Author: Roshani Chokshi Genre: Young adult; fantasy Rating: 4/5 When you are who they expect you to be, they never look too closely. The Gilded Wolves is a tale of found family and crime set in an alternate Paris during the Belle Epoche. It has drawn (mostly favourable) comparisons to a certain well-known YA heist fantasy … Continue reading “Wolves were everywhere”— The Gilded Wolves [REVIEW]
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2018 Book Challenge Update: Part 1
Hi guys! At the start of the year I set my reading goal to 30 books, 5 more than last year’s goal and 3 more than I actually managed to read last year. I thought it was about time I shared some of what I’ve read. A Long Way to a Small Angry Plant | … Continue reading 2018 Book Challenge Update: Part 1
[REVIEW] A Wild and Unremarkable Thing
Author: Jen Castleberry Genre: Fantasy Rating: 4/5 *I was given a free ebook copy in exchange for an honest review* Fifteen years have passed since the yellow eyed Fire Scale ruined Cody's town of Ithil; fifteen years she has lived in disguise; fifteen years she has trained to kill a Fire Scale and with her … Continue reading [REVIEW] A Wild and Unremarkable Thing
[REVIEW] Wardens of Archos by Sarina Langer (Relics of Ar’Zac 2)
Author: Sarina Langer Genre: Young adult; fantasy Rating: 4/5 Release date: October 16th, 2017 || Pre-order and add it on Goodreads I was provided a free ARC of Wardens of Archos by the author in exchange for an honest review. It is a rare sequel which manages to not only match the quality and intensity of … Continue reading [REVIEW] Wardens of Archos by Sarina Langer (Relics of Ar’Zac 2)
[REVIEW] Juniper Lemon’s Happiness Index
Author: Julie Israel Genre: Young adult; contemporary Rating: 4.5/5 “[I]t's this very darkness, the cutouts, the envelope of holes that makes the stars so sharp and beautiful.” 65 days have passed since since Juniper lost her sister, Cammie, and the only thing holding her together as she starts the new school year is the ritual … Continue reading [REVIEW] Juniper Lemon’s Happiness Index
“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 … Continue reading “You have ink in your blood.” – Ink and Bone Review
“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 … Continue reading “Someday we will be more than words in the dark” – Snow Like Ashes Review
“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 … Continue reading “Fate had no hold over us” – Sparks Fly Review
“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. … Continue reading “She looked down and plotted flames” – And I Darken Review
“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 … Continue reading “The night was screams, and the smell of gunpowder” – Rebel of the Sands Review