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The stunningly original, must-read fantasy of 2018 follows two fiercely independent young women, centuries apart, who hold the power to save their world...or doom it.
When assassins ambush her best friend, Rielle Dardenne risks everything to save him, exposing herself as one of a pair of prophesied queens: a queen of light, and a queen of blood. To prove she is the Sun Quee ...more
When assassins ambush her best friend, Rielle Dardenne risks everything to save him, exposing herself as one of a pair of prophesied queens: a queen of light, and a queen of blood. To prove she is the Sun Quee ...more
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Hardcover, 501 pages
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May 22nd 2018
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(first published April 15th 2018)
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The one question that kept spinning around in my mind as I read Furyborn is “why should I care?” I didn’t like the characters, the story almost put me to sleep, the stakes were never high enough to get my blood pumping, and the sex scenes made me laugh (not in a good way). I dislike giving one star but there was literally nothing I enjoyed about this book.
It's just too long, poorly-paced and oh so very boring. I feel like the author tried to channel Throne of Glass, which is also too long, poorl ...more
It's just too long, poorly-paced and oh so very boring. I feel like the author tried to channel Throne of Glass, which is also too long, poorl ...more
UPDATE: $2.99 Kindle US today 12/23/20
November Fairyloot ♥ More pictures linked below ♥
BOOKISH THINGS
Holy shite balls! I loved this freaking book and I have a new favorite author and I hope the rest of the books in the series are just as good!
I love some bad arse woman in books. I had about 20 gifs of bad arse women to go with this statement but we will just go with a couple or so.... =D
This story is about Eliana and Rielle. This is told from both of their stories, one from the past and one in ...more
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BOOKISH THINGS
Holy shite balls! I loved this freaking book and I have a new favorite author and I hope the rest of the books in the series are just as good!
I love some bad arse woman in books. I had about 20 gifs of bad arse women to go with this statement but we will just go with a couple or so.... =D
This story is about Eliana and Rielle. This is told from both of their stories, one from the past and one in ...more
Dec 02, 2017
Melanie
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ARC provided by Sourcebooks in exchange for an honest review.
“The queen stopped screaming just after midnight.”
Apparently, this is going to be a super polarizing book here on Goodreads, which is totally fine. Whatever your feelings are towards this book, they are totally valid. I did end up really enjoying it though. I thought it read like an adult high fantasy, I loved the constant juxtaposition between the two main protagonists, I thought it was high action back to back to back, an ...more
Ladies and Gentlemen,
It is with great pleasure that I present you the best release of 2018.
(Actually it’s a tie between Furyborn and Sky in the Deep. Please don’t make me choose, I love them both.)
Once upon a time, the angels roamed the world, burning it to cinders. But the Seven Saints rose and defeated them, and locked them away in a dark, dark prison, and thus ensuring the future of mankind. But their exile shall not last. As foretold by angel Aryava, the Gate separating them from humans wil ...more
It is with great pleasure that I present you the best release of 2018.
(Actually it’s a tie between Furyborn and Sky in the Deep. Please don’t make me choose, I love them both.)
Once upon a time, the angels roamed the world, burning it to cinders. But the Seven Saints rose and defeated them, and locked them away in a dark, dark prison, and thus ensuring the future of mankind. But their exile shall not last. As foretold by angel Aryava, the Gate separating them from humans wil ...more
1.5 stars
There are books I will never be able to remember even if my life depended on it, and there are books that I wish I didn’t remember. Furyborn is one of the latter.
I enjoyed (very few) parts of it? I hated others of it? I was confused about it, but also really bored, and I found it hard to actually care about it sometimes? (So basically, everything I feel towards myself.) I’m just a whole bunch of negative emotions right now.
A list of what disappointed me:
There are books I will never be able to remember even if my life depended on it, and there are books that I wish I didn’t remember. Furyborn is one of the latter.
I enjoyed (very few) parts of it? I hated others of it? I was confused about it, but also really bored, and I found it hard to actually care about it sometimes? (So basically, everything I feel towards myself.) I’m just a whole bunch of negative emotions right now.
A list of what disappointed me:
🌹 the bi rep?...more
🌷 the bi rep
🌹 THE
CONTAINS LOTS OF SWEARING. YOU ARE WARNED
Ladies and gentlemen, may I present.... The biggest disappointment of 2018
oK. oK. WHAT KIND OF A FUCKING MESS DID I JUST READ????
I WANT MY TIME BACK. I'm just thankful I didn't have to pay for this shit.
If this book was on fire and I have a bowl of water, I would drink the water
Let's break it the fuck down, shall we?
✨What I liked ✨
1.the beginning
the beginning was bomb as hell. It started off with a fucking bang and I was hooked. but as you can see from ...more
4.5 Stars!!
This was REALLY fun.
Only minor spoilers below - nothing big.
Let's start with the prologue because holy crap that was fantastic. Way to suck me in, Claire. Anyway, we're thrust into an intense birth-and-escape scene where Queen Rielle delivers her daughter and shoves her into the arms of a young boy-Simon- telling him he must escape and save her life. Simon basically witnesses this whole horrific scene with the queen and an angel that has come for her before whisking the baby to safe ...more
This was REALLY fun.
Only minor spoilers below - nothing big.
Let's start with the prologue because holy crap that was fantastic. Way to suck me in, Claire. Anyway, we're thrust into an intense birth-and-escape scene where Queen Rielle delivers her daughter and shoves her into the arms of a young boy-Simon- telling him he must escape and save her life. Simon basically witnesses this whole horrific scene with the queen and an angel that has come for her before whisking the baby to safe ...more
holy smokes. how come i only just recently found out about this book/series!?! i feel like ive been hiding under a rock. lol.
i originally picked this up because i heard there are angels in it and, although i wouldnt necessarily consider this a book about angels, it still met my expectations. and more!
what really got me was how there was not one main character i didnt like. usually with multiple POVs, there is one character who i prefer more than the others. so i was surprised when i found myse ...more
i originally picked this up because i heard there are angels in it and, although i wouldnt necessarily consider this a book about angels, it still met my expectations. and more!
what really got me was how there was not one main character i didnt like. usually with multiple POVs, there is one character who i prefer more than the others. so i was surprised when i found myse ...more
Well. Here’s to a new season of FANTASY 👏🏻
To say I went into this book with reservations and Z E R O expectations is an understatement because this book is h e l l a f u c k i n g HYPED.
H Y P E D i tell you.
but, bUT, BUT....it. was. really. fucking. GOOD.
I was honestly not expecting the amount of great good epicness that was this book.
Aside from the riveting and hyping reviews, there were also the polarizing and scathing reviews, but most of them consisted mainly of points that either state ...more
To say I went into this book with reservations and Z E R O expectations is an understatement because this book is h e l l a f u c k i n g HYPED.
H Y P E D i tell you.
but, bUT, BUT....it. was. really. fucking. GOOD.
I was honestly not expecting the amount of great good epicness that was this book.
Aside from the riveting and hyping reviews, there were also the polarizing and scathing reviews, but most of them consisted mainly of points that either state ...more
This book reminds me of the picture on the front of a cereal box. It looks appetizing at first, until you learn that the milk? It's glue.
It also bears resemblance to chocolate Easter bunnies. Sure, they're good, but they're hollow and won't satisfy you for long.
Oh, and did no one else pick up on the obvious similarities between Furyborn and Throne of Glass? Eliana is basically the Walmart version of Celaena Sardothien.
- The Dread of Orline ➼ Adarlan's Assassin
- Harkan = the assassin who doesn ...more
It also bears resemblance to chocolate Easter bunnies. Sure, they're good, but they're hollow and won't satisfy you for long.
Oh, and did no one else pick up on the obvious similarities between Furyborn and Throne of Glass? Eliana is basically the Walmart version of Celaena Sardothien.
- The Dread of Orline ➼ Adarlan's Assassin
- Harkan = the assassin who doesn ...more
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DNF @ pg 210
I normally don't give star ratings to DNFs unless I've put in a substantial enough effort to fully determine my thoughts on the book, but I'd say 200+ pages of effort is enough to justify a star rating for this one.
Do you ever have one of those books that something in your gut tells you, 'You're not going to like this one, but you give it a try anyways? And then within a few chapters, you realize that your intuition was totally right and you never should've bothered? Because that wa ...more
I normally don't give star ratings to DNFs unless I've put in a substantial enough effort to fully determine my thoughts on the book, but I'd say 200+ pages of effort is enough to justify a star rating for this one.
Do you ever have one of those books that something in your gut tells you, 'You're not going to like this one, but you give it a try anyways? And then within a few chapters, you realize that your intuition was totally right and you never should've bothered? Because that wa ...more
"We all have darkness inside us, Rielle. That is what it means to be human."
Thank you Sourcebooks Fire for providing me with an early copy of this!
Plain and simple, I loved this. The premise of this book was so incredibly intriguing to me that even if I had not received a copy of this book I would be racing to the bookstore on release day to get my hands on it. Two Queens that are separated by a thousand years but somehow their lives are intertwined to determine the fate of the world? YES PLEAS ...more
Thank you Sourcebooks Fire for providing me with an early copy of this!
Plain and simple, I loved this. The premise of this book was so incredibly intriguing to me that even if I had not received a copy of this book I would be racing to the bookstore on release day to get my hands on it. Two Queens that are separated by a thousand years but somehow their lives are intertwined to determine the fate of the world? YES PLEAS ...more
RATING: 4.5/5
Well...that was intense! Long review coming through :)
When assassins ambush her best friend, Rielle risks everything to save him, exposing herself as one of a pair of prophesied queens: a queen of light, and a queen of blood. To prove she is the Sun Queen, Rielle must endure seven elemental magic trials. If she fails, she will be executed...unless the trials kill her first.
One thousand years later, the legend of Queen Rielle is a fairy tale to Eliana. A bounty hunter for the Undying ...more
Well...that was intense! Long review coming through :)
When assassins ambush her best friend, Rielle risks everything to save him, exposing herself as one of a pair of prophesied queens: a queen of light, and a queen of blood. To prove she is the Sun Queen, Rielle must endure seven elemental magic trials. If she fails, she will be executed...unless the trials kill her first.
One thousand years later, the legend of Queen Rielle is a fairy tale to Eliana. A bounty hunter for the Undying ...more
1.5 stars
She's hidden it her entire life but when one of her friends become threatened, she exposes her powers in front of the king.
Now that the ki ...more
The Written Review
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Rielle Dardenne is one of the legendary queens - either the queen of light or of blood. Either a queen of goodness, or evil.
I fear no darkness
I fear no night
I ask the shadows
To aid my fight
She's hidden it her entire life but when one of her friends become threatened, she exposes her powers in front of the king.
Now that the ki ...more
Reread: 3/20/20 on audio - enjoyed Eliana’s chapters way more this time than on first read. I’m glad I decided to reread before moving in to book 2, as I forgot more than I realized.
Wow there was a heck of a lot going on in this book and I can safely say...I'm exhausted. Like seriously. I finished and took a nap. But I also might be turning a hundred soon, WHO KNOWS. Anyway! I wasn't as enamoured with this one as I hoped so I'll come back for a full review later. For noooow, here is a list:
• I loved BOTH the girls, Rielle and Eliana
• they were honestly slightly wicked, terrifying, badass, powerful and unapologetically them
• which is really refreshing
• although Rielle's sto ...more
• I loved BOTH the girls, Rielle and Eliana
• they were honestly slightly wicked, terrifying, badass, powerful and unapologetically them
• which is really refreshing
• although Rielle's sto ...more
I’d say if your a fan of Sarah J. Maas books I think you would love this!
I do think maybe there was to much action and not enough dialogue and world building but overall was a very enjoyable read!
I definitely will be continuing on with this series and can’t wait for the next book!
I do think maybe there was to much action and not enough dialogue and world building but overall was a very enjoyable read!
I definitely will be continuing on with this series and can’t wait for the next book!
3 Stars
Con ● flict ● ed
Verb: Past tense
Kaylin’s feelings about this book
I could write a review recapping this evil-angel infused fantasy world, or promoting the ‘two-strong-willed-female-protagonists-hundreds-of-years-apart-with-somehow-linked-stories’ but I don’t think there’s anything new I can add to that conversation? Those elements are fun There’s some issues with execution, but nothing that ruins them?
So I’m going to focus on the three things I’m conflicted about. Aka: the things bringing ...more
Con ● flict ● ed
Verb: Past tense
Kaylin’s feelings about this book
I could write a review recapping this evil-angel infused fantasy world, or promoting the ‘two-strong-willed-female-protagonists-hundreds-of-years-apart-with-somehow-linked-stories’ but I don’t think there’s anything new I can add to that conversation? Those elements are fun There’s some issues with execution, but nothing that ruins them?
So I’m going to focus on the three things I’m conflicted about. Aka: the things bringing ...more
Let me start by letting you all know that as a reviewer, it is my responsibility to give honest opinions. And I'm about to get real honest with y'all. Proceed at your own caution.
Now let's get to it.
As the title of my review implies, I (personally) believe that this is the single most overhyped book of this year. It seems that everyone and their mother somehow got an ARC of this book and was raving about it.
All that hype, of course, did nothing to settle my nerves and in fact, made me almost cer ...more
Now let's get to it.
As the title of my review implies, I (personally) believe that this is the single most overhyped book of this year. It seems that everyone and their mother somehow got an ARC of this book and was raving about it.
All that hype, of course, did nothing to settle my nerves and in fact, made me almost cer ...more
I have so many mixed thoughts about this, but overall it was a pretty big disappointment :(
I just found out that this is bi fantasy and honestly the fact that I wasn’t notified? homophobia
✨Arc received from the publisher via Netgalley for an honest review. (Jan 31)
✨Arc received from the publisher via Netgalley for an honest review. (Jan 31)
Thanks Sourcebooks for the review copy!
3.5 stars
During the first half of this book, I was convinced I would give it 4.5 stars. I was really liking it, and my vlog footage matched that same excitement. but the last 100 pages of this book lost so much steam, it's like the author got tired of writing it and just flung her characters into situations without thinking whether it's realistic or explained enough.
The main character Eliana reminds me so much of Lou from Serpent & Dove. She lives just to ...more
3.5 stars
During the first half of this book, I was convinced I would give it 4.5 stars. I was really liking it, and my vlog footage matched that same excitement. but the last 100 pages of this book lost so much steam, it's like the author got tired of writing it and just flung her characters into situations without thinking whether it's realistic or explained enough.
The main character Eliana reminds me so much of Lou from Serpent & Dove. She lives just to ...more
I finished this first thing this morning and was gonna write a review for it sometime throughout the day, but now I just ate two huge wraps and fell into my bed so I guess it ain't happenin'.
...more
TWO QUEENS, one blessed and one wicked. TWO POVS, one of the past and one of the present. TWO KINGDOMS, one fallen and the other a pit of hell. TWO SCRUMPTIOUS BOYS, one is a prince and one is a wolf. Are you in?
Mark my words, y'all: this series will go down in book history as one of the most epic YA fantasy series of all time.
LE PLOT:
Alrighty, let's start you off ...more
We live in a world where good kings die and those foolish enough to hope for something better are killed where they stand.
Mark my words, y'all: this series will go down in book history as one of the most epic YA fantasy series of all time.
LE PLOT:
Alrighty, let's start you off ...more
The prologue of the book strongly reminded me of that of The Wheel of Time. Everything went to hell - figuratively speaking; all thanks to treachery of Lews Therin Thelamon I mean Rielle Dardenne.
She did save her newborn daughter though.
Jump forward 1000 years in time. People had to live with Rielle's choice ever since. A young assassin and bounty hunter Eliana Ferracora paid her bills by doing her noble job of slaying people.
One day she received an assignment of catching a notorious rebel. Sh ...more
She did save her newborn daughter though.
Jump forward 1000 years in time. People had to live with Rielle's choice ever since. A young assassin and bounty hunter Eliana Ferracora paid her bills by doing her noble job of slaying people.
One day she received an assignment of catching a notorious rebel. Sh ...more
You know those books that make you reconsider all your recent 4 and 5 star ratings? THIS IS THAT BOOK. I *thought* I was loving some other fantasy series I've been reading recently, but this filled a hole I didn't even know I had in my life.
There are a couple of things I wish had been fleshed out more but as this is just the first in a series I am sure more of that is coming in future installments. ...more
There are a couple of things I wish had been fleshed out more but as this is just the first in a series I am sure more of that is coming in future installments. ...more
guess who's back
back again
chandler's back
(on her FANTASY SHIT) tell yo friends
it's gonna be real hard for me to objective here. the only other fantasies i've read thus far in 2019 have been cassie clare books & morgan rhodes book. which i adore. but i haven't read a truly ORIGINAL fantasy this year.
and honestly thank fuck for claire legrand. this was phenomenal. and again, maybe i just haven't read fantasy in a while but i don't think that's it. i really do think this was awesome.
first off let' ...more
back again
chandler's back
(on her FANTASY SHIT) tell yo friends
it's gonna be real hard for me to objective here. the only other fantasies i've read thus far in 2019 have been cassie clare books & morgan rhodes book. which i adore. but i haven't read a truly ORIGINAL fantasy this year.
and honestly thank fuck for claire legrand. this was phenomenal. and again, maybe i just haven't read fantasy in a while but i don't think that's it. i really do think this was awesome.
first off let' ...more
May 25, 2018
N.
marked it as to-read
THIS BOOK SOUNDS AMAZING - I HAVE CHILLS.
WANT.
NEEDDD.
NEEDDD.
DNF
Wow, am I on a roll with awful reads... :((((
Wow, am I on a roll with awful reads... :((((
Mini review:
I received this E-Arc via Netgalley and the publisher in exchange for an honest review. My ‘Wish’ was granted.
DNF
I was highly anticipating this book! A friend of mine had given it a positive review and it sounded so good! Unfortunately it wasn’t good.
The prologue was fantastic! There was murder and general excitement. While yes pretty much everything was spoiled I didn’t mind it. It gave me a reason to continue. It went downhill from there.
Both women annoyed me. I felt that the p ...more
I received this E-Arc via Netgalley and the publisher in exchange for an honest review. My ‘Wish’ was granted.
DNF
I was highly anticipating this book! A friend of mine had given it a positive review and it sounded so good! Unfortunately it wasn’t good.
The prologue was fantastic! There was murder and general excitement. While yes pretty much everything was spoiled I didn’t mind it. It gave me a reason to continue. It went downhill from there.
Both women annoyed me. I felt that the p ...more
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Claire Legrand used to be a musician until she realized she couldn’t stop thinking about the stories in her head. Now she is a librarian and New York Times bestselling author living in central New Jersey.
Her first novel is THE CAVENDISH HOME FOR BOYS AND GIRLS, one of the New York Public Library’s 100 Titles for Reading and Sharing in 2012. She is also the author of THE YEAR OF SHADOWS, a ghost st ...more
Her first novel is THE CAVENDISH HOME FOR BOYS AND GIRLS, one of the New York Public Library’s 100 Titles for Reading and Sharing in 2012. She is also the author of THE YEAR OF SHADOWS, a ghost st ...more
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I fear no night
I ask the shadows
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