WWW Wednesday is hosted by Sam on Taking on a World of Words. Anyone can participate by answering the three questions below and then posting a link to your post from your blog on Sam’s website, or just answer the questions on her post if you do not have a blog.

The three questions (Ws) are:

1.) What are you currently reading?
2.) What did you recently finish reading?
3.) What do you think you’ll read next?

So without any further ado, let’s get on with it, shall we?

Heart of Mist by Helen Scheuerer (The Oremere Chronicles #1)

I’m actually listening to Heart of Mist on audiobook which is narrated by Angèle Masters.  I’m currently on about 15%? I think? So far, it’s quite intriguing. The beginning was quite fast and a bit confusing but once the pace slowed down, the story became a lot clearer, and I’m really excited to see where the story takes me. I’m also very excited to see the development of the magic system because it sounds quite interesting at the moment, so I’m looking forward to seeing how that’s explained a bit more.

In a realm where toxic mist sweeps the lands and magic is forbidden, all Bleak wants is a cure for her power.

Still grieving the death of her guardian and dangerously self-medicating with alcohol, Bleak is snatched from her home by the Commander of the King’s Army, and summoned to the capital.

But the king isn’t the only one interested in Bleak’s powers.

The leader of an infamous society of warriors, the Valia Kindred, lays claim to her as well, and Bleak finds herself in the middle of a much bigger battle than she anticipated.

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Wicked Like a Wildfire by Lana Popović (Hibiscus Daughter #1)

I’m only on page 25 of this, I think I’m just starting chapter 3? I don’t really know what to think of this at the moment. There’s a lot of purple prose, and I’m not really connecting with the characters or the magic system, but like I said, I’m only 25 pages in. I’m actually contemplating getting this on audiobook, as I’m hoping it might make the reading experience more enjoyable? But I’m not sure…

All the women in Iris and Malina’s family have the unique magical ability or “gleam” to manipulate beauty. Iris sees flowers as fractals and turns her kaleidoscope visions into glasswork, while Malina interprets moods as music. But their mother has strict rules to keep their gifts a secret, even in their secluded sea-side town. Iris and Malina are not allowed to share their magic with anyone, and above all, they are forbidden from falling in love.

But when their mother is mysteriously attacked, the sisters will have to unearth the truth behind the quiet lives their mother has built for them. They will discover a wicked curse that haunts their family line—but will they find that the very magic that bonds them together is destined to tear them apart forever?

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European Travel for the Monstrous Gentlewoman by Theodora Goss (The Extraordinary Adventures of the Athena Club #2)

I absolutely loved this book. This series keeps getting better and better and I am so excited to read the third book (the second book was left on such a cliffhanger!) I am in love with all of the characters, and even the side characters, and ugggghhhh… I just love this so much, and I definitely think that more people should read it because it’s just fantastic.

Mary Jekyll’s life has been peaceful since she helped Sherlock Holmes and Dr Watson solve the Whitechapel Murders. Beatrice Rappaccini, Catherine Moreau, Justine Frankenstein, and Mary’s sister Diana Hyde have settled into the Jekyll household in London, and although they sometimes quarrel, the members of the Athena Club get along as well as any five young women with very different personalities. At least they can always rely on Mrs Poole.

But when Mary receives a telegram that Lucinda Van Helsing has been kidnapped, the Athena Club must travel to the Austro-Hungarian Empire to rescue yet another young woman who has been subjected to horrific experimentation. Where is Lucinda, and what has Professor Van Helsing been doing to his daughter? Can Mary, Diana, Beatrice, and Justine reach her in time?

Racing against the clock to save Lucinda from certain doom, the Athena Club embarks on a madcap journey across Europe. From Paris to Vienna to Budapest, Mary and her friends must make new allies, face old enemies, and finally confront the fearsome, secretive Alchemical Society. It’s time for these monstrous gentlewomen to overcome the past and create their own destinies.

Read my review of The Strange Case of the Alchemist’s Daugher (#1)

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I genuinely have no idea what book I’m going to read next, but I DO need to start reading books for university because I want to get ahead in the course so I’m not stressing out about catching up on the reading material. So I think the next book that I will read will probably be one of these two.

The Man in the High Castle by Philip K. Dick

It’s America in 1962. Slavery is legal once again. The few Jews who still survive hide under assumed names. In San Francisco, the I Ching is as common as the Yellow Pages. All because some twenty years earlier the United States lost a war—and is now occupied by Nazi Germany and Japan.

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Dawn by Octavia E. Butler (Xenogenesis #1)

Lilith Iyapo has just lost her husband and son when atomic fire consumes Earth—the last stage of the planet’s final war. Hundreds of years later Lilith awakes, deep in the hold of a massive alien spacecraft piloted by the Oankali—who arrived just in time to save humanity from extinction. They have kept Lilith and other survivors asleep for centuries, as they learned whatever they could about Earth. Now it is time for Lilith to lead them back to her home world, but life among the Oankali on the newly resettled planet will be nothing like it was before.

The Oankali survive by genetically merging with primitive civilizations—whether their new hosts like it or not. For the first time since the nuclear holocaust, Earth will be inhabited. Grass will grow, animals will run, and people will learn to survive the planet’s untamed wilderness. But their children will not be human. Not exactly.

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So there we have it! That was my first ever time doing WWW Wednesday, and I definitely think that I’ll be doing it again. It’s nice to keep you guys updated on what I’m reading, and even though I do an end-of-the-month wrap-up, you never get to see what I’m reading during the week.

Until next time…