Air and Ash (Tides #1)

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Born to privilege.Trained for command.Destined for danger.After a lifetime of training, seventeen year old Princess Nile Greysik, a lieutenant on the prestigious Ashing navy flagship, sails into battle with one vital mission and fails.Barred from the sea and facing a political marriage, Nile masquerades as a common sailor on the first ship she can find With a cowardly captain, incompetent crew, and a cruel, too handsome first officer intent on making her life a living hell, Nile must hide her identity while trying to turn the sorry frigate battle worthy Worse, a terrifying and forbidden magic now tingles in Nile s blood If anyone catches wind of who Nile is or what she can do, her life is over.But when disaster threatens the ship, Nile may have no choice but to unleash the truth that will curse her future. New Download [ Air and Ash (Tides #1) ] Author [ Alex Lidell ] – kino-fada.fr This book was my pick for Book of the Month in July because it s fantastic I m offering a two book giveaway, check it out Now, to the review .ALL THE BRIGHT AND SHINY STARS Okay, this one wasn t classic literature status like STRANGE THE DREAMER And it wasn t hit me in all the nostalgia buttons perfect like SPINDLE Butthis book was ridiculously awesome I honestly didn t expect to love it like I did butwellI DID WHAT I LOVED You know those books that start RIGHT This book was my pick for Book of the Month in July because it s fantastic I m offering a two book giveaway, check it out Now, to the review .ALL THE BRIGHT AND SHINY STARS Oka...Tides is a seafaring adventure perfect for fans of plucky heroines, elemental magic, and a forbidden slow burning high tension romance Like some of my fantasy favorites Tamora Pierce and Sherwood Smith , Alex knows how to straddle the line between fantasy and the real world, giving us a headstrong heroine that has to work for every accomplishment she earns in a climate that isn t exactly female friendly Tides is Pirates of the Caribbean meets The Assassin s Curse meets The Song of the Lione Tides is a seafaring adventure perfect for fans of plucky heroines, elemental magic, and a forbidden slow burning high tension romance Like some of my fantasy favorites T...4 23 18 ETA Re read so that I can finish the series now that I signed up for Kindle Unlimited and they re available for free on that platform This tale on the high seas was remarkably similar to Daughter of the Pirate King, which I loved Except in tone Where DotPK felt almost playful at times, this book had a much darker feel to it, ominous and deadly and full of portentous events But I liked that about this story I ve really been jonesing fornautical stories, especially aft 4 23 18 ETA Re read so that I can finish the series now that I signed up for Kindle Unlimited and they re available for free on that platform This tale on the high seas was rema...PRINCESS PIRATEPRINCESS PIRATE PRINCESS PIRATE PRINCESS PIRATE PRINCESS PIRATE Full review is here, on my blog and here, on the Weatherwax Report This is the first of my SPFBO books the first one I read _ , and I m delightfully thrilled to say that it was pretty great, marking this as a good start for me.I m also very tired More on that later.This was a very interesting and well put together story, to be sure This is the story of Nile Greysik, who is the princess of Ashing Ashing is one of 6 countries that are part of a League of Nations The Lyron League are at war Full review is here, on my blog and here, on the Weatherwax Report This is the first of my SPFBO books the first one I read _ , and I m delightfully thrilled to say that it was pretty great, marking this as a good start for me.I m also very tired More on that later.This was a very interesting and well put together story, to be sure This is the story of Nile Greysik, who is the princess of Ashing Ashing is one of 6 countries that are part of a League of Nations The Lyron League are at war with the Republic of Tirik across the ocean, and this war tends to come to blows on the wateroften than not.Ashing is a small country within the League, but it is a peninsula surrounded by ocean, and it is known for its navy The people of Ashing, even the nobles and royals, serve a ma...Air and Ash is absolutely amazing The characters, the world, the romance, it was all so perfect I needfrom this series. like right away.Ashing is at war, and when Princess Nile s ship fails its mission, she is sent home back to her castle Forbidden to sail the seas and forced to an arranged marriage, Nile runs away and joins a ship where she can escape her life of royalty, and be one with the sea A strange, new magic awakens in Nile, the gifted are highly frowned upon and if anyone fi Air and Ash is absolutely amazing The characters, the world, the romance, it was all so perfect I needfrom this series. like right away.Ashing is at war, and when Princess Nile s ship fails its mission, she is sent home back to her castle Forbidden to sail the seas and forced to an arranged marriage, Nile runs away and joins a ship where she can escape her life of ro...4.5 stars I absolutely love that we re seeingandYA titles set at sea and on ships Princess Nile Greysik has spent her lifetime training to lead the Ashing Navy When we first meet her she is in the midst of a vital mission and when everything goes south, she s somehow spared.When she awakes, she finds that she has been barred from the sea and navy that she loves instead she s destined to a political marriage something that she is determined will never happen.Joining the first ship 4.5 stars I absolutely love that we re seeingandYA titles set at sea and on ships Princess Nile Greysik has spent her lifetime training to lead the Ashing Navy When we first meet her she is in the midst of a vital mission and when everything goes south, she s somehow spared.When she awakes, she finds that she has been barred from the sea and navy that she loves instead she s destined to a political marriage something that she is determined will never happen.Joining the first ship she can hiding in plain sight as a common sailor, she finds herself on a ship filled with problems and one first officer who knows exactly who she is But she hasproblems she feels forbidden magic within her and if anyone finds out it s there, her life is over.I thought this was an amazing start to a series that I can t wait forof.With a determined heroine, a captivating story and a slow burn romance, once I started reading, I just couldn t put this one down Fi...Gods alive Alex can sure write one hell of an amazing high fantasy I just finished and I am completely in love with this world and it s characters I need book 2 now Only problem is it s not finished grrrr I ...Air and Ash is the first book in the TIDES series I have yet to figure out how many books there will be which is slightly annoying.Main Character is Nile She s been at sea since she was eight years old and recently lost her ship and her captain on a secret spy mission to change the tides in a war that does not only threaten her home country but all countries on th...What a great story I can t wait to listen to book 2 The Narrator was great I loved the great accent she gave the characters Nile is a great character I wasn t sure at first if I would love a book about...

Air and Ash (Tides #1)
  • English
  • 10 March 2017
  • Kindle Edition
  • 284 pages
  • Alex Lidell
  • Air and Ash (Tides #1)