Arcana Of The Crimson Era: Red Moon is the first novel of Sein Ares and the first book in the series 'Red Moon'.  Sein Ares introduces a fascinating, but dangerous world in this fantasy novel. 

The story starts with a simple mission, but as always, nothing is as easy, as it seems. Soon our heroes facing new dangers and enemies. As the tale moves, we meet with lots of unique and interesting characters, some good, some evil. 

I really liked this novel, Sein Ares created a unique world, full with mysteries. His magic system made me wonder, what would I be in this universe, with what kind of abilities. I found the characters good, you were cheering for them through the book. As a first part of a series, the story left us with a lots of questions, wanting more. I have to say a warning here, that even that Red Moon is a good book, if you are sensitive, maybe it is not for you. It  is rated R18 for adult situations, graphic violence, harem relationships and mentions of rape.

Shortly, Arcana Of The Crimson Era: Red Moon by Sein Ares was a good and interesting read, with unique world, fun characters, twists and mysteries. A fantasy book,which I can recommend to every fantasy fan, who would read a darker story.

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The story of Sunny and Jo continues, where it stopped in the end of Crown Of Sunlight.



The second book of the Corvinus Chronicles gives us the same amount of adventure, romance and surprise, like the Crown Of Sunlight.
After an interesting, new information at the start, before we jump back and see the fate of our heroines. Sunny and Jo try to survive in the palace, meantime they plan to escape. They have to act fast, because the Dark King also has his plans with the sisters. Meantime this, Seren Reed, a Watcher, informs his friends about a possible future he saw and that they have to save Sunny and Jo. They go to the infamous Wastes, the land of criminals. Now the fate of Writhia is in the hands of the group, who has to fight with monsters and new enemies to protect everyone.

The second book of a series often became a disappointment to me, it could not keep me the same curious and the story could become too easily predictable. Payton Taylor's Palace Of Moonlight was definitely not like this. The new adventure was interesting and I loved to learn more about Writhia. The Wastes was a mysterious, dark place, which fit really well to the mood of the book and to the story.
I learned more about the characters curiously and their relationships, how they changed through the book. Now knowing more about Leo Cassavant, officially he is my favourite, I can't wait to see, what happens to him in the third novel of the series.
The story had more surprises and twist, which you would not guess and I really liked the ending. It gave answers to more of my questions, but meantime created new questions.

Shortly, the second book of The Corvinus Chronicles is the same gripping, like the first part of the story, Crown Of Sunlight. It keeps you wanting to know more and more. It is a great read, and a must, if you have read the first book.



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Under the name, Payton Taylor, there are two cousins, Taylor Bivens and Payton Salmons, who created the Crown Of Sunlight and Palace Of Moonlight, which are the first two books of The Corvinus Chronicles. They love both reading and writing and I can't wait to see, how their book continues!
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The interview

1. Recently I've read somewhere about the advantages and disadvantages of book collaborations. For you was it easier, or more difficult to write a book together? And what was the most fun and difficult part of it?

I think it was easier for us to write the book together, especially since it was our first book. Neither of us knew what we were doing or how to plot a book, so it was helpful to be able to play off of each other. It’s also nice to have a partner when you have writer’s block because you can ask them what they think about certain scenes. Every part of the book has been analyzed by two minds instead of one. I think the most fun part of cowriting is when we plan an outline together because we’re both really goofy and make a lot of goofy jokes about what could happen. The most difficult part was probably when I (Payton) was in college in West Virginia because we were four hours apart and between school and kids our schedules almost never matched up for us to get anything done. It was frustrating, but also a good excuse for procrastination, lol.


2. Do you have a list of songs, which you used for writing? If yes, there is any particular music, which could be the theme song of the book, or any of the characters?

Taylor likes to listen to emo music when she writes because it makes her more dramatic as if she needs that lol. We have an ongoing playlist for the series and songs we think represent certain characters. We think Devil by Shinedown is a great song for Crown of Sunlight because it captures the dark insidious nature of Azmodeous as a villain. We like the song Natural by Imagine Dragons for Leo. On a lighter note, we like Nothing Holding Me Back by Shawn Mendes for the beginning of Westin and Sunny’s relationship. It really captures their personalities and how Sunny brings him out of his shell. We also like No Light, No Light by Florence + the Machine to represent the relationship between Sunny and Azmodeous. It’s just very fitting lol.



3. Did any culture, legend, or myth inspire the world of Writhia, or any of its creatures? If yes, which culture, or legend?

We draw from a lot of myths and legends as sources of inspiration for Writhia, but nothing is taken directly from any myth or legend. For example, the Skiftes are inspired about a creepy legend we read about called Tambals from the Philippines. We read that they take on the appearance of their victims and the beginnings of the idea for shapeshifting Skiftes was born. As for the pantheon of gods, we made them all up but a lot of them were inspired by our love for Greek mythology. We found the inspiration for Agares when we were researching gods and demons. The name comes from a demon, but the rest came from our insane brains.


4. I really love the magical ability system. Which is the most useful ability in your opinion?

I would say either Sunny or Jo’s Gifts would be the most useful. Sunny’s ability to use other people's Gifts makes her a jack of all trades, which would be super nice if you’re super indecisive like we are lol. And of course mind reading/mind control is always useful for getting whatever you want. As long as you don’t have any sort of strict moral code, that can kind of get in the way lol.


5. If you would be in Writhia, what magical gift would you give to each other and why?

Like which would Taylor give me and vice versa? I would make Taylor a Combatant so she could have the super speed, strength, and energy to deal with the chaos of her life a little easier. Taylor says she would make me a Rifter so I can teleport back and forth, which would be super helpful since my family and friends are divided between two states. It was really hard for us not to be jerks and give each other crappy Gifts for this lol.



6. How many books do you plan in the series?

We’re planning for a four-book series. We’re currently working on book three!


7. Can you tell a secret of the story, or one of the characters?

Seren will meet his Match in book three and we are very excited!


8. Do you have any other book project momentarily?

Yes! We are currently working on a Sci-fi novel!


9. How did you decide to write a novel?

We both love books and formed our own little book club with us and our moms and aunts a long while back. One night we were talking about how much we love certain fantasy tropes but that we hate that they’re almost always paired with other tropes that we dislike or are bored of. We joked that the only way to get a book with everything we wanted was to write it ourselves and then we just kind of looked at each other and were like “why not?” So we toasted with coffee mugs full of wine and started plotting what would happen in the first super duper awful draft of Crown of Sunlight. I’m not kidding, it was awful lol. But underneath was a story we loved so we rewrote it and then rewrote it again until we got it where we wanted and realized we wrote a whole book, a years-long venture, on a whim.


10. If you could live anywhere and could be anything, what would you be and where?

We both would love to live in a place like Ireland, surrounded by beautiful forests in a giant stone castle. Taylor would like sheep and a sheepdog. I want horses and also for the local village to spread rumors that I’m a witch and fall into silent awe when I enter the market—this is Taylor now, I was the one who came up with the “silent awe when I enter the market” part. 😂


11. I almost forgot, can I ask, if I can add a part of one of my interview questions? I really love the magical gift system in your story and in one of my questions I ask, what gift would you give to each other. Can I add to that question, that also, if I would be in Writhia, what gift would you give to me?
Sorry, the curious fan in me just could not help, but had to ask it. 😊

Don’t be sorry! We love doing stuff like this! We would probably make you either a Botani like Marzanna or an Earth Elemental. I’m not sure why lol but you and your posts always give me earthy nature vibes and you post a lot of flower pictures lol.

Thank you so much for the interview! It was a lot of fun!😘


Thank you, for your answers! And you, dear Reader, what would you ask from Payton Taylor? 😊

But who will save Prince Charming? Join Paul, a cursed prince, a singing sword and their other teammates, to save the world. And of course the princess.

Paul is not your tipical Prince Charming. Thanks to his father, king Hofnar, he is cursed, with insecurity. And with quite a lot from it. After he is dragged to the tournament, where the future heroes hope to get a chance for a happily ever after, at his unluck, he gets The  Quest. A quest, which is the dream of all of the princes. The daughter of the emperor, who is the most beautiful princess, and the most feared shadow wizard, who kidnapped her. Definitely a real nightmare to prince Paul, mostly after his father makes a bet about him successfully rescuing Princess Luscious. Now the timid and insecure prince must do the quest, because his own kingdom is also on the stake, not just his happily ever after. But who will save Paul?

I found Happily Ever Awkward a really interesting and entertaining book. The story is a little like parody or comedy version of the typical classic fairy tales for me, which I enjoyed very much, mostly that it was funny, but without being forced. The characters were also good, my personal favourites are Princess Luscious and the shadow wizard. The book-narrator was also a nice idea, however sometimes his talking was a little long, it would have been better shorter narrations.

Shortly, I really enjoyed the novel and I can recommend it to everyone, who wants to read something light and entertaining. The plot was good and funny, with great characters. If this novel will have a continuation, I will surely read it.


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The fairy tale of Agnieszka and the magical forest.

The village of Dvernik is bordered with an enchanted and deadly forest, the Wood. They give a teenage girl in every ten years to the local wizard, the Dragon, as a payment, to protect the valley. Nobody knows, how he chooses, but the girls are always changed after coming back from the white tower and eventually they leave Dvernik forever. Kasia is beautiful and talented, everybody is sure, that she will be the next one to take and she is groomed at this since her childhood. However when the time comes, the Dragon chooses Agnieszka, Kasia's friend. The clumsy girl is shocked, since always the best and brightest one  was taken. Soon the reason of Dragon's surprising decision is explained, he is choosing those, who have magic. And Agnieszka definitely has. The girl starts her time in the white tower, the wizard's home, as his apprentice. A fully new world opens for her with this, but she has to remember that her old one also might needs her and her new found magic.

I loved every page of Uprooted, it was like a classic, old style fairy tale. The deadly, magical forest spiced the story with a mysterious and dark atmosphere, which made it more interesting for me. Agnieszka and Kasia were my favourites characters. The twists of the story were also good and some of them surprised me. Another thing I liked in the novel, that it was so well-balanced, there was just the right amount from the Wood and the white tower too. At the end of the story, I got answers at all of my questions, which I had during reading Uprooted. Even that it was a single book, if there would be any continuation, I would definitely read it.

To sum everything, Naomi Novik's Uprooted was a great read and I can recommend it to everyone, mostly those, who like fantasy and young adult. A dark, captivating story with good characters, like a long, classic fairy tale. A novel, which I will surely read again.


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ISBN-13: 9780804179058
ISBN-10: 0804179050