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Flavor of the week:
The Star-Touched Queen
Roshani Chokshi
Publication date: April 26th 2016
by St. Martin’s Griffin
Fate and fortune. Power and passion. What does it take to be the queen of a kingdom when you’re only seventeen?
Maya is cursed. With a horoscope that promises a marriage of Death and Destruction, she has earned only the scorn and fear of her father’s kingdom. Content to follow more scholarly pursuits, her whole world is torn apart when her father, the Raja, arranges a wedding of political convenience to quell outside rebellions. Soon Maya becomes the queen of Akaran and wife of Amar. Neither roles are what she expected: As Akaran’s queen, she finds her voice and power. As Amar’s wife, she finds something else entirely: Compassion. Protection. Desire…
But Akaran has its own secrets — thousands of locked doors, gardens of glass, and a tree that bears memories instead of fruit. Soon, Maya suspects her life is in danger. Yet who, besides her husband, can she trust? With the fate of the human and Otherworldly realms hanging in the balance, Maya must unravel an ancient mystery that spans reincarnated lives to save those she loves the most. . .including herself.
A lush and vivid story that is steeped in Indian folklore and mythology. The Star-Touched Queen is a novel that no reader will soon forget.
Other releases this week:
* In no particular order *
– The Rose & the Dagger (The Wrath and the Dawn #2) by Renee Ahdieh [Purchase]
– Heir to the Sky by Amanda Sun [Purchase]
– Sleeping Giants (Themis Files #1) by Sylvain Neuvel [Purchase]
– Ladies Man (Manwhore #3) by Katy Evans [Purchase]
– Let the Wind Rise (Sky Fall #3) by Shannon Messenger [Purchase]
– Ride Hard (Raven Riders #1) by Laura Kaye [Purchase]
– Redemption (MILA 2.0 #3) by Debra Driza [Purchase]
– Down With the Shine by Kate Karyus Quinn [Purchase]
– Two Summers by Aimee Friedman [Purchase]
– First Kiss: The Ghost Bird Series: #10 by C. L. Stone [Purchase]
– Bright Blaze of Magic (Black Blade #3) by Jennifer Estep [Purchase]
– The Drowning Girls by Paula Treick DeBoard [Purchase]
– The Art of Not Breathing by Sarah Alexander [Purchase]
– The Last Boy and Girl in the World by Siobhan Vivian [Purchase]
– The Raven King (The Raven Cycle #4) by Maggie Stiefvater [Purchase]
– Did I Mention I Miss You? (The DIMILY Trilogy #3) by Estelle Maskame [Purchase]
– Water’s Wrath (Air Awakens #4) by Elise Kova [Purchase]
– The Incident on the Bridge by Laura McNeal [Purchase]
– Great Falls by Steve Watkins [Purchase]
– Piece of Infinity by Emily Bold [Purchase]
– There Once Were Stars by Melanie McFarlane [Purchase]
– Safe With You by Sophie Lira [Purchase]
What are you the most excited for this week?
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czai
I’m so excited for the Star-Touched Queen!! It’s one of my most anticipated 2016 books. I’m also looking forward to Heir to the Sky && Water’s Wrath.
Pili @ In Love With Handmade
This is one of those GET ALL THE BOOKS WEEK!! I have three preordered and thinking I must get another two for sure!!
Jen @ The Bookavid
Super excited for Down With the Shine, Mila, and Heir to the Sky! So many fantastic books are releasing this week, we’re truly blessed!
Kristin @Blood,Sweat and Books
The Star Touched Queen, The Incident on the Bridge and There Once Were Stars sound very good and best of all two of them are completely new to me!