Book Review: Ash Princess by Laura Sebastian

Author: Laura Sebastian
Series: Ash Princess Trilogy #1
Audience: Young Adult
Genre: Fantasy, Young Adult
Publisher: Delacorte Books for Young Readers
Release Date: April 24th 2018
My Rating: 4 Cups
Source: Netgalley
Blurb (from Goodreads):

Theodosia was six when her country was invaded and her mother, the Fire Queen, was murdered before her eyes. On that day, the Kaiser took Theodosia's family, her land, and her name. Theo was crowned Ash Princess--a title of shame to bear in her new life as a prisoner.

For ten years Theo has been a captive in her own palace. She's endured the relentless abuse and ridicule of the Kaiser and his court. She is powerless, surviving in her new world only by burying the girl she was deep inside.

Then, one night, the Kaiser forces her to do the unthinkable. With blood on her hands and all hope of reclaiming her throne lost, she realizes that surviving is no longer enough. But she does have a weapon: her mind is sharper than any sword. And power isn't always won on the battlefield.

For ten years, the Ash Princess has seen her land pillaged and her people enslaved. That all ends here.

*Disclaimer: I received an eARC of this book from Penguin Random House in exchange for an honest review. This does not influence my rating or the content of my review in any way.

**Disclaimer: This book contains graphic scenes of violence and death.

Spinning The Yarn: Harry Potter Edition Part 2

Spinning The Yarn is a weekly feature here at Ruby's Books in which I share some of my favorite knitting and crochet patterns inspired by books, with the occasional movie and TV show fandoms. 

Hello my dear geeky bookish people and welcome to another edition of Spinning The Yarn. I'll be honest with you, I wasn't entirely sure I was going to make yet another Harry Potter edition this week, but I recently discovered one of the patterns that I'm going to show you today and I fell in love and I knew I had to share it with my fellow geeky friends. So without further ado, let's get started with

Spinning The Yarn: Harry Potter Edition Part 2

Wednesday Chatter: Five Things That Cleaning My TBR Is Teaching Me

Wednesday Chatter is a weekly feature at Ruby's Books where we'll be talking about anything and everything related to books and reading. Click here if you want to see what we talked about in the previous weeks

WARNING: Some bad words might be used in the following post. Don't say I didn't warn you!

Hello fellow book lovers! By now you're probably familiar with my Down The TBR Hole series of posts, but in case you're not, it's a feature hosted by Lia @ Lost In A Story where you look over your TBR shelf and you clean it of any books you know you're not going to read. I've been doing it for almost two months now, with 15-20 books a week, and while Since I started doing it I've realized a few things about myself and I thought I'd share with you guys. So without further ado, here are

Five Things That Cleaning My TBR Is Teaching Me

Top Ten Tuesday: Books With Sensory Reading Memories

Top Ten Tuesday is a weekly meme hosted by That Artsy Reader Girl

Guys, I am so excited about today's Top Ten Tuesday topic! One thing you need to know about me is that while I'm reading, it isn't just my eyes that are engaged in the reading process. Most of the time all of my senses are engaged in the reading process, so much so that I start associating sounds, smells, even seasons to certain stories, and that makes those stories stick to my head. I also remember when I read certain books, where I was... It's what makes them special, in a way.

So without further ado, here are

Down The TBR Hole #5: In Which I Surprise Myself

 

Down The TBR Hole is hosted by Lia @ Lost In A Story

Hello dear book lovers and welcome to another post in the Down The TBR Hole feature hosted by the awesome Lia.

Spinning The Yarn: Harry Potter Edition Part 1

Hello my dear bookish lovers and welcome to today's edition of Spinning The Yarn, which is going to be all about Harry Potter.

I'll admit, I started getting back in the habit of knitting and crochet because of a pattern inspired by Luna Lovegood, that I'll get back to in a little bit. So I thought I'd start this feature with the most obvious choice, because who doesn't want more Harry Potter nerdy stuff in their life? So without further ado, let's get started!