Friday Finds is a weekly event hosted by
Should Be Reading. Each Friday (or sporadically as I'm doing), you write a new post about all the books that you've discovered during the week. They can be a new book that you discovered through a recommendation or a book that you ordered and are now ready to devour. It's all up to you and what you've found that you want to read.
I won't lie to you. I ordered a bunch of books recently, so I have quite a few books that I could share with you. Instead, I'm going to focus on a book giveaway that I won because the book wasn't really on my radar, even though I had it on my Goodreads TBR shelf.
I recently started following
Chick Lit Chickadees, and I saw that they were doing a giveaway for their one month anniversary. I love entering to win things. I really do, so I entered thinking that it would be cool to win. Well... I won their mystery book giveaway. I wouldn't know what the prize was until it got to my house and I could unwrap it. Can you imagine how much wondering I did? Let me tell you... it was a lot.
The book I won is called
Midnight Thief (Midnight Thief #1) by Livia Blackburne. I'm excited to read it, although it might be some time before I get around to it. It seems interesting, and I'm always willing to give fantasy a chance. I'll review it here to let everyone know what I think of it.
Synopsis (from Goodreads):
Growing up on Forge’s
streets has taught Kyra how to stretch a coin. And when that’s not
enough, her uncanny ability to scale walls and bypass guards helps her
take what she needs.
But when the leader of the Assassins Guild
offers Kyra a lucrative job, she hesitates. She knows how to get by on
her own, and she’s not sure she wants to play by his rules. But he’s
persistent—and darkly attractive—and Kyra can’t quite resist his pull.
Tristam
of Brancel is a young Palace knight on a mission. After his best friend
is brutally murdered by Demon Riders, a clan of vicious warriors who
ride bloodthirsty wildcats, Tristam vows to take them down. But as his
investigation deepens, he finds his efforts thwarted by a talented
thief, one who sneaks past Palace defenses with uncanny ease.
When
a fateful raid throws Kyra and Tristam together, the two enemies
realize that their best chance at survival—and vengeance—might be to
join forces. And as their loyalties are tested to the breaking point,
they learn a startling secret about Kyra’s past that threatens to
reshape both their lives.
In her arresting debut novel, Livia
Blackburne creates a captivating world where intrigue prowls around
every corner—and danger is a way of life.
