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May Wrap Up!
May was a pretty good month for reading. I finished 8 books this month, which is a good tally for me! Here they are: A Thousand Ships by Natalie Haynes. 5/5 stars. I loved this novel, a female focussed retelling of the Battle of Troy. You can read more of my thoughts here! Romanov by Nadine Brandes. 3/5 stars. A YA retelling of the Romanov family's final weeks in captivity with some magic thrown in. You can read more about my thoughts here! The Science of Storytelling by Will Storr 3.5/5 stars. I listened to this on audiobook. It's a fascinating…
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Book Review- Romanov
Title: Romanov Author: Nadine Brandes Published: 30th May 2019 Pages: 352 Genre: YA, Historical, Fantasy, Magic The history books say I died. They don’t know the half of it. Anastasia “Nastya” Romanov was given a single mission: to smuggle an ancient spell into her suitcase on her way to exile in Siberia. It might be her family’s only salvation. But the leader of the Bolshevik army is after them . . . and he’s hunted Romanov before. Nastya’s only chances of survival are to either release the spell, and deal with the consequences, or enlist help from Zash, the handsome soldier who doesn’t act like the average Bolshevik. Nastya’s never…