What more does a girl need than a pile of books and a bowl of chocolate? Let’s talk about what we’ve been reading and feeding our inner chocoholics.

As the weather cools down, it’s time to curl up with a blanket, warm beverage and a good book. Here are a couple I have enjoyed.

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Adamant

Ever since a devastating magical war tore apart Ada Fletcher’s homeworld, she and her family have lived undercover on the low-magic Earth. Stuck in a dead-end job in London, Ada has spent her life hiding both her true identity and her forbidden magic from the Inter-World Alliance: the organisation that polices the Passages between Earth and its magical neighbours. At least until a high-ranking Alliance official is murdered, and Ada is arrested as the main suspect.

I’ve mentioned this book several times, both because I enjoyed it and because I was surprised that I did. One of the main tropes in the book: magical, superpowered orphan has to save the world, is one that I don’t always enjoy. This time it was really done wall. The main character Ada, was well balanced and focused on her mission, providing a safe house for other refugees from her home world. That was the key that kept me turning the pages. I definitely recommend this one.

In Ashes Born

Ishmael Wang returns to Port Newmar but ghosts from his past have followed him. His old shipmate, Phillip Carstairs, offers him the opportunity to track down the man who killed his lover. The catch? He must take command of the Chernyakova, a ship that still stinks of death and haunts Ishmael’s nightmares. Together, Phillip and Ismael begin a journey into unknown reaches of the Deep Dark to bring back the man who killed Greta.

This book returns us to the world of Quarter Share, which I reviewed HERE. We revisit the characters quite a few years and a lot of miles later. Life has left them tired and marked with its scars.

I was a little hesitant at the start, because it is difficult to strike a balance between having characters change believablyover time and keeping the core of the character the same person the reader loved in the early books. Nathan Lowell did a great job of it, delivering an older, wiser, more mature version of Ishmael Wong that was still the character I knew and loved from the first series. If you enjoyed the Quarter Share series, this one is a must.

Do you have any books that were definitely not your usual fair, but you finished anyway and they have stuck with you? Tell me in the comments.

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