June Wrap Up

June's done. The year's half over. Get keen though, because it's wrap-up season! June has been such a good reading month for me and I hit my writing goal by the middle of the month (which makes the fact that I spent all of my usual big writing day on Wednesday in a total slump …

“You have ink in your blood.” – Ink and Bone Review

Author: Rachel Caine Series: The Great Library (Book 1) Genre: Young adult; fantasy; steampunk; alternate history Rating: 4.5/5   Books and men left the same traces where they burned. For every book lover who is also a history lover, for every historian with an addiction to book, Ink and Bone is a pipe dream come …

“Someday we will be more than words in the dark” – Snow Like Ashes Review

Author: Sara Raasch Series: Snow Like Ashes (Book 1) Genre: Young adult; fantasy Rating: 4/5   “…even though I’ve never seen Winter or its enslaved people or set foot on its soil, I’m expected to sacrifice everything, because until Winter is free I don’t matter.” Meira is an orphan - by some stroke of fate …

No thank you – Book’s I’ll (Probably) Never Read

So, fair warning, this got a little saltier than I'd anticipated. I just have a lot of feelings, ok? Thanks to Rachel for the tag xx 1) A really hyped book you’re not interested in reading. A Court of Thorns and Roses. 1) It's not really my thing to begin with and 2) I've come …

“Fate had no hold over us” – Sparks Fly Review

Author: Kadian Thomas Series: A Light in the Dark (Book 1) Genre: Young adult; fantasy Rating: 3/5 Release date: June 21st, 2017 (Pre-order your copy from Amazon here) Goodreads | Barnes and Noble | Kobo | Smashwords I was provided a free ARC of Sparks Fly by the author in exchange for an honest review. “Destiny…tells me …

“She looked down and plotted flames” – And I Darken Review

Author: Kiersten White Series: The Conqueror’s Saga (Book 1) Genre: Young adult; historical Rating: 4/5 “The question becomes, Daughter of the Dragon, what will you sacrifice? What will you let be taken away so that you, too, can have power?” Lada and her brother Radu are the neglected children of the incompetent ruler of Wallachia. …

“The night was screams, and the smell of gunpowder” – Rebel of the Sands Review

Author: Alwyn Hamilton Genre: Fantasy Rating: 3/5 “Tell me that’s how you want your story to go and we’ll write it straight across the sand.” Rebel in the Sands is a young adult fantasy by debut author Alwyn Hamilton, a globe-trotting Canadian who can list Cambridge graduate amongst her credentials. It follows Amani, a young girl stuck …

April Wrap Up

This is the first time I've actually made a set of monthly writing goals so I loved seeing how much I'd accomplished in the month. I was participating in Camp NaNoWriMo so I had some pretty lofty goals. I finished about 1,800 words shy of my goal which is sort of disappointing but I have …

Critique Partner Search

Are you the C.P. I've been looking for? Hey everyone 🙂 I've heard a lot of writers swear by their critique partners, crediting them with everything from helping finish their book to fishing their grandmother's heirloom shawl from a very vicious duck. All in all, they sound pretty rad so I thought it was about time …

Book Challenge 2017 – Update 2

Goals: Read 20 books Read from unfamiliar genres Read a book from at least ten different countries Turkey (1) India (1) Australia (1) U.S.A. (3) I'm embracing different ways of reading this year   I was always one of those kids who always had a book at hand. Books were like my safety blanket, I …