Book Review: ‘The Inheritance Games’

April 1, 2021December 28, 2020 alisoninbookland6 Comments

“The Inheritance Games” by Jennifer Lynn Barnes

Source: Library

Genre: Young Adult Fiction, Mystery

Summary:

Avery Grambs has a plan for a better future: survive high school, win a scholarship, and get out. But her fortunes change in an instant when billionaire Tobias Hawthorne dies and leaves Avery virtually his entire fortune. The catch? Avery has no idea why–or even who Tobias Hawthorne is. To receive her inheritance, Avery must move into sprawling, secret passage-filled Hawthorne House, where every room bears the old man’s touch–and his love of puzzles, riddles, and codes.

Unfortunately for Avery, Hawthorne House is also occupied by the family that Tobias Hawthorne just dispossessed. This includes the four Hawthorne grandsons: dangerous, magnetic, brilliant boys who grew up with every expectation that one day, they would inherit billions. Heir apparent Grayson Hawthorne is convinced that Avery must be a con-woman, and he’s determined to take her down. His brother, Jameson, views her as their grandfather’s last hurrah: a twisted riddle, a puzzle to be solved. Caught in a world of wealth and privilege, with danger around every turn, Avery will have to play the game herself just to survive.

Niche Book Boxes To Put On Your Radar

March 29, 2021March 24, 2021 alisoninbookland5 Comments

These are book boxes that target a fairly specific type of reader. They won’t always feature the newest book releases but that’s okay!

Related: check out my full directory of Book Boxes

Awesome Blog Posts You May Have Missed (March 21-27)

March 27, 2021March 27, 2021 alisoninbookland6 Comments

In an effort to be a more active member of the book blogging community, I’m planning on making this a weekly post where I share some of the interesting blog posts that have caught my eye in the last week.

Please feel free to take the idea and make it work for your blog. Remember: sharing is caring.

It’s the perfect post to enjoy on a Saturday morning. Pour yourself a big cup of coffee and enjoy.

Book Review: ‘Song of the Crimson Flower’

March 25, 2021March 25, 2021 alisoninbookland5 Comments

“Song of the Crimson Flower” by Julie C. Dao

Source: Book of the Month YA

Genre: Young Adult Fiction, Fantasy

Summary:

Will love break the spell? After cruelly rejecting Bao, the poor physician’s apprentice who loves her, Lan, a wealthy nobleman’s daughter, regrets her actions. So when she finds Bao’s prized flute floating in his boat near her house, she takes it into her care, not knowing that his soul has been trapped inside it by an evil witch, who cursed Bao, telling him that only love will set him free. Though Bao now despises her, Lan vows to make amends and help break the spell.

Together, the two travel across the continent, finding themselves in the presence of greatness in the forms of the Great Forest’s Empress Jade and Commander Wei. They journey with Wei, getting tangled in the webs of war, blood magic, and romance along the way. Will Lan and Bao begin to break the spell that’s been placed upon them? Or will they be doomed to live out their lives with black magic running through their veins?