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Gilded (The Gilded Series, Book One)
by Christina Farley.
Remember how I posted a week or so back about how I discovered this book was part of an Amazon program where if you have both the Kindle and Prime you can get one pre-release book a month? This was that book. I finished it last night, and my review of it is: YES. Lee Jae Hwa is a Korean-American teenage girl who has been moved (unwillingly) back to Korea by her father, who's accepted a job there. She discovers that Haemosu, a demi-god, steals the soul of the first-born girl in each generation in her family, and she's up next.
Defy
by Sarah B. Larsen.
Alexa has spent the last few years in the Prince's Guard, disguised as a boy. A sorcerer kills her brother and abducts her, Rylan, a fellow guard, and Prince Damien, and a bunch of somewhat tedious stuff happens, during which Alexa fails to grieve her brother as much as I think she ought and instead spends the time on a forced march mooning over Rylan and Damien, and then eventually kills an evil sorcerer. Um, yeah. Not sure how it's got 4 stars on Amazon.
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Both these books feature women who are excellent fighters: Jae Hwa is an archer and a martial artist, while Alexa wins her place on the Prince's Guard through combat, but when push comes to shove, Jae Hwa is attracted to her co-star but focuses on the important stuff (i.e., saving everyone), while Alexa spends the time worrying about what's going on (while two young men vie for this recently-bereaved young woman THIS IS NOT THE TIME, PEOPLE) and winning the day in the end solely because everyone pushed her into her actions.
I think you can tell which one I recommend you read. :)
by Christina Farley.Remember how I posted a week or so back about how I discovered this book was part of an Amazon program where if you have both the Kindle and Prime you can get one pre-release book a month? This was that book. I finished it last night, and my review of it is: YES. Lee Jae Hwa is a Korean-American teenage girl who has been moved (unwillingly) back to Korea by her father, who's accepted a job there. She discovers that Haemosu, a demi-god, steals the soul of the first-born girl in each generation in her family, and she's up next.
Defy
by Sarah B. Larsen.Alexa has spent the last few years in the Prince's Guard, disguised as a boy. A sorcerer kills her brother and abducts her, Rylan, a fellow guard, and Prince Damien, and a bunch of somewhat tedious stuff happens, during which Alexa fails to grieve her brother as much as I think she ought and instead spends the time on a forced march mooning over Rylan and Damien, and then eventually kills an evil sorcerer. Um, yeah. Not sure how it's got 4 stars on Amazon.
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Both these books feature women who are excellent fighters: Jae Hwa is an archer and a martial artist, while Alexa wins her place on the Prince's Guard through combat, but when push comes to shove, Jae Hwa is attracted to her co-star but focuses on the important stuff (i.e., saving everyone), while Alexa spends the time worrying about what's going on (while two young men vie for this recently-bereaved young woman THIS IS NOT THE TIME, PEOPLE) and winning the day in the end solely because everyone pushed her into her actions.
I think you can tell which one I recommend you read. :)
