Books

Uptown Oracle Reads… Blood of the Four

In the great kingdom of Quandis, everyone is a slave. Some are slaves to the gods. Most are slaves to everyone else. Blessed by the gods with lives of comfort and splendor, the royal elite routinely perform their duties, yet some chafe at their role. A young woman of stunning ambition, Princess Phela refuses to allow…
Uptown Oracle Reads… Palom

Linaria’s cities lie in ruin following Aciel’s war. As dragons turn against the survivors the devastation worsens. The world attempts to recover from one war and arm itself against another, Palom, hero and creator of the dragon-forged weapons that thwarted Aciel, flees across the Val Sharis wilds to rid himself of unwanted fame. Overwhelmed by guilt…
YALC 2018 Haul

Last weekend I attended YALC for the first time! I went for all three days and managed to meet so many people who I’d only ever spoken to on twitter or on blogs. It was a great way to meet people who love books just as much as me. There were some interesting panels that…
Uptown Oracle Reads… The Girl and the Grove

Teenager Leila’s life is full of challenges. From bouncing around the foster care system to living with seasonal affective disorder, she’s never had an easy road. Leila keeps herself busy with her passion for environmental advocacy, monitoring the Urban Ecovists message board and joining a local environmental club with her best friend Sarika. And now…
Mid Year Freak Out Tag

So as it’s halfway through the year it’s time for the Mid Year Freak Out Tag! Best book you’ve read so far in 2018. I would have to say To Kill a Kingdom by Alexandra Christo, although Onyx and Ivory by Mindee Arnett and The Waking Land by Callie Bates come close as well.…
Uptown Oracle Reads… To Kill a Kingdom

Princess Lira is siren royalty and the most lethal of them all. With the hearts of seventeen princes in her collection, she is revered across the sea. Until a twist of fate forces her to kill one of her own. To punish her daughter, the Sea Queen transforms Lira into the one thing they loathe…
Uptown Oracle Reads… Clockwork City

My name is Gideon Tau, but most people just call me London. Three years ago, someone killed my daughter. I sacrificed everything (the human race included) to learn his name – and then had to allow that knowledge to be erased from my mind in order to save the world I’d doomed. Fantastic. Now I have to…
Uptown Oracle Reads… Retribution Road

Sergeant Arthur Bowman, a sergeant in the East India Company, is sent on a secret mission during the Second Anglo-Burmese War. But the expedition is foiled – his men are captured and tortured. Throughout their ordeal, a single word becomes Bowman’s mantra, a word that will stiffen their powers of endurance in the face of…
Uptown Oracle Reads… Blood Will Out

Ari Sullivan is alive—for now. She wakes at the bottom of a cistern with only the shadowy recollection of a low-pitched voice and a gloved hand. No one can hear her screams. And the person who put her there is coming back. The killer is planning a gruesome masterpiece, a fairytale tableau of innocence and blood,…