“Wolves were everywhere”— The Gilded Wolves [REVIEW]

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 …

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 | …

[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 …

“You shall be an empress with the moon for your throne” – The Star-Touched Queen [REVIEW]

Author: Roshani Chokshi Genre: Young adult; fantasy Rating: 3.5/5 I wanted a love thick with time, as inscrutable as if a lathe had carved it from night and as familiar as the marrow in my bones. The Star-Touched Queen is the story of Mayavati, whose grim horoscope has condemned her to a life as an …

Book Challenge 2017 – Update 3

So, I realised I've been reading a lot but I haven't done a reading challenge update in months. Oops! GOALS: Read 20 books Read from unfamiliar genres Read a book written by authors from at least ten different countries Turkey (1) India (1) Australia (1) U.S.A. (5) U.K. (1) Canada (1) Jamaica (1) Pakistan (1)  BOOKS I’VE …

“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 …

“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 …

“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 …

WIPpet Wednesday 2017

Welcome back!! As you may have seen in my post last week, I've made the decision to change my pseudonym. My old one wasn't cutting it for me and was in no way a stand out moniker. The long and short of it is that from now on, I'll be going by the name Ríona O’Inabha …

NaNoWriMo -Day 12 *25,000*

So it's day 12 of NaNoWriMo (the end of in my time zone), and my momentum has really slowed since my last update. I managed to hit my targets on 5th - 8th but the news which came out of America on the 9th threw me a lot more than I was expecting. I also had …