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The Stars We Steal Book Review
The Stars We Steal by Alexa Donne From Goodreads: Engagement season is in the air. Eighteen-year-old Princess Leonie “Leo” Kolburg, heir to a faded European spaceship, only has one thing on her mind: which lucky bachelor can save her family from financial ruin? But when Leo’s childhood friend and first love Elliot returns as the captain of a successful whiskey ship, everything changes. Elliot was the one that got away, the boy Leo’s family deemed to be unsuitable for marriage. Now, he’s the biggest catch of the season and he seems determined to make Leo’s life miserable. But old habits die hard, and as Leo navigates the glittering balls of the…
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The Queen of Nothing Book Review
The Queen of Nothing by Holly Black. This review will be SPOILER FREE. However, since this is the final book in the Folk of the Air trilogy, the review is only going to be spoiler free for QoN. It will contain spoilers for The Cruel Prince and The Wicked King. So if you haven’t read them and want to, please bookmark this page to come back to at a later date. From Goodreads: He will be destruction of the crown and the ruination of the throne. Power is much easier to acquire than it is to hold onto. Jude learned this lesson when she released her control over the wicked king,…
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A Throne of Swans Book Review
A Throne of Swans by Katherine and Elizabeth Corr From Goodreads: In a world where the flightless are ruled by those who can fly… When her father dies just before her birthday, seventeen-year-old Aderyn inherits the role of Protector of Atratys, a dominion in a kingdom where nobles are able to transform at will into the bird that represents their family bloodline. Aderyn’s ancestral bird is a swan. But she has not transformed for years, not since witnessing the death of her mother – ripped apart by hawks that have supposedly been extinct since the long-ago War of the Raptors. With the benevolent shelter of her mother and her father now…
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A Heart so Fierce and Broken Book Review
A Heart so Fierce and Broken by Brigid Kemmerer. THIS REVIEW IS SPOILER FREE FOR AHSFAB. However, it will include some things that are going to be big spoilers for A Curse so Dark and Lonely so if you haven’t read book one and plan to, and you don’t want to know what happens, please click away now. Otherwise, welcome to my review… From Goodreads: Find the heir, win the crown. The curse is finally broken, but Prince Rhen of Emberfall faces darker troubles still. Rumors circulate that he is not the true heir and that forbidden magic has been unleashed in Emberfall. Although Rhen has Harper by his side, his guardsman…
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Sunday Chart
It’s been a while since I last posted on here, and I just wanted to say thanks to people for sticking around while I had a bit of a break 😀 Anyhow, today is Sunday so I figured I’d start with a new Sunday chart to kick off my return to blogging. And since it’s a new year, I’m wiping the list clean to bring you a whole new list of my favourite recent reads x A Heart So Fierce and Broken by Brigid Kemmerer If We Were Villains by M.L. Rio Winter of the Witch by Katherine Arden A Throne of Swans by Katherine and Elizabeth Corr The Deathless Girls by Kiran Millwood Hargrave American Royals by…
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Infinity Son Book Review
Infinity Son by Adam Silvera Release date: 14th January 2020 [UK] From Goodreads: Growing up in New York, brothers Emil and Brighton always idolized the Spell Walkers—a vigilante group sworn to rid the world of specters. While the Spell Walkers and other celestials are born with powers, specters take them, violently stealing the essence of endangered magical creatures. Brighton wishes he had a power so he could join the fray. Emil just wants the fighting to stop. The cycle of violence has taken a toll, making it harder for anyone with a power to live peacefully and openly. In this climate of fear, a gang of specters has been growing bolder…
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Sunday Chart
It’s been a while since I last posted on here, and I just wanted to say thanks to people for sticking around while I had a bit of a break 😀 Anyhow, today is Sunday so I figured I’d start with a new Sunday chart to kick off my return to blogging. And since it’s a new year, I’m wiping the list clean to bring you a whole new list of my favourite recent reads x If We Were Villains by M.L. Rio Winter of the Witch by Katherine Arden The Deathless Girls by Kiran Millwood Hargrave American Royals by Katherine McGee Tunnel of Bones by Victoria Schwab Call Down the Hawk by Maggie Stiefvater Highfire by…
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Girls of Storm and Shadow Book Blog Tour
Hey lovelies, Today is my stop on the Girls of Storm and Shadow book blog tour. It’s such an honour to be included on this one, especially because I loved this novel so much and Natasha Ngan is such a sweet person, so I’m very happy to be bringing my contribution to the table today to help promote the book. Usually, I would post a review for this book for my tour entry. However, since I already raved about this book back in August, I thought that instead I could do a spotlight section on the novel. From Goodreads: Lei and Wren have escaped their oppressive lives in the Hidden Palace, but soon…
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Ninth House Book Review
Ninth House by Leigh Bardugo From Goodreads: Galaxy “Alex” Stern is the most unlikely member of Yale’s freshman class. Raised in the Los Angeles hinterlands by a hippie mom, Alex dropped out of school early and into a world of shady drug dealer boyfriends, dead-end jobs, and much, much worse. By age twenty, in fact, she is the sole survivor of a horrific, unsolved multiple homicide. Some might say she’s thrown her life away. But at her hospital bed, Alex is offered a second chance: to attend one of the world’s most elite universities on a full ride. What’s the catch, and why her? Still searching for answers to this herself,…
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Hex Life Book Review
Hex Life by Various Authors From Goodreads: Brand-new stories of witches and witchcraft written by popular female fantasy authors, including Kelley Armstrong, Rachel Caine and Sherrilyn Kenyon writing in their own bestselling universes! These are tales of wickedness… stories of evil and cunning, written by today’s women you should fear. Includes tales from Kelley Armstong, Rachel Caine and Sherrilyn Kenyon, writing in their own bestselling universes. Hex Life: Wicked New Tales of Witchery will take the classic tropes of tales of witchcraft and infuse them with fresh, feminist perspective and present-day concerns–even if they’re set in the past. These witches might be monstrous, or they might be heroes, depending on their own…
