This list just goes to prove that indie books can be just as incredible as traditionally-published ones because these are five of my favorite books/series ever. So you should definitely check them out. And since Indie August is right around the corner, it's the perfect time for you to pick them up!
Let's jump on in.
1. Live Without You - Sarah Grace Grzy
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Synopsis:
Piper Redding is a loner, but lonely. Everyone she loves has abandoned her and opening her heart to others is just asking for more pain. She can't help but blame herself for her brother's tragic death six years ago, and in her guilt, she shuts herself off from the world. No one could love her-not even the God who promised to be there for her but wasn't. For paramedic Ezra Bryant, failure is not an option. He's had enough of it, and only by God's grace is he able to put it behind him. But when a traumatic event brings Piper's greatest fear and Ezra's failures to light, can they use that event to allow God to mend their broken pieces? Can love triumph over fear, and grace over guilt?
This is an adorably feelzy contemporary romance and it's so //good//. I went on an emotional rollercoaster and I enjoyed every minute of it.
2. Blank Mastermind - Rosey Mucklestone
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Synopsis:
Amnesia is annoying. The poor hero has to find out everything about his wonderful life again and re-meet all the lovely people he knew before, then go to stop the villain.But what if the life that starts showing itself isn’t wonderful, the people aren’t lovely and the villain is… yourself?
This! book! is so! good!! If you're a super-hero fan, a super-villain fan, if you're just a fan of found families, banter, and ice cream, this one needs to be on your TBR.
3. Beyond Her Calling - Kellyn Roth
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Synopsis:
At twenty, Ivy Knight feels as if she hasn’t accomplished anything of worth. Her life stretches on before her, empty and pointless. Though her faith in God and her mental abilities have been strengthened, she still doubts herself. Does God have a purpose for a socially awkward, often confused and frightened young woman?
Jordy McAllen has just returned to Scotland after his education in London. Though he has accomplished a lot for a farm lad such as himself, he fears that what everyone has always said about him may be true: he won’t really make a good doctor. Determined to prove himself, Jordy snatches up the opportunity to become the doctor in the village of Keefmore near his parents’ farm.
Helping Jordy with his work at Keefmore seems like the perfect opportunity for Ivy. Still, she doubts herself. Is there a purpose to Ivy’s life?
No, I won't ever shut up about this series. xD
But seriously, if you read my review, you'll know how much I loved this book. I never write reviews that long, it's almost ridiculous.
And yes, I do want to re-read it very soon.
4. A Certain Sort of Madness - Nicki Chapelway
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Synopsis:
Alicia Hareton is crazy. But that’s nothing new. Her insanity is inherited from her mother, just like her magical abilities and her blood ties to the strange and alluring world of Amar. She’s spent her life on Earth and yet Amar has always called to her, an intoxicating melody that she cannot ignore. Returning to Amar would put her life in danger, but Alicia has never let such technicalities stop her before.
However, when her mother is captured due to her reckless actions, Alicia will do anything to rescue her. That includes trusting her grumpy, sarcastic imaginary friend, who claims he doesn’t know her and doesn’t seem that imaginary anymore. Or that trustworthy. Together, with the help of her cousin and a band of misfits, they partake in an extremely ill-advised heist on the faerie court in order to find a way to defeat the most powerful mage in all Amar, who also happens to be Alicia’s grandfather. But not everything in the faerie court is as it seems, and soon this unlikely group find themselves fighting for their lives as well as the lives of those they love.
In a world of madness and magic, the lines between lies and loyalty are blurred and sometimes the only option you have left is to let the insanity loose.
Do you want banter? Do you want magical other worlds? Do you want awesome fantasy heist stories? Well, my friend, this is the book for you. It's an Alice in Wonderland retelling that reads like no other Wonderland retelling I've ever read. I want to re-read this one too. *sigh*
5. The Blades of Acktar series - Tricia Mingerink
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(idk can you tell i'm obsessed? xD)
Synopsis:
Third Blade Leith Torren never questions his orders or his loyalty to King Respen until an arrow wound and a prairie blizzard drive him to the doorstep of the girls whose family he once destroyed.
Their forbidden faith and ties to the Resistance could devastate their family a second time.
Survival depends on obedience, but freedom beckons. How far does he dare go to resist the king and his Blades?
No matter what Leith chooses, one thing is certain.
Someone will die.
This series. *fangirls* I had heard all of my friends scream about it, but I hadn't read it until last November/December, when I binged the whole thing in a matter of two weeks. It's SO GOOD. The fight scenes alone are incredible, not to mention the characters, the ships, the world?? AH please read these books so we can flail about them together.
I thought this might be a fun time to truly nail down a TBR for myself for the readathon as well. I'm mostly going to mood-read, but here are five books that I'd like to try to get to during the week.
1. The Princess and I - Rebekah Eddy
2. Dandelion Dust - Faith Potts
3. Dawn Chandler - Eliza Noel
4. Illuminate - Sarah Addison-Fox
5. Beauty and the Beast - K.M. Shea
What do you think of my TBR? Are you participating in Indie August? What's on your TBR for the readathon? Let me know in the comments below!
~ Abby
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