#Erin Beaty

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books I’ve read in 2023 📖 no. 135

Silence and Shadow by Erin Beaty

“If you love someone it should be enough to weather whatever storms come your way.”

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Blood and Moonlight || Erin Beaty || Blood and Moonlight #1 || 448 pages Top 3 Genres: Fantasy / Young Adult / Mystery

Synopsis: Rising above the city of Collis is the holy Sanctum. And watching over its spires is Catrin, an orphan girl with unique skills—for she alone can spot the building’s flaws in construction before they turn deadly.

But when Catrin witnesses a murderer escaping the scene of his crime, she’s pulled into the web of a dangerous man who will definitely strike again. Assigned to capture the culprit is the mysterious, brilliant, and enigmatic Simon, whose insights into the mind of a killer are frighteningly accurate.

As the grisly crimes continue, Catrin finds herself caught between murderer and detective while hiding her own secret—a supernatural sight granted by the moon, destined to make her an outcast, and the only thing that might save her and those she loves from becoming the next victims...

Publication Date: June 2022. / Average Rating: 3.89. / Number of Ratings: ~4300.

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Title: The Traitor's Kiss | Author: Erin Beaty | Publisher: Imprint (2017)

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Two more recent reads...

Blood and Moonlight, by Erin Beaty: Totally LOVED this one! Super creepy fantasy mystery, with a sweet side of romance. A whole lot going on... Fascinating exploration of mental health. Cat's job is basically climbing around construction sites looking for architectural trouble (amazing!), which has nothing to do with either her newly discovered magical abilities or the whole murdering plot.

The central mystery has very Jack-the-ripper vibes. I spent most of the book absolutely certain I knew who the killer was - a conclusion that Cat briefly shared near the end of the story - but was (thankfully) wrong. The all-too-common trope "I must keep secrets" frequently had me internally screaming (FOR THE LOVE OF FUZZY BUNNIES CAT, JUST TALK TO SOMEONE), but almost always understandable here. I fully wept several times. I cannot wait to read more from Cat and Simon!!

Violet Made of Thorns, by Gina Chen: A very twisty fantasy! Thoroughly (enjoyably) frustrating! I loved that Violet was unapologetically an extremely skilled grifter, often carefully saying exactly what people want/need to hear. No one here is fully good (except Cyrus' sister Camilla, who is absolutely perfect). Another story where a whole lot of trouble could have been avoided if central characters would have just talked to one another! Where do they go from here?! I want to know, I would read more about Violet navigating life after the events of this book. Gimme another!!

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De lune et de sang, Erin Beaty

Caitrin est une jeune orpheline de la cité de Collis, et travaille pour le maître architecte. C’est elle qui inspecte les toits du Sanctum, en construction depuis des dizaines d’années. Une nuit, alors qu’elle est perchée tout en haut, elle entend quelqu’un crier à l’aide — elle est surprise et tombe ; et lorsqu’elle revient à elle, elle trouve dans une ruelle le corps d’une femme de sa connaissance, sauvagement assassinée. Caitrin va alors devenir un élément-clé de l’enquête.

Alors. Le (très) gros point positif de ce livre, pour le coup, c’est vraiment le mélange des deux univers : on a un thriller où on suit un tueur en série bien crado qui fait penser à Jack l’Éventreur, dans un roman de fantasy. J’ai bien accroché avec ce côté-là, et tout cet aspect de « la lune a un pouvoir sur Caitrin que presque personne n’a » m’a bien plu aussi. C’était intéressant de suivre l’enquête avec Simon (pas Cat, pitié), de voir les indices et d’élaborer des théories. Pour le coup, par rapport au tueur, je me suis bien faite avoir !

Par contre, c’est vraiment insupportable d’être dans la tête de Caitrin. C’est le genre de personnage principal que tu as envie de secouer toutes les deux pages — avec, EN PLUS, un triangle amoureux qui ne fonctionne pas. Et gnigni je suis in love de Simon et gnigni Rémi c’est mon bff mais il m’appelle Chaton et ça me saoule et gnigni en fait je l’aime et gnigni il m’insupporte et gnigni Simon et gnigni quand même Rémi… stop. En plus, la romance entre Cat et Simon sort un peu de nulle part, ça balance déjà des déclarations alors que ça fait que trois fois qu’ils se sont vus, et puis après ils sont en froid et re-in love et re-en froid… On souffle ! C’est ridicule, et c’est pas parce que c’est destiné aux ados qu’il faut être ridicule comme ça.

Bon, à part ça, heureusement c’était une assez bonne lecture. J’ai bien aimé aussi le côté fantasy avec la magie de la Lune, qui influe sur la vie et les pouvoirs de Caitrin. Mais si on pouvait avoir un personnage pas nunuche, ce serait super…

23/01/2023 — 28/01/2023

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Oiiii, booklovers!

Será que a adm aprendeu a fazer capas bonitas novamente?

Aproveitando a onda do sucesso de Divertidamente - ainda não consegui assistir, porém sei mais ou menos o que aconteceu - resolvi responder uma booktag que vi na rede vizinha.

Eu sei que vcs já devem estar cansados de booktags mas,

1 - Minhas leituras têm sido HORROROSAS.

2 - Mal tenho tempo pra fazer capas e vou escrevendo os posts de pouquinho em pouquinho (normalmente entre as aulas). Vou ver se consigo fazer várias capas agr nas férias pra escrever ao longo do ano.

3 - Peguei uma ressaca literária terrível - não consegui terminar UM livro desde maio - e só estou voltando ao ritmo agora.

Enfim, vamos à booktag!

💙| Tristeza: renderam um bom choro

Confesso que, pra mim, é mais fácil chorar de emoção por algum momento fofo do casal do que de tristeza (sou um pouquinho emocionada demais kkkkkkk). Maaaas, tem alguns livros que me deixam triste só de pensar:

• A Menina que Roubava Livros - Markus Zusak (o livro é sobre a Segunda Guerra Mundial. Preciso dizer mais alguma coisa?)

• Sem Coração - Marissa Meyer (como a Rainha de Copas se tornou a vilã do País das Maravilhas)

• Rilla de Ingleside - Lucy M. Montgomery (meu personagem favorito foi promovido a defunto)

Em resumo, se quiser se afogar em lágrimas, leia 🙃

💛| Alegria: só trouxeram felicidade e boas risadas

Livros alegres têm meu coração todinho 😌❤️

• Confissões de uma Terapeuta - Renata Lustosa (isso aqui é pura comédia kkkkkkk)

• Amor & Gelato - Jenna Evans Welch (se você é um "tio do pavê" disfarçado, vai gostar dos trocadilhos da Lina e do romance fofinho)

• Crônicas Lunares - Marissa Meyer (Thorne claramente é o palhaço da turma)

• Me leve para casa para o Natal - Thaís Dourado (comédia romântica natalina estilo hallmark)

💚| Nojinho: me deram ranço

Como ainda tem o "raiva" ali embaixo, aqui estão os que começaram bem e depois desandaram...

• Saga Anne - Lucy M. Montgomery (não é que começou bem beeem, mas terminei a saga jurando nunca mais ler nada dessa autora 🙃)

• Um de Nós está Mentindo - Karen M. McManus (n tenho raiva mas tbm não pretendo ler mais nada dela)

• Princesa das Águas - Paula Pimenta (amo a Paulinha, mas detestei esse livro 🤡)

Os outros que conseguiram classificações abaixo de duas estrelas - tradução: me dão raiva só de pensar - ficam para os próximos "capítulos" kkkkk

💜| Medo: me deu arrepios ao longo da história

Essa categoria é a mais escassa, pq como sou medrosa demais (ao ponto de não conseguir dormir), evito qualquer coisa que possa me assustar.

• A Volta da Chave - Ruth Ware (apesar de passar 95% do livro crendo que tudo era causado por alguém de carne e osso, às vezes ficava com medo de ser um livro de terror disfarçado e do nada descobrir que era tipo A Casa Monstro)

🧡| Ansiedade: me deixou ansiosa

Eu fico extremamente ansiosa com fantasias/distopias, o que me faz evitar um pouco o gênero, pq tem horas que esqueço de respirar. Sério.

• Renegados/Sem Coração/Crônicas Lunares- Marissa Meyer (apesar de ser uma das minhas autoras preferidas, essa daqui tem potencial pra me matar do coração algum dia)

• Confusão é meu nome do meio - Stephanie Tromly (surtei praticamente o livro inteiro)

• O Beijo Traiçoeiro - Erin Beaty (no final, nem era tudo oq eu esperava, fiquei nervosa à toa)

❤️| Raiva: só passei raiva

Top livros que eu gostaria de "desler":

• Na Porta ao Lado - Luíza Trigo (eu shippei o casal errado. O título deixa totalmente na cara e, com o passar do tempo, a gente desenvolve o dom de ler o nome e saber que a protagonista vai ficar com ele, MAS EU QUERIA QUE ELA FICASSE COM O OUTROOOOO 😭😭😭)

• Shine - Jessica Jung (é tipo O Diário de uma Garota Nada Popular versão K-Pop. A briga entre a protagonista e a antagonista é muito sem fundamento)

• A Coroa - Kiera Cass (que quase ngm gosta da Eadlyn, nós já sabemos. E o pior foi que eu tava shippando ela com outra pessoa e do nada ela resolve se apaixonar por esse cara. Eu me senti uma palhaça)

• Sonata em Punk Rock - Babi Dewet (parece com Go! - Viva a Vida do Seu Jeito e eu tbm odiei essa série 🙂)

🩵| Inveja: uma série de livros que queria viver

Primeiro, eu diria Minha Vida Fora de Série, mas sou total e completamente apaixonada pelo Rodrigo Rochette e ele é apaixonado pela namorada dele, ent seria sofrimento na certa.

Dadas as circunstâncias, escolho me mudar para o 221b da Baker Street a fim de investigar casos com o Sherlock e o caro Watson. Ngm suspeitaria de uma menina ajudando Sherlock Holmes nas investigações, né? 😌

🖤| Tédio: achei entediante

Aqui sou obrigada a pegar uns livros que abandonei, pois raramente continuo algo que não tô gostando.

• Anne de Windy Polars - Lucy M. Montgomery (mds do céu, que livro chato)

• O Misterioso Sr. Quin - Agatha Christie (nada contra ela, por enquanto, mas esse é bem chatinho)

• Moby Dick - Herman Melville (juro que tentei)

🩷| Vergonha: me fez sentir vergonha

• Fazendo Meu Filme 1 - Paula Pimenta (quem leu não necessita de explicações. Aquela fala do intercâmbio dá mta vergonha alheia kkkkkk)

• Geekerela - Ashley Poston (se eu tivesse no meio daquela treta, teria vontade de enfiar a cabeça num buraco)

• Cecília Vargas em Mistério na Casa-grande - Kézia Garcia (a edição não existe mais, - agr é Cidades Pequenas não Guardam Segredos - mas a vergonha das maluquices da Ceci é eterna kkkkkk)

Enfim galera, é isso, estamos de volta aos posts quilométricos 🧚🏻‍♀️

Bjs e boas leiturassss <3333

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"Ból i wściekłość go nie zaskoczyły. Znacznie gorsze było to, co nastąpiło po nich – obojętność jej spojrzenia."

- Erin Beaty, Pocałunek zdrajcy

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New Young Adult Releases! (October 3rd, 2023)

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Have I missed any new Young Adult releases? Have you added any of these books to your TBR? Let me know!

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New Standalones/First in a Series:

The Voice Upstairs by Laura E. Weymouth

Kween by Vichet Chum

Up in Flames by Hailey Alcaraz

Beholder by Ryan La Sala

Love in Wonderland by Abiola Bello

And Don't Look Back by Rebecca Barrow

The Homecoming War by Addie Woolridge

The Scarlet Alchemist by Kylie Lee Baker

Curious Tides by Pascale Lacelle

Plan A by Deb Caletti

The Forest Demands Its Due by Kosoko Jackson

When Ghosts Call Us Home by Katya de Becerra

Eight Dates and Nights by Betsy Aldredge

The Blackwoods by Brandy Colbert

A Twisted Tale Anthology by Various

The Spells We Cast by Jason June

How to Get Over the End of the World by Hal Schrieve

Hockey Girl Loves Drama Boy by Faith Erin Hicks

Night of the Witch by Sara Raasch & Beth Revis

Before the Devil Knows You're Here by Autumn Krause

All the Things We Never Said by Yasmin Rahman

Salt the Water by Candice Iloh

The Lotus Flower Champion by Pintip Dunn & Love Dunn

The Glass Scientists: Volume 1 by S.H. Cotugno & Sabrina Cotugno

New Sequels:

Silence & Shadows (Blood & Moonline #2) by Erin Beaty

Prince of Thorns & Nightmares (Princes #2) by Linsey Miller

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Happy reading!

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Went camoing for a few days and these are the books I read!

Blood & Moonlight by Erin Beaty

Legends & Lattes by Travis Baldree

The Lunar Chronicles; Cinder by Marissa Meyer

The Lunar Chronicles; Scarlet by Marissa Meyer

Can't wait to start the next book in these series'!

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currently reading: The Traitor's ruin - Erin Beaty (I hate it and probably won't finish it)

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Rating: 4/5

Book Blurb: In this unforgettable sequel to the fantasy thriller Blood and Moonlight, sizzling romance, dangerous magic, and deadly secrets collide when Catrin and Simon face a cunning new serial killer who threatens to tear them apart.

Forced to flee for their lives after an explosive confrontation with a depraved killer, Selenae novice Catrin and brilliant criminal profiler Simon arrive in the sprawling city of Londunium, hoping for a fresh start and an opportunity for Catrin to hone her newfound magic. To avoid raising suspicion, they pretend to be a married couple, but don’t expect to keep up the ruse for long. Until a ruthless council of magical leaders at the local Selenae university discover Catrin's forbidden “marriage” to an outsider and threaten to erase Simon’s memories to protect their secrets.

Terrified to lose each other, Catrin and Simon take desperate steps to keep him safe, like playing the parts of husband and wife for longer than they had anticipated. But when a string of mutilated bodies turns up in the woods outside the city, and Simon is recruited to profile the killer, Catrin is pulled back into a world of murder, mayhem, and magic . . .

Perfect for fans of Kerri Maniscalco and Mary E. Pearson, Erin Beaty weaves a riveting and romantic conclusion to the Blood and Moonlight duology in Silence and Shadow.

Review:

A killer on the loose, dangerous magic, and the threat of losing the blossoming relationship from warring academics who want to erase her beloved's memories, Catrin has her work cut out for her in the sequel to Blood and Moonlight. Catrin and Simon are on the run after their explosive confrontation with a depraved killer. Catrin is a Selenae novice and Simon is a brilliant criminal profiler, yet now they both have to start over in Londunium as Catrin hopes to discover more about her newfound magic. To avoid suspicion they pretend to be a married couple but then the ruthless council of magical leaders at the local Selenae university discover Catrin's forbidden "marriage" to an outside and threaten to erase Simon's memories to protect their secrets. Catrin and Simon must now navigate a complicated chess game between powerful individuals who want nothing more than to take Catrin's magic for themselves while also figuring out who the killer of a string of mutilated bodies is. What was suppose to be a new start is an even more complicated path for the lovers but they'll have to find a way to navigate the shadows if they want their romance to work out. This was a really interesting finale to the the duology, it was much more of a dark academia/murder mystery with a bit of romance. I liked the overall ending to the mystery and overall really enjoyed the series. If you enjoy murder mysteries with a bit of romance and magic definitely give this series a go!

*Thanks Netgalley and Macmillan Children's Publishing Group, Farrar, Straus and Giroux (BYR) for sending me an arc in exchange for an honest review*

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Title: Blood and Moonlight | Author: Erin Beaty | Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux (2022)

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Blood and Moonlightby Erin Beaty

In Erin Beaty’s medieval YA fantasy thriller, Blood and Moonlight, an orphan with a secret, magical sight gets caught between a mysterious genius and the serial killer he’s hunting.Rising above the city of Collis is the holy Sanctum. And watching over its spires is Catrin, an orphan girl with unique skills—for she alone can spot the building’s flaws in construction before they turn deadly.But when Catrin witnesses a murderer escaping the scene of his crime, she’s pulled into the web of a dangerous man who will definitely strike again. Assigned to capture the culprit is the mysterious, brilliant, and enigmatic Simon, whose insights into the mind of a killer are frighteningly accurate.As the grisly crimes continue, Catrin finds herself caught between murderer and detective while hiding her own secret—a supernatural sight granted by the moon, destined to make her an outcast, and the only thing that might save her and those she loves from becoming the next victims…

:O !!!!!!!! THAT’S THE ONE

anon, you beautiful, magnificent creature, you have my utmost gratitude, for even if i ultimately don’t read it, the itch in my brain can at last be laid to rest