“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 …

“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 …

Book Challenge Update

It's time for an update on my book challenge! 😀 I have now read 6 books (latest are in bold): The Raven Boys | Maggie Stiefvater The Queen’s Choice | Cayla Kluver The Captive Prince | C. S. Pacat The Many Coloured Land | Christopher Koch The Architect's Apprentice | Elif Shafak Sasha | Joel Shepherd Currently reading: The Dream Thieves | Maggie Stiefvater …

Book Challenge 2016

So, for ROW80 this year, I've been trying to read a book a fortnight. I am well aware that this is not a lot, but for a while now, years in fact, I've been in a reading slump. I used to read constantly. All the time. I spent most of my study periods in my …

New Character Page!

  For the last few weeks, I've been interviewing a few of my characters and now, for ease of access, I've built a little home for them. You can find all my interviews, plus heaps of photos from my pinterest boards HERE.