It's Monday! What are you reading?

This Monday meme is held by the The Book Journey. Feel free to join in and tell us what you’re reading!

Title: Stormdancer

Author: Jay Kristoff

Available at: Amazon – Kindle – Barnes and Noble

From Goodreads:

Griffins are supposed to be extinct. So when Yukiko and her warrior father Masaru are sent to capture one for the Shogun, they fear that their lives are over. Everyone knows what happens to those who fail him, no matter how hopeless the task.

But the mission proves far less impossible, and far more deadly, than anyone expects – and soon Yukiko finds herself stranded: a young woman alone in her country’s last wilderness, with only a furious, crippled griffin for company. But trapped together in the forest, Yukiko and Buruu soon discover a friendship that neither of them expected.

Meanwhile, the country around them verges on the brink of collapse. A toxic fuel is slowly choking the land; the omnipotent, machine-powered Lotus Guild is publicly burning those they deem Impure; and the Shogun cares about nothing but his own dominion. Yukiko has always been uneasy in the shadow of power, when she learns the awful truth of what the Shogun has done, both to her country and to her own family she’s determined to do something about it.

Returning to the city, Yukiko and Buruu plan to make the Shogun pay for his crimes – but what can one girl and a flightless griffin do against the might of an empire?

So far I’m really enjoying the adventures of Yukiko. I’m just at the point where she and Buruu have teamed up. It was hard to put it down! The world building is amazing. It’s easy to become immersed within the digital pages of this book. I plan on just reading today. Hopefully I’ll be able to make a big dent in it.

Title: The Crown of Embers

Author: Rae Carson

Available at: Amazon – Kindle – Barnes and Noble

From Goodreads:

She does not know what awaits her at the enemy’s gate.

Elisa is a hero.

She led her people to victory over a terrifying, sorcerous army. Her place as the country’s ruler should be secure. But it isn’t.

Her enemies come at her like ghosts in a dream, from foreign realms and even from within her own court. And her destiny as the chosen one has not yet been fulfilled.

To conquer the power she bears, once and for all, Elisa must follow a trail of long-forgotten—and forbidden—clues, from the deep, hidden catacombs of her own city to the treacherous seas. With her go a one-eyed spy, a traitor, and the man whom—despite everything—she is falling in love with.

If she’s lucky, she will return from this journey. But there will be a cost.

This will be the next book I read. I’m really excited about it. It’s the second book in the Fire and Thorns series. The Girl of Fire and Thorns is the first book and I loved it. This second book is supposed to be even better then the first as well so you can understand why I’m so anxious to read it. The cover is lovely too!

Title: Journey to Hart’s Halo

Author: Lou Hood

Available at: Kindle

From Goodreads:

The project of eccentric technology billionaire Dr. Oliver Hart, Hart’s Halo is about to be populated by Zero Colony. Space-crazy twelve year old Davey Randolph’s dream is to win two of the twelve spots, for him and his mom, in a global lottery to spend five years aboard the Halo.

Constructed as a puzzle-propelled mystery, Davey needs the help of an international cast of clever and quirky pre-teens, and to conquer his own feelings of being an outsider, to solve the puzzles that will lead to a shocking discovery about the true fate of his missing father.

With new quantum physics from The Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics, futuristic technology, and space travel and habitation, it is a modern myth of epic scale.

If I finish the other two books which I should, I’ll start in on this book. This was a book submission and it looks good. I read a sample and the writing was engaging. I’ll still reserve judgment until I actually read the book.

That’s what I’m reading this week. What are you reading?

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