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Blade of Secrets
Blade of Secrets | Tricia Levenseller
In Blade of Secrets, the first book in Tricia Levenseller's exciting new YA fantasy duology, a teenage blacksmith with social anxiety is forced to go on the run to protect the world from the most powerful magical sword she's ever made. Eighteen-year-old Ziva prefers metal to people. She spends her days tucked away in her forge, safe from society and the anxiety it causes her, using her magical gift to craft unique weapons imbued with power. Then Ziva receives a commission from a powerful warlord, and the result is a sword capable of stealing its victims secrets. A sword that can cut far deeper than the length of its blade. A sword with the strength to topple kingdoms. When Ziva learns of the warlord's intentions to use the weapon to enslave all the world under her rule, she takes her sister and flees. Four companions--a blacksmith, a mercenary, a scholar, and an aspiring warrior--set out on a quest to keep the sword safe until they can find a worthy wielder or a way to destroy it entirely.
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TLuvs I really enjoyed the FMC, she was different then the average, with overwhelming anxiety. But TL played beautifully to the cast of characters and set a steadily progressing plot. Considering this is a first in a series, it didn't feel like a "set-up" book, it could have been a stand alone were it not for the very end. I'm definitely going to read the next book to see where this story goes! 8mo
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1. Went over it

2. Yes

#two4tuesday @TheSpineView

TheSpineView Still working on my goal. Good job! 2y
RavenclawPrincess913 @TheSpineView thanks I'm pregnant and she loves being read to or when I play audiobooks on my belly so it's got me to listen to way more 😂 2y
TheSpineView @RavenclawPrincess913 A reader in the making! 2y
RavenclawPrincess913 @TheSpineView yes I've gotten her so many so far 2y
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RavenclawPrincess913
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1. Magic or whatever fallen angels power would be

2. For magic Blade of Secrets Tricia Levenseller. For Fallen Angels Fallen by Lauren Kate

@TheSpineView #two4tuesday

TheSpineView ❤️😇📖📚 2y
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behudd
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⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️💫
Levenseller is always a hit for me! She writes fast paced, fun fantasy stories, and I‘m always instantly swept up in them.
This story features two sisters, two love interests, a life-or-death quest, and so many twists & turns - what‘s not to love?
Looking forward to jumping into book 2 soon!

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“I prefer metal to people, which is why the forge is my safe space.”

#FirstLineFridays
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ShyBookOwl This definitely makes me want to know more about her 2y
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Blade of Secrets - Tricia Levenseller
Blood & Honey - Shelby Mahurin
Brisingr - Christopher Paolini

#AlphabetGame #LetterB @Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks

Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks Thank you for playing!! 2y
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behudd
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August #bookspin list!
Excuse the awful editing - I decided I didn‘t actually want to read the one I‘d listed first 😂🤦🏻‍♀️
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TheAromaofBooks Woohoo!!! Love all the family times in your background!! 2y
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"You think saying a few nice words to me earns you a kiss? That's not how it works."

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"Is not nearly as hurt as your pride, else you would be at a healers and not here."

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Favorite book read this year?

For me either Blade of Secrets by Tricia Levenseller or Matched by Ally Condie

RamsFan1963 Either Atlas of the Heart by Brene Brown or Embers of War by Gareth L. Powell 2y
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This is 100% true and many people need to learn to understand this. He goes on to have a fit but his parents end up believing her. She also meets Warlord Kymora Avedin during this time. She can't be trusted and I also found it funny Ansel didn't get his way.

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By far, my favorite aspect of this novel was the way in which Levenseller portrayed Ziva‘s social anxiety. Mainly for that reason, Ziva was my favorite character because she was so relatable. Similarly, I also appreciated the way the other characters in the novel treated Ziva‘s anxiety. Everything else about the novel was wonderful too! The romance was perfect and the plot flowed, as always!

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One of the best books I read last year!

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Jenniebooks Hi. Would you happen to know what a cert is? It is mentioned in the order of the Phoenix. 2y
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This book and it's cover were both amazing. Thank you to Bookishfirst for sending me a copy of it to review.

The book starts off as Ziva a magical bladesmoth dealing with a Karen customer who hurt himself on his blade.

Quote: "It's not nearly as hurt as your pride else you would be at a healers and not here." Page 5. I agree this is very true and he is acting like a two year old which I found hilarious.

RavenclawPrincess913 Quote: "How can a man who injures himself with his own weapon be dangerous?" Page 7. This had me laughing.

Than the story went on to Ziva meeting Petrik who specializes in ancient magic and wants her help writing the book he's working on. He's an important character in this book so pay attention. I didn't trust him at first he gave bad vibes but in the end he was on Zivas side.

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RavenclawPrincess913 Quote: "This mace steals the breathe of surrounding enemies! It can kill without even touching an opponent, and yet it sits above the mantel as though it were a-a-decoration!" I agree I would have been mad to putting a good magical weapon to no use. Can just use a normal non-magicked mace for a decoration. 2y
RavenclawPrincess913 Ansel goes to try to kiss her and doesn't understand no means no. Quote: "You think saying a few nice words to me earns you a kiss? That's not how it works." This is 100% true and many people need to learn to understand this. He goes on to have a fit but his parents end up believing her. She also meets Warlord Kymora Avedin during this time. She can't be trusted and I also found it funny Ansel didn't get his way.

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RavenclawPrincess913 When Ziva is making the sword for Kymora she sees Kellyn who is important in this story for the first time. The swords magic is made from her feelings for him and her telling it all her secrets. Which was amazing I loved it that part was intense. When showing Kymora it cuts Kymora and Ziva finds out she can hear the victims secrets when it cuts them.

Two of Kymoras secrets are:

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RavenclawPrincess913 Quote "This weapon will make me unbeatable in combat." Which can be a good thing if your a good guy she's not.

Quote "I will crush Ghadra's pathetic rulers and reunite the regions under one rule once more: my own. The people will be enslaved to my will. The royal family will all bow before me. Right before I remove their heads." This is where I couldn't put it down. For the safety of her country and sister they decided to run. now.
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RavenclawPrincess913 Their journey was fun and interesting. I loved it. Ziva and Kellyn fall for each other and she finally opens up about her anxiety which I can relate to. I loved this story and can't wait to read the next one. It has an amazing but sad cliffhanger ending.

P.S. It's on my favorites shelf now.
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52% way through 100% reccomend was hard putting it down to sleep but can't pull an all nighter being pregnant anymore 😂

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RavenclawPrincess913
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This books tooooo good definitely read it. Only on page 58 and omg it's probably going on my favorites shelf after.

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"I prefer metal to people, which is why the forge is my safe space."

Loving this book, the main character takes introverted to a new level and is an excellent character.

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This was a great adventure loved the storyline…. Can you tell I haven‘t been sleeping lately 🤪📖 so this is what I do 🤨📖

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Tricia Levenseller is a queen of witty banter. Many of the snappy comebacks between characters make me laugh out loud. That said, this was not my favorite of her books. It was good, but something felt a little off to me, and it ends very abruptly. Looks like the sequel comes out later this year.

Besides the banter, I enjoyed the sisters‘ relationship, and it was good to see anxiety portrayed too.

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I have so many unread books on my shelves that are series starters. Many of them are getting sequels this year and rather than adding yet another book to my TBR shelf, I'm going to try to read what I have and decide if I actually WANT to continue the series.

I have a terrible completeness issue where I feel obligated to own every book in a series, even when I didn't particularly enjoy them. I'm running out of shelf space, so it needs to stop. 🤞

Branwen I do the same thing! 2y
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BookmarkTavern
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When a smith mage creates a sword powered by secrets, she has to decide what she‘ll sacrifice to keep it from a dangerous warlord.

This was a fun read! I adore the magic-working-with-trade idea (Tamora Pierce‘s Emelan books), so I loved watching Ziva work her magic with her smithing. I liked how the romance was a bit of a slow burn. & I loved the sisters‘ relationship!

The ending felt too sequel bait-y to be really satisfying for me. 🌕🌕🌕🌗🌑

BookmarkTavern Thank you #LMPBC #Round12 #GroupL for some truly enjoyable reads! 2y
kellyann28 Haha yeah that ending was set up a bit too nicely 😂 2y
BookmarkTavern @kellyann28 I forgot to grab a picture, but this is in the mail for you now! Should be there by Tuesday! 2y
kellyann28 Thank you! No worries! 2y
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I am loving this cute new patio furniture set. And I‘ll enjoy it for the two days before it‘s supposed to snow on Monday. 🚫❄️🚫

LiteraryinLawrence Snow?? Wow! What part of the world do you live in? 2y
BookmarkTavern @LiteraryinLawrence The Salt Lake Valley in Utah! The valley is supposed to get between 0 and 2 inches, but the mountains are going to get maybe 6! I‘m not ready! 😭 2y
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It is overcast and windy and lovely outside. So it‘s time to sit down with a blanket and some hot chocolate and start on the last #LMPBC #GroupL book for this round. 🧡

slategreyskies I love your mug! 🎃 2y
kellyann28 That sounds lovely! 2y
kenareads I love your mug! 2y
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BookmarkTavern
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I totally kept spacing on checking my mail for the last couple of days! It‘s here! And it looks so pretty! #LMPBC #GroupL @kellyann28 @Endowarrior21 @BookishBelle

kellyann28 Enjoy! This has been a fun round 2y
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This book was really good. It was a little too YA in some places but the story moved along and kept me interested. This was my #lmpbc book for this month.

@ozma.of.oz I mailed this book to you today. It should get there next Thursday. I totally forgot to take a picture of it before I mailed it off so I included a picture of the flower arrangement I did for church this past Sunday. I was going for ‘summer into fall‘. 😁

kellyann28 I agree with you! 3y
BookmarkTavern I‘m looking forward to getting it! And lovely flowers! 3y
BookishBelle Thanks! @ozma.of.oz 3y
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Endowarrior21
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@BookishBelle this on its way to you I sent it out this morning. #LMPBC #GroupL #round12 @ozma.of.oz @kellyann28

BookmarkTavern 👍🏻👍🏻 Wonderful! 3y
BookishBelle Yay!! I‘m looking forward to reading it! 🎉 3y
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I truly loved this book beginning to end and I can't wait for book 2 to come out. This was the first book I read by this author even though I own all the rest of her books lol but I am now excited to read her others. #LMPBC #round12 #groupl @ozma.of.oz @BookishBelle @kellyann28

kellyann28 Yay! I'm glad you liked it! 3y
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@kellyann28 it arrived safely and I can't wait to read it. #LMPBC #round12 #GroupL

kellyann28 Yay! Glad it got there! 💜 3y
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🔥I finished! I liked this one and the use of magic in this book was pretty neat, I thought! I will be mailing this out tomorrow to the next recipient! 🔥
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BookishBelle Yay!! Can‘t wait to read it! 3y
Endowarrior21 Yay I am almost done with mine and Truth be told I completely forgot to mark all but the first few pages lol it's that good lol. 3y
kellyann28 @Endowarrior21 That's a good sign though! 😍 3y
BookmarkTavern Great! I should be finishing mine next week! 👍🏻 3y
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kellyann28
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Starting this one today for #LMPBC !

@ozma.of.oz @Endowarrior21 @BookishBelle 🔥

BookmarkTavern Yay! I‘m starting mine tomorrow! ❤️ 3y
Klou This cover 😍😍😍 3y
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Starting one of the group reads for July in the TBR & Beyond group. I am yet to be disappointed by a Tricia Levenseller book!

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Thanks for the tag @DarkMina

1. Admittedly sometimes I do flick to the last few pages when reading books with love triangles so I don't get disappointed if my ship doesn't sail🤭

2. I definitely learned that social anxiety can be dealt with and overcome, and that some social situations aren't always so scary.

#Two4Tuesday

I don't know many people on here, but if you see this consider yourself tagged!

ShelleyBooksie Social anxiety is brutal!!! 3y
TheSpineView Thanks for playing and happy Tuesday! 😊 3y
DarkMina You‘re welcome! 3y
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Tricia Levenseller has done it again, and written an absolutely brilliant book! I loved the plot, and the massive plot twists at the end that were so unexpected, I liked the world building and magic system. Ziva was a superb MC, her crippling social anxiety was written so well abs portrayed perfectly, her journey dealing with it was so inspirational. The sisterly bond was so sweet and loving, and I loved the double romance. Ends on a cliffhanger..

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"Even at my worst, I can be strong"

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Rating: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
The world building was done great. I can‘t wait to explore more of the world. The romance was great. I liked how Ziva had social anxiety. I did want to yell at her at times. The friendship and sisterhood were really good.
#bookstagram #bibliophile #litsy #littens #bookreview #review #kindle #kindleoasis

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I love this dedication 😍😂

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This new release from Tricia Levenseller is my third book from her works. If you're looking for an epic quick read, check this out 📖👓🗡⚔

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Updated cover reveal! New Tricia Levenseller stacked. 📚 Releases May 2021. If you haven't read The Daughter of the Pirate King duology, check it out!

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