“So many memories and secrets, so many burdens. Every life has such weight. I don’t know how anybody carries even one.” Continue reading The Seven Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle by Stuart Turton Review
This year I am reading all of Waterstone’s ‘Fiction Book of the Month’ picks, this book was chosen for the month of June. ‘The Truants’ by Kate Weinberg is listed as a mystery novel and was Waterstone’s ‘Fiction Book of The Month’ for June. It currently has an average rating of 3.51 on Goodreads, and I awarded it 3 stars. The book follows Jess Walker’s journey … Continue reading Waterstone’s Book of the Month June 2020: The Truants by Kate Weinberg
“We may be small, and we may be young, but we will shake the world for our beliefs.” Continue reading The Priory of The Orange Tree by Samantha Shannon Review (Spoiler Free + Spoiler)
This is the sixth review of my ‘Buzzfeed Recommends Series’ in which I read and review all the books Buzzfeed recommended in their article: ’15 Brand-New Young Adult Novels That Are Just So, So, Good’. You can read the summary for that here. Continue reading Buzzfeed Recommends Part Six: Deathless Divide by Justina Ireland Review
The story of ‘Ignite The Sun’ follows a young girl Siria who lives in a kingdom constantly shrouded in darkness and can’t even remember seeing the sun. Queen Iyzabel says she shrouded the kingdom in darkness for the people’s protection years ago, but Siria hates the darkness and longs to see the sun that her best friend and his grandfather told stories of. But she’s desperate to please her parents, so she swallows her distaste for darkness and travels into the Queen’s court for a chance to take a place there, however what Siria discovers at the Choosing Ball changes her life and possibly the kingdom forever. Continue reading Arc Review: Ignite The Sun by Hanna Howard
“Everything that rises will fall. Empires, societies, governments. None of them lasts forever. Why? Because even though they are the products of change, they become resistant to change.” Continue reading The Unbound by Victoria Schwab Review
“The road to recovery is not linear. It’s not straight. It’s a bumpy path, with lots of twists and turns. But you’re on the right track.” Continue reading Waterstone’s Book of The Month February 2020: Queenie by Candice Carter – Williams
“Great Achilles. Brilliant Achilles, shining Achilles, godlike Achilles … How the epithets pile up. We never called him any of those things; we called him ‘the butcher’.” Continue reading The Silence of The Girls by Pat Barker Review
