Slaying Books Blog

First off – please don’t let the horribly cheesy cover turn you away like it almost did me. I’m SO flippin’ glad that I looked past the cover and took a chance on Bound to the Battle God because it was incredible! The story was well written, super creative, and hella entertaining! I definitely see myself rereading it again and again when I need some epic swoon and a lot of laughs. I loved the pairing of Faith and Aron! I couldn’t get enough of them. Faith is from (our) earth and finds herself magically transported to Aron’s medieval-esque world. In a desperate attempt to save herself from being sacrificed, and not knowing what exactly it entails, Faith agrees to be Aron’s anchor. An anchor basically helps descended gods readjust and navigate the mortal plane. It’s like the blind leading the blind throughout half the book because Faith isn’t from Aron’s world. She doesn’t know the customs, lands and kingdoms, written language, and so forth, and Aron’s memory is very slow to come back. ...

                                        I thought Playing with Hellfire was an okay read. Sure, there’s a few typos, including a character’s name that’s spelt two different ways more than once. But overall the writing was pretty good and the story was interesting. My biggest problem with this book may just be because of personal preference. I’m not a huge fan of smut, especially when it drives a substantial chunk of the story. I think I would have given this book up to at least another star if there had been more world-building and more scenes that didn’t have to do with a character’s libido. I honestly found myself bored during some of the dirty scenes and had to force myself to power through them. The story definitely got better once our FMC Aria started waitressing at a club called purgatory. At least then there were more things going on for Aria than just smut, thinking about smut, an...

It’s been over a year since I first read Stolen Songbird. I had bought the whole trilogy with the intention of binging, but unfortunately, the first time I tried reading Hidden Huntress, I only got a couple chapters in before I lost interest and decided to take an indefinite break from the series. A few days ago I decided that I wanted to finally finish the Malediction trilogy, starting with a reread of book one. Stolen Songbird was just as captivating and enchanting as I remembered, so I started Hidden Huntress immediately so I could try and hold on to the overall excitement for the series. I remember putting Hidden Huntress aside the first time because the plot was taking too long to ramp up. Second time around, I was easily able to get past the first couple boring chapters and dive into the story. And even though I had already figured out one of the biggest reveals by the end of the Hidden Huntress, I really enjoyed the smaller reveals and the way the story twisted and turned. The r...