Cordelia Kingsbridge - Seven of Spades [Books 4 & 5]

I have finished it. Like, a month ago. But I had this sitting as an empty post in my drafts for a while. Sorry about that. Now, the books. Great! 

In book 4 we get a serial killer inside a serial killer. Meaning, there's another killer. Not just the Seven of Spades. And it's a kidnapping insurance fraud. Yes, something like that apparently exists. At least inside the universe of this series. Levi's ex is on the list of possible victims and he gets nabbed. Levi and Dominic are arguing and not with each other throughout most of this book. Still, when the ex gets nabbed, Dominic goes and helps Levi rescue him. And figure out who the culprit is. 

All in all, for this book, I loved the murder-mystery aspect of it, but I was ready to brain all of them because of the way they were behaving. And by the end of this book, I still didn't know who the Seven of Spades is. That comes in book 5.

In book five we finally figure out who the Seven of Spades is. I'm not gonna tell you, that would be spoilers. And I'm trying to keep this at least somewhat spoiler-free. Still, let me tell you, I did not even suspect that person! 

Thing is, there's some serious gang war going on. And they want to blow up the city. The only way to stop them is for Levi (now back together with Dominic) and his group to join forces with the Seven of Spades. 

Which gives us a villain redemption arc. And ends with the villain sacrificing themselves to save the city and everyone else. 

I have really enjoyed this series and in time, I plan on looking for more books from Kingsbridge. Her writing style is really easy to digest and like I said in the previous post, I think she knows what she's doing when it comes to murder-mystery.

I know this took a while for me to write and post, but at least I managed to finish some more books in the meantime. I'm not gonna write about all of them, but there's one that I definitely plan to write about. It's called Lacuna and it's fantasy and really great. The writing style flows pretty much in the same easy way as the Seven of Spades books had.

So, go read the series and I'll get back to you soon with something new, okay?

~AnnElfwind

Written on the 21st of May, 2021

Lake

 

First off, I know that the paper is kinda destroyed. I know! I went into this with the knowledge that the paper is not meant to be used for watercolors. And definitely not the way I did it. Way too much water used on this one. But hey, regardless of that, it's not too bad. It's a random scenery. Not much else to say about it.

~AnnElfwind

Written on the 25th of April 2021

Trees! In Acrylics!

Acrylics. On mixed media paper. And I'm damn proud of this one. I was watching a Yong Chen video while painting it. The same thing as he was drawing. He did it in soft pastels, I went for acrylics. I liked the subject but wanted to paint. So I did it. I painted it. And I love the result. So tell me what you think okay?

~AnnElfwind

Written on the 16th of May, 2021

 

A Budgie and an Eye

 

A budgie. Done in colored pencils for Sketchdaily on Reddit. I'm pretty proud of this one. Mostly because I went into it with the attitude of screw it - if it blows then it blows. And it didn't. It turned out really good. So yay me!

Drawing a lot more again

 

I've been getting back into drawing. As you might have noticed by to last few posts. Doesn't mean that the book review posts will stop coming. Not at all, audiobooks are great! It simply means that I will also have more art posts. Oh, and I've created an Instagram account. So if anyone wants to check that out, you can. I'll be posting all my new art there (but I'm gonna keep my art tumblr as well). I'm not gonna post things that are older and already finished. There's too many of those and I don't have the patience for that. Alright, I might occasionally post an older piece of art there, but it's not gonna become a rule or anything like that. 

I've been against Instagram for quite a long time, it seemed too confusing for me. But I've decided to give it a try and so far, it's not too bad, even if I've only posted a few things there so far. Not enough new art yet. But I'll keep at it. I promise. 

Also, something else I just want to say. The Seven of Spades books - I'm close to the end of book 4 and I STILL BLOODY DON'T KNOW WHO THE FUCKING KILLER IS!!! Just something to throw out there. But please, don't tell me. I don't want any spoilers about the killer's identity. I want to either figure it out on my own or be surprised when they discover his identity. Okay? Good. 

And I guess that's it for this post. As a bonus, you get a photo of my crappy colored pencils as an illustration for this. :D Enjoy.

~AnnElfwind

Written on the 7th of April 2021

A sensitive flower

 

This flower is really sensitive so try not to be mean to her, okay? Done with colored pencils over a lightened pencil sketch. Based on a Reddit sketchdaily prompt.

~AnnElfwind

Written on the 7th of April, 2021