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Rule of Wolves Book Review
Please note, this review is SPOILER FREE for Rule of Wolves, but will include spoilers for King of Scars, as well as Six of Crows/Crooked Kingdom, and the Shadow and Bone trilogy. I know a lot of people are reading the Grishaverse books for the first time with the TV series, so I wanted to be clear! From Goodreads: The Demon King. As Fjerda’s massive army prepares to invade, Nikolai Lantsov will summon every bit of his ingenuity and charm—and even the monster within—to win this fight. But a dark threat looms that cannot be defeated by a young king’s gift for the impossible. The Stormwitch. Zoya Nazyalensky has lost too much…
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King of Scars Book Review
King of Scars by Leigh Bardugo THIS REVIEW CONTAINS SPOILERS FOR THE GRISHA TRILOGY AND SIX OF CROWS DUOLOGY BUT NOT FOR KING OF SCARS. From Goodreads: Nikolai Lantsov has always had a gift for the impossible. No one knows what he endured in his country’s bloody civil war—and he intends to keep it that way. Now, as enemies gather at his weakened borders, the young king must find a way to refill Ravka’s coffers, forge new alliances, and stop a rising threat to the once-great Grisha Army. Yet with every day a dark magic within him grows stronger, threatening to destroy all he has built. With the help of a…
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Wishlist Wednesday
Leigh Bardugo’s King of Scars When: Released January 29th What: Nikolai Lantsov has always had a gift for the impossible. No one knows what he endured in his country’s bloody civil war—and he intends to keep it that way. Now, as enemies gather at his weakened borders, the young king must find a way to refill Ravka’s coffers, forge new alliances, and stop a rising threat to the once-great Grisha Army. Yet with every day a dark magic within him grows stronger, threatening to destroy all he has built. With the help of a young monk and a legendary Grisha Squaller, Nikolai will journey to the places in Ravka where the deepest…
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LGBTQ+ Book Recommendations
Hey everyone, how’s it going? As you may or may not know, June is America’s LGBT History Month and while I’m not American, I thought this would be the perfect time to recommend some brilliant and diverse books which promote and discuss LGBT issues. These include some pretty well-known series, as well as some lesser known ones which may have slipped under your radar. I include the names of series where sometimes the diversity comes a little later, in case you pick up one of these books and wonder what the hell I’m talking about. So sit back, relax, and grab a cup of coffee as I go through my…
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The Fictional Family Book Tag
Hi everyone, Today, I thought I’d bring to you my first blog book tag. I was tagged for this by Kay Wisteria from Hammock of Books [and if you haven’t checked out her wonderful YA blog you should totally do that now] to do this Fictional Family Book Tag. It seemed like such a brilliant and creative tag that I just couldn’t resist the lure! THE RULES Pick 8 books off your shelves (try to not pick just your favorites!) Arrange them into a random order (randomizers are good for this). In the order they are arranged, open them to a random page and write down the first name you…
