Review: Death Sworn by Leah Cypess

Publication Date: March 4th 2014
Publisher: Greenwillow
Pages: 352
Series: Death Sworn Duology #1

Source: Purchased

Rating:
 ★★★★

When Ileni lost her magic, she lost everything: her place in society, her purpose in life, and the man she had expected to spend her life with. So when the Elders sent her to be magic tutor to a secret sect of assassins, she went willingly, even though the last two tutors had died under mysterious circumstances.

But beneath the assassins’ caves, Ileni will discover a new place and a new purpose… and a new and dangerous love. She will struggle to keep her lost magic a secret while teaching it to her deadly students, and to find out what happened to the two tutors who preceded her. But what she discovers will change not only her future, but the future of her people, the assassins… and possibly the entire world.

Review: The Kiss of Deception by Mary E. Pearson

Publication Date: July 15th 2014
Publisher: Henry Holt
Pages: 492
Series: The Remnant Chronicles #1

Source: e-ARC (NetGalley)

Rating:
 ★★★★

In this timeless new trilogy about love and sacrifice, a princess must find her place in a reborn world.

In a society steeped in tradition, Princess Lia’s life follows a preordained course. As First Daughter, she is expected to have the revered gift of sight—but she doesn’t—and she knows her parents are perpetrating a sham when they arrange her marriage to secure an alliance with a neighboring kingdom—to a prince she has never met.

On the morning of her wedding, Lia flees to a distant village. She settles into a new life, hopeful when two mysterious and handsome strangers arrive—and unaware that one is the jilted prince and the other an assasin sent to kill her. Deception abounds, and Lia finds herself on the brink of unlocking perilous secrets—even as she finds herself falling in love.

Hi everyone, I read this book a while back. I don't remember when exactly I read this, in May or April. I just know that I read it as soon as I got approved on netgalley. Then I realized that this book is released in July so I didn't post the review till now. Anyway if you want to know why this book is a hit for me then continue reading =)