“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 …

[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 …

[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 …

[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 …

“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 …

“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. …

Camp NaNothanksWriMo

As Camp NaNoWriMo looms around the corner again, I thought I'd share my reflections on last year's camp. Boy is it a different beast to normal NaNoWriMo. If the November session is a huge street party of creativity, the Carnevale of writing, Camp NaNoWriMo truly is a camp. That one you went on when you …

“God was in the pictures” – The Gallery of Vanished Husbands Review

Author: Natasha Solomons Genre: Historical Fiction Rating: 3.5/5 Told through a series of portraits, The Gallery of Vanished Husbands is the tale of one woman's liberation. Set in the Jewish neighbourhoods of post-war Britain, Natasha Solomon’s novel tells the story of the fatefully named Juliet Montague, a young single mother with a passion for art and a knack for spotting talent. One …

“You Could Rattle the Stars” – Throne of Glass Review

Author: Sarah J. Maas Genre: Fantasy Rating: 3/5 Warning: This is pretty long. I didn’t mean for it to be but I suppose there’s no going back now. I went into this expecting it to be, at best, tolerable. A lot of reviews I’ve read have been incredibly negative and those who did recommend it to me did …