#Leah Cypess

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Title: The Piper's Promise | Author: Leah Cypess | Publisher: Delacorte Press (2023)

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Books with “C” Authors I Own and and Need to Read Part 7

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anyway, now that we're talking about shapeshifters i am thinking about other formative shapeshifter media…are there any other fans of mistwood by leah cypess in the house tonight…

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Rating: 4/5

Book Blurb: We all remember our favorite childhood classics, like The Giving Tree and The Velveteen Rabbit. Wink explores those classics through the lens of YA fantasy and science fiction. Featuring stories from bestselling and award-winning authors, including Kendare Blake, Leah Cypess, Stacia Deutsch, David Gerrold, Nancy Holder, Alethea Kontis, Jonathan Maberry, Seanan McGuire, and Maggie Stiefvater, Wink takes us on a wonderful romp through our favorite childhood stories.

Review:

A fun collection of stories that is inspired by a new take on classics! I thought they were all so unique and fun to read and I loved that this collection had drawings in each story, It's a great way to explore new takes on some of your favorite childhood stories.

*Thanks Netgalley and Brigids Gate Press for sending me an arc in exchange for an honest review*

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3 original novelette recs

A Brief Oral History of the El Zopilote Dock by Alaya Dawn Johnson ➤ a near-future novelette telling the story of the dystopian breakdown of the USA

➤ told by the granddaughter of a black woman who escaped prison slavery to head south of the border and found a new community for fellow escapees

➤ I love the voice of the narrator, her efforts to tell Symphonie's story in an objective and appropriate historical style, but with occasional notes to herself interjecting, wondering about if she's approaching her writing in the right way

➤ I also love the relationship between Symphonie and Karla!

➤ and the themes about how the past can't be left behind, it is an important part of what makes you what you are today

➤ 8k words

We Shall Drink Wine By Andrew K Hoe

➤ a fantasy novelette set in a historical china, and holy shit it is SO SO SO GOOD

➤ about two sword-brothers, meeting again after decades apart

➤ the way the story circles around itself over and over again, uncovering new layers each time, new complexities, new details about what happened and what is happening -- it's so beautifully constructed and leads the reader on so compellingly

➤ and the story it's telling.....one about love, and trust, and classism, and imperialism, and the threat of monstrous creatures inflitrating......about, at its heart, the relationship between these two men, their importance to each other, and the fractures at the heart of their relationship, and the wide-reaching consequences

➤ I love it so much, it's brilliantly and beautifully done and with such fascinating explorations of its themes!

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The Thirteenth Dancer By Leah Cypess

➤ A novelette inspired by the fairy tale The Twelve Dancing Princesses

➤ about one of the princesses who managed to escape, but who comes back

➤ a fascinating reimagining, leaning into the dangerous appeal of the fae, and the desire for belonging, and what you will and won't do for love -- or for freedom

➤ I've read a lot of retellings of this fairy tale and there are a lot of good ones but this one definitely ranks pretty high on the list!

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Braided by Leah Cypess

Braided (Sisters Ever After, #5) by Leah Cypess. Delacorte Press, 2024. 9780593481370 Rating:  1-5 (5 is an excellent or a Starred review) 4 Format: Hardcover Genre: Fantasy  What did you like about the book? Princess Cinnariosia of the Borderlands has never met her older sister, Rapunzel, who was abducted from their castle before Cinna was born.  Cinna has spent her whole childhood longing…

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Glass Slippers by Leah Cypess

Glass Slippers by Leah Cypess

My Rating: 3 stars Many thanks to Random House and NetGalley for the ARC. This book was released on April 5 2022 and is now available for purchase. Glass Slippers follows Tirza, Cinderella’s third stepsister who was only five-years-old when the events of the fairy tale happened. With her mother dead and her sisters in exile, Tirza grows up in the palace, generally left to her own devices and…

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Review: Thornwood by Leah Cypess

Review: Thornwood by Leah Cypess

Thornwood (Sisters Ever After #1)Leah CypessHarvey KlingerPublished April 1, 2021 Amazon | Barnes & Noble | Book Depository | Indiebound | Goodreads About Thornwood For years, Briony has lived in the shadow of her beautiful older sister, Rosalin, and the curse that has haunted her from birth–that on the day of her sixteenth birthday she would prick her finger on a spindle and cause everyone in…

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Title: The Last Rose | Author: Leah Cypess | Publisher: Delacorte Press (2023)

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The Mythic Dream An Anthology

If you love #Mythology #TheMythicDream is the perfect book for you! This anthology retells some of your favorite myths and even has lore from different cultures! Take a look at my review! #BookReview #BookBlogger

**ARC provided in exchange for an honest review**

Title: The Mythic Dream Author: John Chu, Leah Cypess, Indrapramit Das, Amal El-Mohtar, Jeffrey Ford, Sarah Gailey, Carlos Hernandez, Kat Howard, Stephen Graham Jones, T. Kingfisher, Ann Leckie, Carmen Maria Machado, Arkady Martine, Seanan McGuire, Naomi Novik, Rebecca Roanhorse, Alyssa Wong, & J.Y. Yang Edited by: Dominik Parisien & Navah Wolfe P…

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My May ‘17 Book Haul

This month was a productive month for buying books. With the library sell and all the amazing new releases, my bank account has taken a bit hit this month. Totally worth it. The bolded are books I have finished reading, and the italics are books I have started reading. If you would like for me to discuss a book I have finished, just let me know A Royal Affair by Nora Roberts How To Tame A Beast In Seven Days by Kerrelyn Sparks Defender by Diana Palmer The Girl With The Make-Believe Husband by Julia Quinn A Court of Wings and Ruin by Sarah J. Maas The Heartbreakers by Ali Novak The Boy Next Door by Ella James When The Marquess Falls by Lorraine Heath The Scarletti Curse by Christine Feehan Lair Of The Lion by Christine Feehan Love, Rosie by Cecelia Ahern The Red Heart of Jade by Marjorie M. Liu Beneath The Thirteen Moons by Kathryne Kennedy A Hunger LIke No Other by Kresley Cole One Red Rose by Julie Garwood ( The Clayborne Brides ) One Pink Rose by Julie Garwood ( The Clayborne Brides ) Dark Symphony by Christine Feehan ( A Carpathian Novel ) Confessions of a Shopaholic by Sophie Kinsella My Life with the Walter Boys by Ali Novak Beguiled by Arnette Lamb Heart Duel by Robin D. Owens Dark Demon by Christine Feehan ( A Carpathian Novel ) Crown of Crystal Flame by C.L. Wilson ( Tairen Souls ) Crystal Kingdom by Amanda Hocking ( The Kanin Chronicles ) The Forever Song by Julie Kagawa ( Blood of Eden ) The Scorpio Races by Maggie Stiefvater Underworld by Meg Cabot ( An Abandon Novel ) Insatiable by Meg Cabot Beautiful Darkness by Kami Garcia & Margaret Stohl ( Beautiful Creatures ) Trickster’s Choice by Tamora Pierce Trickster’s Queen by Tamora Pierce Nightspell by Leah Cypess Hoodwinked by Diana Palmer Donavan by Diana Palmer Storm Over the Lake by Diana Palmer Nora by Diana Palmer Secret Fire by Johanna LIndsey His At Night by Sherry Thomas Guardian Angel by Julie Garwood Vision in White by Nora Roberts ( The Bride Quartet ) Bed of Roses by Nora Roberts ( The Bride Quartet ) Savor the Moment by Nora Roberts ( The Bride Quartet ) Born In Fire by Nora Roberts ( The Irish Born Trilogy ) Born In Ice by Nora Roberts ( The Irish Born Trilogy ) Born In Shame by Nora Roberts ( The Irish Born Trilogy ) Stars of Fortune by Nora Roberts ( The Guardians Trilogy ) Bay of Sighs by Nora Roberts ( The Guardians Trilogy ) Island of Glass by Nora Roberts ( The Guardians Trilogy )

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Book Reviews :

I got this book based on the blurb from Tamora Pierce. I am honestly so glad that I did. This was a fast paced, high fantasy young adult book. I wasn’t bored once reading this and I finished it sooner than I expected. I do recommend this book for a quick fantasy read.

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I reviewed Death Marked, book two to Death Sworn by Leah Cypess. 

There may be spoilers. 

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Okay now I’m very confused because I was convinced that I had never read Sabriel by Garth Nix but I was digging through the depths of my google drive and found a book review of Witchlanders by Lena Coakley that I wrote for class in 2013 where I compared it to Sabriel by Garth Nix, the Books of Bayern by Shannon Hale, Mistwood by Leah Cypess, and the Chanters of Tremaris series by Kate Constable and I know I read all of those others books so maybe I just read it so long ago that I didn’t remember anything about it? Weird! I’m usually good at remembering what books I've read, even ones I read ages ago.

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The Last Rose by Leah Cypess

The Last Rose (Sisters Ever After #4) by Leah Cypess. Delacorte Press, 2023. 9780593481332 Rating:  1-5 (5 is an excellent or a Starred review) 3 Format: Hardcover Genre: Fantasy  What did you like about the book? In the forest surrounding Mera’s village, there is a castle.  For as long as the villagers can remember, the castle has been the home of a ferocious Beast.  The Beast regularly…

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Nebulas Predictions

Since the Nebulas are finally here, let's talk about which books I read that I think will win.

Novels!

A Desolation Called Peace, Arkady Martine

A Master of Djinn, P. Djèlí Clark

Machinehood, S.B. Divya

The Unbroken, C.L. Clark

Plague Birds, Jason Sanford

So, I read all the novels that were nominated. I'm fairly certain Desolation of Peace will take home the big prize. Machinehood and Master of Djinn wouldn't be shocking, both had excellent world building and really strong theme development, but...yeah.

I'll be pretty surprised if Desolation isn't the winner.

Novellas

A Psalm for the Wild-Built, Becky Chambers

Flowers for the Sea, Zin E. Rocklyn

Fireheart Tiger, Aliette de Bodard

The Necessity of Stars, E. Catherine Tobler

And What Can We Offer You Tonight, Premee Mohamed

Sun-Daughters, Sea-Daughters, Aimee Ogden

“The Giants of the Violet Sea”, Eugenia Triantafyllou

I did not read all the Novellas. Of the 4 that I did read (I also read A Nessecity of Stars and Fireheart Tiger) however, Psalm for the Wild-built feels like the obvious winner. Flowers for the Sea was very good, reminiscent of Rivers Solomons work, and the other 2 were interesting.

But Wild-Built had be in tears. I also think it got the pacing of a Novella down just right.

Middle Grades/YA

A Snake Falls to Earth, Darcie Little Badger

Iron Widow, Xiran Jay Zhao

Victories Greater Than Death, Charlie Jane Anders

Thornwood, Leah Cypess

Redemptor, Jordan Ifueko

Root Magic, Eden Royce

This one is the hardest for me. I only finished A Snake Falls to Earth and Iron Widow. I have read almost all of Thornwood and barely started Victories Greater Than Death. Really hard to say which will win given all that.

If I had to pick though- A Snake Falls to Earth gets my vote. The vibes are incredible. The indigenous futurism hope punk? My jam. Also, uh, set in Texas and has a cute Cottonmouth kid? Love it.

Iron Widow is great, don't get me wrong, I'll rave about it all day. Thornwood has had some interesting twists so far too.

But I'll be very pleased is A Snake Falls to Earth wins.