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  • These Violent Delights eARC Review

    These Violent Delights eARC Review

          GoodReads: The year is 1926, and Shanghai hums to the tune of debauchery. A blood feud between two gangs runs the streets red, leaving the city helpless in the grip of chaos. At the heart of it all is eighteen-year-old Juliette Cai, a former flapper who has…

    Nov 17, 2020
    Book Review
    chloe gong, earc review, Hodder Books, hodder&stoughton, hodderscape, netgalley, publication day, retelling, romeo and juliet, shakespeare, these violent delights, yarc 2020
  • The Camelot Betrayal eARC Review

    The Camelot Betrayal eARC Review

                              GoodReads: EVERYTHING IS AS IT SHOULD BE IN CAMELOT: King Arthur is expanding his kingdom’s influence with Queen Guinevere at his side. Yet every night, dreams of darkness and unknowable power plague her. Guinevere might have accepted…

    Nov 16, 2020
    Book Review
    Book Review, guinevere, kiersten white, King Arthur, lancelot, merline, netgalley, retelling, the camelot betrayal, the guinevere deception
  • The Snow Song – Blog Tour

    The Snow Song – Blog Tour

          GoodReads: Women imprisoned by superstition, chained by guilt. Perched on a mountain in a land of ancient forests is a village, rife with secrets. Cut off from the outside world it is run by the elders, men to whom tradition is all. Edith lives alone with her…

    Nov 15, 2020
    Book Review
    Blog Tour, Book Review, HQ Stories, love, sally gardner, Snow, the snow song, traditional tale, violin, winter book, winter tbr, wintry
  • Maya and the Rising Dark ARC Review

    Maya and the Rising Dark ARC Review

            GoodReads: Twelve-year-old Maya’s search for her missing father puts her at the center of a battle between our world, the Orishas, and the mysterious and sinister Dark world. Twelve-year-old Maya is the only one in her South Side Chicago neighborhood who witnesses weird occurrences like werehyenas…

    Nov 13, 2020
    Book Review
    Black authors, diverse fantasy, father and daughter relationship, hmh books for young readers, Kingdom of Souls, maya and the rising dark, mg debut, middle grade fantasy, middle grade fiction, Rena Barron
  • Books To Travel With

    Books To Travel With

    Hey all! So, today I just wanted to do a fun post, I’ve got so much to do and I hope that if you read this it’ll be a fun reprieve for you as well! Let’s pretend that we’re headed for a magnificent 2 week trip, destination, anywhere your little…

    Nov 12, 2020
    Book Review
    aurora burning, book list, book trip, Books, Children of Blood and Bone, daughter of a pirate king, ember in the ashes, need coffee, nocturna, so tired, tbr, travel, trip, what would you take to travel with
  • 5 King Arthur Retellings to Add to Your TBR

    5 King Arthur Retellings to Add to Your TBR

    Hey all! After putting up my review yesterday for The Guinevere Deception and currently reading The Camelot Betrayal, I’m thinking that it’s time to just put up a list of a few King Arthur Retellings you might want to add to your TBR and that are certainly mine if I…

    Nov 11, 2020
    Book Review
    amanda lynn almaraz, amy rose capetta, book list, camelot, cori mccarthy, Descended, guinevere, kiersten white, King Arthur, legendborn, mary stewart, Merlin, once and future, Retellings, tbr, the crystal cave, the guinevere deception, the story of silence, tracy deonn
  • The Guinevere Deception Review

    The Guinevere Deception Review

                              GoodReads: There was nothing in the world as magical and terrifying as a girl. Princess Guinevere has come to Camelot to wed a stranger: the charismatic King Arthur. With magic clawing at the kingdom’s borders, the great…

    Nov 10, 2020
    Book Review
    arthurian legend, Book Review, camelot, camelot betrayal, guinevere, kiersten white, King Arthur, lancelot, Merlin, the guinevere deception, trilogy, YA Fantasy
  • Mini Review Day (Middle Grade Reads)

    Mini Review Day (Middle Grade Reads)

                            GoodReads: An enchanting magical adventure set in the wild moors of Dartmoor – the second middle-grade novel from the bestselling Katharine Orton. Through the glass, the magic is waiting… Nona and her uncle travel everywhere together, replacing stained-glass…

    Nov 9, 2020
    Book Review
    aquicorn cove, benji davies, book reviews, eARCs, fiona woodcock, glassheart, katharine orton, katie o'neill, michael morpurgo, middle grade, net galley, sarah lean, the good bear, the magic fish, the puffin keeper, trung le nguyen
  • Samantha Paris Illustrations Caraval Unboxing

    Samantha Paris Illustrations Caraval Unboxing

    Hey all, I’m back with another bookish candle unboxing! It’s the same company as the last time, but, now instead of being known as Elven Wick Candles, it’s Samantha Paris Illustrations! Yay! Let’s get started, I love Caraval and I only just read it this year…I mean..it feels like five…

    Nov 8, 2020
    Book Review
    bookish candles, candles, caraval, Circus, donnatella, julian, legend, prince of hearts, scarlett, stephanie garber, Unboxing
  • The Dresden Files #17 Battle Ground Review

    The Dresden Files #17 Battle Ground Review

                    GoodReads: THINGS ARE ABOUT TO GET SERIOUS FOR HARRY DRESDEN, CHICAGO’S ONLY PROFESSIONAL WIZARD, in the next entry in the #1 New York Times bestselling Dresden Files. Harry has faced terrible odds before. He has a long history of fighting enemies above…

    Nov 6, 2020
    Book Review
    battle ground, Book Review, dresden files, dresden files 17, harry dresden, Jim Butcher, orbit books, urban fantasy, wizard of chicago
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