Q. Quinn Books review
On Qilanna Quinn’s homepage, Get the Free Excerpt is tucked below the author bio. It opens a BookFunnel page with the first four chapters of “To Avenge a Fallen Star” in exchange for a newsletter sign-up. You can see how the book starts before you decide whether to buy a copy or look for it at the library.
Read a few chapters before buying
Gemma Proctor enters the Oranos Trials on Reva to get close to the man she holds responsible for her sister’s death. The romance grows alongside that revenge story. I’d use the excerpt to see whether I want to spend time on Reva and with Gemma before choosing an edition. The Books page marks Gemma’s two-book story complete and puts future releases in separate entries.
Look up the narrator if you’d rather listen
Hoopla lists the first novel as a ten-hour audiobook read by Dahlia Summers. Search for the full title in your library’s catalogue to see if you can borrow it. For print, Quinn puts a signed-copy link on the duology page. Lindsey Sparks’ bookshop goes into more detail about what comes with a hardcover, which is worth checking if you’re shopping for a gift.
Anabel’s take
I’d take the four chapters. A healer who enters a tournament to settle a score has my attention, but I want to hear Gemma tell it before I spend ten hours with her. If the opening gets me, I’d check the library for Dahlia Summers’s recording.