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Monstrous Design Book Review
From Goodreads: 1794, London: Camille and Al are desperately hunting Olympe’s kidnapper. From the glamorous excesses of the Vauxhall Pleasure Gardens to the city’s seedy underbelly, they are caught in a dangerous game of lies and deceit. And a terrible new enemy lies in wait with designs more monstrous than they could ever imagine… Can Camille play on to the end or will she be forced to show her hand? In Paris, the Duc is playing his own dangerous games. With Ada in his thrall, old loyalties are thrown into question. The Battalion are torn apart as never before, and everything – Ada’s love for Camille, her allegiance to…
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Dangerous Remedy Book Review
Dangerous Remedy by Kat Dunn From Goodreads: Camille, a revolutionary’s daughter, leads a band of outcasts – a runaway girl, a deserter, an aristocrat in hiding. As the Battalion des Mortes they cheat death, saving those about to meet a bloody end at the blade of Madame La Guillotine. But their latest rescue is not what she seems. The girl’s no aristocrat, but her dark and disturbing powers means both the Royalists and the Revolutionaries want her. But who and what is she? In these dangerous days, no one can be trusted, everyone is to be feared. As Camille learns the truth, she’s forced to choose between loyalty to those she…
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Sunday Chart
It’s been a loooong time since I last wrote one of these, but I thought I’d take this chance to start up doing a Sunday Chart again, based on my recent reads. I’m hoping, in the next few weeks, to pick back up on the reviews, since I’ve actually been reading a lot recently but just not quite feeling like writing reviews of the books I’ve read. Aurora Burning by Jay Kristoff and Amie Kaufman Dangerous Remedy by Kat Dunn The Poppy War by R.F. Kuang Chain of Gold by Cassandra Clare All Boys Aren’t Blue by George M. Johnson The Education of Margot Sanchez by Lilliam Rivera Descendant of the Crane by Joan He Dear Martin by…