Title: The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue Author: V.E Schwab Genre: Contemporary/Fantasy In short: A beautiful tale about a girl who was forgotten. No spoilers The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue is a unique book. It had lodged itself firmly against my heart well before I had even read it. I first heard about it … Continue reading
Title: A Deadly Education Author: Naomi Novik Genre: Young Adult/Fantasy In short: Dark Academia with a magical twist. No spoilers As someone who has read and enjoyed Novik’s works in the past I was instantly drawn to A Deadly Education. A fantasy book with serious dark academia vibes? I instantly added it to my October … Continue reading
Title: The Happiest Man on Earth Author: Eddie Jaku Genre: Autobiography In short: A short, moving novel about life as a Jew in WW2. A few weeks ago I was sitting on my couch watching The Project on TV when I saw an interview with an incredible man. His name was Eddie Jaku and he … Continue reading
Title: The Empire of Gold Author: S.A Chakraborty Genre: Young Adult/Fantasy In short: An epic conclusion to an amazing trilogy Contains spoilers for the previous books The Daevabad trilogy is easily one of the best book series I have read this year. City of Brass was a beautiful introduction to the characters, detailed world and … Continue reading
Title: Viper Author: Bex Hogan Genre: Young Adult/Fantasy In short: Young adult fantasy on the seas Some spoilers I received a copy of Viper from the publisher for review well over 12 months ago. Totally unsolicited so I naturally had next to no idea what it was about and shelved it thinking that it was … Continue reading
Title: Iron Gold Author: Pierce Brown Genre: Sci-Fi/Fantasy In short: Gory DAMN! No spoilers Gory damn this book was brutal. Pierce Brown turned it up a notch in this edition to the Red Rising saga. And what a saga it has become! I honestly had no idea what to expect going into this novel. The … Continue reading
Title: The Silver Arrow Author: Lev Grossman Genre: Middle Grade In short: A whimsical adventure with a beautiful and timely message. No spoilers So, it turns out Lev Grossman is great at writing middle grade fiction. I know many, many people love The Magicians but I actually couldn’t stand it. It was outlandish. The Silver … Continue reading
Title: Blood and Honey Author: Shelby Mahurin Genre: Young Adult/Fantasy In short: A solid follow-up to Serpent & Dove. No spoilers As soon as I put down Serpent & Dove I got on my phone and pre-ordered the book that everyone was talking about, its sequel Blood & Honey. I mean, who can blame me? … Continue reading
Title: Retribution Dies Author: Chloe Hodge Genre: Fantasy In short: A sequel better than the original. No spoilers This book, that ending. The character development. The banter. The expansion if world building. It’s all absolutely brilliant. Dare I say it? Retribution Dies is actually better than Vengeance Blooms. Firstly, let’s talk about character development. Ashalea, … Continue reading
Title: Kingdom of Copper Author: S.A. Chakraborty Genre: Young Adult/Fantasy In short: A surprising sequel. No spoilers For the second book in a trilogy Kingdom of Copper was surprisingly good. I was unsure where the story was headed after the surprising ending of City of Brass. So much had happened to our beloved characters, and … Continue reading
