Day Five of the Battle Ground blog tour, and today’s views and reviews come from these fabulous bloggers:
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Battle Ground Blog Tour: Day Five
Battle Ground Blog Tour: Day Four
It’s Day Four of the Battle Ground blog tour! Today’s views and reviews come from these awesome bloggers:
Don’t be shy – go and say hi!
Battle Ground Blog Tour: Day Three
It’s Day Three of the Battle Ground blog tour! Today’s views and reviews come from these brave bloggers:
- Jessica Belmont
- Splashes Into Books
- and the brilliantly named Satisfaction for Insatiable Readers!
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Battle Ground Blog Tour: Day Two
Welcome to Day Two of the Battle Ground blog tour! Today’s views and reviews come from these lovely bloggers:
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Battle Ground Blog Tour: Day One
Welcome to Day One of the Battle Ground blog tour! Today’s views and reviews come from these lovely bloggers:
Head over to their blogs, and say hi while you’re there!
Battle Ground: Publication Day!
Battle Ground, Book 1 of the Battle Ground series, is now available on Amazon!
From now until Sunday 28th, the Kindle edition will be FREE to download.
We’re at the Young Adult Literary Convention to launch the book, so if you’re coming to YALC this year make sure you come and say hi!
Battle Ground is going on a blog tour, starting today! Check out these book blogs for reviews and write-ups.
The next week is going to be insanely busy, so if you leave a comment, please be patient! We will be checking the blog, and we will moderate comments as quickly as we can. Thank you for your understanding!
Battle Ground: One More Day …
We’re so excited! Battle Ground will be live to buy on Amazon tomorrow – and the Kindle edition will be FREE until Sunday 28th July! Check back here tomorrow for the Amazon link, and download your FREE copy of Book One.
We’ll also be posting links to our blog tour. Check out the reviews and find out what book bloggers think of Battle Ground!
Battle Ground Countdown: Three Days!
Battle Ground, Book 1 of the Battle Ground series, will be launching on Amazon in 3 days!
From July 25th, Kindle and paperback editions will be available to buy direct from Amazon – and from July 25th-28th, the Kindle edition will be FREE to download.
Don’t forget – if you’re coming to the Young Adult Literary Convention next weekend make sure you come to the Taller Books stand and say hi!
We’ve set up a blog tour for Battle Ground, starting on July 25th. We’ll post all the links here, so check back to see what all these bloggers think of the book!
The next week will be insanely busy, so if you leave a comment, please be patient! We will be checking the blog, and we will moderate comments as quickly as we can. Thank you for your understanding!
Battle Ground: Countdown to Publication
We are very excited to announce that Battle Ground, Book 1 of the Battle Ground series, will be launching on Amazon in 7 days!
From July 25th, Kindle and paperback editions will be available to buy direct from Amazon – and from July 25th-28th, the Kindle edition will be FREE to download.
We will be at the Young Adult Literary Convention to launch the book, so if you’re coming to YALC this year make sure you come and say hi!
Battle Ground will be going on a blog tour from July 25th, so check out these book blogs for reviews and write-ups.
The next two weeks are going to be insanely busy, so if you leave a comment, please be patient! We will be checking the blog, and we will moderate comments as quickly as we can. Thank you for your understanding!
YA Review: Traitor to the Throne (Rebel of the Sands #2)
Title: Traitor to the Throne (Rebel of the Sands #2)
Author: Alwyn Hamilton
Edition: Paperback
Rating: 5/5
The sequel to Rebel of the Sands begins with a recap of the first book, told as a campfire legend. It’s an engaging way to begin, but when the story moved past the end of the first book, and summarised what happened next, I was frustrated. I wanted to experience the events through Amani’s first-person narration.
And they are big, life-and-death events, skipped over in a few paragraphs. But when Amani’s narration begins, we are thrown painfully back into the action, and I was hooked all over again.
Amani’s strengths – her knowledge of the desert, her bravery, her skills with a gun – make her a valued member of the rebel group fighting to overthrow the Sultan. She is at home in the desert, and she knows its power. When she is kidnapped and imprisoned in the Sultan’s harem, she finds herself far from the sand, unarmed, and in need of new ways to survive. Royal politics, possessive princes, and jealous wives all threaten her safety, but the Sultan’s interest in her could be far more dangerous.
The pace slows while Amani finds her way around the politics and threats of the harem, and finds herself in the middle of negotiations that could provoke or avoid a war. There’s a constant background of danger – from the princes, the wives, and the Sultan – but the action picks up again as the twists and intrigues of the story come together in the final chapters.
I still love Amani, and it was interesting to see her learning to survive outside her comfort zone. There’s plenty of character development here, for Amani, and for the people around her. There are some shocking plot twists, but no neat ending. I can’t wait to see what happens in Book 3!
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Review cross-posted to GoodReads.
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