Review: Eight Will Fall

In a land where magic is outlawed, eight criminals led by seventeen-year-old Larkin are sent on a mission to kill an ancient evil that plagues their kingdom. Descending into an underground realm full of unspeakable horrors, Larkin and her party must use their forbidden magic to survive what lies in wait, teeth sharp and jaws deadly.

As she fights for her life, Larkin finds a light in Amias, a fellow outlaw with a notorious past. Soon Larkin and Amias realize their fates are entwined. The eight of them were chosen for a reason.

But as the dangers multiply and her band of felons are picked off one by one, Larkin must confront a terrible truth: They were never meant to return.

Review

I recieved this from fairyloot. I am not sure I would have picked it up otherwise, but I am glad I did. It was unlike anything else I have ever read. In a good way. I liked how the empaths could gather emotions and use them as magic, it’s a clever idea and was portrayed well.

The story was easy to follow and very entertaining. I honestly had no clue where we were being led, which is very unusual. I thought the characters were interesting and I liked hearing their stories.

Larkin was a great MC, she was often centre of the action which suited her charcter and I really enjoyed seeing things from her perspective.

Most of the story took places in one place (it was a big place , but still) since there was always something to discover it was very interesting.

I would highly recommend this book.

4 out of 5 stars

Fairyloot Yearlong Challenge 2020

So in November I received a reading Journey from Fairyloot. It’s the first time I have ever used anything like this som I thought I would give it a go. It has a yearlong challenge at the beginning, 25 book challenge, seems like it will be worth giving it a go. Here is the categories for the challenge, I will be saying if I think it will be easy or hard for me to do.

1. Read a book you recieved in a Fairyloot box- Easy
2. Read a book with colour sprayed edges. – Easy
3. Read an own voices book. – Not sure what that means, might be hard.
4. Read a book set in your state/country- Hard if I say Isle of Man, Easy if UK.
5. Read a re-telling. – Easy.
6. Read a book in a genre you don’t often read. – Easy
7. Read a debut novel. – Easy
8. Read a book you can finish in a day – Easy
9. Read a book with the most beautiful cover you own. – Hard to decide, easy to do.
10. Read a book that was published in 2020- Easy
11. Read a book set in Winter- I have a few ideas of books that might be so easy, possibly.
12. Read a book that was made into a show or movie- easy
13. Read a book with mythology inspired elements- I’ve been reading a few of these lately so hopefully easy.
14. Read a book written by a female author- easy
15. Read a book with an LGBTQ+ protanganist- easy
16. Read a book set out in the sea- hmm might be easy
17. Read a book that is over 500pages- easy
18. Reread a favourite- super easy
19. Read a book recommended by a friend- Easy, Gillian you are up!
20. Read a book that’s famous for it’s Villain. – Easy, Voldy you might get your glory.
21. Listen to an audiobook- Hard, I never listen to them, just not interested.
22. Read a goodreads award winner- fairly easy
23. Start a new series- easy
24. Read a stand alone- Easy
25. Read 25 books- if I can get off to a good start and read some exciting books then easy.

I love the sound of this, most of them should be easy and I have at least one book in mind that will fit the categories. The hard part I think will be deciding which ones to read.

Are you planning to do this or any other challenges this year? If so which ones?