Assassin of Truths (Library Jumpers #3)
Brenda Drake
Synopsis:
The gateways linking the great libraries of
the world don’t require a library card, but they do harbor incredible dangers.
And it’s not your normal bump-in-the- night
kind. The threats Gia Kearns faces are the kind with sharp teeth and knifelike
claws. The kind that include an evil wizard hell-bent on taking her down.
Gia can end his devious plan, but only if
she recovers seven keys hidden throughout the world’s most beautiful libraries.
And then figures out exactly what to do with them.
The last thing she needs is a distraction
in the form of falling in love. But when an impossible evil is unleashed, love
might be the only thing left to help Gia save the world.
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Book Review: ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥❣
Assassin
of Truths was my favourite book in this series and the ending is so
perfect. I would recommend you start with book one. This series is for
the magic-loving wizard groupies. I love libraries. Just the smell of
old books drives me crazy, but what if there was more! Books that take
you on adventures literally. Gia is our heroine and she is always up for
a good fight. Quests, mythological creatures, romance and a prophecy
are just a few things this series offers.
In Assassin of truths everything comes to a head, but who will survive. Gia is focused on the great battle. She is on a quest to help save the world. It's going to be dangerous, but there is no stopping her. The library gateways are no longer safe, but Gia has worked out what she needs. Some rewards make the risk tempting. They are trying to kill Gia, but she has luck and friends on her side.
The love triangle between Gia, Arik
and Bastien will, at last, come to a head. With some swooning moments and lustful looks, Gia will choose her man.
This book has so much to offer. It's action packed with a slice of magical fantasy. 4.5 stars out of 5.*ARC as part of the chapter by Chapter blog Tour.
In Assassin of truths everything comes to a head, but who will survive. Gia is focused on the great battle. She is on a quest to help save the world. It's going to be dangerous, but there is no stopping her. The library gateways are no longer safe, but Gia has worked out what she needs. Some rewards make the risk tempting. They are trying to kill Gia, but she has luck and friends on her side.
The love triangle between Gia, Arik
and Bastien will, at last, come to a head. With some swooning moments and lustful looks, Gia will choose her man.
This book has so much to offer. It's action packed with a slice of magical fantasy. 4.5 stars out of 5.*ARC as part of the chapter by Chapter blog Tour.
excerpt:
I didn’t want to kill the girl, so I
hesitated to throw another globe at her. Squaring my shoulders, I got ready for
her attack. When the girl got close enough, I threw a kick to her gut and
slammed my fist against her jaw. She stumbled back against the frozen railing.
It broke free, and she fell over the side, landing on a table below. Her body
was half on and half off the table, her neck bent at an odd angle and the bones
underneath pushed against her skin.
Is
she dead?
A shimmery light left the girl’s body
and flew to me, smacking my chest. I took a step back, expecting to turn into a
human Popsicle, but nothing happened, only a chill that rushed across my skin
and quickly ended.
“You killed her,” Veronique yelled as she
stepped up on a chair and onto a table. She charged the length of it, heading
for me.
I dropped to my knees and flipped
through the pages of the gateway book. My heart galloped like a thousand
racehorses on steroids. I needed to escape.
Where
do I go? I can’t lead her to the others. I stopped
on the photograph of the Boston Athenæum. Home?
To Nana. Afton. No. Veronique knew where Nana Kearns lived. I couldn’t risk
going there. I tossed over more pages.
Just then, Veronique pulled herself up
onto the balcony and let loose another fire globe. The flames licked the air
and smoke trailed it like a comet. The fire grazed my cheek, pulling a sharp
gasp from my chest.
Her breaths were loud—panting. The sound
of a siren drew nearer. We’d have company soon.
A feral look on her face, Veronique
plucked a dagger from her shoulder sheath. A velvet bag, weighed down by
something heavy inside, was tied around her waist.
The other Chiavi? I had to get them. I
grasped the strap of my messenger bag.
“You can’t win, Gia. You’re weak.
Unskilled. A sniveling child.”
“I beat your ass, and I took care of
your friends.” Meaning the three Sentinels lying dead on the floor below us. I
forced my eyes to stay on hers, acting brave, though their deaths were like an
overweight barbell on my conscience.
Her step forward caused me to step back.
“That was dumb luck,” she said. “This will take skill.”
She ran for me. I drew my sword and
swung at her. She ducked, the blade barely missing her. Before I could get
another swing in, she tackled me, our bodies smacking into the bookcase, my
sword knocked from my hand.
A satisfied look crossed Veronique’s
face right before she stabbed my upper arm with her dagger, her blade cutting
across my cheek. A horrified scream rattled my throat. My knees buckled and
thudded against the floor.
“Shit!” The pain shocked me. I wanted to
roll into a ball on the floor, to have this end.
She’s
going to kill me. I’m going to die.
Fear gripped me.
Then anger.
Fight,
Gia! The voice in my head was strong and forceful.
It pushed me. Pushed me to my feet.
Pushed me to take action.
Hardcover £13.99 or £9.53
Assassin of Truths (Library Jumpers #3)
By Brenda Drake
Publication Date: February 6, 2018
Publisher: Entangled Teen
Thief of Lies (Library Jumpers #1)
Gia Kearns would rather
fight with boys than kiss them. That is, until Arik, a leather clad
hottie in the Boston Athenaeum, suddenly disappears. While examining the
book of world libraries he abandoned, Gia unwittingly speaks the key
that sucks her and her friends into a photograph and transports them
into a Paris library, where Arik and his Sentinels—magical knights
charged with protecting humans from the creatures traveling across the
gateway books—rescue them from a demonic hound.
Jumping into some
of the world's most beautiful libraries would be a dream come true for
Gia, if she weren’t busy resisting her heart or dodging an exiled wizard
seeking revenge on both the Mystik and human worlds. Add a French flirt
obsessed with Arik and a fling with a young wizard, and Gia must choose
between her heart and her head, between Arik's world and her own,
before both are destroyed.
Guardian of Secrets (Library Jumpers #2)
Saving him could end her world.Being a Sentinel isn’t all fairytales and secret gardens.
Sure, jumping through books into the world’s most beautiful libraries to protect humans from mystical creatures is awesome. No one knows that better than Gia Kearns, but she could do without the part where people are always trying to kill her. Oh, and the fact that Pop and her had to move away from her friends and life as she knew it.
And if that isn’t enough, her boyfriend, Arik, is acting strangely. Like, maybe she should be calling him “ex,” since he’s so into another girl. But she doesn’t have time to be mad or even jealous, because someone has to save the world from the upcoming apocalypse, and it looks like that’s going to be Gia.
Maybe. If she survives.
Goodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/series/157370
Brenda Drake grew up the youngest of three
children, an Air Force brat, and the continual new kid at school. Her fondest
memories growing up is of her eccentric, Irish grandmother's animated tales,
which gave her a strong love for storytelling. With kids of all ages populating
Brenda's world, it was only fitting that she would choose to write stories with
a bend toward the fantastical for both younger readers and the young at heart.
And because she married her prince charming, there's always a romance warming
the pages. Her favorite books are The Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson Burnett,
The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe by C.S. Lewis, Kings Row by Henry
Bellamann, and Anna and the French Kiss by Stephanie Perkins. When she's not
writing, she hosts workshops and contests for writers such as Pitch Wars and
Pitch Madness on her blog, and holds Twitter pitch parties on the hashtag,
#PitMad. In her free time, Brenda enjoys hanging out with her family, haunting
libraries, bookstores, and coffee shops, or just reading someplace quiet and
not at all exotic (much to her disappointment).
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