Ally first and foremost I want to thank you for inviting me to participate in this segment. Since the moment you asked me I've been thinking about which book, series and author I should talk about and the more I think the harder it is to decided for just one book, one author or just one series. So, let me try to do my best and not extend myself to much.
Book
Last
year I read a book that left me in a complete state of shock, so much that I wasn't able to read anything else for quite a while, I’m not kidding when I
tell you that when I reached the end of the last page I curled up in bed for at
least an hour, I couldn't do anything but think about it and how much it
affected me. The book I’m talking about is The
Bronze Horseman; this is the first book in the Tatiana
and Alexander Series by Paullina
Simons. You may be asking yourself what was so special about it. I really can’t
pinpoint it; I can just tell you that it was a very beautiful book but a heart
wrenching one at the same time.
The
Bronze Horseman is set in Leningrad (now known
as Saint Petersburg)
during the Second World War, more exactly during the days around the invasion
of the Soviet Union by the German Army (Nazis). It’s about the lives of two
sisters (Tatiana and Dasha Metanov), their family, and friends (which includes
a military man named Alexander) during the pre-war and war times, it doesn’t
have a happy ending but one filled with hope for a better future.
The
Bronze Horseman affected me so much that I
haven’t been able to read the sequel. Call me a chicken or however you want to
call me, but I need to be in an almost perfect moment to be able to let myself
get lost again in Tatiana and Alexander’s world.
I
have recommend this book left and right, it’s the one I recommended the most
last year and all my friends that have read it have thanked me, many of those
have continued with the following books and they have loved them too. I know
someday during this year I’ll read the second book called Tatiana
and Alexander and maybe if I’m strong enough
I’ll read the third and last book of this series called The
Summer Garden.
Series
There
are so many series I love that I can’t talk about all of them. So I’m gonna
talk to you about the latest series that Swept Me Away. This one is The
Riyria Revelations Series by Michael
J. Sullivan. Why I loved this series? I love this series because it made me
remember why I love the fantasy genre and not only it made me remember, it also
made me fall in love all over again with this genre.
The
Riyria Revelations is about the lives and
adventures of two amazing characters Royce Melborn and Hadrian Blackwater.
Royce is a thief and Hadrian is a mercenary. One of the things I loved the most
about this series and Mr. Sullivan writing is that even though the heroes are shady
characters you can’t help yourself but love them, cheer for them and hope with
all your heart they get the happy ending they deserve.
There
are funny moments as there are sad ones. The author is not shy about killing
important and loved characters but at the same time all the events make sense.
All the books are pack with action, with a fluid pace and with many twist and
turns that you won’t see coming. I don’t have anything negative to say about
this series and its books in general. The
Riyria Revelations is a series I recommend to all
fantasy lovers and to anyone who wants to read great, fun and entertaining
books.
Author
Now
I have the same problem of which author to choose from the many great authors
out there. To make things a big easier for me I’m gonna talk about the author
of one of my most awaited books of the year, if not the most: Endgame. Endgame
is the sixth and last book of the Sirantha Jax
series by Ann Aguirre.
Why
I love her? I love her because her books are just amazing! From all the books I
have read by her there is not one I can say it was a bad book or a not so good
one, they all are really great books.
The
creativity of Mrs. Aguirre is not only ingenious but delectable. The worlds she
has created in her different series are top notch and unique. Her characters
are multidimensional and evolve page after page, they are also very easy to
connect and identify with them making the reading experience an even more
enjoyable one.
Ann
Aguirre is also a very versatile writer, she writes Science Fiction and Urban
Fantasy for Adults and also has a new and very successful YA Fiction series,
she is also working in a new Steampunk series. And this wasn’t enough she is
always interacting with her fans on Twitter, Facebook, her blog and other
social media.
I
have read her Science Fiction series Sirantha Jax and her YA Fiction series
Razorland and both of them made the list of my favorite series. I’m hoping to
have time this year to read her Urban Fantasy series Corine Solomon. If you
haven’t read anything by her it’s time for you to let yourself be Swept Away by
Mrs. Aguirre’s words.
Thank
you again Ally for inviting me to participate in this post, I had a lot of fun
writing it and I hope you and your readers get Swept Away with any of these
Good Books.
