2013 End of Year Book Survey

 

Welcome to my End of the Year Book Survey for 2013! The awesome Jamie at Perpetual Page Turners has been doing this survey for 4 years now and I love participating! It's a wonderful way to look back and remember the amazing books we've read this past year and what we're looking forward to in 2014. So, without further ado, I present my answers to the survey!

1. Best Book You Read In 2013? (If you have to cheat — you can break it down by genre if you want or 2013 release vs. backlist)

Fantasy - Splintered by A.G. Howard
 

Science Fiction - When the World Was Flat (and We Were in Love) by Ingrid Jonach
 

Contemporary - The Edge of Never by J.A. Redmerski
 

Paranormal - The Heavens Rise by Christopher Rice
 

Horror - Another Little Piece by Kate Karyus Quinn

Other Faves that I HAVE to mention: Kinslayer by Jay Kristoff; Antigoddess by Kendare Blake; The Liberator by Victoria Scott; Spirit and Dust by Rosemary Clement-Moore; The Collector by Victoria Scott; The Nightmare Affair by Mindee Arnett; The Murmurings by Carly Anne West; Endless by Jessica Shirvington  

2. Book You Were Excited About & Thought You Were Going To Love More But Didn’t?

Twinmaker by Sean Williams

 

 3. Most surprising (in a good way!) book of 2013?

I had a lot of titles surprise me this past year! I don't think I can narrow it down to just one, so here are some that really surprised me in a great way: The Naturals by Jennifer Lynn Barnes; The In-Between by Barbara Stewart; When the World Was Flat (And We Were in Love) by Ingrid Jonach; The Collector & The Liberator by Victoria Scott; The Summer I Became a Nerd by Leah Rae Miller; The S-Word by Chelsea Pitcher

 

4. Book you read in 2013 that you recommended to people most in 2013?

 Splintered by A.G. Howard - Hands down the most amazing book I read the entire year and now a new all time favorite of mine!

 

 5. Best series you discovered in 2013?

I read a ton of great books that are the start of a series this year! Some of the best include: Splintered by A.G. Howard; Antigoddess by Kendare Blake, The Nightmare Affair by Mindee Arnett; MILA 2.0 by Debra Driza; The Pretty When She Dies series by Rhiannon Frater; The Dante Walker series by Victoria Scott 

 

 6. Favorite new author you discovered in 2013?

A.G. Howard (am I sounding like a broken record yet?)

 

7. Best book that was out of your comfort zone or was a new genre for you?

The Edge of Never by J.A. Redmerski - I don't normally read contemporary novels - especially not contemporary romances - but I read this one for a blog tour and I totally fell in love with it!

 

 8. Most thrilling, unputdownable book in 2013?

Splintered by A.G. Howard!

9. Book You Read In 2013 That You Are Most Likely To Re-Read Next Year?

Either Splintered by A.G. Howard or When the World Was Flat (And We Were in Love) by Ingrid Jonach 

10. Favorite cover of a book you read in 2013?

 

  

11. Most memorable character in 2013?

There were quite a few interesting characters I met this year, but I'll have to go with Dante Walker from the Dante Walker series by Victoria Scott.

 

 12. Most beautifully written book read in 2013?

Splintered by A.G. Howard!

 

13. Book that had the greatest impact on you in 2013?

Can you guess what I'm going to say by now? Splintered by A.G. Howard (of course!)  

14. Book you can’t believe you waited UNTIL 2013 to finally read?

Either Stormdancer by Jay Kristoff or Angel Burn & Angel Fire by L.A. Weatherly

 

15. Favorite Passage/Quote From A Book You Read In 2013? 

“Tearing down the rest of the world won't make you happy. Look inside yourself. Because finding who you were meant to be? What you were put into this world to do? That's what fills the emptiness. It's the only things that can.”
― A.G. Howard, Splintered 

 

16.Shortest & Longest Book You Read In 2013?

Shortest: The Quiet Book by Deborah Underwood (32 pages)

Longest: The Dark Heroine: Dinner With a Vampire by Abigail Gibbs (549 pages)

 

 17. Book That Had A Scene In It That Had You Reeling And Dying To Talk To Somebody About It? (a WTF moment, an epic revelation, a steamy kiss, etc. etc.) Be careful of spoilers!

The ending of When the World Was Flat (And We Were in Love) had me reeling. I actually emailed the author to ask her some questions! (She was kind enough to answer my crazy email and questions!!) 

18. Favorite Relationship From A Book You Read In 2013 (be it romantic, friendship, etc).

Either Camryn & Andrew from The Edge of Never or Willow & Alex from Angel Fever by L.A. Weatherly. Or Violet & Linc from Endless by Jessica Shirvington.

 

19. Favorite Book You Read in 2013 From An Author You’ve Read Previously

The Heavens Rise by Christopher Rice

 

20. Best Book You Read In 2013 That You Read Based SOLELY On A Recommendation From Somebody Else:

Mercy by Rebecca Lim

 

21. Genre You Read The Most From in 2013?

I'm going to have to say either YA paranormal/fantasy or horror/dystopian - I like to read tons of different genres!

 

22. Newest fictional crush from a book you read in 2013?

Dante Walker from The Collector & The Liberator by Victoria Scott

 

23. Best 2013 debut you read?

There were SO many amazing debuts this year that it's really hard to pick just one! But, of course, I'm going to have to say Splintered by A.G. Howard.

 

24. Most vivid world/imagery in a book you read in 2013?

Splintered by A.G. Howard - Hands down!

 

25. Book That Was The Most Fun To Read in 2013?

Cracked by Eliza Crewe

 

26. Book That Made You Cry Or Nearly Cry in 2013?

The Edge of Never by J.A. Redmerski had me tearing up a bit, but the Angel Trilogy by L.A. Weatherly made me cry hysterically in several different spots. 

 

27. Book You Read in 2013 That You Think Got Overlooked This Year Or When It Came Out?

When the World Was Flat (And We Were in Love) by Ingrid Jonach (Go read it if you haven't!!)

 

My 2013 in one title:

 After answering all of the questions above about the books we've read and loved in 2013, it's now completely obvious to me (and you as well, I'm sure) that the entirety of the last year can be summed up by one title: Splintered. I may be obsessed. Just a tad.

 

 

1. One Book You Didn’t Get To In 2013 But Will Be Your Number 1 Priority in 2014?

There are WAY too many to pick just one!

 

2. Book You Are Most Anticipating For 2014 (non-debut)?

Unhinged by A.G. Howard

 

3. 2014 Debut You Are Most Anticipating?

There are some amazing sounding debuts for 2014 - it's hard to pick just one that I'm anticipating the most! I'm going to go with The Murder Complex by Lindsay Cummings or Hexed by Michelle Krys.

 

 4. Series Ending You Are Most Anticipating in 2014?

The Violet Eden Chapters by Jessica Shirvington

 

5. One Thing You Hope To Accomplish Or Do In Your Reading/Blogging In 2014?

I really want to read more! I know that sounds cliche, but my review pile is seriously GINORMOUS and out of control. I want (and hope) to really tackle it this coming year! 

Did you participate in the End of the Year Survey? If you did, link me up! If not, tell me about some of your favorites from 2013 or books you can't wait for in 2014!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Entangled Edge December Release Blast + Giveaway

Edge, a digital-first single-title romance line from Entangled Publishing, takes its lead from their popular Select imprint but gives its novels an edge in the marketplace by bringing great stories to readers at reasonable prices in a quick-and-easy way. Whether sexy or sweet, traditional romance or love and lust with a women’s fiction bent, at the center of every Edge book is heart. From Urban Fantasy to Contemporary Romance to Science Fiction Romance, Edge has a book for all romance readers—and right at their fingertips! As they say, all’s fair in love and war. To find out more about their titles, chat with authors, participate in special events, and to find out what books are coming next, visit the Entangled website, follow them on Twitter, and like their Facebook page.

Today I'm happy to be featuring Edge's December releases!!

Break Out (Blood Hunter #1) by Nina Croft

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The year is 3048, Earth is no longer habitable, and man has fled to the stars where they've discovered the secret of immortality—Meridian. Unfortunately, the radioactive mineral is exorbitantly expensive and only available to a select few. A new class comprised of the super rich and immortal soon evolves. The Collective, as they're called, rule the universe.

Two-thousand-year-old Ricardo Sanchez, vampire and rogue pilot of the space cruiser, El Cazador, can't resist two things: gorgeous women and impossible jobs. When beautiful Skylar Rossaria approaches him to break a prisoner out of the Collective's maximum security prison on Trakis One, Rico jumps at the chance. Being hunted by the Collective has never been so dangerous—or so fun.

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Heart of the Incubus by Rosalie Lario

Biochemist Cresso Taylor lives the sort of lifestyle most men would envy—he has wealth, natural incubus charm, and more women than he can handle. But it’s not enough anymore. Not after meeting Genevieve Russell, the sexy scientist who works with him at Elcorp Laboratory. And she wants absolutely nothing to do with him.

After her fiancé broke her heart, Genevieve has had enough of womanizers. She’s determined to steer clear of sexy-as-sin Dr. Taylor, despite the fact that his incubus allure makes her want to rip his clothes off. But when a secret admirer’s affection turns to the macabre with threatening notes and grisly gifts, Cresso appoints himself her protector. As she and Cresso hunt her stalker, she discovers there’s a lot more to the sensual incubus than she ever imagined.

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Entangled Covet December Release Blast + Giveaway

Covets have all the sexiness, emotion, and happily ever after that readers have come to expect and love from Entangled. They are firmly grounded in the contemporary world, but each novel brings in supernatural twists, breaking the contemporary and paranormal rules, alike. To find out more about their titles, chat with authors, participate in special events, and to find out what books you’ll be coveting next, visit the Entangled website, follow them on Twitter, LIKE their Facebook page, and join the Book Club.


Today I'm happy to be featuring Covet's December releases:

Beg Me to Slay by Lisa Kessler

He’ll slay her demons, but it may cost her heart…

Four years ago Tegan Ashton was attacked. Determined never to be a victim again, she devotes her life to martial arts and self-defense. When her assailant returns to finish what he started, only one person can help her.

Gabe is a private investigator by day and demon slayer by night. After losing loved ones, he vows to defend people from a threat they don’t realize exists.

The relationship is supposed to be strictly business, but fighting demons together stirs up emotions they never expected. Turns out demon slaying is a breeze compared to facing their scarred pasts and even worse - hearts.

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Ashes by Sarah Gilman

Journalist Ambrosia Pellerin accepts an assignment involving the legendary phoenix, expecting, if nothing else, a little entertainment. Instead, she winds up pregnant—by a surprisingly human-looking firebird, Reece Bennu.

As the Phoenix prince, Reece is next in line to the throne and expected to marry a purebred royal. A common human such as Ambrosia is not in the cards. He swears, though, he’ll never be an absentee father.

As Ambrosia’s due date grows closer, so do the soon-to-be parents. But will their tentative love survive the prejudice of Reece’s grandmother, who will stop at nothing to tear the two apart?

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Book Blast + Giveaway: Trinkets, Treasures, and Other Bloody Magic by Meghan Ciana Doidge

 

Trinkets, Treasures, and Other Bloody Magic (The Dowser Series #2)
Author: Meghan Ciana Doidge
Genre: Fantasy

Description:

Three months ago, I lost my foster sister, Sienna, to the darkness. As in blood magic and chaos and general mayhem. No one saw it until it was too late, but I should have. Now, I have a wounded heart and soul that I can’t even reveal to anyone around me, because I’m supposed to hate Sienna with the fiery passion of the justified. And I do. I just wish I didn’t feel so lost without her, so unsure of the path I thought I had carved for myself, and so outclassed by the powerful Adepts constantly by my side these days. I’m not even sure if they’re with me for my own protection or because my shiny new powers are rare and valuable. Assuming I ever figure out who or what I am, and how my magic actually works.

Even chocolate can’t save the day every time … just most of the time. At least I’ve got that going for me.

Meghan Ciana Doidge is an award-winning writer based out of Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. She has a penchant for bloody love stories, superheroes, and the supernatural. She also has a thing for chocolate, potatoes, and sock yarn.

Novels – After The Virus, Spirit Binder, Time Walker, Cupcakes, Trinkets, and Other Deadly Magic – Dowser #1, Trinkets, Treasures, and Other Bloody Magic – Dowser #2

Novellas – Love Lies Bleeding

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Trinkets, Treasures, and Other Bloody Magic Purchase Links to Come Soon!!
 

In the meantime you can purchase Book One, Cupcakes, Trinkets, and Other Deadly Magic at the following Retailers:
    

 

(1) Winner will receive an  E-Copy of  Trinkets, Treasures, and Other Bloody Magic

and Cupcakes, Trinkets, and Other Deadly Magic by Meghan Ciana Doidge.

(1) Winner will receive a $15.00 Amazon Gift Card.

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Happy Birthday Heidi McLaughlin!

I want to wish author Heidi McLaughlin a very HAPPY BIRTHDAY today! Show your love for Heidi and make her day an awesome one by pre-ordering her upcoming release, Finding My Forever! Here's a nice teaser for you all:

 

About the book:

Finding My Forever (The Beaumont Series #3)
Author: Heidi McLaughlin
Genre: New Adult Contemporary Romance
Release Date: December 30, 2013


Pre-Order Links:

Amazon US
Amazon UK

Description:

Everywhere I look, my friends are settling down - marriage, children, white picket fences; but not me. Marriage isn't in the cards for me. I’m a ladies man.

A rock star.

I was born and raised in the industry.

I love everything about my life, especially the attention from the women that my status brings me.
Women find me. I don’t chase. I know what they want and they know I’ll deliver.

But after one look, one touch, one night...
Now I’m the one doing the chasing.

I need to find a way to show her that I’m serious, that I can change.
I need to find a way to show her that I can love her fully, and only her.
I need to find a way to show her that she’s my forever. 
 

 Leave Heidi some birthday love and go pre-order Finding My Forever today! 

The Grimm Diaries Prequels Blog Tour: Excerpt + Giveaway

The Grimm Diaries Prequels (1-6)

Author: Cameron Jace

Genre: Young Adult, Fantasy, Fairy-tale Retelling

Published: November 19, 2012

Description:

The Grimm Diaries are pages written in a Book of Sand, where each fairy tale character confessed the true stories once altered by the Brothers Grimm two centuries ago. To keep the truth about fairy tales hidden, the Brothers Grimm buried the characters in their dreams to never wake up again. But the curse is broken now, and the characters are allowed to wake up every one hundred years. They intend to tell the truth about really happened, and about an untold cosmic conflict between fairy tale characters.

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The Grimm Diaries Prequels 1-6 recently made the Top 100 Kids & Teens Kindle Books of 2013 on Amazon, along with prequels 7-10, and Cameron Jace's Snow White Sorrow! 

Click here to see what else this series has to offer!

From Blood Apples: 

“When Snow White stabbed herself, her blood spattered all over the apples in the Avalon Tree, staining the gold with red. Since you both surpassed all expected kinds of Adage by killing yourself to be with one another, I was moved – like all the gods were moved – by your story, and I decided to honor your love by turning the apples that poisoned you red and sweet forever.”

I was speechless again. My love for Snow White moved the gods and they changed the color of a fruit?

“But that means that catching Death is going to be harder now,” I said.

“Let it be,” Pomona waved her wings. “Death is eventual, a nature’s call, and it happens everyday. Adage, true love, isn’t, and it needs human strength to live with its enchanting, yet sorrowful consequences. It deserves to be appreciated, for it’s not easy, and needs human will, strength, and heart. It doesn’t matter how many people die in the world, as long as there are the few who know how to love and live. The power of love, however little, is enough to balance all the death around us.”

I walked away that day, wanting to tell everyone how Snow White and I had changed the world. With every step farther, I was leaving my monster girl forever behind. I picked a blood red apple on the way, and took a bite. I closed my eyes, feeling the taste on my lips. It was the taste of Snow White’s lips, and it will be forever tasted by the rest of the world without them knowing it. Because of me and Snow White, no one will ever be poisoned by apples again.

Little did I know that Snow White wasn’t dead. Pomona twisted the truth and persuaded me that Snow was dead to protect me from her, always and forever. Snow White was Immortal, and I think she woke up minutes after I left, asking about me. It’s easy to imagine the kind of lies they told her. Maybe they told her I was dead too.

I spent the rest of my life trying to find her again, but all in vain. All I know is that Pomona didn’t lie about the fruits, for all apples are still blood red in this world. And every time I take a bite, I remember they are the color of Death.

Things you might want to know:

Cameron writes books that he can't find elsewhere, basically to amuse himself. Everything Cameron does is for fun, so don't take him seriously. Never call him a writer. He hates that. He prefers the word: Storyteller, or the boy next door who claims he can tell stories.

If you like his books, horaaaay! He loves ya too. If ya don't, hoooray! Now we know in advance that this relationship isn't going to work.

Although his books are ordinary on the surface, they hold many secrets that he might reveal one day. What matters the most to him are characters struggling to find their identities and place in the world.

Things you don't need to know:

He celebrates his birthday twice a year, the day he was born and Friday the 13th. He wants to live in a bubble house. He is a damn good guitar player. He is damn good architecture college drop out. He likes boats, beaches, bears, beards, bananas, bars, barfights, beans, bikes, bones, butter, babes, bakery, blizzards, and pirates (he thought it was spelled Birates when he was a kid.)

And honestly, writing in third person sucks! It's so fake. 

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Book Blitz + Giveaway: The Double Life of Incorporate Things by Leanna Renee Hieber

 

The Double Life of Incorporate Things (Magic Most Foul #3)
Author: Leanna Renee Hieber
Genre: YA Paranormal/Fantasy
Release Date: November 29, 2013

Buy Links: Amazon / Barnes and Noble

Description:

Just when we think our nightmares are over, the Society has invented a new horror. Around every corner a shadow; behind every whisper a demon. If we don't end what the devils began, we will all die haunted...

The finale in the acclaimed Magic Most Foul trilogy, the trauma and the terror of the Master's Society has only escalated for the dashing Lord Denbury and brave, feisty Miss Natalie Stewart. A new terror has been unleashed in Manhattan. Together they, with their stalwart friends and unlikely heroes, take the fight directly to the Denbury estate, where fresh evils have awakened. But are they prepared for all the sacrifices that shall be asked of them? With their very lives and the sanctity of their mortal souls at stake, Natalie and Jonathon are past the point of no return... 

I set the paper down slowly enough to see the thin edges shake as the full, personal impact of the newspaper article hit me.

"Natalie, what is it?" Jonathon asked, staring at me with those eviscerating blue eyes of his. I opened my mouth but no sound came out. Damn my unpredictable, inconstant voice.

For the past many months now, I'd been pummeled by one strange event after another, pulled into the center of a paranormal whirlpool. At least in this case, we had an inkling, some sense of the next onslaught. Still, a foreshadow was hardly a comfort. We couldn't have guessed the scope.

Now it wasn't just myself or Jonathon Whitby, Lord Denbury in danger, with the occasional collateral victim. Now it was a crowd. I knew the Association. I adored them. They weren't hooligans or criminals, they were gentle souls, artistic and individual. Overdramatic, yes, but a threat? Hardly. This maligning was the work of The Master's Society, turning lambs into lions in ungodly experiments, leaving them for fodder in sensational, indelicate journalism. It could only get worse. Exponentially worse.

"It's begun," I finally managed to reply quietly, sliding the paper across the lacquered console table behind the sofa toward Jonathon's reach. "Another phase. They've gone after the Association. And the papers will vilify those poor dears, every last one of them. Jonathon, the demons won't give up..." 

Author, actress and playwright, Leanna grew up in rural Ohio, graduated with a BFA in Theatre, a focus in the Victorian Era and a scholarship to study in London. She adapted 19th Century literature for the stage and her one-act plays have been produced around the country. She is a 4 time Prism Award winner for excellence in Futuristic, Fantasy, or Paranormal Romance. Her debut novel, The Strangely Beautiful Tale of Miss Percy Parker, first in the "Strangely Beautiful" saga of Gothic Victorian Fantasy novels (Barnes & Noble Bestseller) won two 2010 Prism Awards (Best Fantasy, Best First Book) and is currently in development as a musical theatre production. This currently out-of-print series will reissue in new, revised editions in 2014 from Tor/Macmillan. DARKER STILL: A Novel of Magic Most Foul, begins a Gothic paranormal saga set in 1880 New York City, named an INDIE NEXT title; a recommended buy by the American Book Association and a Scholastic book fairs "Highly Recommended" title. The sequel, THE TWISTED TRAGEDY OF MISS NATALIE STEWART released to acclaim and in the manner of the Victorians she writes about she serialized nearly all of the finale, THE DOUBLE LIFE OF INCORPORATE THINGS, on her blog, she and her editorial team were often just a few chapters ahead of her audience. Her next Gaslamp Fantasy saga for Tor/Macmillan, THE ETERNA FILES, releases in 2014 along with the Strangely Beautiful re-issues. Her short fiction has been included in anthologies such as WILLFUL IMPROPRIETY, in QUEEN VICTORIA'S BOOK OF SPELLS (Tor), a Kirkus best book of 2013, and the forthcoming MAMMOTH BOOK OF GASLAMP ROMANCE. All her Victorian-set series feature crossover characters.

Leanna is a proud member of member of the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America and the International Thriller Writers. She is a proud co-founder of Lady Jane's Salon Reading Series in New York City. A member of Actors Equity Association and SAG-AFTRA, Leanna works often in television and film on shows like Boardwalk Empire. Active in Harry Potter fandom, answers to the name Lady Malfoy. When not on deadline or on set, she loves a good Goth club, wandering graveyards and visiting Family in Salem. She resides in NYC with her husband and their beloved rescued lab rabbit. (Taken from Goodreads)

Author Links:

Website - http://www.leannareneehieber.com

Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/LRHieber

Twitter - https://twitter.com/Leannarenee

Goodreads - https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/1651952.Leanna_Renee_Hieber 

 

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Review: The Lost Prince by Selden Edwards

The Lost Prince

Author: Selden Edwards
Genre: Historical Fiction/Science Fiction
Release Date: June 25, 2013 (paperback edition)
Publisher: Plume
Source: Paperback copy from the publisher

Description:

“The Lost Prince can stand independently of The Little Book … but why deprive yourself of the pleasures of reading both?” —Booklist

Recently returned from fin de siècle Vienna, where she tragically lost the first great love of her life, Eleanor Burden settles into her expected place in Boston society, marries a suitable husband, and waits for life to come to her. Eleanor’s story is not unlike that of the other young women she grew up with in 1890’s Boston, except for one difference: Eleanor believes herself to have advance knowledge of every major historical event to come in her lifetime. But soon Eleanor’s script of events begins to unravel, and she must find the courage of her deepest convictions, discover the difference between predetermination and free will, find faith in her own sanity, and decide whether she will allow history to unfold come what may — or use her extraordinary gifts to bend history and deliver the life she is meant to have. 

The Lost Prince is an imaginative and thought provoking novel that tells the story of Eleanor Burden as she returns to her rightful place in Boston's high society, takes a husband, and waits for life to happen. She isn't that different from most other women of her time, except that Eleanor believes she has knowledge of every major historical event that will happen during her lifetime. How does one begin to explain this to others without sounding insane? As Eleanor's predictions start going awry, she is forced to face the forces of free will and predetermination, as well as believing in herself and the knowledge she possesses. The only question Eleanor must  finally ask herself is if she will sit back and let history play out or will she use her gifts to change history?

This was an incredible novel - unlike anything I've read before. There's another book before this one, The Little Book, but I was able to read this one without having read the first. The characters are realistic - especially Eleanor - who has her own strong personality along with flaws, strengths, and morals. I truly enjoyed getting to know Eleanor throughout the book - as a person as well as learning more about her amazing gifts. The setting was perfect for the novel and is described with such intricate details and vivid descriptions that I felt as though I was transported back into that era. The plot flowed effortlessly and had me hooked from the first page - and it didn't let up until the last sentence. It's definitely a book that will leave you thinking about a variety of issues - fate, predetermination, morals, free will, among others - long after you've finished. I don't do spoilers in my reviews, so it's hard to talk about much more of the plot without giving away anything. Suffice it to say that this is one of the most intriguing and extraordinary novels I've ever read, and one that I highly recommend to fans of all genres - especially historical fiction, science fiction, and fans of time travel and fantasy.

*A big thanks to the great people at Plume for sending me a copy for review!*