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May 2021 Haul and Wrap-Up
Hi everyone, hope your weekend is starting well. It’s been a while since I’ve done one of these posts, in part because I’ve been going through some financial restrictions recently (my scholarship is coming to an end this year, and jobs are a bit uncertain in my field, so I’m trying to spend less and save more to cover any months where I’m between incomes). And also space is a little tight, since we live in a two bedroom flat and the shelves are filling up fast! However, since I’ve been teaching recently, I wanted to treat myself to a bunch of books. So, let’s start with the haul of…
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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…
