Innkeeper Chronicles - Sweep of the Heart (December 2022/January 2023)

[Nyssa]

Hi all, here is the proposed reading schedule:


#0.5 Gerard Demille and Helen Meet - [At your leisure]
- Here is the link to the story on Ilona Andrews's website: https://www.ilona-andrews.com/gerard-...
#1 Clean Sweep - April 5th
#2 Sweep in Peace - April 20th
#3 One Fell Sweep - May 5th
#4  Sweep of the Blade - May 20th
#4.5 Sweep with Me - June 5th
#5 Sweep of the Heart - June 20th

[Jenna, I'd be free if not for Temper & Edgewalker]

Choko wrote: "It is for the same thing, so this is great! Thank you:)"

Thanks for letting me know :) You're welcome!

[Narilka]

Ooo! I've been wanting to reread these :) I think I'll join in.

[Choko]

Awesome! The more the merrier:)

[Nirkatze]

Whoo! Looking forward to it!

[Tonari no Emily]

Ooh I've been wanting to read the Ilona Andrews duo!

[Nyssa]

Do we want to plan for a book a month?

[Choko]

Sounds good to me, but we can even do one every Two weeks, since they are kind of short...

[Nyssa]

That works for me as well.

@ Narilka, Nirkatze, & Emily -

Any preference?

[Narilka]

I'm good with that. These are easy reads.

[Nyssa]

Narilka wrote: "I'm good with that. These are easy reads."

Which "that"?

Monthly or every two weeks? 

[Timelord Iain, Tech Support]

I'll probably end up tagging along for this... isn't there a new serial?... maybe it'll be available on audio and waiting after I do a re-read with you guys...

[Narilka]

Every two weeks is good.

[Narilka]

And yes Iain, a new serial is releasing. Which means they'll edit it and do a formal release probably in Q2. Should be good timing :)

[Nyssa]

So right now, it looks like this thread will be for the whole series. Does anyone know how to update the original post to include the other books and the timeline?

[Timelord Iain, Tech Support]

You can only edit if you make the thread yourself... otherwise you need to request a mod do mod stuff...

[Nyssa]

Right, I know. But how do I make the request?

[Nirkatze]

I can probably do every two weeks, though I might be a bit slow for the first couple months. April-May is crunch time at work.

[Tonari no Emily]

I might be able to squeeze in every two weeks.. they look pretty short. Need to make sure my library has them!

[Timelord Iain, Tech Support]

Nyssa wrote: "Right, I know. But how do I make the request?"

I think for thread edits, you toss a comment in the Master List thread?... I might mention a new thread for this kind of thing, if I can find the best place to make the request...

https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

[Nirkatze]

Or we could just ask Choko to replace the Message 3 with the schedule. Do we want to say like, the 5nd and the 20th for each book? How many books are there in the series? Is it a closed series, or ongoing?

[Timelord Iain, Tech Support]

I contacted Niki, and she created a new thread in caps for getting mod attention with thread edits... so use that:

https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

[Timelord Iain, Tech Support]

Nirkatze wrote: "Or we could just ask Choko to replace the Message 3 with the schedule. Do we want to say like, the 5nd and the 20th for each book? How many books are there in the series? Is it a closed series, or ..."

It's an ongoing series, with an overarching mythos/mystery that's only been lightly touched on so far... it releases over time, as an online serial, and when a story is finished, it's edited and released as a $5 ebook and accompanying regular price audiobook... edits can change the story a bit, but not too drastically, and the authors are willing to be a bit more explicit with the romantic scenes, I think?

It's also branched a bit into a spinoff series, that follows the original MC's sister, but I don't want to go into too many more details until you meet the sister in the main story...

There are currently 4-5 main books, that might include the first spinoff book that only came out a year or 2 ago... not sure if the current book is in the main series or the sister series...

[Nirkatze]

Wow, that sounds complicated! I didn't realize that Ilona Andrews was doing online serial stuff as well--I thought they were pretty mainstream...

[Nyssa]

Thank you, TL!

[Nyssa]

Ugh! I really dislike the fact that we cannot edit our posts in the app!
I also wanted to say that the fifth and the 20th sounds great to me.

[Narilka]

The current book they're releasing is in the main series with Dina. I read a couple of the earliest posts and stopped. I prefer to wait for the edited versions. Like Iain said, they do some clean up and minor additions to the final version.

One of the author Q&A posts mentioned this isn't the final book but we're getting close.

[Narilka]

Sweep of the Heart has a book page finally!

[Timelord Iain, Tech Support]

Nirkatze wrote: "Wow, that sounds complicated! I didn't realize that Ilona Andrews was doing online serial stuff as well--I thought they were pretty mainstream..."

The online serial started as a breather from the later Kate Daniels books and the early Hidden Legacy books, I think... the worldbuilding is similar to their other books, but with a sci-fi bent... and it actually connects diagonally with the Edge series of PNR they did forever ago...

Fans love it as much as everything else they write, tho... they tried doing a poll a few months ago, to decide what to write next, and it was basically a 5 way tie between the 2 Innkeeper Chronicles sisters, the next Aurelia Ryder book, the next Hidden Legacy book, and the next Hugh D'Ambry book... with some leftover votes for their recently resurrected Kin series, and something else, I think...

[Timelord Iain, Tech Support]

Narilka wrote: "The current book they're releasing is in the main series with Dina. I read a couple of the earliest posts and stopped. I prefer to wait for the edited versions. Like Iain said, they do some clean u..."

That's good to know/hear... they've done some heavy seeding of the final mystery, and, I assume, once it starts being revealed / falling together, things are going to escalate quickly... whatever is going on, it's gonna be pretty world-changing, I'd think (for the Innkeepers)... big secrets, big powers... and look what's happened already, in the series :D (I think that was vague enough to avoid spoiler tags)

[Nirkatze]

Sounds exciting!

And I swear someone recommended this series when I complained about the Wandering Inn not wandering enough. Will be fun to have two series with magical innkeepers in them going. :)

[Timelord Iain, Tech Support]

The magical inns here are really cool... and Dina manages to stretch the magic in unusual ways that are generally considered impossible... and that's before some of the crazier things happen in the series...

One aspect of the inn's magic is best compared to the (view spoiler)[magical door (hide spoiler)] that Erin got at the end of Flowers of Esthelm... on a much larger scale...

[Nyssa]

Are we including Sweep with Me on our official buddy read list?

I plan to ask Niki to update our thread with the schedule of the 5th and 20th.

[Narilka]

Why not? Let's be thorough :)

[Nyssa]

Excellent! :)

[Nirkatze]

Another vote for thoroughness!

[Nyssa]

Niki was kind enough to adjust the thread so that I could update the reading schedule in Post #1.

Let me know if any adjustments need to be made.

[Caroline]

Haven't read the series before, but I started reading the Kate Daniels Series of Ilona Andrews in January (and savoring each book, because I enjoy them that much - I originally searched and found that series to help me over the year when eagerly awaiting the next book of Patricia Briggs).

So I started this book early.

Chapter 1 (view spoiler)[ It's just hilarious, with Sean actually urinating on trees to mark his territory - and I would not know what I would do to someone who's urinating in my garden. I am sensing a very difficult relationship between those two carrying through the main story - and I'm absolutely here for it! (hide spoiler)]
Chapter 2 (view spoiler)[ Magic brooms - just not the flying ones - I like the idea. Though I can't wait to find out, what this Innkeeper magic is. It seems like a house, I would really enjoy living in, though. :D (hide spoiler)]
Chapter 3 (view spoiler)[Sean and the Inn are off to a rough start, too, it seems. Interesting, that there are more Inns like it and that they are not known by the police. - After coming from A Master of Djinn and the Kate Daniels series it seems strange that they don't. (hide spoiler)]

I had to stop myself from continuing, it was catchier than I thought it would be.

[Choko]

It's a great series! But I am biased, because I tend to love anything written by IA:)))

[Nirkatze]

These'll be my first IA books. :) Not going to start until next week though. Enjoy your earlybirding!

[Choko]

Nirkatze, you are in for a pleasant surprise:)

[Eva]

I really like it too! Have only read the first three books, though.

[Caroline]

Choko wrote: "It's a great series! But I am biased, because I tend to love anything written by IA:)))"

I can see why, though :)

Nirkatze wrote: "These'll be my first IA books. :) Not going to start until next week though. Enjoy your earlybirding!" & Choko wrote: "Nirkatze, you are in for a pleasant surprise:)"

Thanks! I agree with Choko! I'll try to slow down, though, haha

Eva wrote: "I really like it too! Have only read the first three books, though."

Are you joining the buddy read? :)

[Timelord Iain, Tech Support]

Choko wrote: "It's a great series! But I am biased, because I tend to love anything written by IA:)))"

There's a discussion going on in another group, at the moment, about how most members seem to love everything by IA... except the 2nd Hidden Legacy trilogy, that just hasn't quite lived up to the first trilogy and had the IA magic...

Someone thought it was maybe because it's the only thing they're contractually obligated to write, anymore...

Innkeeper Chronicles is people's favorite, if you add together the Dina & Maud votes for what they should write next, in their poll a few months ago... shame someone said there's only 1 Dina book left to write... I could read Dina books forever...

[Nyssa]

I plan to start this weekend, hopefully Friday after work.
I am so behind in my reading as March has been a wash.
I’m trying to finish up a move and it has taken much longer than I thought it would, so focusing on my reading has been challenging.
I do read a little every day but it’s only a few pages.

[Eva]

"Are you joining the buddy read? :)"

I'll follow the discussion but have too much new stuff to read to do any re-reading. But I'll join for book 4 if/when you read it!

[Caroline]

Eva wrote: I'll follow the discussion but have too much new stuff to read to do any re-reading. But I'll join for book 4 if/when you read it!"

Sounds good! :)

[Caroline]

Chapter 6 (view spoiler)[ Just had a good laugh over the whole patio situation. Got me in a lighter mood immediately. (hide spoiler)]

[Nirkatze]

@Nyssa--I hope the remainder of your move goes smoothly!

@Eva--it's always nice to have veteran readers join in! I definitely want to read the whole series.

I'm excited to start this weekend! Going to read right after ripping through Skysworn.

[Caroline]

Chapter 7 (view spoiler)[ I've got the feeling the story is fast paced in this chapter. First their barbecue started out harmless like the other chapter. Then the news of the slaughter at the cow farm broke, leading them to activate the tracers/trackers and finally the arriving of vampires? It's quite a lot compared to the previous chapters. (hide spoiler)]
Chapter 8 (view spoiler)[ I'm a little confused, why she didn't hand over both of the tracking devises to the vampires. I thought she didn't want to get involved. And if the vampires were hunting this guy and promising to do so with discretion ... It's the perfect set-up to give up the responsibility to them.
Of course, they got hit badly by the dahaka. (hide spoiler)]
Chapter 9 (view spoiler)[ This dahaka thing is very spooky. But why didn't it try anything? Is it afraid of Sean? (hide spoiler)]
Chapter 10 (view spoiler)[ So the vampires have gotten sanctuary and Sean is still just in this gray zone - I am intrigued as to why Sean's opinion would have been relevant if he were a guest or staff. (hide spoiler)]