I Can't Wait for... We Rule the Night

Can't-Wait Wednesday is a weekly meme hosted by Wishful Endings, to spotlight and discuss the books we're excited about that we have yet to read. Generally they're books that have yet to be released.

I fell in love with the cover... then I read the blurb.

We Rule the Night

Standalone?
By Claire Eliza Bartlett
YA Fantasy
eBook, Hardcover, Audiobook, 400 Pages
April 2, 2019 by Little, Brown Books For Young Readers



Blurb

Two girls use forbidden magic to fly and fight–for their country and for themselves–in this riveting debut that’s part Shadow and Bone, part Code Name Verity.

Seventeen-year-old Revna is a factory worker, manufacturing war machines for the Union of the North. When she’s caught using illegal magic, she fears being branded a traitor and imprisoned. Meanwhile, on the front lines, Linné defied her father, a Union general, and disguised herself as a boy to join the army. They’re both offered a reprieve from punishment if they use their magic in a special women’s military flight unit and undertake terrifying, deadly missions under cover of darkness. Revna and Linné can hardly stand to be in the same cockpit, but if they can’t fly together, and if they can’t find a way to fly well, the enemy’s superior firepower will destroy them–if they don’t destroy each other first.

We Rule the Night is a powerful story about sacrifice, complicated friendships, and survival despite impossible odds.

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Book Review: Heart of Thorns by Bree Barton

Heart of Thorns (Heart of Thorns, #1) by Bree Barton

Blurb:

In the ancient river kingdom, touch is a battlefield, bodies the instruments of war. Seventeen-year-old Mia Rose has pledged her life to hunting Gwyrach: women who can manipulate flesh, bones, breath, and blood.

Not women. Demons. The same demons who killed her mother without a single scratch.

But when Mia's father suddenly announces her marriage to the prince, she is forced to trade in her knives and trousers for a sumptuous silk gown. Only after the wedding goes disastrously wrong does she discover she has dark, forbidden magic—the very magic she has sworn to destroy.

My Review:

I'm going to be embarrassingly honest for a minute. I received this book in the July Fairyloot box but I wasn't really looking forward to reading it. I put it on my September TBR because I'm trying to get through some of my owned-but-unread books.

I was pleasantly surprised by this book. The story grabbed me right away and kept me riveted until the last page. While I think the magic system was a little underdeveloped I really loved the plot, the characters, and the setting. 

I finished this book instantly wishing I could read the second book right away and the wait is probably going to kill me. The betrayal toward the end of this book was a shock I didn't see coming followed by the bomb-drop realization that follows. 

This book also has a really strong feminist message to it that I absolutely loved. 

Overall, if you're looking for a book with a lot of girl power where the main character must learn how to utilize the one thing she's most afraid of to survive, a hint of romance, and a great adventure that will leave you breathless you will love Heart of Thorns!

My Rating:

🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟

5 of 5 Stars!

Book Review: The Witch Doesn't Burn In This One by Amanda Lovelace

The Witch Doesn't Burn In This One (Women Are Some Kind of Magic #2) by Amanda Lovelace

Blurb:

2016 Goodreads Choice Award-winning poet Amanda Lovelace returns in the witch doesn't burn in this one — the bold second book in her "women are some kind of magic" series. 

The witch: supernaturally powerful, inscrutably independent, and now—indestructible. These moving, relatable poems encourage resilience and embolden women to take control of their own stories. Enemies try to judge, oppress, and marginalize her, but the witch doesn’t burn in this one.

My Review:

Calling all women out there that have ever felt oppressed, abused, discriminated against because their seen as too far or too thin, the women fighting against inequality in the work place, the women who will not stand for the turn our country is taking: this book is for you!

This book will make you feel empowered, confident, strong. It's a tribute to feminists. It will make you want to stand up for what you believe in and show the people that try to keep you down that you don't care what you think.

I loved this book and I like the way the poems were formatted into a verse novel. It was a quick read that made me feel good, although in spots I thought the poetry became a little too man-hating. 

Overall, this is a definite must read for women, especially these days. 

My Rating:

🌟🌟🌟🌟

4 of 5 Stars!