Title: DarkDawn Author: Jay Kristoff Genre: Fantasy In short: Not the ending I was expecting. Some spoilers It’s finally here! The ending to Jay Kristoff’s stabby, Nevernight trilogy. I’ve only waited a year to hold Darkdawn in my hands, but it was a long year. After all, that Godsgrave ending was one helluva cliffhanger. But now I’ve read it, I have to … Continue reading
Title: Hunted Author: Meagan Spooner Genre: Fantasy In short: A great retelling of a classic tale No spoilers I’ve always been one for a good old fairy tale retelling. Give me any book, film or television show based on an old story and I will Despite this being a retelling, I wasn’t wholly sure of … Continue reading
Title: Blood of Elves Author: Andrzej Sapkowski Genre: Fantasy In short: Disappointing Some spoilers I can’t remember a time that I’ve been more disappointed by a book. After reading and devouring The Witcher short story collections, The Last Wish and Sword of Destiny I had high hopes for the series of novels. But after reading Blood of Elves I’m … Continue reading
I know, I know. I’m super late with this unboxing. I mean, this box was released a few months ago. But then life got busy and I got a puppy. What can I say? Finding time for things is hard. But I took all the pictures of all the pretty things I received in this box and I … Continue reading
Title: Just a Girl Author: Jane Caro Genre: Historical fiction In short: The life of Queen Elizabeth before her queenly days, told memoir style. No spoilers I finally did it. I finally picked up another historical fiction novel. It has been such a long time between historical fiction books for me that I probably couldn’t even name the last … Continue reading
Title: Sword of Destiny Author: Andrzej Sapkowski Genre: Fantasy In short: A wonderful collection of shot stories about Geralt of Rivia. No spoilers It’s taken me a very long time to get around to reading the second collection of The Witcher short stories, Sword of Destiny. In fact, I first downloaded the ebook of The Last Wish about … Continue reading
Title: Elantris Author: Brandon Sandersom Genre: Fantasy In short: A fantasy story with a unique plot. No spoilers I’m always a little skeptical when reading the first of an author’s published works. After all, writing is simply one of those things that gets better with time. But being a huge Sanderson fan, I knew I simply had to read this … Continue reading
