bride by Roshani Chokshi. Many thanks to Roshani and to Hodder & Stoughton for my copy of this book, which I received via NetGalley.
BLURB:
A sumptuous, gothic-infused story about a marriage that is unraveled by dark secrets, a…
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I feel like one thing that isn’t appreciated enough is that all of the main Secret Shanghai characters can speak multiple languages, many being trilingual or quadrilingual. So I thought I would try listing them all out. The info is from either the Foul Lady Fortune character profiles on Hodderscape’s website (best viewed on desktop rather than phone) or from what I could find/deduce based on the books.
Juliette: Chinese (several dialects including Shanghainese and Wenzhounese), English, Russian, French, Dutch at a conversational level (from speaking with Lourens in TVD)
Roma: Russian, English, Chinese, a few words in Korean (skipped too many lessons when he was younger)
Alisa: Russian, Chinese, English, French, Korean
Benedikt: Russian, English, Chinese, Korean (has a terrible Korean accent but is fluent)
Marshall: Korean, Russian, English, Chinese
Rosalind and Celia: Chinese, English, Russian, French
Orion: Chinese, English, French, Japanese, German, Italian (when he’s drunk)
Oliver: Chinese, English, French
Phoebe and Silas: Chinese, English
#as someone who would like to know a second language fluently I find this very impressive#these violent delights#our violent ends#foul lady fortune#foul heart huntsman#secret shanghai
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Red Rising
Author:
Pierce Brown
Publisher:
Hodderscape
Content (Blurb):
The earth is dying. Darrow is a Red, a minor in the interior of Mars. His mission is to extract enough precious elements to one day tame the surface of the planet and allow humans to live on it. The Red are humanity’s last hope.
Or so it appears, until the day Darrow discovers it’s all a lie. That Mars has been habitable – and inhabited – for generations, by a class of people calling themselves the Golds. A class of people who look at Darrow and his fellows as slave labour, to be exploited and worked without a second thought.
Until the day Darrow, with the help of a mysterious group of rebels, disguises himself as a Gold and infiltrates their command school, intent on taking down his battlefield – and Darrow isn’t the only student with angels.
My review:
This book is the ultimate dystopian fantasy book and something for the hard-boiled among us. I was immediately captivated by the uniqueness of Darrow's story. It's been a long time since I've read such an exciting, shocking and inspiring sci-fi / fantasy book. The book has a very special place on my bookshelf.
Red Rising is characterized in particular by its emotions. The harsh realities of oppression and exploitation are clearly portrayed by Pierce Brown and are an important part of the new world on Mars. Pierce Brown definitely doesn't shy away from describing the horror of oppression, and violence, so you should only read this book if you have no problems with these topics.
The story takes place on Mars and depicts the futuristic colonies that live there. Among them is Darrow, who lives underground and works to prepare Mars for humans and make it livable, or so they are told. Darrow is the main character and one of the youngest Helldivers in his colony of Red. He puts his life on the line every day to prepare Mars. The work is hard and the Reds live in harsh conditions, starving and constantly having to fight to survive. The oppression and lies against the Reds become particularly clear when Darrow joins a rebellion due to tragic events. There he learns that Mars has long since been colonized. He then begins a life among the Golds, who live on Mars with all the comforts and luxuries. His goal is to infiltrate and overthrow them. Pierce Brown presents the differences between the Reds and Golds in an incredibly exciting and captivating way. In particular, I was immediately captivated by the systematic oppression and the web of lies that have been built up in this world.
Despite the hardship, all the sacrifices and the violent struggle for freedom, Pierce Brown combines all the darkness with friendship, cohesion and love, something that really surprised and convinced me of the book. He clearly shows that it is not always so easy to distinguish between good and evil and that great sacrifices are necessary to successfully lead a rebellion for freedom.
In some fantasy and sci-fi books, the world building and understanding of the world can take some time. However, I was surprised at how easily I was able to immerse myself in this complex world, the castes and colonies, and the political issues. The book is not long and Pierce Brown describes the world and its background in a surprisingly detailed and understandable way amidst all the exciting and captivating events.
Red Rising captivated me with its unique world, the conflicts and characters, but especially with the emotions. I can hardly wait to read the second part of the series.
Resume:
Red Rising is an insanely exciting sci-fi and epic fantasy book that has won a very special place in my heart. Pierce Brown knows how to combine a unique world with deep characters and exciting events.
This book is a definite recommendation and I am already looking forward to the second part of the series.
#red rising#pierce brown#book review#book recommendation#bookblogger#books#reading#sci fi and fantasy#lesen#bücher#buchempfehlung#buchrezension
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Darker By Four by June CL Tan
Pages: 400
Publisher: Hodderscape
Released: 2nd of April 2024
From Jade Fire Gold author June CL Tan, Darker by Four is the launch of an epic, sweeping contemporary fantasy duology that is the Shadowhunter Chronicles meets the Chinese underworld, drawing inspiration from diaspora folklore.
A vengeful girl. A hollow boy. A missing god.
Rui has one goal in mind—honing her magic to avenge her…
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✩🏹✨Special Edition Collection:
Of all the Fairyloot books I own, their exclusive edition of “The Ballad of Never After” in collaboration with Hodderscape and Stephanie Garber has to be my favorite! @rosiethorns88 simply outdid herself with scene on the reverse jacket and the foil design on the naked cover. The character work by @aleikats on the endpapers is equally stunning and full of whimsy. I hope that the fairyloot team has a special edition of “A Curse for True Love” (the final installment in the “Once Upon a Broken Heart” series) in the works because I have a feeling that it will be Garber’s best novel yet!
Cross-posted to: Instagram | Amazon | Goodreads | StoryGraph
#Once Upon a Broken Heart#ouabh#The Ballad of Never After#tbona#a curse for true love#evangeline fox#prince of hearts#jacks#evajacks#jacks x evangeline#caraval#caraval series#stephanie garber#booklr#book blog#book blogger#enemies to lovers#morally grey characters#fantasy romance#ya fantasy#ya romance#book review#book rec#YAReads
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Never a Hero by Vanessa Len
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Thank you to NetGalley and @hodderscape for this ARC!
Joan Hunt is a monster with a special ability to undo what has been made. After she has Unmade the Hero, many monsters lives are saved and her family lives once again. However, in this new timeline, not everything is as it once was. Joan now finds herself at odds with a new enemy, one who knows about her forbidden power. Now old enemies become allies and old friends become new enemies. Can Joan find a way to bring her previous friends back together to save the new timeline before it’s too late?
What a read this was!
And can I just say, I loved the improvement. Only a Monster was a fun read, but a lot of it felt really underdeveloped and I’d been surprised it had gotten past the editorial stage. Never a Hero really takes the time to lay out the characters and problems take their time to be resolved.
Often with novels that include time travels and timelines, it can be hard to keep up. Len writes in a way that makes the time travel aspect simple to understand so that readers can focus on the flow of the story.
I was sucked in from the very beginning. I adore these characters and I love getting to see the subtle ways in which the new timeline has changed them. Every twist was so unpredictable, I truly felt as though I was there with Joan unravelling the mystery one thread at a time.
I am losing my mind at that ending and I will be eagerly awaiting the next instalment in this series!
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It’s release day for the UK editions of my Bargainer series! Thank you to @hodderscape for all the love they’ve given these books! You can now order the series from you UK bookstores! The books are the same versions as the new US ones, and I’m going to use this as an excuse to squeal all over again at the new cover! Lastly— Make a deal if you dare because the King of the Night always collects his debts … https://www.instagram.com/p/CnPqUsVvXl6/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=
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SCIENCE FICTION UK DEBUTS WRITING PRIZE
It is all go in the SF fiction community at the moment as Hodderscape have announce their debut writing prize in collaboration with the Science Museum.
Hodderscape are the SF imprint for Hodder and Stoughton, and they publish authors such as Becky Chambers, Stephanie Garber, T.J. Klune, Micaiah Johnson, Chloe Gong... They’re a big old deal.
The prize
First place
£4,000
A full critique of your work
A six-month-long mentoring programme with Hodderscape Editorial Director Molly Powell
An introduction to three literary agents
Runner up
£2,000
A full critique of your work submitted
The rest of the shortlist will receive a cash prize of £800, and feedback from the judging panel.
How to enter
Writers will be able to submit their entries via a landing page which will open on 4 June 2022 and close at midnight on 30 September 2022. Check back in June to find out more
Applicants will be able to submit entries of 10,000 words consisting of the opening of a novel that fits into the science fiction genre and a 500-word synopsis
Writers must be unpublished and not represented by a literary agent, and residents of the United Kingdom
A shortlist will be announced at the Science Museum’s Lates on 26 October 2022, and the winner will be selected in January 2023 by a panel of well-known SF authors and industry figures.
Unlike the Gollancz submissions, this is only open to unrepped authors in the UK, and has a cash prize but no guarantee of representation or publication.
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Now in paperback.
I love all Hodder's covers so far, but I really love this one. That chain is the bomb.
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2024 YA Fantasy Books
I didn’t really notice it while I was putting this list together but scrolling down just to check the formatting really put into perspective how many utterly amazing books there are. There might be more YA fantasy than adult fantasy that’s pulling at me this year.
Sky’s End (Above the Black #1) by Marc J Gregson | 02 / 01 / 24 – Peachtree Teen
Exiled to live as a Low, sixteen-year-old Conrad…
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#2024#Andersen Press#Books#Chicken House Books#Delacorte Press#Fantasy#G.P. Putnam’s Sons Books for Young Readers#HarperCollins#Hodder and Stoughton#Hodderscape#Page Street Publishing#Pan Macmillan#Peachtree Teen#releases#Rick Riordan Presents#Roaring Brook Press#Rock the Boat#Scholastic#Sourcebooks#Titan Books#YA
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TBR Pile Review: Floating Hotel, by Grace Curtis
Format: 304 pages, HardcoverPublished: March 21, 2024 by HodderscapeISBN:9781529390582 (ISBN10: 1529390583)Language: English
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Welcome to the Grand Abeona Hotel: home of the finest food, the sweetest service, and the very best views the galaxy has to offer. Year round it moves from planet to planet, system to system, pampering guests across the furthest reaches of the milky way. The…
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This Vicious Grace by Emily Thiede - ARC Review!
Today on my blog I have a review for #ThisViciousGrace by Emily Thiede! An fun and fast fantasy filled with an epic magic system and plenty of romance! Thanks to @hodderscape for the review copy. #BookReview #ARCReview
Three weddings. Three funerals. Alessa’s gift from the gods is supposed to magnify a partner’s magic, not kill every suitor she touches.Now, with only weeks left until a hungry swarm of demons devours everything on her island home, Alessa is running out of time to find a partner and stop the invasion. When a powerful priest convinces the faithful that killing Alessa is the island’s only hope, her…
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I'm thrilled to share the news that the book of my heart has found its home with Hodderscape. The Book of Gold will be out later this year and I can't wait for people to meet Lyta, Sylvian, Kit and the gang, to explore Amberes and find out all about their slightly feral gods. (Article transcribed on my website - excellent people say very nice things - . http://www.rflong.com/blog/) So looking forward to sharing more news. Many many thanks to Sallyanne Sweeney
eta It's fantasy book theft romance so we're calling it #Kleptomantasy
#booknews#new books#fantasy#rare books#book heist#romantasy#renaissance#alt history#Ruth Frances Long#The Book of Gold#Feral Gods
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