The Mime Order by Samantha Shannon Synopsis: Paige Mahoney has escaped the brutal prison camp of Sheol I, but her problems have only just begun: many of the survivors are missing and she is the most wanted person in London...As Scion turns its all-seeing eye on the dreamwalker, the mime-lords and mime-queens of the city's… Continue reading The Mime Order by Samantha Shannon – Review
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The Switch by Beth O’Leary – Review #TheSwitch #QuercusBooks
Synopsis Eileen is sick of being 79.Leena’s tired of life in her twenties.Maybe it’s time they swapped places…When overachiever Leena Cotton is ordered to take a two-month sabbatical after blowing a big presentation at work, she escapes to her grandmother Eileen’s house for some overdue rest. Eileen is newly single and about to turn eighty.… Continue reading The Switch by Beth O’Leary – Review #TheSwitch #QuercusBooks
Learn to Sleep Well by Chris Idzikowski – Review
3.5 Stars Thank you to Netgalley and the publisher for an arc. This book is out on the 31st March. Learn To Sleep Well is a beautifully presented book, featuring a easy to read layout with some lovely images, which added to the reading experience. I read this as a PDF, and I imagine that… Continue reading Learn to Sleep Well by Chris Idzikowski – Review
The Sisters Grimm by Menna van Praag – Review #thesistersgrimm
4 Stars Thank you to Netgalley and the publisher for an earc of this book. The Sisters Grimm is a magical realism novel set in London and a dream world called Everwhere. The premise of the book is really interesting - anyone could be one of the sisters Grimm. There are thousands of them, all… Continue reading The Sisters Grimm by Menna van Praag – Review #thesistersgrimm
Ruthless Gods by Emily A Duncan – Review #RuthlessGods
5 Stars Thank you to Wednesday Books and Netgalley for an earc of this book.As this is sequel, it's a little harder to review without mentioning book one, so this contains a few spoilers Wicked Saints!Ruthless Gods is full of gothic imagery, eldritch horror, blood mages, a very unsettling forest, insane divinity and a lot… Continue reading Ruthless Gods by Emily A Duncan – Review #RuthlessGods
Blog Tour & Review – Highfire by Eoin Colfer
Hello and welcome to my stop of the blog tour for Eoin Colfer's new novel, Highfire, which comes out on the 28th January! This tour was organized by Jo Fletcher books, who sent me a copy of Highfire, which I have been really excited about! Summary: Eoin Colfer's first adult fantasy novel is a hilarious,… Continue reading Blog Tour & Review – Highfire by Eoin Colfer
Something Wicked by Nicole M. Rubino – Review
2 stars Thank you to netgalley and the publisher for an arc of this book. I'm going to start by saying I didn't end up finishing this book. I read a good chunk of it (just over 35%) before giving up, but I wrote a review of this for netgalley and so I decided to… Continue reading Something Wicked by Nicole M. Rubino – Review
The Weight Of A Soul by Elizabeth Tammi
2 stars Thank you to netgalley and the publisher for an arc of this book. I think this had so much potential but in the end really wasn't for me. It was a book I was really excited by and the cover is STUNNING, but while it was an easy read it wasn't what I… Continue reading The Weight Of A Soul by Elizabeth Tammi
Norse Mythology by Neil Gaiman – Review
5 Stars I love this collection of stories. This is the second time I've read it, and I loved it as much as the first time. It's written in a simple and straightforward way that is reminiscent of the oral traditions in which they would originally have been told. It's a good and enjoyable selection… Continue reading Norse Mythology by Neil Gaiman – Review
The Green Witch by Arin Murphy-Hiscock – Review
2.5 Stars While parts of this were interesting and informative, I did feel a bit let down by it.There are a tonne of 'visualisation' exercises in this book, especially in the fist half, which means I cant actually participate in a lot if what this book has to offer, as visualisation is, unfortunately impossible for… Continue reading The Green Witch by Arin Murphy-Hiscock – Review
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