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Smoke & Summons (Numina, #1)
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I have some very exiting news regarding my author interview series ... I wonder what it could possibly be 😁😁😁
Well - I am screaming, and I don't usually scream at books. I was screaming at the audiobook then had to ditch it with 20% left to read faster.
I had never heard of this author but was looking for something to listen to on a drive this weekend, and I AM SO SHOCKED, so shocked at how amazing it is.
Rone gets himself into a shitload of trouble when he meets Sandis, who is on the run from quite literally her own personal hell. I love the characters, they are flawed but deep and believeable. Their friendship seemed special, with hints of more being a possibility in the future, and it was in such a real way that she interacted with him and appealed to Rone's good side.
The world is a dreadfully dirty city, crammed full of factories and people, horses and carriages, and what seems like early firearm production. The magic is occult, highly illegal, and dreadfully dark and cruel to those involved.
The craziest part was that towards the end I just couldn't put it down, despite that the book is nonstopped filled with action, the last 50 pages or so were INSANE. For a 47North published book as well, this was extremely well edited and well written.
The two narrators were great as well, they were very consistent and Scott Merriman really had the Rone drawl down to perfection.
If I had to come up with one bad thing to say, it is probably that I don't love cliffhangers. I would have had book 2 on speed dial anyway!
100% definitely recommend to any fans of fantasy, the occult, and fiery demon horses😍
Well - I am screaming, and I don't usually scream at books. I was screaming at the audiobook then had to ditch it with 20% left to read faster.
I had never heard of this author but was looking for something to listen to on a drive this weekend, and I AM SO SHOCKED, so shocked at how amazing it is.
Rone gets himself into a shitload of trouble when he meets Sandis, who is on the run from quite literally her own personal hell. I love the characters, they are flawed but deep and believeable. Their friendship seemed special, with hints of more being a possibility in the future, and it was in such a real way that she interacted with him and appealed to Rone's good side.
The world is a dreadfully dirty city, crammed full of factories and people, horses and carriages, and what seems like early firearm production. The magic is occult, highly illegal, and dreadfully dark and cruel to those involved.
The craziest part was that towards the end I just couldn't put it down, despite that the book is nonstopped filled with action, the last 50 pages or so were INSANE. For a 47North published book as well, this was extremely well edited and well written.
The two narrators were great as well, they were very consistent and Scott Merriman really had the Rone drawl down to perfection.
If I had to come up with one bad thing to say, it is probably that I don't love cliffhangers. I would have had book 2 on speed dial anyway!
100% definitely recommend to any fans of fantasy, the occult, and fiery demon horses😍
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Reading Progress
May 1, 2019
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Started Reading
May 1, 2019
– Shelved
May 1, 2019
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12.0%
"I might have only clicked on this because it's a free audiobook but, yeah.... I am comfortably hooked after 3 chapters"
May 5, 2019
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Finished Reading
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I didn't find it preachy at all? There is some basic cult/religious talk in parts but it's appropriate for the books. I read the ARC for book 3...😭
Eeek - it ends well so, or is it a longer series than trilogy?As i said fiery horses and interesting magic has my interest piqued. Glad to know it wasn't preachy 👍
Thanks for liking my status updates which brought me to your page. Love your reviews...hope to check out some more tomorrow so apologies in advance for any fangirl spamming to follow 🙈
It's just the trilogy! And that's okay, most of my old reviews aren't that fun though haha I am finally hitting my .... Honesty stride 😂
I'll be honest i had a peek at some of your earlier ones & love your voice 👍
Also fiery demon horses = sold