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secretsimpleness · 2 years ago
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(pitch voice) Do you like character-driven fantasy with bittersweet romance? Well, then the Shattered Kingdoms trilogy might be something for you! (pitch end) Jachad, Lahlil / The Shattered Kingdoms (c) Evie Manieri
#illustration#book art#evie manieri#blood's pride#the shattered kingdoms trilogy#shattered kingdoms spoilers#jachad#lahlil#jachad nisharan#jachi#meiran#the mongrel#manieri is a highly underappreciated author (in my opinion)#I borrowed the first book from the library several years ago and really really enjoyed it; but they did not have the rest of the series#so I thought to simply buy the full story for myself - only to learn that it was basically impossible to get a hold of in my country#and thinking the missing books might come back in stock I decided to wait; cue me finding out the situation got even worse after a few year#so in the end I had to order second-hand versions from overseas and then the first package got lost and I had to order again and then#the first package showed up (sigh) but I figure it's better to have two books too many than two books missing#but anyway I got 'em and I finished reading them a few weeks ago but now I just keep pulling the books off the shelf to stare at them#I even have one on my desk right now 'as reference' but I'm considering letting it stay there as a calming factor#I don't know what's wrong with me. maybe waiting and wanting to finish a series for several years finally broke me.#it's not a perfect story or anything and I was a bit disappointed that some story lines were completely dropped#but I still got what I wanted from it so. count your eggs or whatever that saying is.#also I'm so sick and tired of this image#'let's draw something easy and fun!' I thought. 'let's make something colourful!'#'let's make everything ORANGE'
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nevinslibrary · 3 years ago
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Weird & Wonderful Wednesday
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Oh, this was cool. Lady Trent, Isabella, is a dragon naturalist (gotta love fantasy books!). Before her the study of dragons was just myth, but, she has applied science to their study and made amazing discoveries.
It takes place in an alternate Victorian England, which does have some similarities to ours (for one thing, where science is not appropriate for ladies to study). Ooh, and she is also different from her contemporaries because she is a single mother.
It was a little bit fantasy, a little bit alternate history, and a lot of awesome amazing world building that blew me away. Wanna read only one thing for the rest of the year, well, I mean, that would be cruel to force someone to only read one more thing, but, I would suggest this if forced to.
You may like this book If you Liked: Dragonflight by Anne McCaffrey, Blood's Pride by Evie Manieri, or His Majesty's Dragon by Naomi Novik
A Natural History of Dragons by Marie Brennan
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lornaslibrary · 5 years ago
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Fantasy
Last week I asked you to recommend your favourite fantasy books. These are all the books that were recommended!!
Bold = the books I’ve read * = the books I personally would recommend + = want to read/on my TBR
Shadow and Bone (The Grisha Trilogy #1), by Leigh Bardugo *
Six of Crows (Six of Crows #1), by Leigh Bardugo *
King of Scars (The Nikolai Duology #1), by Leigh Bardugo +
Girls Made of Snow and Glass, Melissa Bashardoust +
Range of Ghosts (Eternal Sky #1), by Elizabeth Bear
Chime, by Franny Billingsley
Three Dark Crowns (Three Dark Crowns #1), by Kendare Blake
The Halloween Tree, by Ray Bradbury
Ninth Grade Slays (The Chronicles of Vladimir Todd #1), by Heather Brewer
The Wolf in the Whale, by Jordanna Max Brodsky
Our Bloody Pearl (These Traitorous Tides #1), by D. N. Bryn *
A Curse Dark as Gold by Elizabeth C. Bunce
Spellslinger (Spellslinger #1), by Sebastien de Castell
Traitor’s Blade (Greatcoats #1), by Sebastien de Castell +
The City of Brass (The Daevabad Trilogy #1), S.A. Chakraborty +
The Ghost Bride by Yangsze Choo
To Kill a Kingdom, by Alexandra Christo *
The Bone Witch (The Bone Witch #1), by Rin Chupeco +
The Iron Trial (Magisterium #1), by Cassandra Clare & Holly Black
The Dark is Rising, by Susan Cooper
London Falling (Shadow Police #1), by Paul Cornell
The Fire Within (The Last Dragon Chronicles #1), by Chris D’Lacey
The King’s Bastard (King Rolen’s Kin #1), by Rowena Cory Daniells
Kings of the Wyld (The Band #1), by Nicholas Eames
We Hunt the Flame (Sand of Arawiya #1), by Hafsah Faizal
Bitter Greens, by Kate Forsyth
The Skylark’s Song (The Skylark Saga #1), by J. M. Frey
The Untold Turn (The Accidental Turn #1), by J.M. Frey
Neverwhere (London Below #1), by Neil Gaiman
The Written (Emaneska #1), by Ben Galley
The Sentinel Mage (The Cursed Kingdoms #1), by Emily Gee
The Goose Girl (The Books of Bayern #1), by Shannon Hale
Seraphina (Seraphina #1), by Rachel Hartman +
Assassin’s Apprentice (Farseer Trilogy #1), by Robin Hobb
Fool’s Gold (The Dragon Lords #1), by Jon Hollins
The Snow Child, Eowyn Ivey
Wintersong (Wintersong #1), by S. Jae-Jones
The Traitor God (Age of Tyranny #1), by Cameron Johnston
Howl’s Moving Castle (Howl’s Moving Castle #1), by Diana Wynne Jones
The Dark Lord of Derkholm (Derkholm #1), by Diana Wynne Jones
Fires of the Faithful (Eliana’s Song #1), by Naomi Kritzer
The Chronicles of Narnia, by C.S. Lewis
Monstress, Vol 1: Awakening (Monstress #1), by Marjorie M. Liu and  Sana Takeda +
Ash, by Malinda Lo *
First Watch (The Fifth Ward #1), by Dale Lucas
Down Among the Stick and Bones (Wayward Children #2), by Seanan McGuire +
Middlegame, by Seanan McGuire +
Chalice, by Robin McKinley
Throne of Glass (Throne of Glass #1), by Sarah J. Maas
Blood’s Pride (Shattered Kingdoms #1), by Evie Manieri
Finnikin of the Rock (Lumatere Chronicles #1), by Melina Marchetta
Wildwood Dancing (Wildwood #1), by Juliet Marillier
Heart’s Blood, by Juliet Marillier
The Summoner (Chronicles of the Necromancer #1), by Gail Z. Martin
A Game of Thrones (A Song of Ice and Fire #1), by George R.R. Martin
The Orphan Queen (The Orphan Queen #1), by Jodi Meadows
Veiled Intentions (The Dragon’s Blade #2), by Michael R. Miller
The Philosopher’s Flight, by Tom Miller 
Lud-in-the-Mist, by Hope Mirrlees +
Girls of Paper and Fire (Girls of Paper and Fire #1), by Natasha Ngan +
Sabriel (The Old Kingdom #1), by Garth Nix
Uprooted, Naomi Novik 
Here, There Be Dragons (The Chronicles of the Imaginarium Geograpica #1), by James A. Owen
Eragon (The Inheritance Cycle #1), by Christopher Paolini
East (East #1), by Edith Pattou
The Kiss of Deception (The Remnant Chronicles #1), by Mary E. Pearson
Sorcery of Thorns, by Margaret Rogerson
Forging Divinity (The War of Broken Mirrors #1), by Andrew Rowe
Carry On (Simon Snow #1), by Rainbow Rowell
Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone (Harry Potter #1), by J.K. Rowling *
The Final Empire (Mistborn #1), Brandon Sanderson
A Living Nightmare (Cirque du Freak #1), by Darren Shan *
The Priory of the Orange Tree, by Samantha Shannon
Tantalize (Tantalize #1), by Cynthia Leitich Smith
The Chronicles of Ixia, by Maria V Snyder +
The Scorpio Races, by Maggie Stiefvater
Shiver (The Wolves of Mercy Falls #1), by Maggie Stiefvater
The Raven Boys (The Raven Cycle #1), by Maggie Stiefvater
Beautiful Creatures (Caster Chronicles #1), by Kami Garcia and Margaret Stohl 
Strange the Dreamer (Strange the Dreamer #1), by Laini Taylor *
Empire in Black and Gold (Shadows of the Apt #1), by Adrian Tchaikovsky  
The Lord of the Rings, J.R.R. Tolkien
The Hobbit, J.R.R. Tolkien  
The Trials of Morrigan Crow (Nevermoor #1), by Jessica Townsend 
Dragon Weather (The Obsidian Chronicles #1), by Lawrence Watt-Evans
The Black Prism (Lightbringer #1), by Brent Weeks  
The Cloud Roads (Books of the Raksura #1), by Martha Wells
The Happy Prince and Other Tales, by Oscar Wilde
A House of Pomegranates, by Oscar Wilde 
Dealing with Dragons (Enchanted Forest Chronicle #1), Patricia C. Wrede
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0-superfastjellyfish-0 · 7 years ago
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THATS MY GIRL
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atlasandartemis · 8 years ago
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Book Review: Blood’s Pride by Evie Manieri
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★★★☆☆: A battle for freedom that lasts a little too long...
Blood’s Pride weaves together the stories of two different peoples, the invading Norlanders and the enslaved Shadari. Two decades after the invasion from the sea, rebellion is brewing among the enslaved people of the city, and they hire an infamous mercenary, the Mongrel, to aid them in their efforts to overthrow the Norlander regime. But nothing is as it seems in this city, as ties are shattered, loyalties are tested, and betrayal is a common occurrence, even between friends, and especially between families. No one knows which side the Mongrel will fall on when the fight begins, and whether the ruling family will survive to return order to the city on the brink of civil war.
I found this a really difficult book to get through. I wanted to get to the end to see how the story unfolded, so I did finish the book, but the characters were not endearing, the narration was choppy and the pace was slow. I wasn’t fond of the way the battle scenes played out, as I felt they were not well constructed and were confusing. Although I was able to predict many of them, some of the plot twists were interesting and well timed. Not a book I’ll read again, but the world building was fantastic and I would love to see/read more about the Mongrel character, preferably her adventures before the events of this book took place.
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madaboutyoumatt · 5 years ago
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- Owoce? – spojrzał na Josha, bo pierwszy raz słyszał, że ten akurat chciał owoców. – Do tego ciasta akurat nie ma, ale jak chcesz aby były takie wiesz, do poskubania to musisz pójść po coś do sklepu.
Rozsiedli się w salonie kiedy już byli po przywitaniu i wtedy dało się zauważyć małe oczko obserwujące ich spomiędzy drzwi. Urocze, zabawne a zarazem lekko niewychowane oczko. Powinna przyjść i się chociaż przywitać, ale co się dziwić, ciężko jej było w nowym otoczeniu, z nowymi ludźmi i z całą akcją „musisz zapomnieć jak było kiedyś, bo już tak nie będzie”.
O dziwo pierwszy krok w Evy stronę zrobił sam Josh. Pewnie już powoli irytował się tymi jej podchodami, ale to zawsze było dobre. Nie krzyczał, poszedł po nią i nawet wyciągnął do niej dłoń. A już później w środku Matt umierał z dumy i rozczulenia jak tamten usadził ją obok siebie aby mogła się za nim chować. Prawdziwy ojciec. Jeszcze trochę a będzie odganiał absztyfikantów i nie będzie w ogóle pamiętał, że nie chciał żadnych dzieci.
Cam prawie piszczała widząc Josha z malutką dziewczynkę idącego za rączkę i jak później ta odmawiała przedstawienia się. Ona widziała to samo co Matt – zdjęta skóra z Josha. Jak w ogóle on mógł się wypierać jej?
- Oj tam, pewnie jesteś trochę zdenerwowana, no nie? – Cam zsunęła się na koniec kanapy aby być tak blisko jak tylko może dziewczynki, bo nie było mowy o kucaniu. – Zobacz co dla ciebie przywieźliśmy. – podała jej komplet do jedzenia i lalkę. – Podoba ci się?
Eve pomachała głową, że tak, która dziewczynka nie cieszyłaby się na Frozen?
- I co się mówi? – spojrzał na nią Mały. Można się bać, ale maniery trzeba mieć.
- Dziękuję. – powiedziała wtulając twarz w ramię taty, co sprawiało, że prawie nie dało się tego zrozumieć, ale było na razie wystarczające.
- Matko, jaka ona jest urocza! – Cam nie wytrzymała spoglądając z iskierkami w oczach na Branda. – Dlaczego my musimy mieć pierwszego chłopaka? – dźwignęła się do pełnego siadu spoglądając na męża. Nie było w tym żadnej tajemnicy jakiej płci dziecko będzie. – Wiesz, jestem teraz w ciąży i mam tutaj dzidziusia. – pogładziła się okrężnym ruchem po brzuchu mówiąc do dziewczynki – Będziesz miała niedługo kolegę do zabawy. Tylko najpierw będzie trochę musiał podrosnąć.
- Chcesz kawałek ciastka? – Matt wstał i spojrzał się na Eve. – Na nowym talerzyku? Jeżeli tak to muszę najpierw go wymyć.
I po chwili wszyscy mieli nałożone spore kawałki ciastka, tylko dziewczynka miała mniejszy, ale aż podrygiwała na niego nóżką siedząc na kanapie, którą nie sięgała jeszcze do ziemi, bo jadła z tak pięknego talerzyka, jej talerzyka.
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geekynerfherder · 9 years ago
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Cover art by Tommy Arnold for 'Strife's Bane', book 3 of the 'Shattered Kingdoms' series by Evie Manieri.
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torpublishinggroup · 9 years ago
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Once a month, we’re spotlighting a Tor book that will soon become available in paperback. Today, we’re featuring Fortune’s Blight by Evie Manieri, to be released October 6.
Fortune’s Blight, the second in Manieri’s Shattered Kingdoms novels, continues the conflict begun in Blood’s Pride. King Daryan struggles not only to maintain peace for the Shadari people, but bring to a halt an unknown murderer killing anyone with magical powers. The foundations of Shadari and Norland begin to crack, all while a mysterious figure watches from Rivindal Castle, knowing that her years of patience will soon be rewarded. Please enjoy this excerpt.
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tfrohock · 12 years ago
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Shadari Divining Elixir at BookSworn ...
Evie Manieri speaks of elixirs and the dangers of knowing the future inside her story, Blood's Pride:
Would you want to see the future, if you knew you couldn’t change it? That’s the question put forth by the priceless Shadari divining elixir sloshing around in Jachad’s little bottle; priceless, because when the Shadari priests threw themselves from the cliffs at the height of the Norlander invasion, they took the secret to making it down into the deep with them. Not that Jachad won’t put a price on it. He’s a merchant-king, and he’d much rather have a sack of imperial Eagles rattling around in his treasure chest than a curiosity most of his customers could never afford. [Click here to read more ...]
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torpublishinggroup · 10 years ago
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Happy Release Day! Here's what went on sale today >>
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torpublishinggroup · 10 years ago
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Victory for the Shadari rebels has come at a terrible price. Read an excerpt from Fortune’s Blight, by Evie Manieri.
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torpublishinggroup · 10 years ago
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Get Evie Manieri’s Blood’s Pride ebook for just $2.99!
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