Book Depository Haul

Onlangs bestelde ik een aantal boeken bij The Book Depository (en later nog meer, sssst). Vandaag wilde ik graag vertellen over de boeken die ik kocht en ook waarom ik nou juist deze boeken koos.

Allereerst zie je hier The Gospel of Loki. Dit boek stond al eeuwen op mijn wenslijstje; ik ben dol op de Noore mythologie en ik weet dat Joanne Harris toffe boeken heeft. Het boek is ook in het Nederlands verschenen, maar daar is moeilijk aan te komen omdat het boek niet meer gedrukt wordt.

The first adult epic fantasy novel from multi-million copy bestselling author of CHOCOLAT, Joanne Harris. The novel is a brilliant first-person narrative of the rise and fall of the Norse gods – retold from the point of view of the world’s ultimate trickster, Loki. It tells the story of Loki’s recruitment from the underworld of Chaos, his many exploits on behalf of his one-eyed master, Odin, through to his eventual betrayal of the gods and the fall of Asgard itself. Using her life-long passion for the Norse myths, Joanne Harris has created a vibrant and powerful fantasy novel. Loki, that’s me. Loki, the Light-Bringer, the misunderstood, the elusive, the handsome and modest hero of this particular tissue of lies. Take it with a pinch of salt, but it’s at least as true as the official version, and, dare I say it, more entertaining. So far, history, such as it is, has cast me in a rather unflattering role. Now it’s my turn to take the stage. With his notorious reputation for trickery and deception, and an ability to cause as many problems as he solves, Loki is a Norse god like no other. Demon-born, he is viewed with deepest suspicion by his fellow gods who will never accept him as one of their own and for this he vows to take his revenge. From his recruitment by Odin from the realm of Chaos, through his years as the go-to man of Asgard, to his fall from grace in the build-up to Ragnarok, this is the unofficial history of the world’s ultimate trickster.

Vervolgens koos ik voor The Vanishing Throne. Ik kocht het eerste deel bij YALC en daar werd ik zo blij van! Faeries, Schotland.. kom maar door! Nu was deel 2 eindelijk goedkoper beschikbaar en omdat de schrijfster naar YALC komt, moest en zou ik hem hebben. Hopelijk kan ik deel 3 daar scoren!

My name is Lady Aileana Kameron.

First the fae murdered my mother. Then they destroyed my world.

Now I’m fighting for more than revenge.

Aileana took a stand against the Wild Hunt, and she lost everything: her home, her family and her friends. Held captive by her enemy, and tormenting herself over her failure, escape seems like only the faintest possibility. But when she gets her chance, she seizes it . . . to rejoin a world devastated by war.

The future is bleak. Hunted by the fae, running for her life, Aileana has only a few options left. Trying to become part of a society scarred by – and hiding from – the Wild Hunt; trusting that a fragile alliance with the fae will save her; or walking the most dangerous path at all: coming in to her own powers as the last of the Falconers . . .

Tijd voor twee blauwe boeken en ook nog eens allebei vervolgen. Allereerst The witch’s tears. Boek 1 vond ik best vermakelijk (geen hoogvlieger), maar dit boek kocht ik vooral omdat ie goedkoop was en de auteurs naar YALC komen.

Can true love’s kiss break your heart…? The spellbinding sequel to THE WITCH’S KISS by authors and sisters, Katharine and Elizabeth Corr. It’s not easy being a teenage witch. Just ask Merry. She’s drowning in textbooks and rules set by the coven; drowning in heartbreak after the loss of Jack. But Merry’s not the only one whose fairy tale is over. Big brother Leo is falling apart and everything Merry does seems to push him further to the brink. And everything that happens to Leo makes her ache for revenge. So when strangers offering friendship show them a different path they’d be mad not to take it…Some rules were made to be broken, right? The darkly magical sequel to THE WITCH’S KISS burns wickedly bright.

Vervolgens The rose and the Dagger. Deel 1 vond ik echt heel tof en ik wilde het vervolg al een tijdje hebben. Ik ben heel benieuwd hoe de tweede helft van deze duologie is. Ik heb haar nieuwste boek ondertussen ook!

The darker the sky, the brighter the stars.

In a land on the brink of war, Shahrzad is forced from the arms of her beloved husband, the Caliph of Khorasan. She once thought Khalid a monster—a merciless killer of wives, responsible for immeasurable heartache and pain—but as she unraveled his secrets, she found instead an extraordinary man and a love she could not deny. Still, a curse threatens to keep Shazi and Khalid apart forever.

Now she’s reunited with her family, who have found refuge in the desert, where a deadly force is gathering against Khalid—a force set on destroying his empire and commanded by Shazi’s spurned childhood sweetheart. Trapped between loyalties to those she loves, the only thing Shazi can do is act. Using the burgeoning magic within her as a guide, she strikes out on her own to end both this terrible curse and the brewing war once and for all. But to do it, she must evade enemies of her own to stay alive.

The saga that began with The Wrath and the Dawn takes its final turn as Shahrzad risks everything to find her way back to her one true love again.

Ik ben groot fan van V E Schwab, maar ik heb nog niet al haar boeken in mijn bezit.. Tijd om daar verandering in te brengen! Vooral omdat ze weer naar YALC komt. Ik ben erg benieuwd naar deze serie. Hij klinkt in ieder geval echt heel tof met wederom een gaaf concept.

Imagine a place where the dead rest on shelves like books.

Each body has a story to tell, a life seen in pictures only Librarians can read. The dead are called Histories, and the vast realm in which they rest is the Archive.

Da first brought Mackenzie Bishop here four years ago, when she was twelve years old, frightened but determined to prove herself. Now Da is dead, and Mac has grown into what he once was: a ruthless Keeper, tasked with stopping often violent Histories from waking up and getting out. Because of her job, she lies to the people she loves, and she knows fear for what it is: a useful tool for staying alive.

Being a Keeper isn’t just dangerous—it’s a constant reminder of those Mac has lost, Da’s death was hard enough, but now that her little brother is gone too, Mac starts to wonder about the boundary between living and dying, sleeping and waking. In the Archive, the dead must never be disturbed. And yet, someone is deliberately altering Histories, erasing essential chapters. Unless Mac can piece together what remains, the Archive itself may crumble and fall.

In this haunting, richly imagined novel, Victoria Schwab reveals the thin lines between past and present, love and pain, trust and deceit, unbearable loss and hard-won redemption.

Vervolgens The Stars never rise. Ik kocht deel 2 vorig jaar op YALC en ik had daarbij niet door dat het deel twee was. Dus toen ik hem pasgeleden wilde lezen, was ik een beetje in de war. Gelukkig had ik het boek niet mee onderweg, maar wilde ik hem thuis gaan lezen! Ik bestelde het eerste deel meteen, want het klinkt als een hele toffe serie.

Sixteen-year-old Nina Kane should be worrying about her immortal soul, but she’s too busy trying to actually survive. Her town’s population has been decimated by soul-consuming demons, and souls are in short supply. Watching over her younger sister, Mellie, and scraping together food and money are all that matters. The two of them are a family. They gave up on their deadbeat mom a long time ago.

When Nina discovers that Mellie is keeping a secret that threatens their very existence, she’ll do anything to protect her. Because in New Temperance, sins are prosecuted as crimes by the brutal Church and its army of black-robed exorcists. And Mellie’s sin has put her in serious trouble.

To keep them both alive, Nina will need to trust Finn, a fugitive with deep green eyes who has already saved her life once and who might just be an exorcist. But what kind of exorcist wears a hoodie?

Wanted by the Church and hunted by dark forces, Nina knows she can’t survive on her own. She needs Finn and his group of rogue friends just as much as they need her.

Tot slot bestelde ik Reign of Shadows. Ik heb al zo veel goeds over deze serie gehoord en de cover is echt ZO MOOI. De paperback is wel veel dunner dan ik had verwacht, maar ik kijk er wel erg naar uit om dit boek te gaan lezen.

Seventeen years ago, an eclipse cloaked the kingdom of Relhok in perpetual darkness. In the chaos, an evil chancellor murdered the king and queen and seized their throne. Luna, Relhok’s lost princess, has been hiding in a tower ever since. Luna’s survival depends on the world believing she is dead.

But that doesn’t stop Luna from wanting more. When she meets Fowler, a mysterious archer braving the woods outside her tower, Luna is drawn to him despite the risk. When the tower is attacked, Luna and Fowler escape together. But this world of darkness is more treacherous than Luna ever realized.

With every threat stacked against them, Luna and Fowler find solace in each other. But with secrets still unspoken between them, falling in love might be their most dangerous journey yet.

With lush writing and a star–crossed romance, Reign of Shadows is Sophie Jordan at her best.

Nadat de boeken begonnen binnen te druppelen, bestelde ik alweer meer boeken.. En ik had mezelf nog wel voorgenomen minder te gaan kopen en meer van mijn TBR weg te lezen (met uitzondering van YALC). Maar ik had er opeens zo veel behoefte aan. En sommige boeken zijn voor yalc… of om mijn TBR weg te kunnen lezen. #smoesjes. Er zijn dus nog meer boeken onderweg, maar daar schaam ik me niet voor.. Ik kan weer lekker lezen!

Heb jij al boeken van mijn haul gelezen? Waren ze tof?