Svetlana's Reads and Views

  Name of Book: Everybody Wants to Rule the World Except Me Author: Django Wexler ISBN:  9780356519005 Publisher: Orbit Part of a Series: Sequel to How to Become Dark Lord and Die Trying (Dark Lord David duology) Type of book: Fantasy, humor, earth girl stuck in fantasy novel, relationships, love, another world, battles, war, friendships  Year it was published: 2025 Summary: The hilarious sequel to How to Become the Dark Lord and Die Trying by Django Wexler! Dark Lord Davi rules the kingdom, but she must now break the time loop that binds her in this hilariously bloody conclusion to the Dark Lord Davi duology. Davi has left the horde behind her, hoping to find a peaceful solution to keep the Kingdom from being destroyed this time. But her plan to guide the Kingdom to peaceful prosperity is thwarted when she finds her usual love interest, Prince Johann, already married and the bloodthirsty Duke Aster running the government. Johann's new husband is everything Davi is n...

   Name of Book: Author: ISBN: Publisher: Type of book: Relationships, connections, contemporary times, 2020s, mother/daughter relationship, Minnesota, ghosts, mysteries, secrets  Year it was published: Summary: Characters: Main characters would be Alice and Fern. Alice is the mother who does miniatures and comes from an abusive household. Alice is very afraid of a lot of things and quite often doesn't allow for Fern to have a stable life or community. I also get the sense that the two are more like sisters than mother and daughter. Fern is a precocious, curious and can see ghosts. She also loves mysteries and often tries to fit them into her real life. The side characters include Noel, Alice's love interest who is a medieval historian and is into monks as well as the landlady, the mermaid lady, a soldier and a psychic, and, eventually, a ghost who is a con artist and is looking for her sister.  Theme: There is a connection between everything Plot: The story is in th...