Third Time's the Charm
What's this book about?
As the third son of the third son, Niamh Nestor is supposed to get a fae power on his sixteenth birthday. Instead he gets sentenced to a reform school for magically inclined youth, for committing a minor offence. At Carpathian Keep, he discovers a miserable world. The heads of the institution are sadistic, the teachers are cruel, the charges are mean and what is the painful sensation he feels on his neck in the evening?
The Keep hides deadly secrets, and Niamh must figure them out and escape before he and the few friends he makes bite the dust.
My review of the book
I had the privilege of beta reading this novel and I enjoyed it a lot.
The world-building is fantastic, the characters are funny and diverse, and the magic system is very creative.
If you are looking for a fantasy novel following an ordinary person being pushed into an impossible situation and coming out the other side an extraordinary person, then I can highly recommend you read about how Niamh and his friends uncover the secrets of Carpathian Keep.
Hounded
What's this book about?
Bailey Lotter is the black sheep of Leigh, or so say the townsfolk.
Each year, the day before his birthday, himself and three other randomly selected people have to partake in a gruesome act to prevent a curse from striking the farming community he lives in.
On the eve of his 21st, Bailey has had enough of the superstitious lot. But when he fails to go through with the ritual, an unimaginable terror does indeed menace the population. It’s up to Bailey and his friends to banish the threat that stalks the streets in the night, before they hang for their folly.
My review of this book
I had the privilege of beta reading of both Hounded and its predecessor Third Time’s The Charm and I absolutely loved the world of Ura.
Once again Gio Peters amazed me with his fantastic world building, diverse and funny characters and even more in-depth exploration of Ura’s magic system.
Follow Bailey and his band of misfits as they are thrown into an unfair situation, but through their wit, determination, strength, and a bit of magic manage to overcome their hardship and find friendship and love.
In Everything but Beauty
What's this book about?
Ambrose Anderson, moon witch, is very beautiful, and well aware of it. His good looks catch the attention of Richard Alexanderson, an enigmatic artist who wishes to capture Ambrose’s beauty in the form of paintings. What starts out as a mere game, develops into a more fatal attraction which Ambrose needs to extricate himself from, before the artworks colour him dead.
My review of this book
As with the first two books in the Kingdom of Ura series, I very much enjoyed reading In Everything but Beauty.
Gio Peters amazed me for a third time with his impeccable worldbuilding skills by taking the story of Dorian Gray, putting his own unique spin on it and framing it neatly to fit within the magical world of Ura.
Ambrose Anderson is a funny, good looking but rather self-absorbed moon witch, whose life is turned upside down when he encounters a wizard artist named Richard Alexanderson. With an interesting and diverse cast of characters by his side, Ambrose learns to let go of his selfish ways and allow himself to care for others. And alert readers of the Kingdom of Ura series will be delighted to encounter familiar names.
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