Can’t-Wait Wednesday is a weekly meme hosted at Wishful Endings, to spotlight and discuss the books we’re excited about that we have yet to read. Generally they’re books that have yet to be released. It’s based on Waiting on Wednesday, hosted by the fabulous Jill at Breaking the Spine.
Title: Fate of the Fallen
Author: Kel Kade
Publisher: Tor Books
Genre: Fantasy
Length: 344 pages
Release Date: November 5, 2019
Blurb (from GoodReads): Everyone loves Mathias. So naturally, when he discovers it’s his destiny to save the world, he dives in head first, pulling his best friend Aaslo along for the ride.
Mathias is thrilled for the adventure! There’s nothing better than a road beneath his feet and adventure in the air. Aaslo, on the other hand, has never cared for the world beyond the borders of his sleepy village and would be much happier alone and in the woods. But, someone has to keep the Chosen One’s head on his shoulders and his feet on the ground.
It turns out saving the world isn’t as easy, or exciting, as it sounds in the stories. Mathias is more than willing to place his life on the line, but Aaslo would love nothing more than to forget about all the talk of arcane bloodlines and magical fae creatures. When the going gets rough, folks start to believe their only chance for survival is to surrender to the forces of evil, which isn’t how the stories go. At all. To make matters worse Aaslo is beginning to fear that he may have lost his mind…
Why I’m Excited For It: I’m not even going to lie to you guys, I wasn’t that excited for this prior to yesterday. I mean- sure, it was on the TBR, it promised to be dark and bloody, it was from Tor, but there wasn’t much in that blurb that really spoke to me.
Anyway- I won a Goodreads giveaway for it, and it arrived in the mail yesterday. I cracked it open, as I do with all the new books I receive, and I read the letter from the editor talking about how he knew right from the beginning it would become a new favorite. And I thought to myself, Okay, Mr. Editor. That’s pretty cool and now I’m excited for it but still, your job is to sell books, so there’s that.
But then I flipped to the back cover and I read this (and I haven’t read it yet, so I can’t tell you if this is spoiler content or not, just know that if you have strict definitions of spoilers- don’t read this…).
What if Frodo got assassinated by Sauron and Sam had to finish the quest?
And I thought to myself, Expletive Deleted Because There Is A Child In My House. Hell. Yeah. Nobody likes Frodo anyway. He’s like the least interesting character/entity/thing in the entirety of Lord of the Rings. Honestly they should just replace the blurb entirely with that one line. Why hasn’t anyone thought of this before?!
So. Kel Kade is turning the Chosen One trope on it’s head, which is maybe my least favorite trope, and I absolutely can’t wait.
Which new releases are you looking forward to?
Okay, now that sounds awesome! Are you planning to review this one? Because I might buy this if its a good read lol
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Yes I am!! Although the review probably won’t come until closer to release date. I’ll definitely give you the heads up though if it’s worth the purchase!
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I’ll be keeping an eye out for sure 🙂
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I have this as well and I honestly didn’t know anything about it before that. Now that some buzz is starting, I’m excited to read it! And congrats on your GR win, I just won a book as well😁
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Nice! Yeah I’m expecting buzz to start picking up too- I’ve seen it on your blog and I think a couple others. Still- I wasn’t sold til that last line! I feel so wicked but the premise speaks to me lol.
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I wasn’t at all interested in this book until you threw that LOTR reference at me. Now I have to see where it goes! You’re right — that line is a much better hook for the book than the actual synopsis is. I suspect that was the author’s elevator pitch, and marketing thought they could improve on it.
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Right?! I was like- forget the blurb just pitch it this way!
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Exactly!
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Sounds like a good fantasy! hope you get your hands on it soon.
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I actually do have it so now it’s just a matter of starting! Thanks for stopping by!
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The Girl the Sea Gave Back( I am starting an ARC of it and I can’t wait, my friend gifted it to me after hearing how much I loved Sky in the Deep), Ninth House, Call Down the Hawk are just a few.
My WW https://thereadingrebel.wordpress.com/2019/07/31/i-cant-wait-wednesday-2/
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I’m also super excited about Ninth House!! I haven’t heard of Call Down The Hawk But im definitely going to check it out! And The Girl The Sea Gave Back I’m still on the fence but those are all great picks- thanks for stopping by!
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This sounds like a riot with plenty of laughs. I hope you do end up enjoying it! 🙂
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Poor Frodo…
But I would cheer for Sam all the way to Mount Doom!!! 😉
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Lol!! Yeah it’s really not a spoiler. I was surprised at how quickly they killed poor Frodo off. I was bracing for full on melt down, depressed for weeks mode, but it didn’t have time to grow that far. I’m definitely cheering Sam on though- I think he’ll be awesome.
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