We’re almost at the point of my Goodreads where the books get very random, there is a sprinkling of this in this post, but it’s going to get worse. I went through a phase of adding books because of their covers and that will be apparent in the next few posts.
The Thousandth Floor by Katharine McGee
I really love the concept of this book and I’m interested in seeing how good a dystopian novel from Katharine McGee is. I loved the American Royals books, well the two that are available in the UK, why don’t we have access to the third book? It’s so weird. Anyway, I’m very interested to see I want to see what her other books are like.
Also, I own this book on my Kindle and because it doesn’t take up any physical space I am more willing to keep it, even if I don’t read it any time soon.
Verdict: Keep
Synopsis: Welcome to Manhattan, 2118.
A hundred years in the future, New York is a city of innovation and dreams. But people never change: everyone here wants something…and everyone has something to lose.
Leda Cole’s flawless exterior belies a secret addiction—to a drug she never should have tried and a boy she never should have touched.
Eris Dodd-Radson’s beautiful, carefree life falls to pieces when a heartbreaking betrayal tears her family apart.
Rylin Myers’s job on one of the highest floors sweeps her into a world—and a romance—she never imagined…but will her new life cost Rylin her old one?
Watt Bakradi is a tech genius with a secret: he knows everything about everyone. But when he’s hired to spy by an upper-floor girl, he finds himself caught up in a complicated web of lies.
And living above everyone else on the thousandth floor is Avery Fuller, the girl genetically designed to be perfect. The girl who seems to have it all—yet is tormented by the one thing she can never have.
Amid breathtaking advancement and high-tech luxury, five teenagers struggle to find their place at the top of the world. But when you’re this high up, there’s nowhere to go but down…
The Crown’s Game by Evelyn Skye
I won’t lie to you…I have no idea what this book is or who it was written by. I’m guessing it’s one I added based on the cover, but I couldn’t tell you for sure. The cover is really cool, but unfortunately, that isn’t enough of a reason to keep it. My to be read is hundreds and hundreds of books long, and that’s just the ones I actually own, so I don’t currently have time to even consider new reads.
Verdict: Remove
Synopsis: Vika Andreyeva can summon the snow and turn ash into gold. Nikolai Karimov can see through walls and conjure bridges out of thin air. They are enchanters—the only two in Russia—and with the Ottoman Empire and the Kazakhs threatening, the tsar needs a powerful enchanter by his side.
And so he initiates the Crown’s Game, an ancient duel of magical skill—the greatest test an enchanter will ever know. The victor becomes the Imperial Enchanter and the tsar’s most respected adviser. The defeated is sentenced to death.
Raised on tiny Ovchinin Island her whole life, Vika is eager for the chance to show off her talent in the grand capital of Saint Petersburg. But can she kill another enchanter—even when his magic calls to her like nothing else ever has?
For Nikolai, an orphan, the Crown’s Game is the chance of a lifetime. But his deadly opponent is a force to be reckoned with—beautiful, whip-smart, imaginative—and he can’t stop thinking about her.
And when Pasha, Nikolai’s best friend and heir to the throne, also starts to fall for the mysterious enchantress, Nikolai must defeat the girl they both love…or be killed himself.
As long-buried secrets emerge, threatening the future of the empire, it becomes dangerously clear—the Crown’s Game is not one to lose.
A Shadow Bright and Burning by Jessica Cluess
As with the book above, I also do not remember adding this book to my Goodreads. I have no recollection of ever seeing this cover and the title is not familiar to me at all. Also, the synopsis sounds like a book from 2010, not 2016. I’m trying to think how old I was in 2016 and I’m realising this is probably not even something I would have read back then.
This could potentially be a very good book, but I have no desire to read it. So I will be removing it.
Verdict: Remove
Synopsis: I am Henrietta Howel. The first female sorcerer. The prophesied one. Or am I?
Henrietta Howel can burst into flames. When she is brought to London to train with Her Majesty’s sorcerers, she meets her fellow sorcerer trainees, young men eager to test her powers and her heart. One will challenge her. One will fight for her. One will betray her. As Henrietta discovers the secrets hiding behind the glamour of sorcerer life, she begins to doubt that she’s the true prophesied one. With battle looming, how much will she risk to save the city–and the one she loves?
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