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Review: Escapement by Ciara Knight

2013-04-29T00:00:00.000-04:00

Publishing Date: February 25, 2013
Genre: YA, Urban Fantasy
Series: The Neumarian Chronicles #1
Publisher: Self
Received: Free from author for an honest review

Goodreads Synopsis: Ten years after the great war of 2185 the queen's reign is threatened by uprisings and fear. In celebration of my sixteenth birthday it is my duty as princess to sacrifice a slave to be initiated into the ruling council, solidifying her mother's empire. When her own erratic powers surface I'm captured and tried for treason. Slaves hate me, my mother wants me executed, and my only chance of survival rests in the hands of a young man, Ryder Arteres, whose sister I sentenced to death.

Rachel's Rating:

Review:

I really, really love this series. I read this book as fast as I could because I couldn’t wait to see what happens. Unfortunately things like work and sleep got in the way. Now that I am finished all I have to say is how much longer do I have to wait for the next book?

First I am going to start with the cover of this book. I love the cover! It is awesome and like the prequel it goes so well with the story. The cover alone makes me want to read this story. Again the clock is on the front and this time Princess Semara is on the cover whereas with Weighted the cover featured Raeth. Do I dare hope that Ryder may be on one of the covers?

The characters in this book are written wonderfully. I feel like I know them after reading this story. This story takes place 4 years after the prequel. This story is written from Princess Semara’s point of view. There is some romance in this story also. It is not insta-love nor is it fated. It just slowly builds. I thought that the romance was very well written and it is to be continued in the next book.

The ending had some definite things left open to be answered in the next books. The author really knows how to write an ending that leaves you waiting to find out what happens next and clear up some of the mystery without leaving you feeling like the book just cut off.

I can’t wait for the next in this series. I know I already said that but I really can’t wait. I hope it comes soon because waiting for this story to come out was long enough. If it wasn’t for some other issues I would have had this book read and reviewed last month. All I want to do now is go back and re-read it again! Trust me this is a great series to get in to.

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Cover Reveal & Giveaway: Escapement

2013-02-25T02:00:00.000-05:00

We need your help! Thanks to our spy, Ciara Knight, we are able to communicate with you today via blogs, Facebook, Twitter and other social media.

The Neumarian uprising has begun. We are fighting for freedom and equality for all, but we need your help. Ciara informed us that you might want to know more about the uprising and why we ask you to risk your lives for our cause. To answer these questions I’ve agreed to let Ciara tell my sister’s, Raeth’s, story about her captivity. It will be free for you on a site called Amazon until March 1, 2013.

Our spies have told us this will help spread the word and find more recruits for our rebellion against the tyrannical queen. You can help by simply downloading a free copy of Weighted, a prequel to the Neumarian Chronicles. If you are intrigued and wish to follow our uprising, Escapement, book I of The Neumarian Chronicles, will be available for only $2.99 until March 1, 2013.

Escapement by Ciara Knight

Publishing Date: February 25, 2013
Genre: YA, Urban Fantasy
Series: The Neumarian Chronicles #1
Publisher: Self

Escapement is told by Princess Semara. Don’t hold the fact Semara is a princess against her like I did, there is more to her than you can possibly imagine.

Here is a brief explanation of her telling of our uprising:

If you are now ready to join our fight, please add Escapement to your TBR shelf on Goodreads here. http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/17376403-escapementShout out on all your social media sites, and tell everyone you know to stand up and fight.

Be Bold.

Be Brave.

Be Free.

In the name of the rebellion,
Ryder Arteres

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Escapement can be found at Amazon.

Review: The Dead Have Ruled Earth for 200 Years by Noah K. Mullette-Gillman

2013-02-13T01:00:00.000-05:00

The Dead Have Ruled Earth for 200 Years by Noah K. Mullette-Gillman

Publisher: Createspace
Publishing Date: August 24, 2012
Series: No
Genre: Science Fiction/Zombie Apocolypse
Received: Free from author for an honest review

Goodreads Summary: THE DEAD HAVE RULED EARTH FOR 200 YEARS Two hundred years after humanity was forced to abandon Earth to the zombie hordes, three humans descend in great armored battle-suits into a world populated only by the ravenous and rotting dead. They will gun down as many as hundreds and thousands of the monsters as necessary in their fight to retrieve the most important possession we left behind. Too bad one of them is and idiot. The Dead Have Ruled Earth for 200 Years is not a love story. It is not a work of spiritual mythology. It is bleeding and biting, cutting and explosions; a written rocket of death and disfigurement, with all humanity's future at stake. Get ready for a white-knuckled descent into the worst of all possible nightmares. Two centuries after the end of the world, it may be the last story of humanity's battle to survive.

Rachel's Rating:

I really love zombie books and I can’t say exactly why. This book was no exception it is true to what the description says. The author did not hold anything back in this book and it was a refreshing change. There is blood, body parts, disfigured zombies and a bleak outlook for all inhabitants on Earth. The Earth as we know it no longer exists. It is rotting away along with the undead inhabiting it. The author did a great job in describing how the Earth looks after all this time and no one to look after it.

This was not a love story and I would not have changed it a bit. The three main characters are sent from space back to Earth to retrieve something vital for humans to continue living in space. One in their party makes a mistake and it all goes downhill from there. This is the story of how humans come out after 200 years of living in space will we come out better off after this mission or are we still doomed.

By the end of this book we are also given a look into the minds and life of a zombie. These are not typical zombies some look just like we do while others not so much. The zombies are here to stay and they are multiplying even though there are no more humans living on Earth. I have to say the ending was not what I was expecting however it was a good ending and looking back I would not change it. There is no Happy Ever After when zombies are involved.

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