My To-Be Read List is a meme hosted by Because Reading is Better Than Real Life where at the beginning of the month visitors can choose which book I’ll be reading this month. On the first saturday of a month the poll will be up, then on the second saturday of the month I’ll announce the book that won and on the last saturday of the month I’ll post my review of the book.
Okay below are are the 3 books on which you can vote this month, all 3 are review books and first books in a series.
Freya’s Inferno (Winging It #1)
by Sonja Bair
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Blurb:
Freya Holm is smart, quick-witted, and an Alva—a paranormal species with the ability to fly. In a bid for a normal life outside of family expectations, she moved across the country. But within a few days of arriving in a small California town, she finds herself fighting over the last bag of lentils with an attractive but ill-tempered werewolf named David.David Waterstone is desperate for normal, too. Recently banished from his pack, he finds himself struggling to stay sane. The presence of another supernatural power in his new town, especially one as inquisitive and lively as Freya, makes his struggle even harder.
When their new city gets besieged by an insane supernatural with a passion for Dante’s Inferno, Freya’s family sends in one of her old schoolmates. Alrik Isaksson has long been in love with Freya, but she can’t see beyond their hurtful history. Despite the tension, David, Alrik, and Freya must work together and use their intellect, supernatural powers, and sense of humor to survive the layers of Hell being created in their town by a maniac with a passion for literature.
The Goat’s Tale (Tales of the Zodiac #1)
by P.J. Hetherhouse
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Blurb:
The Tales of the Zodiac is a series inspired by Celtic mythology, Arthurian legend and, most importantly, astrology. Living in a time when Mother Nature has resumed control, the human race has regressed back to its feudal past. It is here, in two civilisations gripped by political intrigue and religious fanaticism, that the tales take place. We begin with Capricorn – The Goat’s Tale.
The Lady of Souls (The Beacon Campaigns #1)
by Jenn Gott
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Blurb:
For Praxis Fellows, greatness has always been a given. But life doesn’t always go according to plan, and now she finds herself half a world away from where she started. Banned from using magic, employed by the son of a railroad baron to realize a dead man’s dreams, Praxis’ life has become a sort of living death.Kaedrich Mannly has never done anything of consequence. As the newest member of the household staff of Brindlewood Hall, his role in simple: stay out of sight, and do as he’s told. It’s a far cry from the dreams of his childhood, when he and his twin would rule their imaginary kingdom in the forest, but even if he was brave enough to take on the hero’s role these days, there’s too much at stake for him to risk stepping out of his narrow comfort zone.
When a mysterious beast attacks the local village, both Praxis and Kaedrich end up with more than they bargained for. Soon they find themselves bound together on a quest to discover the source of a growing breach between the land of the living and the dead, on a journey that will take them far beyond the walls of their quiet lives—if they have the nerve to see it through. Because as they both soon realize, saving the world isn’t quite the fate that they’d dreamed it would be.
Now it’s time to vote!
I voted for the Goats Tale, because I adore mythology and the blurb sounds pretty fascinating.
I agree the blurb sounds pretty fascinating and I am not sure what to expect of it with mythology, legends and astrology combined in one book. It sounds interesting.
I picked The Lady of Souls I like the cover, yes I just judged this by cover lol
It’s a pretty cover indeed and I like the sound of the blurb as well!
I picked The Lady of Souls as well cause I liked the cover. 🙂
I like that cover as well, it’s simple, but nicely made.
I was torn between The Lady of Souls and Freya’s Inferno – they both sound really good and I love both covers. But, Freya’s Inferno sounds like it’s going to pretty love triangle-y so I went with The Lady of Souls 🙂
I don’t think I read much of the blurb of Freya’s Inferno as the lentil sentence sold me, lol. I don’t think I even read that last alinea, but yeah that does sound like it might be a love triangle. I like the Lady of Souls cover, it’s simple, but unique and pretty.
I went with Freya’s Inferno. I like the cover and the idea of a villain with a literary bent.
Me too, it sounds interesting. Although I haven’t read Dante’s Inferno, so I wonder if that’s going to a problem, I hope not.
I’d not heard of any of those! Hope which ever one wins is fantastic!
I went with some indie review books this month, thinking most people probably wouldn’t recognize any of them, so I was curious whcih one would win :).
I went with Freyas Inferno, fighting over beans with a werewolf sounds like a promisingly funny book:D
That’s exactly what made me decide I had to read this one. I love me some lentils and it sounded like a fun start of the book to fight over the last bag in the grocery store.
Lol, ya, I always imagined that to be a fun way to meet someone cause its so unusual:)
It was such an unusual way to start the story. If you go to amazon you can actually read the scene as the book starts with it and thus shows up in the look inside feature there. Great starting scene! And they make quite a few references to lentils later in the book as well, which I like.
I’ll have to check that out then, I’ve never really bothered to use that Amazon feature so I completely forgot all about it!
I sometimes use that option to get a feel for the writing style when I am not sure whether to accept a review request or not. This time that glimpse of the first chapter convinced me I had to give this one a try. I am currently reading the book, so will review it this month. Although I think it’s not going to win this poll, so I will read the book that wins as well.
That’s actually a really good idea! At least you’ll have two interesting books for this month, right:D
And then the people who voted for this one wil also get my review :). I hope the one that wins is good too. So far they all got quite some votes, but The Lady of Souls has the most votes so far.
Oh yes, they all look so good:D
I might try to get all 3 read this month, if not they will be read later.
I saw ‘mythology’ and that became my vote for Goat’s Tale.
I haven’t read a lot of books with myhtology as a theme/ genre, but the ones I have read I did enjoy, so I hope this will be a good one.
The Goat’s Tale sounds super interesting, so it gets my vote!
I agree it sounds interesting, I am very curious how the story will unfold.
I went with Freya’s Inferno. A take of Dante’s Inferno sounds promising. My TBR List
Bunnita @ Worth Reading It?
I actually wanted to read it because of the lentil fight ;). I don’t know a lot of Dante’s Inferno so not sure what to expect. Although hearing other people being excited about that aspect, makes me curious too.