Book Hype hosts Jen, Karen, and Brittany talk about our delayed August book club choice, Legacy of Kings.

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What we’re reading:
Dead Girls of Hysteria Hall by Katie Alender
The Year We Fell Down by Sarina Bowen
Shades of Doon by Carey Corp and Lorie Langdon
The Martian by Andy Weir
Once Upon a Time: Red’s Untold Tale by Wendy Toliver
The Lost Lord Series by Mary Jo Putney

Legacy of Kings Discussion:
Buy it or borrow it?
A good blend of history and fiction
The magical elements also fit into the historical setting rather than dominate the text
Three different types of magic: Snake Blood, Smoke Blood, and Earth Blood
The magic unfolds slowly as the narrative plays out
Does Alexander the Great make the book more or less appealing?
Kat and Jacob: your cute neighborhood crushes
Alex and Heph: your bromance
Cyn: the evil half-sister with an agenda (and awesome fighting skills)
We are working in a historical context, but Cyn does not let that really limit her ambitions
Zo: the far, far away arranged marriage partner for Alex with a soldier boyfriend (and baby daddy)
The storyline we didn’t need? Will we get more later?
The Lords of Aesarian: who are they?
The main goal is to rid the world of witchcraft and magic
Olympias, Alex’s mom, is trying to get back to her lover by resurrecting her dead baby?
Oh, but her baby isn’t dead. Alex’s twin sister is alive and she is…!!
Alex can see into people’s pasts, Kat can communicate with animals
They cannot figure out why they are drawn to one another
Heph: Good friend, or frustrating character?
Cyn knows what she wants and will get it, even with blood shed
What do we think of Cyn by the end of the story?
Kat and Heph, meant to be?
Oh, what about Jacob? Lord Jacob? Jacob Lord?
Will the gods come into play with dual blood magic beings? Are there dual blood beings?
Heph and Alex? Could they be a thing?

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