Tricia Mingerink
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Author Interview with Tricia Mingerink
Growing up as a reader there was always questions that filled my head. Now these question were not always about reading. I’ve just naturally wondered why things happen they way they do and normally I got answers to my questions by google or by asking those around me for answers. My questions about books were always left answered because no one in my family reads and they do not have contact with the authors to be able to answer my burning questions. When I started Isamonkey’s Reviews I wanted to change that. I wanted to understand why the author chose to kill off a well-loved character or how they came…
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Deliver – The Blades of Acktar
A Blade must only trust himself. Trusting others could lead their death. After all of the past events, Martyn finds himself broken. Broken from betraying his master, broken from torturing his friend and broken from memories of the past. Running away from all that he caused is supposed to stop the guilt, right? Will Martyn ever be able to outrun the destruction he has caused? Leith is broken, torn apart from betraying his friend, he struggles to find where he fits in. He might no longer be a Blade, but to everyone he is. Will he ever be to outrun his past as a Blade? What will it take to…
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Defy – The Blades of Acktar
In a vain plan to protect the resistance, Former Blade Leith Torren escapes into the Sheered Rock Hills. A land where desert is all you see for miles. Can Leith escape Respen’s vindictive Blades and the Sheered Rock Hills or will he perish? Will he be able to save Renna or will someone have to take Leith’s job as Renna’s protector? Brandi is determined to save Renna after being torn apart, even if it means defying everything she has been taught. Renna’s faith starts to waver as she is left alone with Respen. When Respen gives her a give her a life or death decision Renna is unsure what to…
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Deny – The Blades of Acktar
A Blade must never betray his king but what happens when a Blade decides to deny his King? First Blade Leith Torren’s, formally known as the Third Blade, life had always consisted of one thing never betray the king. Despite never betraying the king, Leith decides to join the resistance. After doing nothing but trying to live up to her parent’s legacy, Renna is encouraged by Leith’s courage to be something more. If only she could figure out what the Lord has in store for her. She cannot figure out if she can trust the Blade who helped kill her parents. When tragedy strikes, friendships are tested. Faith wavers. What…
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Dare – The Blades of Acktar
A Blade must never fail a mission or show weakness. Third Blade Leith Torren has never failed a mission. His thirty-four marks to prove his loyalty to King Respen. Leith has never questioned the King until he is shot with and arrow and left out to die in the middle of a blizzard. Despite all of this, Leith is able to make his way to shelter. Little did he know that the people behind the door is the very people whose family he destroyed on a frightful night. Their illegal faith and ties to the Resistance once again put them at risk once again. Will they risk their family again…
