Blade of Secrets

"This is EASILY my favorite Tricia Levenseller book. I'm a sucker for personal journeys and sibling bonds. The romance was absolutely adorable, and everything just felt really natural. That could have been because of Emily Ellet's fantastic narration, though... Anyway, this was a quick and very enjoyable YA fantasy. I'm really looking forward to the next one!"

"Loved!! It was a quick read and a great one to start the new year!"

"YA fantasy with a gripping mystery, adventure and a dash of romance...with the best first kiss scene i have ever read ! 😊 Loaded with action page turner. Can't wait to get my hands on the second book !! 🧡💚💛"

"The plot is cool! The writing itself feels like I'm reading fanfiction a teenager wrote. "

"Love the Story the Characters and just the Adventure throughout the book and the Magic of the Weapons she Forges"

"Beautifully written characters and an amazing plot! I honestly couldn't put the book down!"

"It’s not talked about enough"

"it had really good magic and romance I truly love this author "

"I absolutely LOVED this book! Ziva is such a relatable character. It’s heartening to see her going through the same kind of mental battles with anxiety that I have in my everyday life, and how she uses her support system to work through it. Kellyn is everything and I love him to pieces! Officially going on my favorite book boyfriends shelf"

"I loved this book and this story. I've always liked Tricia Levenseller and her writing, but this one, this was one of the best, maybe the best of her work yet that I've read. I cannot wait to read the rest of this story! I love, love, LOVE this story, and Ziva, she's one of my favorites and she and Kellyn are so great together - definite swoon-worthy romance in this book.<br/>This is quite an original and unique story that I love! I love how Ziva has social anxiety in this story - I mean I don't wish anxiety/social anxiety on anyone - I know what anxiety's like and it's not fun. While I haven't known or experienced much about social anxiety, I believe this is an accurate depiction of what it might be like for someone with social anxiety - some of what is described that Ziva deals with is the same that I deal with except that I don't have as much of the issues with the social aspect. I can so relate to Ziva and I love having this represented in a character in an awesome fantasy story.<br/>Ziva and her sister live together alone since their parents have died running a blacksmith shop with Ziva as the smithy with magical powers and her sister runs the front desk, dealing with the people and everything while Ziva makes the weapons and imbues them with her magic. One day Ziva has a warlord that commissions a weapon from her and what she ends up making is a terrible weapon with powers from her secrets being poured into it. After Ziva realizes what the weapon does and what the warlord wants, she and her sister head out to escape the warlord. Ziva and her sister are accompanied by Kellyn, the mercenary, and Patrick, the scholar, and on their journey, they get to know themselves and each other as they form friendships and relationships. I laughed, I cried and it was an emotional rollercoaster ride that left me with all the feelings and a book hangover. <br/>If you haven't had a chance to check this out, then hurry and go get it and read it now! Thanks so much to NetGalley and Macmillan Children's Publishing Group - Feiwel & Friends for letting me read and review this fabulous book. All opinions and thoughts are my own."