Title: An Offer from a Gentleman Author: Julia Quinn Genre: Historical Fiction/Romance In short: A cute little retelling which could have done with some more depth. Minor spoilers The third book in the Bridgerton series, An Offer from a Gentleman was an okay read. There were moments I loved and moments I didn’t enjoy so … Continue reading
Title: Vespertine Author: Margaret Rogerson Genre: Young Adult/Fantasy In short: A good story – which I found it hard to connect to. Margaret Rogerson is fantastic at worldbuilding and fantastic at creating likeable characters. It was apparent in A Sorcery of Thorns and it’s definitely apparent in Vespertine. As far as stories go, Vespertine is … Continue reading
Title: The Cursed and the Broken Author: Chloe Hodge Genre: New Adult/Fantasy In short: A dark and spicy fantasy. Witches. Hungarian folklore. Enemies to lovers. One bed. Arranged marriage. The Cursed and the Broken truly has everything I love in a fantasy novel and more. It’s fast paced. It’s steamy. It’s also one of my … Continue reading
Title: An Arrow to the Moon Author: Emily X.R Pan Genre: Young Adult/Romance/Fantasy In short: A clever book with too many points of view. No spoilers An Arrow to the Moon deserves an award or something. It literally has the shortest chapters of any book I have ever read. That said, I haven’t read Pan’s … Continue reading
Title: Shadow of Night Author: Deborah Harkness Genre: Urban Fantasy/Romance/Historical Fiction In short: A 600 page sequel where not a lot is going on No spoilers When I finished reading A Discovery of Witches I was super excited to move onto its sequel – Shadow of Night. However a bunch of exciting new releases meant … Continue reading
Title: Edgewood Author: Kristen Ciccarelli Genre: Young Adult/Fantasy In short: A whimsical young adult fantasy which focuses on the theme of forgetting. No spoilers It’s hard to describe how I feel about Edgewood. There are some parts I loved in it and some parts I didn’t. Edgewood felt like a deeply personal story to me. … Continue reading
Title: Only a Monster Author: Vanessa Len Genre: Young Adult/Fantasy In short: Monsters. Magic. Romance. Time travel. An instant favourite. No major spoilers Only a Monster is my absolute favourite read of 2022 so far. It is a book about heroes and about monsters and about the grey area in between them. I expected this … Continue reading
Title: Kingdom of the Cursed Author: Kerri Maniscalo Genre: New Adult/Fantasy In short: A steamy sequel No spoilers Kingdom of the Cursed, the sequel to Kingdom of the Wicked is a sexy and thrilling read. Having made a pact to become wife to Pride – Emilia ventured into the Kingdom of the Wicked (finally). She … Continue reading
Title: Go Tell the Bees that I am Gone Author: Diana Gabaldon Genre: Historical Fiction/Romance In short: My least favourite book in the Outlander series No spoilers The ninth book in the Outlander series, Go Tell the Bees that I am Gone was a slog. At almost 900 pages it took me a good six … Continue reading
Title: The Clanlands Almanac Author: Sam Heughan and Graham McTavish Genre: Almanac In short: A guide to all things Scotland and Scottish! Almanac NOUN an annual calendar containing important dates and statistical information such as astronomical data and tide tables. Lovers of Scotland and Outlander rejoice! There is now a guide for you which contains … Continue reading
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