Books from the Backlog #143

 

Books from the Backlog is a fun way to feature some of those neglected books sitting on your bookshelf unread.  If you are anything like me, you might be surprised by some of the unread books hiding in your stacks. This is a fun meme hosted by Carole @ Carole's Random Life in Books.

Jae is a slave in a dying desert world. 

Once verdant with water from a magical Well, the land is drying up, and no one remembers the magic needed to keep the water flowing. If a new source isn’t found soon, the people will perish. Jae doesn’t mind, in a way. By law, she is bound by a curse to obey every order given her, no matter how vile. At least in death, she’ll be free. 

Elan’s family rules the fading realm. He comes to the estate where Jae works, searching for the hidden magic needed to replenish the Well, but it’s Jae who finds it, and she who must wield it. Desperate to save his realm, Elan begs her to use it to locate the Well. 

But why would a slave—abused, beaten, and treated as less than human—want to save the system that shackles her? Jae would rather see the world burn. 

Though revenge clouds her vision, she agrees to help if the realm’s slaves are freed. Then Elan’s father arrives. The ruler’s cruelty knows no limits. He is determined that the class system will not change—and that Jae will remain a slave forever.

I added Becky Allen's Bound by Blood and Sand to my TBR pile in September of 2016 or thereabouts. As I've mentioned I sometimes forget to mark my books as "to read" on Goodreads as soon as I get them! I just found 2-3 titles the other day that I've have for around 10 years or so, totally weren't marked as I couldn't remember what author wrote them when I found them in my TBR jars! Lol. Mystery solved! Turns out this was released in October...so not sure how/why I marked it early. Maybe I wishlisted it or won it...hard to say! 

I don't remember much about this one to be honest or why I added it to my pile. It sounded interesting enough and I probably read a good review or two about it. I'm just hoping I can find its sequel when the time comes as I apparently never bought it. And it's a duology. Whoops.