Today’s Steals and Deals at AAR…..
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I love this whip smart historical fantasy. In our DIK review, we said:
Dabney: I loved everything about it: the sublime prose and the unexpected character arcs and plot. Greenlaw’s storytelling relies not on dragons or complicated magic but rather on Mira, her riveting heroine, and those on whom she must rely. Lisa, was it a gem for you too?
Lisa: This was my first encounter with this author and I was mightily impressed by it. Mira is a stunner of a character; and she happens to be one of the best of 2024. She’s something special and unique in the field.
Dabney: Agreed. The very best leads in magical fiction are those whose magic is a plus not a necessity. I’d have happily read about Mira if she hadn’t an enchanted bone in her body–she’s smart, a bit snarky, determined, loyal, and witty. I loved her.
It’s on sale today for 1.99 here.
This has been on my waiting for it to go on sale list for a while. Here’s the blurb:
The boys of Huaxia dream of pairing up with girls to pilot Chrysalises, giant transforming robots that can battle the mecha aliens that lurk beyond the Great Wall. It doesn’t matter that the girls often die from the mental strain.
When 18-year-old Zetian offers herself up as a concubine-pilot, it’s to assassinate the ace male pilot responsible for her sister’s death. But she gets her vengeance in a way nobody expected—she kills him through the psychic link between pilots and emerges from the cockpit unscathed. She is labeled an Iron Widow, a much-feared and much-silenced kind of female pilot who can sacrifice boys to power up Chrysalises instead.
To tame her unnerving yet invaluable mental strength, she is paired up with Li Shimin, the strongest and most controversial male pilot in Huaxia. But now that Zetian has had a taste of power, she will not cower so easily. She will miss no opportunity to leverage their combined might and infamy to survive attempt after attempt on her life, until she can figure out exactly why the pilot system works in its misogynist way—and stop more girls from being sacrificed.
It’s on sale today for 2.99 here.
Holly Black’s The Folk of the Air series is a best seller for a good reason. This is the most recent book in the series. Here’s the blurb:
Prince Oak is paying for his betrayal. Imprisoned in the icy north and bound to the will of a monstrous new queen, he must rely on charm and calculation to survive. With High King Cardan and High Queen Jude willing to use any means necessary to retrieve their stolen heir, Oak will have to decide whether to attempt regaining the trust of the girl he’s always loved or to remain loyal to Elfhame and hand over the means to end her reign—even if it means ending Wren, too.
With a new war looming on the horizon and treachery lurking in every corner, neither Oak’s guile nor his wit will be enough to keep everyone he loves alive. It’s just a question of whom he will doom.
It’s on sale for 3.99 here.
This is a DIK for us. (The last book in the trilogy is on sale today too!) In our review, we wrote:
So many people whose reading tastes closely align with my own have had stellar things to say about the work of Caroline Linden, so I was very pleased to get a review copy of My Once and Future Duke, the first book in her Wagers of Sin series. It’s the story of a woman hovering on the very edge of respectability and the handsome duke who offers her a deal she simply cannot refuse. It’s a book I absolutely could not put down, and I can’t wait for others to read it and love it as much as I did.
Twenty-four-year-old Sophie Graham wants nothing more than to be financially independent, an almost impossible dream for a young lady of questionable social standing. Sure, she’s the granddaughter of a viscount, but Sophie’s grandfather has had literally nothing to do with her since the day long ago when he dropped her off at an academy for young ladies just four months after her parents died in a tragic accident. From then on, Sophie counts on no one but herself, and she’s finally devised a plan that just might give her the financial security she longs for. It’s a risky plan, one that will very possibly ruin what’s left of her reputation, but Sophie is desperate enough to chance it….
Jack Lindeville, Duke of Ware, is fed up with rescuing his hapless younger brother from scrape after scrape. So, when he learns that Phillip has lost a rather large sum of money at the Vega club, a gambling establishment with stringent rules for membership, he heads over there to put a stop to his brother’s recklessness. As soon Jack he enters the club, his eye is caught by a lovely young lady dressed in crimson who just happens to be in the midst of a game with Phillip. Determined to keep Phillip from losing more money, Jack interrupts the game and proposes a scandalous wager. If he wins the game, Sophie will spend an entire week alone in his company, but if she wins, he’ll give her five thousand pounds.
Every ounce of Sophie’s good sense urges her to turn down the Duke’s wager, and yet, she’s unable to do so. Over the past several months, she has slowly and painstakingly used her great talent for card playing to build herself a small nest egg, and the lure of five thousand pounds is something she simply cannot resist. She consoles herself with the belief that the Duke can’t possibly win, so no harm will really be done, but of course, things don’t turn out as Sophie hopes they will.
It’s on sale for 1.99 here.