Buongiorno booklovers! Avete mai sognato di dare la caccia a misteriosi artefatti per tutto il globo? Avete mai pensato di diventare archeologi quando eravate piccoli? Vi siete mai fatti maratone di film d'avventura, da Indiana Jones fino a La Mummia?
Se avete risposto sì anche a solo una di queste domande... siete nel posto giusto! Io stessa ho risposto sì ad almeno una delle domande sopracitate (ehm, facciamo tutte), e per questo ho scelto vari libri d'avventura (ma con anche tanto romance) pieni di archeologi, oggetti magici, cospirazioni e tanto romance!
RAIDERS OF THE ARCANA, DI JACQUELYN BENSON
1. Empire of Shadows (Honduras Britannico)
2. Tomb of The Sun King (Egitto)
3. Arrow of Fortune - TBR (India)
TRAMA (del primo libro):
Nice Victorian ladies don’t run off to find legendary lost cities.
One trifling little arrest shouldn’t have cost Ellie Mallory her job, but it’s only the latest in a line of injustices facing any educated woman with archaeological ambitions.
When Ellie stumbles across the map to a mysterious ancient city, she knows she’s holding her chance to revolutionize Pre-Colombian history. There’s just one teensy complication. A ruthless villain wants it, and Ellie is all that stands in his way.
To race him to the ruins—and avoid being violently disposed of—she needs the help of maverick surveyor Adam Bates, a snake-wrangling rogue who can’t seem to keep his dratted shirt on.
But there’s more than Ellie’s scholarly reputation (and life) on the line. Her enemies aren’t just looters. They’re after an arcane secret rumored to lie in the heart of the ruins, a mythical artifact with a power that could shake the world.
Between stealing trousers, plummeting over waterfalls, and trying not to fall in love with her machete-wielding partner, will Ellie be able to stop the oracle of a lost empire from falling into the wrong hands?
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- Serie di standalone collegati da trama principale
- ambientato nell'Inghilterra di fine '800
- disponibile in inglese, due libri già pubblicati, terzo in uscita a novembre 2025
- 70% avventura, 30% romance (crush per Adam Bates in 3,2,1)
- risate assicurate, così come momenti WOW e di riflessione sulla condizione della donna a fine '800
- Eleanora "Ellie" Mallory si impone tra le mie protagoniste preferite
- gli EllieBates >>>>>>>>>>
- side characters interessanti quasi quanto i principali (Connie e Neil su tutti)
THE CONSPIRACY OF US, DI MAGGIE HALL
1. The Conspiracy of Us
2. Map of Fates
3. The Ends of The World
TRAMA:
Avery West's newfound family can shut down Prada when they want to shop in peace, and can just as easily order a bombing when they want to start a war. Part of a powerful and dangerous secret society called the Circle, they believe Avery is the key to an ancient prophecy. Some want to use her as a pawn. Some want her dead.
To unravel the mystery putting her life in danger, Avery must follow a trail of clues from the monuments of Paris to the back alleys of Istanbul with two boys who work for the Circle—beautiful, volatile Stellan and mysterious, magnetic Jack. But as the clues expose a stunning conspiracy that might plunge the world into World War 3, she discovers that both boys are hiding secrets of their own. Now she will have to choose not only between freedom and family--but between the boy who might help her save the world, and the one she's falling in love with.
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- Serie di tre libri, completa, in inglese
- YA, ambientata ai giorni nostri, tra Parigi, Istanbul, Venezia
- un mix tra il Codice Da Vinci e Gossip Girl
- società segrete, illuminati e tante sparatorie
- protagonista tonta (Avery West), ma che cresce (grazie a Dio)
- triangolo amoroso compreso, con tante sofferenze (ma anche gioie)
- protagonisti maschili uno più irrealmente bello dell'altro (Stellan Korolev ti amo)
- 70% romance, 30% avventura (AveryStellan for world domination >>)
RAIDERS OF THE LOST HEART, DI JO SEGURA
1. Raiders of The Lost Heart
2. Temple of Swoon - TBR
3. The Lust Crusade - TBR
TRAMA:
Archaeologist Dr. Socorro “Corrie” Mejía has a bone to pick. Literally.
It’s been Corrie’s life goal to lead an expedition deep into the Mexican jungle in search of the long-lost remains of her ancestor, Chimalli, an ancient warrior of the Aztec empire. But when she is invited to join an all-expenses-paid dig to do just that, Corrie is sure it’s too good to be true...and she’s right.
As the world-renowned expert on Chimalli, by rights Corrie should be leading the expedition, not sharing the glory with her disgustingly handsome nemesis. But Dr. Ford Matthews has been finding new ways to best her since they were in grad school. Ford certainly isn’t thrilled either—with his life in shambles, the last thing he needs is a reminder of their rocky past.
But as the dig begins, it becomes clear they’ll need to work together when they realize a thief is lurking around their campsite, forcing the pair to keep their discoveries—and lingering attraction—under wraps. With money-hungry artifact smugglers, the Mexican authorities, and the lies between them closing in, there’s only one way this all ends—explosively.
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- Serie di standalone interconnessi
- NA contemporary
- tanti giochi di parole e references su Indiana Jones
- archeologi rivali che si innamorano
- 80% romance (spicy), 20% avventura
