Topaz Reign by Teresa Richards - Blog Tour/Giveaway

Topaz Reign

Author: Teresa Reign

Publisher: Evernight Teen

Published: Sept. 29, 2017

Paperback: 362 pages

ISBN13: 9781773394339

FTC FYI: I received a PDF copy from the author, all views and opinions expressed are my own.

Goodreads Summary

Fairy tales are simply tales, told and re-told, but changed over time.

It has been four months since Maggie learned the dark truth behind the tale of the Princess and the Pea and freed Princess Lindy from the cursed Emerald. Lindy is now back in the past where she belongs, queen of her tiny Scandinavian country, and Maggie is a fully reformed ex-stalker.

Except … she can’t stop doing internet searches on Lindy and her country.

One morning, Maggie wakes to find history turned on its head. Apparently, you can’t destroy a centuries-old curse without consequence. In order to prevent the changes in history from wiping out the present, Maggie resurrects her stalking gene and learns that fairy tales don’t stay dead for long. Or at all.

Back in 1623, Lindy is juggling a threat to her family, a handsome new guard she’s not supposed to have feelings for, and a cursed Topaz with ties to the tale of Thumbelina. When past and present collide, Lindy and Maggie are brought together again, and another of Andersen’s tales turns from twisted fiction to chilling fact. 

My Review

Topaz Reign is another great fairytale re-telling from Teresa Richards.  It was a really great adventure and a very fun, exciting read.  I really love these characters.  Lindy is so brave and strong, Maggie too.  As I mentioned in my review for Emerald Bound, this author writes teenagers very well.  I appreciated how real the girls were.  There were so many enjoyable twists and turns that I could not turn pages fast enough to see what was going to happen next.  I loved the mystery of the "pearl" and "topaz" that had impact on so many characters and how the author brought it all together was great. I really liked how the book was written, with the POV changes from Lindy and Maggie.  Chapters would end in such a way that I had to keep reading to see what would happen.

5 out of 5 stars.

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Emerald Bound by Teresa Richards

Emerald Bound

Author: Teresa Richards

Publisher: Evernight Teen

Published: Sept. 2015

ISBN: 9781772335248

Paperback: 312 pages

FTC FYI: I received a paperback copy from the author, all views and opinions expressed are my own.

Goodreads Summary

A princess, a pea, and a tower of mattresses. This is the sliver that survives of a story more nightmare than fairytale... Maggie Rhodes, high school junior and semi-reformed stalker, learns the tale's true roots after a spying attempt goes awry and her best friend Kate ends up as the victim of an ancient curse. At the center of the curse lies an enchanted emerald that has been residing quietly in a museum for the past fifty years. Admirers of the gem have no idea that it feeds on life. Or that it's found its next victim in Kate. Enter Lindy, a school acquaintance who knows more than she's letting on, and Garon, a handsome stranger claiming he knows how to help, and Maggie is left wondering who to trust and how to save her best friend before it's too late. If only Maggie knew her connection to the fairy tale was rooted far deeper than an endangered best friend. 

My Review

Emerald Bound was a very exciting adventure! I was immediately drawn into the story and I loved the fairytale twist.  Emerald Bound is very fast-paced and thrilling.  The author did a great job of keeping the pages turning quickly.  Maggie and Lindy were both great characters.  Maggie felt very real to me.  Impulsive (like any teenager) but also very passionate in her struggle to help her friends.  I enjoyed the POV changes between the Maggie and Lindy.  I also enjoyed the plot twists that also involved Maggie and Lindy and wow the climax was exciting and un-expected!  

4 out of 5 stars.  The second book, Topaz Reign, will be released very soon and I am looking forward to reading it!

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