Ora and the Old God by Sarah Day --> Starting September 7th, 2020

[Aly, Head of Solo Quarterly & Maker of BR Threads]

A spellbinding story that weaves together powerful women, complex magic, and political intrigue.

Wild and stubborn, Ora Widogast is determined to join her brother for the annual Tabas hunt. When he makes a terrible mistake, her brother is turned into a pig, and she is taken captive in the fae realm. There, the fae queen places her under the watchful eye of a cruel and powerful mage, Tyg Marigen, who despises humans.

As a world of politics and old conflicts unfolds around Ora, she plans her escape, but then, she makes a dangerous discovery—she can use magic. Something no human has done before. To avoid Tyg’s wrath and save her brother, she must find a way home before her secret is revealed.

But, she has no idea how to control her newfound power.

[Alex]

I don't know if there's a need to sign up but I'm in!

[Aly, Head of Solo Quarterly & Maker of BR Threads]

No need to sign up, happy to have you!

[Kelly]

I'm finally getting to this! It's only 238 pages so I hope to get it read quickly

[Aly, Head of Solo Quarterly & Maker of BR Threads]

It's going by very quickly!

[Aly, Head of Solo Quarterly & Maker of BR Threads]

The author sent me a new copy of the book. She said she'd made changes after some consistent feedback so I wonder how different this revised copy is?

ch 7 (view spoiler)[ Oh man, Ora's first hunt and her brother is turned into a pig and she's taken captive by the fae. I wonder what happened to her mom that made her special? Maybe she's part fae? (hide spoiler)]
ch 14 (view spoiler)[ Ora was so close to leaving! Although I don't think she would have been able to turn her brother back so maybe it's for the best (hide spoiler)]
ch 21 (view spoiler)[ I wondered about Berengar so I'm not surprised he's a sylvn. And now she's made an ally of a pukha who got her out of the castle. (hide spoiler)]

[Alaina, Head of Monthly Challenges & Keeper of BR Threads]

Starting this now!

[Aly, Head of Solo Quarterly & Maker of BR Threads]

Yay!

[Aly, Head of Solo Quarterly & Maker of BR Threads]

Finished (view spoiler)[ I'm glad Ora was able to come home and save her brother. Now she's tied to the fae and with Tyg on the throne, there will be war. (hide spoiler)] This was a fun, quick read!

[Alaina, Head of Monthly Challenges & Keeper of BR Threads]

23%: (view spoiler)[Interesting how she told the Queen her real name and she kept it quiet. (hide spoiler)]

[Alaina, Head of Monthly Challenges & Keeper of BR Threads]

oops forgot to add my first comment FOREVER ago.

[Kelly]

29% - (view spoiler)[With that cover I thought this was going to be a middle grade but it's YA. She's seventeen but in my mind I picture her younger.

I wonder what the Queen's vision was. (hide spoiler)]

[Alaina, Head of Monthly Challenges & Keeper of BR Threads]

lmao I never added the rest of my comments. dead. okay I will add them soon.

[Kelly]

58% - (view spoiler)[I was wondering when she was going to get hurt. (hide spoiler)]

[Kelly]

78% - (view spoiler)[ Why does the pukha want to go back to the Hy Borea? (hide spoiler)]

[Kelly]

100% - (view spoiler)[I'm glad she saved her brother but I still have questions about Ora's mom and we still don't know what Ora is but I'm guessing it'll be in a sequel. Tyg killed her husband and is now Queen. Interesting. (hide spoiler)]

This was pretty quick. I liked it

[Aly, Head of Solo Quarterly & Maker of BR Threads]

Me too!

[Alaina, Head of Monthly Challenges & Keeper of BR Threads]

53%: (view spoiler)[Okay, I'm intrigued... what does the Queen know and how does she know what she knows? (hide spoiler)]
74%: (view spoiler)[WAIT DID THE QUEEN JUST DIE? (hide spoiler)]
100%: (view spoiler)[Well shit, I wasn't expecting half of what went down to actually go down. Tyg is queen now and she killed her husband? Hot damn. I'm also still really intrigued by Ora and I want to know what she is - ugh. (hide spoiler)]

[Aly, Head of Solo Quarterly & Maker of BR Threads]

Yes! Tyg is ruthless lol

[Alaina, Head of Monthly Challenges & Keeper of BR Threads]

lol yes she was! also I'm happy I caught up on BR comments over the weekend. luckily work was slow.

[Aly, Head of Solo Quarterly & Maker of BR Threads]

That's great! I was able to catch up on some review books that are due at the end of the month so yay