Ah where to start with this…this series was brutal and exhausting. I have heard that this is perfect for SJM fans, and I agree to an extent. SJM has more romance but both have that high stakes feel to their fantasies. However this series wouldn’t be included in my top five for YA fantasy (inContinue reading “The Empirium Trilogy | Series Breakdown and Review”
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The Poppy War Trilogy | Series Breakdown and Review
I ended 2020 with a crazy bang after I completed The Poppy War series. It took sweat, blood, and tears… Since I gobbled these books down in practically two weeks, A) I didn’t have time to write a comprehensive review for each one. B) I’m so emotionally burned out I don’t even have the wordsContinue reading “The Poppy War Trilogy | Series Breakdown and Review”
Goodreads Monday | TBR Highlights #3
Goodreads Monday is created by Laura Page Turner. It’s a weekly meme that encourages you to post a book you’re excited to read from your Goodreads TBR! The Haunting of Aveline Jones by Phil Hickes Goodreads Synopsis Aveline Jones loves reading ghost stories, so a dreary half-term becomes much more exciting when she discovers aContinue reading “Goodreads Monday | TBR Highlights #3”
Review ARC | Death Train
I would like to thank the author for providing me with an ARC in exchange for an honest review. All opinions shared are my own personal thoughts. Description Summary | Interesting conceptual ideas that revolve around the macabre of the Underworld and death in itself (Imagine being stuck in Tim Burton’s Land of the DeadContinue reading “Review ARC | Death Train”
Goodreads Monday | TBR Highlights #2
Goodreads Monday is created by Laura Page Turner. It’s a weekly meme that encourages you to post a book you’re excited to read from your Goodreads TBR! The Gilded Ones by Namina Forna Goodreads Synopsis Sixteen-year-old Deka lives in fear and anticipation of the blood ceremony that will determine whether she will become a memberContinue reading “Goodreads Monday | TBR Highlights #2”
Review | Fairyloot Exclusive: Eight will Fall
Description Summary | An engaging fantasy adventure that proves to be a page turner of unique twists, gods and goddesses, and a balanced magic system. Rating Book Summary | (Skip to Review) Larkin is an outcast and outlaw in her own country. Discriminated for who she is and what she possesses of magic, Larkin andContinue reading “Review | Fairyloot Exclusive: Eight will Fall”
Review | Long Overdues! : The Queen of Nothing
Description Summary | Think a modern conceptualization of fairy tales and folk tales that is reminiscent of the dark and eerie stories of The Grimm Brothers mixed in with a bit of Leigh Bardugo. Rating Book Summary | (Skip to Review) In the final installment of The Folk of Air series, Jude is the exiledContinue reading “Review | Long Overdues! : The Queen of Nothing”
Review | Hist. Retellings : My Lady Jane
Good but meh? 3 star ratings can be confusing at times 🤷🏽♀️ Description Summary | Imagine 16th century England but written by Regina George from Mean Girls and Erin from Derry Girls. Rating Book Summary | (Skip to Review) Meet Lady Jane Grey, a 16 year old uptight bookworm who wants nothing more but herContinue reading “Review | Hist. Retellings : My Lady Jane”
Review | Woven in Moonlight
This was a lovely read! I read the book for the DTS readathon, and yet at first I was skeptical to continue on with book 2 but I’ve just checked the reviews and it was higher than the first so maybeeee book 2 would surprise me in a good way 👀 Description Summary | AContinue reading “Review | Woven in Moonlight”
Review | Asian Mythology : Shadow of the Fox
I haven’t been feeling myself for the past three days. I totally hit a sudden rockbottom with reading, and I feel a reading slump is in the making. It’s like my whole body has become this one giant boulder that is barely picking itself up. I’m trying my best to get out of my stuporContinue reading “Review | Asian Mythology : Shadow of the Fox”
The Never Ending Chronicles of Jawahir the Bookworm 