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February Book Haul
Another month has finished, and I have added more books to my life! Welcome to my February Book Haul, where, coming as a surprise to no one, I have hauled a few books!! Let’s just jump right in!! Review Copies I was lucky enough to be sent a copy of Sorcery of a Queen by Brian Naslund from Tor UK, the sequel to the amazing Blood of an Exile. I love an epic dragon fantasy, and I cannot wait to get reading this one in March! I also received one of my most anticipated releases of 2021, The Edge of the Ocean by L.D Lapinski. This is the sequel to…
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Six for Sunday | Books That Made Me Cry
Hello everyone, welcome to another Six for Sunday post! Today we are talking all about books that made me cry! I cry very easily, so this list could’ve been a whole lot longer! But I have narrowed it down for you. Here we go! Thanks as always to the lovely Steph for hosting! The Knife of Never Letting Go by Patrick Ness It's a surprise to nobody that Patrick Ness features on this list. His books often tear my heart into pieces, so it was a tough decision on which one to include. I went for the first book of his I read, which I do remember sobbing while reading it! This…
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Book Review | Plain Bad Heroines
Title: Plain Bad Heroines Author: Emily M. Danforth Publisher: Borough Press Published: 4th February 2021 Genre: Gothic fiction, Horror, Rating: 5/5 stars Plain Bad Heroines is a highly imaginative and original horror-comedy centered around a cursed New England boarding school for girls—a wickedly whimsical celebration of the art of storytelling, sapphic love, and the rebellious female spirit. Our story begins in 1902, at The Brookhants School for Girls. Flo and Clara, two impressionable students, are obsessed with each other and with a daring young writer named Mary MacLane, the author of a scandalous bestselling memoir. To show their devotion to Mary, the girls establish their own private club and call…
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Six for Sunday | Books That Made Me Feel
Hello everyone, welcome to another Six for Sunday post! Today we are talking all about books that made me feel things while I was reading them! As an emotional wreck, I often feel a lot of emotions while reading, here’s 6 I want to chat about. Thanks as always to the lovely Steph for hosting! The Mercies by Kiran Millwood Hargrave Although this was a bit of a slow start for me, once I got into this book I fully couldn’t put it down. I fell totally in love with the women in this book. Set on a Norwegian Island inhabited by only women, I highly recommend this novel! Buy from Waterstones…
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Book Review | Black Sun
Title: Black Sun Author: Rebecca Roanhorse Published: 21st January 2021 Publisher: Rebellion Genre: Fantasy Series: Between Earth and Sky #1 Rating: 5/5 stars A god will returnWhen the earth and sky convergeUnder the black sun In the holy city of Tova, the winter solstice is usually a time for celebration and renewal, but this year it coincides with a solar eclipse, a rare celestial event proscribed by the Sun Priest as an unbalancing of the world. Meanwhile, a ship launches from a distant city bound for Tova and set to arrive on the solstice. The captain of the ship, Xiala, is a disgraced Teek whose song can calm the waters…