Title: Undying Author: Amie Kaufman and Megan Spooner Genre: Young Adult/Sci-Fi In short: A satisfying conclusion to a fun-fast paced duology. No spoilers for Undying. Some for Unearthed. It wasn’t long ago that I read the first book in this duology, Unearthed. At the time it was touted as a Tomb Raider, sci-fi, space, young adult crossover. It also read … Continue reading
Title: The Last Wish Author: Andrzej Sapkowski Genre: Fantasy/Short Story In short: A great introduction to the vast world of The Witcher. No spoilers I started playing The Witcher 3 late last year on PS4. Instantly I became obsessed. A fantasy world full of magical creatures, magic and interesting characters? The Witcher was right up my alley! As … Continue reading
Title: Turtles All The Way Down Author: John Green Genre: Young Adult/Contemporary In short: Not Green’s best work but still a solid effort. No spoilers Reading this book was strange, strange experience. You see the main character, Aza has a mental illness. Which is brilliant. I mean more books should have characters with mental illnesses in them. Though, clearly … Continue reading
It’s hard to believe we are already eight days into 2019 – but eight days it is! I thought it was therefore time that I finally shared with you all some of my most anticipated 2019 book releases (a.k.a all the Jay Kristoff books!) King of Scars by Leigh Bardugo We are getting a Nioklai … Continue reading
Title: Queen of Air and Darkness Author: Cassandra Clare Genre: Young Adult/Fantasy In short: Final book in The Dark Artifices trilogy doesn’t quite reach the mark. No spoilers Hello. Brylie here. Long time fan of fantasy books. Especially YA fantasy books. Especially Shadowhunter books. It goes without saying that I was therefore really, very extremely excited to get my hands on Queen … Continue reading
Title: Angelfall Author: Susan Ee Genre: Young Adult/Fantasy/Dystopian In short: Angels and a dystopian world are a strange combination No spoilers A dystopian world with angels. That’s what Angelfall is basically about. Dystopia. Angels. It’s a strange combination. It works, a little. Though, I found it hard to imagine such a world. Part of the reason for this was … Continue reading
So, despite 2018 being a crazy busy year for me (I bought a house, I went to Europe and also attended 3 weddings!), I managed to read a total of 53 books. Some of these books were awful, some of them were okay and others were absolutely mind-blowingly awesome. Somehow I have managed to narrow … Continue reading
