Earlier this year I made a promise to branch out from my contemporary reads and venture into the land of fantasy. When I was approached to host a giveaway for FALLING KINGDOMS series, I felt like this was a perfect opportunity for me to get acquainted with these books by giving away the series, including book 3, GATHERING DARKNESS.
SERIES OVERVIEW
In the three kingdoms of Mytica, magic has long been forgotten. And while hard-won peace has reigned for centuries, a deadly unrest is simmering.
As the rulers of each kingdom grapple for power, the lives of their subjects are brutally transformed…and four key players, royals and rebels alike, find their fates forever intertwined. Cleo, Jonas, Lucia, and Magnus are caught in a dizzying world of treacherous betrayals, shocking murders, secret alliances, and even love.
In AURANOS, privileged Princess Cleo is forced to confront violence for the first time in her life when a shocking murder sets her kingdom on a path to collapse.
In LIMEROS, the king’s son, Magnus, must plan each footstep with shrewd, sharp guile if he is to earn his powerful father’s trust, while his sister, Lucia, discovers a terrifying family secret about her birth that will change everything.
In PAELSIA, rebellious Jonas lashes out against the forces of oppression that have kept his country cruelly impoverished—and finds himself the leader of a people’s revolution centuries in the making.
Witches, if four, are put to death, and Watchers, immortal beings who take the shape of hawks to visit the human world, have been almost entirely forgotten. A vicious power struggle quickly escalates to war, and these four young people collide against each other and the rise of elementia, the magic that can topple kingdoms and crown a ruler in the same day.
BACK TO MYTICA, WISH YOU WERE HERE.
One (1) winner receives:
·Falling Kingdoms postcard set
·Falling Kingdoms t-shirt
·plus copies of Falling Kingdoms, Rebel Spring and Gathering Darkness
Prizing & samples courtesy of Penguin Young Readers
Giveaway open to US addresses only
a Rafflecopter giveaway
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ABOUT GATHERING DARKNESS
The seeds of revolution have been sown…but in Mytica the lust for power reigns supreme.
THE REBELS forge ahead. Princess Cleo slays with sweetness—and a secret that might control Lucia’s magic—as she and vengeful Jonas lead the hunt for the all-powerful Kindred.
THE KRAESHIANS join the fray. Ashur and Amara, the royal siblings from the vast kingdom across the Silver Sea, prove to be just as ruthless as they are charming as they manipulate their way to victory.
THE WATCHERS follow Melenia out of the Sanctuary. They ally, in the flesh, with King Gaius, who vows to use Lucia’s powers to unveil the Kindred.
And which side will Prince Magnus choose, now that he’s been betrayed by everyone he’s ever loved?
GATHERING DARKNESS EXCERPT
http://www.bighonchomedia.com/assets/Penguin/Gathering%20Darkness%20excerpt.pdf
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Morgan Rhodes is the New York Times bestselling author of the FALLING KINGDOMS series. As a child, she always wanted to be a princess—the kind that knows how to wield a sharp sword to help save both kingdoms and princes from fire-breathing dragons and dark wizards. Instead, she became a writer, which is just as good and much less dangerous. Along with writing, Morgan enjoys photography, travel, and reality TV, and is an extremely picky yet voracious reader of all kinds of books.
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You absolutely HAVE to check out the Throne of Glass novels if you haven't already! They're my absolute favorites. Also, the Mistborn trilogy by Brandon Sanderson.
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ReplyDeleteI'm a bit of a newbie to fantasy myself... But I'd say Harry Potter and I'm reading Cruel Beauty now and enjoying the fantasy aspect.
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ReplyDeleteI would recomend the Harry Potter series and the Mortal Instruments series!
ReplyDeleteI would recommend the Throne of Glass series! Its an amazing series and each book keeps getting better then the last!
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