ARC REVIEW: STONE FIELD by Christy Lenzi

Summary:
In a small town on the brink of the Civil War, Catrina finds a man making strange patterns in her family’s sorghum crop. He’s mad with fever, naked, and strikingly beautiful. He has no memory of who he is or what he’s done before Catrina found him in Stone Field. But that doesn’t bother Catrina because she doesn’t like thinking about the things she’s done before either.

Catrina and Stonefield fall passionately, dangerously, in love. All they want is to live with each other, in harmony with the land and away from Cat’s protective brother, the new fanatical preacher, and the neighbors who are scandalized by their relationship. But Stonefield can’t escape the truth about who he is, and the conflict tearing apart the country demands that everyone take a side before the bloodbath reaches their doorstep.

Inspired by Emily Bronte’s Wuthering Heights, Stone Field is a passionate and atmospheric story of how violence and vengeance pervert the human spirit, and how hatred can be transcended by love.

Title: Stone Field

Author: Christy Lenzi

Source: ARC via the Publisher

Publisher: Roaring Brook Press

Publication Date: March 29, 2016

Rating: 4/5 stars

Purchase:

Amazon | Chapters | TBD

Disclaimer: I received a free copy of this book via the publisher in exchange for an honest review.
 
Holy frickle frackle, this book is amazing. I have so many marked passages and I loved every second of it. Cat is the type of girl you root for because she goes through such a great transition from young adult to woman. It is one that I am fully supportive of.

Waiting on Wednesday: FIRE FALLING by Elise Kova

Welcome to this week's Waiting on Wednesday! I am featuring a Fantasy book that I am dying to get my hands on (or at least hoping my ARC shows up soon). This week I am waiting on...

FIRE FALLING by Elise Kova

Summary:

Soldier… Sorcerer… Savior… Who is Vhalla Yarl?

Vhalla Yarl marches to war as property of the Solaris Empire. The Emperor counts on her to bring victory, the Senate counts on her death, and the only thing Vhalla can count on is the fight of her life. As she grapples with the ghosts of her past, new challenges in the present threaten to shatter the remnants of her fragile sanity. Will she maintain her humanity? Or will she truly become the Empire’s monster?

Publication Date: November 19, 2015

Publisher: Silver Wing Press

I read an ARC of Air Awakens and absolutely fell in love with the series. I honestly think this is one of the best High Fantasy Young Adult series I have ever read -- and I've only been able to read the first book. And after the ending, I cannot wait to see what the next piece in Vhalla's journey is! If you liked The Grisha series or Throne of Glass, you'll like this one too, I promise.

What do you guys think? 

Have you heard of it before now? What are you expecting out of it?

See you guys next Wednesday for another round of WoW!

TRUTHWITCH cover reveal

 From the author of the SOMETHING STRANGE AND DEADLY trilogy comes something new; the WITCHLAND novels! First of the series is called TRUTHWITCH.

 

On a continent ruled by three empires, some are born with a “witchery,” a magical skill that sets them apart from others.

In the Witchlands, there are almost as many types of magic as there are ways to get in trouble—as two desperate young women know all too well.

Safiya is a Truthwitch, able to discern truth from lie. It’s a powerful magic that many would kill to have on their side, especially amongst the nobility to which Safi was born. So Safi must keep her gift hidden, lest she be used as a pawn in the struggle between empires.

Iseult, a Threadwitch, can see the invisible ties that bind and entangle the lives around her—but she cannot see the bonds that touch her own heart. Her unlikely friendship with Safi has taken her from life as an outcast into one of of reckless adventure, where she is a cool, wary balance to Safi’s hotheaded impulsiveness.

Safi and Iseult just want to be free to live their own lives, but war is coming to the Witchlands. With the help of the cunning Prince Merik (a Windwitch and ship’s captain) and the hindrance of a Bloodwitch bent on revenge, the friends must fight emperors, princes, and mercenaries alike, who will stop at nothing to get their hands on a Truthwitch.

Isn't that cover a thing of beauty?! The blues, the ship, the OUTFIT. SO much cover love. And the summary... I need this book in my hands ASAP. This book is starting to sound like, to quote Sarah J Maas-  

We will most certainly be keeping an eye out in the hopes of securing an ARC from either Susan or the publisher. Already TRUTHWITCH feels like it will become an instant favorite of ours.

Sadly, the publishing date has been pushed back an extra two months. So TRUTHWITCH will be out in January 2016 now. But still, there will be ARCs galore, so make sure to grab a copy.

One last thing - another close-up. My favorite part of the cover.

ISN'T THAT JUST AMAZING? Kudos the team that created this gem of a cover!