I can't help it. Juliet Marillier has a new book coming out and I start experiencing all the feelings. The fact that this one is the first in a brand new adult fantasy series just ratchets it all up. I've read and enjoyed her YA offerings, but I discovered her through Daughter of the Forest, and so at heart (for me) it will always be about her beautiful adult fantasy novels. I love this cover so because it reminds me of Trina Schart Hyman's work, which I adore. Due out November 4th, Dreamer's Pool is the first in the Blackthorn & Grim series. Set in medieval Ireland, it follows two main characters who Marillier describes as "older, more flawed protagonists." Good heavens, bring it to me now.
Somehow the end of the year is here. And we're all here. And I still feel like placing this post in this space. So I shall. With gratitude and a certain wistful hope. For us all. But especially for these books, the people that walk them, their words, and their creators. (listed in the order in which I read them) Hook, Line, and Sinker by Tessa Bailey The Perfect Crimes of Marian Hayes by Cat Sebastian You Were Made to Be Mine by Julie Anne Long Impossible by Sarah Lotz Book Lovers by Emily Henry Nettle & Bone by T. Kingfisher The Bodyguard by Katherine Center The Worst Guy by Kate Canterbary Fire Season by K.D. Casey Husband Material by Alexis Hall Love in the Time of Serial Killers by Alicia Thompson Heartbreaker by Sarah MacLean Love on the Brain by Ali Hazelwood Lore Olympus, Vol. 3 by Rachel Smythe Greywaren by Maggie Stiefvater The Unselected Journals of Emma M. Lion, Vol. 6 by Beth Brower Daniel Cabot Puts Down Roots by Cat Sebastian Scattered Showers
That cover is gorgeous! I seem to have a soft spot for flowing tendrils of hair and this has that.
ReplyDeleteLol. I have the same weakness. And this one just seems to fit her style of story so well.
ReplyDeleteCannot. Wait.
ReplyDeleteSuch a beautiful cover! I wonder who the cover artist is.
What's this?! I had no clue. Thank you for pulling me out of that not-knowing state. (But now the agony of waiting.)
ReplyDeletei can't wait for this one. Cannot. Wait.
ReplyDeleteSo do I! I'd love to see more of her/his work.
ReplyDeleteYou're welcome. And I'm sorry. ;)
ReplyDeleteMe, too! Back to Ireland but wholly unrelated to her other series. I love the sound of these two characters.
ReplyDeleteI think I might want to live inside that cover because . . . wow.
ReplyDeleteHow long of a paper chain do I have to make for November?
Right? Lol. Let's string one up at work!
ReplyDeleteIt comes out on the same day as the new Sharon Shinn book (the third of that shapeshifter series). Too much goodness in one day!! Let's hope nothing stressful will happen during that week.
ReplyDeleteAhh. Those two have been on the same release cycle for some time now and it is like all the presents wrapped into one heady day. Cannot wait.
ReplyDeleteI haven't read that yet! Let me know what you think of it.
ReplyDeleteI have a good feeling about this one. I just do.