The Rhymer's Daughter (Leopard's Bane) by Phill Featherstone

Thank you @KellyALacey @lovebookstours and @PhillFeathers #Ad #LBTCrew #BookTwitter for letting me be part of this tour and reviewing this book. The Rhymer's Daughter is book 2 in the series and you can read this as a standalone which is what I did. . This is the first book I have read by Phill Featherstone and he is a very skilled storyteller and I enjoyed reading this book immensely. I found it to be gripping and held my attention till the end. I do want to read Book 1. I felt that the character Yalka did pull at my heartstrings due to her brother getting killed and now having no home and other things that happened to her on her journey. Yalka has to try to restart her life again but she comes across some difficult challenges along the way. I found The Rhymer's Daughter to be at a good pace and very addative. A fantastic read that left me in bits in places. 5 stars. Out to buy now. I am glad I read it a great story. Blurb in Leopard's Bane #1, The Poisoned Garden, rich boy Peglar and poor girl Yalka form an unlikely relationship. They both value this but it collapses when Peglar's half-brother and step sister combine to discredit him. Peglar is outlawed at the end of Book 1 and now has a price on his head. As Book 2 begins, his half-brother's men are looking for him. If they find him death awaits, and he must learn new skills and make alliances with unlikely partners if he is to survive. Yalka is now homeless and blames Peglar for the fire which killed her brother. She too must try to find a new life but with no connections and no skills her options are limited. Fate deals the two of them blows which, though different, force them in the same direction. However, before they can reunite Yalka and Peglar must face separate challenges which could destroy them both. Bio Phill alternates between writing, drinking coffee, and playing the saxaphone (badly) - not always in that order. He lives in Sheffield, South Yorkshire, England with Sally, his wife and partner of more years than they can count. Phill is the award winning author of a number of novels and short stories. Most are about young people and therefore get the YA tag, but they're enjoyed by readers of all ages, including retirees. Paradise Girl, Book 1 of Phill's REBOOT trilogy, is set in the northern hills where, amidst the majestic beauty of the rolling moors, a world pandemic consigns a lone young woman to a bleak future. In Book 2, Aftershocks, the twin brother of the heroine of Book 1 sets out to discover the truth behind the infection. REBOOT concludes with Jericho Rose. By now the pandemic is over and it's time to rebuild. However, there are a selfish few who seek to exploit the situation for their own ends and this risks losing the little that's left. Phill's fourth novel, The God Jar, is a tale of magic and mystery which straddles 16th century Europe and 20th century England. John Dee, Elizabethan sorcerer and mystic, finds a jar which he discovers has enormous powers. 400 years later it resurfaces when a pair of honeymooners come across it on a diving trip. But have they found the jar or has it found them? In What Dreams We Had a group of young people on holiday in Italy are forced to confront uncomfortable truths about who they are and what's important to them, and to wonder whether anything they thought was real actually is. I Know What You're Thinking, is a thriller in which a pair of teenagers share the ability to see into each other's mind. When one of them disappears can the other use this gift to find them, and if they can what price must they pay? Phill has also written a book of short stories, Undiscovered Countries. It's free to subscribers to his his email newsletter. Sign up on his website for this, writing updates and book recommendations. Phill is a member of The Society of Authors, The Alliance of Independent Authors, Promoting Yorkshire Authors, and The British Library. www.phillfeatherstone.net