We Can(ada) Read: Erin @ Bluestocking Bookworm - #Review: MERCURY RISES by Scarlett Kol + #Interview & #Giveaway
Jamie @ Books and Ladders
07 September
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We Can(ada) Read is by Canadians for EVERYONE to learn more about some amazing Canadian authors! It is a highlight of Canadian Literature and those of us who promote it as much as possible.
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Scarlett Kol is sponsoring a giveaway for a $20 Amazon Gift Card at the bottom of this post so be sure to scroll to enter!
For a full schedule of events, please check out the Kick-Off post!
Scarlett Kol is sponsoring a giveaway for a $20 Amazon Gift Card at the bottom of this post so be sure to scroll to enter!
Erin is from Canada, where she lives with her wonderful and supportive husband of five years and our cutest-ever furbaby Cricket (a small breed mix we rescued in 2015). She owns approximately 3000 books (not counting my ebooks). When she is not reading, she likes to play video games, bake yummy sweet treats, and play with Cricket.
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MERCURY RISES
Author: Scarlett Kol
Series: N/A
Publisher: Inkspell Publishing
Publication Date: February 13, 2018
Rating: 3/5 stars
Summary:
A girl looking for a way out.
Being the daughter of New America’s leader, Mercury Masters has everything a girl could want. A glamorous life full of beautiful people, and the power to have anything she wants, except for one thing—to escape. Because Mercury’s perfect life comes with secrets to keep. Dangerous secrets that if made public would destroy her, her family, and her father’s reign. Then she meets Hawk.
A boy looking to be a hero.
Hawk, a handsome prep school dropout turned vigilante, has his own family secrets. Deadly secrets that have haunted him since he was fifteen. But instead of fighting the ghosts of his past, Hawk has assembled a group of misfit hackers and thieves to save the future from the corrupt government of New America and the mysterious virus that is killing off its citizens. But trying to do the right thing is tough when the person you really want to save is your enemy’s daughter.
A love that could kill them both.
Powerful forces keep them apart, but coming together could be the key to saving New America from destruction—even though it may cost both their lives, in this retelling of the legend of Robin Hood.
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Trigger warnings: Abuse (physical - parental and spousal), medical stuff, blood, sickness, mind control, poverty, controlling relationship, unchecked privilege, rich versus poor
Diversity rating: 0 - To read, all characters are white, able-bodied and cishet.
I am generally very wary of books that are self-published, or published by houses that are so small they may as well be self-published. I tend to find the writing is lacking, the editing is atrocious, and the cover design does nothing to draw me in. When I was assigned Mercury Rises by Scarlett Kol for We Can(ada) Read 2018, I was hesitant. What if I hated it?
I was pleasantly surprised.
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