Today is my stop on TBR and Beyond Tours book tour for this new adult fantasy book. The cover is so cool and the concept sounds unique.

TOP FIVE REASONS TO READ THIS BOOK:

  1. The Witcher meets Naomi Novik. What more needs to be said?
  2. New, creative monsters
  3. An ex called the “Tsar of Monsters”
  4. Shadows are the source of magic
  5. FMC teaming up with the law to reclaim her magic

Synopsis:

The Witcher meets Naomi Novik in this fast-paced fantasy rooted in Slavic folklore, from an assured new voice in genre.

As a witch in the walled city of Chernograd, Kosara has plenty of practice taming rusalkas, fighting kikimoras, and brewing lycanthrope repellent. There’s only one monster Kosara can’t defeat: her ex the Zmey, known as the Tsar of Monsters. She’s defied him one too many times, and now he’s hunting her. Betrayed to him by someone close to her, Kosara’s only hope is to trade her shadow―the source of her powers―for illegal passage across the Wall to Belograd, where monsters can’t follow.

Life in Belograd should be sweet, but Kosara soon develops a fast-acting version of the deadly wasting sickness that stalks shadowless witches―and only reclaiming her magic can cure her. To trace her shadow, she’ll have to team up with the suspiciously honorable detective investigating the death of the smuggler who brought her across the Wall.

Even worse than working with the cops is that all the clues point in a single direction: one of the Zmey’s monsters has found a crack in the Wall, and Kosara’s magic is now in theZmey’s hands.

The clock is ticking, the hunt is on, and Kosara’s priorities should be clear―but is she the hunter or the hunted? And in a city where everyone is out for themselves, who can Kosaratrust to assist her in outwitting the man―the Monster―she’s never been able to escape alone?

Content Warning: Physical and psychological abuse by a partner, violence, murder, arrest and imprisonment, drugging

Book Links:

Goodreads:https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/195791008

Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/dp/1250877318

Barnes & Noble: https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/foul-days-genoveva-dimova/1143881669

IndieBound: https://bookshop.org/p/books/foul-days-genoveva-dimova/20464606

About the Author:

Genoveva Dimova is a Bulgarian fantasy author and archaeologist based in Scotland. Her debut novel inspired by Slavic folklore, Foul Days, is coming out in June 2024, with the sequel, Monstrous Nights to follow in October 2024.

When she’s not writing, she likes to explore old ruins, climb even older hills, and listen to practically ancient rock music.

Author Links:

Website: https://genovevadimova.com/

Twitter: https://x.com/gen_dimova

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/gen_dimova/

Goodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/22873411

Genoveva Dimova Tour Schedule: https://tbrandbeyondtours.com/2024/05/24/tour-schedule-foul-days-by-genovena-dimova/