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This is a fantastic, immersive, epic fantasy. Our protagonist is a young girl that saves her family and discovers she has a gift to speak with spirits. This leads to an adventure that is part magical school, part training montage and a touch of romance (though this is not Romantasy). It is the chosen one trope, but with tough lessons and loss. I definitely look forward to continuing the series. 5⭐️

A character driven story with strong world building. The Queen of Blood has it all, plot-wise it's very interesting seeing Daleina struggles with her studies and controlling spirits. Despite being not the best, if possible the very bottom candidate for being Queen she thrives with her creative thinking and good instinct. Very enjoyable and satifying seeing her grow throughout the book.
A must read 💓💓

#fantasy #bookspinbingo
@TheAromaofBooks

Half way through and I can't stop reading it. Go Daleina!!! I'm rooting for you.

#currentlyreading

Loved the opening, then it took a while to pick back up. Lots of unexpected turns. I liked that Daleina wasn‘t the strongest magic user, not the fast runner, etc. But she had grit, determination, and compassion. Good read.

I‘m so behind on these!

📕 The Queen of Blood
✒️Julia Quinn 🤷🏻‍♀️(don‘t have a lot of Q authors)
🎥 Quantum of Solace (even though I don‘t remember which one that is and Sean Connery will always be my favorite)
🎙Queen
🎶 Quiet by Demi Lovato

#ManicMonday #LetterQ

This took me a really long time to get into, but once I was I was hooked. The world is fantastic, I love the nature spirits and the last third of the book is really action packed. Will definitely read the rest of this series. #catsoflitsy

Just snuggling my lady Calli on International Women‘s Day and reading The Queen of Blood which has some pretty cool women in it so far. Not happy about losing an hour to Daylight Savings though! #dogsoflitsy

I liked the magic, I liked the characters, the pacing and POV switches were a bit clunky for me at parts

Today's game plan! We're group watching the Jumanji movies (RIP Robin Williams) and I'm also working on binging the Queens of Renthia series. This and book 2 will be a reread and then I'll finally tackle the last two!

I finally managed to read beyond Chapter 3! There‘s a lot to like about this book—each of the three main characters are well-developed & interesting & only occasionally do or say things that don‘t make sense & the worldbuilding is top notch. That being said, the way all the characters interacted didn‘t always work & transitions between scenes were often abrupt. The story itself was good but not enough I feel I need to continue with the series.

Third time‘s the charm?!? 🤞 Continuing with my dive into the deepest reaches of my TBR stacks, I‘m going with a book I‘ve tried to read on two previous occasions—unfortunately, it didn‘t take either time! 🤣 I‘ve seen good things about it here on Litsy so I‘m going to give it another chance! I mean I bought it so at one time it sounded really interesting to me, right?!?

I was wrapped up in this book and spent a few nights staying up late.
It has the feeling of a young adult book.
Some of the deaths are gruesome.

Not just beautiful world building, but Durst also makes it come alive. Although I‘ve seen it labeled ‘YA‘, it didn‘t read that way for me. Sure, a younger audience would love this, but so would an older one. I for sure really enjoyed it. So, thank you @Velvetfur for including it in the #MythsandLegendsSwap 🤩🤩

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Not the book for me. If you love fantasy schools and you're looking for something that's on the younger end of YA, you'd like this. #queenofblood #fantasy

This was my favorite listen so far while participating in the #BookFitnessChallenge - Photo Challenge

It was the most enjoyable book that I‘ve listened to so far. I was engaged the whole time (which is sometimes tough when listening to audio). The story itself was enjoyable this and it was actually on my TBR so that‘s always a plus.

#bfc

Finished audiobook 1 for #bfc

This book was an interesting fantasy. There is a queen that rules Renthia and controls the spirit but she is basically corrupt. Girls with an affinity for spirits go to school to learn and try to become heirs for when the queen dies. There are champions who train the heirs with real world experience. My main complaint, there was a romance thrown in that did nothing but aggravate the story. I will continue series.

I‘ve been audio puzzling lately! It‘s probably been a year or so since I‘ve worked on puzzle and it‘s been so relaxing! It‘s all I want to do!

I‘m enjoying the tagged audiobook as well. I of course started 2 fantasy books around the same time. 1 audio 1 print. They both follow girls going to a school to learn their strengths. I‘m trying really hard not to confuse the 2 plots! So far so good! 🤞🏻🤞🏻

#audiopuzzling #disneypuzzle

This one took me a while to get into, but in the end I enjoyed it.

Unfortunately, I did not care for this book. The concept of the world was interesting but everything else was lackluster. Definitely won‘t be continuing on with this series. I don‘t know why I keep trying YA, I‘m almost always disappointed.

Yikes! This is an unfortunate map. I hope the book is better than this first impression.

I really loved this for so many reasons. I loved the settings and world building - it made me want to draw the village trees. I loved how the main character doesn‘t rely on brute strength. It was so good

So I finished reading the tagged book over a week ago and I loved it so much that I still can‘t get it out of my head. But that‘s a problem because I‘m trying to read the #bbbbc pick this month. Sadly I‘m thinking I‘m going to have to put down Mistborn for a little bit because I‘m not able to concentrate on a brand new world yet, let alone a Sanderson world. So here‘s hoping the gentleman‘s guide will be a good palate cleanser!

#mpls #twincities

4.5 ⭐️

The sarcastic humor by the characters, the natural world that was built, the uniqueness of every individual of the spirits with such detail, a background romance that wasn‘t forced, the greatness of a wolf companion and so much more had me turning page after page and not wanting to put it down. I can‘t wait to finished this series in the next couple of months.

#queensofrenthia #love #queendom #spirits #fantasy #mpls #twincities

Guess who found the title of the book on page 316. I am such a nerd for when this happens 😂 I always feel so cool...

#queensofrenthea #elemental #spirits #fantasy #mpls #twincities

Getting some reading done before I can convince myself cleaning is a good idea 🙃

#tea #teanandbooks #fantasy #queensofrenthia #renthia #mpls #twincities

Roasting a sausage 😂😂😂 this book is pretty much becoming the most quotable book I own to date. I can‘t handle!

#doubt #selfconfidence #quotable #irelate #yup #prettymuch #mpls #twincities

Well that‘s one way to start off a series...

Also thanks to @BarbaraTheBibliophage for your bookmark I got a little while ago. I love matching my bookmarks to the covers of what I‘m reading and yours was just right ☺️

#fantasy #newserieswhothis #bookmark #mpls #twincities

The story is interesting as is the world but some elements of it are kind of meh, namely the school setting and the Hunger Games-like trials 🤷🏻‍♀️ If you‘re into those elements, cool. Me, not so much. But anyway...#currentlyreading

I think fantasy and I have broken up. It‘s been ages since I‘ve read a good fantasy book. I‘ve struggled with every one I‘ve read this year and The Queen of Blood was no different. It had some moments but I was waiting for a wow factor that I never got.

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#fantasy

Very good, I'm interested in continuing Daleina's story
*Edit after thinking on it overnight I have to change my review. While I enjoyed the world and some of the characters, it was very gruesome and detailed gruesome which is not my cup if tea.*

#LaborDayReads #Readingresolutions #September @Jess7 #nakedcover
I haven't done very well with #TwoInThree @Samplergal
#BookAWeekChallenge @TheReadingMermaid
160 of 350 pages still lol

160 of 350 pages
#TwoInThree @Samplergal
#BookAWeekChallenge @TheReadingMermaid

Today was #mfbs day, right? @Captivatedbybooks thank you so so much. I haven‘t read any of these! I would love to hear why they are your favorites. And the book marks are so cute. A fantastic #myfavoritebookswap !!!!!

I'm not very good at planning my reading in advance(so it's very possible for it to change) but here's the book I'm currently reading, the second book in the series and a book I'm expecting the first one in soon(bookoutlet mixup) #Septembertbr #Readingresolutions @Jess7 #AnticipatedSeptemberReads #SeptInBooks18 @bookisglee #BookAWeekChallenge @TheReadingMermaid
87 of 350 pages
#TwoInThree @Samplergal

Up next #bookoutlet #bookoutletsale

I‘m afraid to read the next book due to the fact the heroine was constantly cut short of believing fully in herself due to not having great powers but she made up for it in other areas. It irks me how she became a queen and not truly understanding how great she is instead of being under average. However,I did like fantasy parts. Great descriptions, which is why I gave it 3 stars.

I finished this one on my beautiful #audiowalk before storm roll in this afternoon. I think any fan of fantasy and strong female protagonist will enjoy this one. The story follows Daleina who has the ability to control spirits through her training to see if she will become the queen to control all the spirits. Well written believable characters, great story of self-discovery, and a new beautiful world. 4 stars. Ready for book 2!

The finished product! Yay! Now onto the baby burrito blanket. #audioknitting

Audio knitting tonight. Only 8 more rows to finish this baby blanket for my soon to be niece! #audioknitting

Starting this series today. Has any one read it? I have not heard of it before. #fantasyseries

Today‘s #bokhaul! The Queen of Blood is from our #KCLitsyMeetup today, and I‘ll be adding some more books from our discussion to my TBR. Then I stopped to browse Half-Price Books on the way home. I picked up a copy of Don Quixote so I can attempt it at some point for #1001books, and another Tolkien book I don‘t yet have on my shelves.

Still waiting on one more but these were the books I got thanks to my family loving me and giving me a BN gift card! #family #bookhaul #books #thankful #mpls #twincities

I recommend this book for anyone who likes YA, but doesn‘t want the premise to be “the stunningly gorgeous teenage girl is the only one who can save the world, but she‘s going to waste her time choosing between 2 f*ck bois.”

Definitely a unique fantasy tale. The character building was really well done, and watching the main protagonist deal with her own stubbornness versus her own weaknesses was great. Having a main character who is at a disadvantage and less powerful to those in her station around her was a really interesting plot development. I liked how she wasn't the chosen one or the best of the best. Can't wait to read the next one! Loving this world!

Best way to enjoy breakfast on a beautiful sunny day, with tea and a good book!

It was an ok read. The kingdom has a queen who keeps the spirits in check. The spirits were interesting, but I had a hard time connecting with any of the characters.

Just finished this one and it was terrific!