3.5 Stars ‘The Beholder’ was a book I was really intrigued and excited about. Initially I saw mention of it being an Odyssey retelling but that was thankfully quickly taken out of the synopsis, as it is nothing like the Odyssey. The premise was interesting, and was a concept I hadn’t seen before. Though it… Continue reading The Beholder by Anna Bright – Review
Month: July 2019
Dream Keeper by Amber R. Duell – Review
2 Stars - DNF @ 52% Thank you to NetGalley and the publisher for an eARC of this book. The premise of Dream Keeper was fantastic. I love anything to do with the concept of dreams, Sandman and Nightmares. I wrote part of my dissertation of Hoffmann’s ‘Der Sandmann’, have (badly) written and read so… Continue reading Dream Keeper by Amber R. Duell – Review
A Curse So Dark and Lonely by Brigid Kemmerer – Review
5 Stars Retellings of classic fairy tales with a new spin on them are some of my favourite things. So obviously I was extremely excited to read ‘A Curse So Dark & Lonely’. Beauty and the Beast was my joint favourite Disney film (along with Hercules) as a child, and Robin McKinley’s ‘Beauty’ is my… Continue reading A Curse So Dark and Lonely by Brigid Kemmerer – Review
Reading Wrap Up – June 2019
I finished six books this month and most of them were on my kindle! I had two ARCs, one from Netgalley and one from Edelweiss. The books I chose this month mostly seemed to be in the same sort of vein story-wise in that they were based on mythology, stories or retellings. It was completely… Continue reading Reading Wrap Up – June 2019
