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To Kill a Kingdom Book Review
To Kill a Kingdom by Alexandra Christo ARC kindly supplied by Netgalley in exchange for an honest review. Lira is a siren, born to the lethal, ruthless Sea Queen, and destined to take her place when she comes of age. To prove her worth, she must be just as vicious, stealing the hearts of human princes under the guise of the Prince’s Bane. With the hearts of seventeen in her collection, she is both feared and revered in every corner of the world. At least, until she sets her sights on her next target: Prince Elian, heir to the most powerful kingdom in the world. But after Lira kills a mermaid…
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Hero At The Fall Book Review
Hero At The Fall by Alwyn Hamilton WARNING: THIS POST DOES NOT CONTAIN SPOILERS FOR THE NEW BOOK, BUT IF YOU HAVEN’T READ REBEL OF THE SANDS AND/OR TRAITOR TO THE THRONE AND WISH TO, PLEASE CLICK AWAY NOW. Rebel gunslinger Amani Al’Hiza has come so far since escaping from her dead-end town of Dustwalk. Since then, she has joined a rebellion, fallen in love, and discovered the powers simmering beneath her skin. But Rebel Prince Ahmed has been captured, presumed dead, and there is no-one else to lead the rebellion. Now Amani doesn’t have a choice but to try and rescue him from where the Sultan of Miraki has imprisoned…
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Children of Blood and Bone Book Review
Children of Blood and Bone by Tomi Adeyemi From Goodreads: Zélie Adebola remembers when the soil of Orïsha hummed with magic. Burners ignited flames, Tiders beckoned waves, and Zelie’s Reaper mother summoned forth souls. But everything changed the night magic disappeared. Under the orders of a ruthless king, maji were targeted and killed, leaving Zélie without a mother and her people without hope. Now, Zélie has one chance to bring back magic and strike against the monarchy. With the help of a rogue princess, Zélie must outwit and outrun the crown prince, who is hell-bent on eradicating magic for good. Danger lurks in Orïsha, where snow leoponaires prowl and vengeful spirits…
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February: First Date Book Tag
Hey guys, so this is a pretty old tag [dating back to 2016] but with Valentine’s Day right around the corner, I figured I would dust it off and have a go at answering these questions myself. I first came across this on the Booktube channel Alex’s Fiction Addiction so if you want to see more of this, you should check it out there. The original tag was made by Kate’s Book Date 😀 In addition to this, if there’s some kind of amusing [and probably awkward] backstory I can supply to my choices, I will add it to my explanation of why I chose the books on this list Question…
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Books and Series I DNF’d
It’s unfortunate, but every now and then a book or series comes along that you’re either just not in the mood to read, or you really can’t bring yourself to finish. I hate it when that happens, and my list of DNF’d [Did Not Finished] is mercifully short, but there’s always a few. So here are mine. As ever, please don’t take offence at any of my opinions about these books. I know some of them are beloved in the YA community, and it’s always a bit of a shame when you hear someone hasn’t enjoyed a book you adore, but they’re my own opinions so please be kind! …
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Batman: Nightwalker Book Review
Batman: Nightwalker by Marie Lu From Goodreads: Before he was Batman, he was Bruce Wayne. A reckless boy willing to break the rules for a girl who may be his worst enemy. The Nightwalkers are terrorizing Gotham City, and Bruce Wayne is next on their list. One by one, the city’s elites are being executed as their mansions’ security systems turn against them, trapping them like prey. Meanwhile, Bruce is turning eighteen and about to inherit his family’s fortune, not to mention the keys to Wayne Enterprises and all the tech gadgetry his heart could ever desire. But after a run-in with the police, he’s forced to do community service at…
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Moxie Book Review
Moxie by Jennifer Mathieu Vivian Carter wants to fight back. She’s tired of her stupid small-town school in Texas valuing football over everything else. She’s tired of the boys telling girls to ‘go make me a sandwich.’ She’s tired of the dress-code checks which only target the girls [and totally ignore the misogynistic t-shirts guys on the football team can wear] and she’s tired of hallway harrassment being brushed under the carpet. One night, when she spies her once-rebellious mother’s Riot Grrrrrlll zines, Viv realizes she’s found the perfect weapon to fight back with. She leaves her feminist zine in the bathrooms, hoping it will help her let off steam. However, with…
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The Diviners Book Review
The Diviners by Libba Bray Evie O’Neill is too boisterous and wild to be contained by her boring old hometown. Following a crazy night of drinking, she is exiled to live with her Uncle Will, who runs a museum of the occult in New York. It feels like the opportunity of a lifetime, a chance to meet up with her old pal Mabel, not to mention the speakeasies, the Ziegfeld girls and the never ending parties spilling out across the city. 1926 in New York is a dream come true. At least, it appears that way at first. But it seems like life in the city that never sleeps might not…
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FEBRUARY TO BE READ
Hey guys, so today I launched back in to making booktube videos for books I wanted to discuss with a quick list of February To Be Read. Unfortunately, I can’t upload the video directly onto this page, but if you want to check it out here is a link Alternatively, you can find it [along with future videos I post] on the bookish lifestyle page under ‘videos.’ Have a great day, people. P.S. Sorry about the quality. I’m not entirely sure about editing yet, and I’m kinda using the whatever-technology-I-have-already approach. Also, I’m currently in my room at uni, so I don’t have my pretty bookshelves in the background [sobs].…
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The Hazel Wood Book Review
The Hazel Wood by Melissa Albert From Goodreads: Seventeen-year-old Alice and her mother have spent most of Alice’s life on the road, always a step ahead of the uncanny bad luck biting at their heels. But when Alice’s grandmother, the reclusive author of a cult-classic book of pitch-dark fairy tales, dies alone on her estate, the Hazel Wood, Alice learns how bad her luck can really get: her mother is stolen away―by a figure who claims to come from the Hinterland, the cruel supernatural world where her grandmother’s stories are set. Alice’s only lead is the message her mother left behind: “Stay away from the Hazel Wood.” Alice has long steered clear…
