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Sunday Chart
Another Sunday, another book chart 😀 Each week, I rank some of my favourite recent reads. Darkdawn by Jay Kristoff Aurora Rising by Amie Kaufman and Jay Kristoff Sorcery of Thorns by Margaret Rogerson Call It What You Want by Brigid Kemmerer Viper by Bex Hogan Girls of Storm and Shadow by Natasha Ngan. The Brightsiders by Jen Wilde The Spider Dance by Nick Setchfield A Girl Called Shameless by Laura Steven Infinity Son by Adam Silvera Do you agree with this list? Feel free to leave comments in the comments section below. Until next time, everyone ❤
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Under a Dancing Star Book Review
Under a Dancing Star by Laura Wood From Goodreads: In grey, 1930s England, Bea has grown up kicking against the conventions of the time, all the while knowing that she will one day have to marry someone her parents choose – someone rich enough to keep the family estate alive. But she longs for so much more – for adventure, excitement, travel, and maybe even romance. When she gets the chance to spend the summer in Italy with her bohemian uncle and his fiancée, a whole world is opened up to Bea – a world that includes Ben, a cocky young artist who just happens to be infuriatingly handsome too. Sparks…
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Sorcery of Thorns Book Review
Sorcery of Thorns by Margaret Rogerson From Goodreads: All sorcerers are evil. Elisabeth has known that as long as she has known anything. Raised as a foundling in one of Austermeer’s Great Libraries, Elisabeth has grown up among the tools of sorcery—magical grimoires that whisper on shelves and rattle beneath iron chains. If provoked, they transform into grotesque monsters of ink and leather. She hopes to become a warden, charged with protecting the kingdom from their power. Then an act of sabotage releases the library’s most dangerous grimoire. Elisabeth’s desperate intervention implicates her in the crime, and she is torn from her home to face justice in the capital. With no…
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My Fantasy Book Recommendations List
Hey everyone, So it’s been a little while since I posted on here [I’m sorry, uni work always seems to pile up when you least expect it] but today I wanted to upload something a friend actually requested I write… a list of recommendations. Most of these will obviously be YA since that’s my favourite age-category, but a few here and there will be adult-marketed fantasy or thrillers. Anyhow, I’m going to try and give you a thing or two about each book that I love too, so you know what might suit you from my huge list 😀 Actually, as a quick edit, I’ve decided to break this into…
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Wishlist Wednesday
Wayward Son by Rainbow Rowell When is it released: October 3rd What is it about?: The story is supposed to be over. Simon Snow did everything he was supposed to do. He beat the villain. He won the war. He even fell in love. Now comes the good part, right? Now comes the happily ever after… So why can’t Simon Snow get off the couch? What he needs, according to his best friend, is a change of scenery. He just needs to see himself in a new light… That’s how Simon and Penny and Baz end up in a vintage convertible, tearing across the American West. They find trouble, of…
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Again, But Better Book Review
Again, But Better by Christine Riccio From Goodreads: Shane has been doing college all wrong. Pre-med, stellar grades, and happy parents…sounds ideal—but Shane’s made zero friends, goes home every weekend, and romance…what’s that? Her life has been dorm, dining hall, class, repeat. Time’s a ticking, and she needs a change—there’s nothing like moving to a new country to really mix things up. Shane signs up for a semester abroad in London. She’s going to right all her college mistakes: make friends, pursue boys, and find adventure! Easier said than done. She is soon faced with the complicated realities of living outside her bubble, and when self-doubt sneaks in, her new life…
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Sunday Chart
Another Sunday, another book chart 😀 Each week, I rank some of my favourite recent reads. Aurora Rising by Amie Kaufman and Jay Kristoff Sorcery of Thorns by Margaret Rogerson Call It What You Want by Brigid Kemmerer Viper by Bex Hogan Girls of Storm and Shadow by Natasha Ngan. The Brightsiders by Jen Wilde The Spider Dance by Nick Setchfield A Girl Called Shameless by Laura Steven Queen of Ruin by Tracy Banghart. Under a Dancing Star by Laura Wood Do you agree with this list? Feel free to leave comments in the comments section below. Until next time, everyone ❤
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Queen of Ruin Book Review
Queen of Ruin by Tracy Banghart From Goodreads: Banished by Asa at the end of Grace and Fury, Nomi and Malachi find themselves powerless and headed towards their all-but-certain deaths. Now that Asa sits on the throne, he will stop at nothing to make sure Malachi never sets foot in the palace again. Their only hope is to find Nomi’s sister, Serina, on the prison island of Mount Ruin. But when Nomi and Malachi arrive, it is not the island of conquered, broken women that they expected. It is an island in the grip of revolution, and Serina–polite, submissive Serina–is its leader. Betrayal, grief, and violence have changed both sisters, and…
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Wishlist Wednesday
The Merciful Crow by Margaret Owen When is it released: July 30th [yes I know it will be out in the world before I post this review, but I really want it and I am only a day or two out haha] What is it about?: A future chieftain Fie abides by one rule: look after your own. Her Crow caste of undertakers and mercy-killers takes more abuse than coin, but when they’re called to collect royal dead, she’s hoping they’ll find the payout of a lifetime. A fugitive prince When Crown Prince Jasimir turns out to have faked his death, Fie’s ready to cut her losses—and perhaps his throat.…
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The Devouring Grey Book Review
The Devouring Gray by Christine Lynn Herman From Goodreads: On the edge of town a beast haunts the woods, trapped in the Gray, its bonds loosening… Uprooted from the city, Violet Saunders doesn’t have much hope of fitting in at her new school in Four Paths, a town almost buried in the woodlands of rural New York. The fact that she’s descended from one of the town’s founders doesn’t help much, either—her new neighbours treat her with distant respect, and something very like fear. When she meets Justin, May, Isaac, and Harper, all children of founder families, and sees the otherworldly destruction they can wreak, she starts to wonder if the…
