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
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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
The Twisted Tree by Rachel Burge – Review
4 Stars ‘The Twisted Tree’ had been on my to-read list since it came out, and I bought it on Kindle right away. It’s the kind of book that caught my interest right away - Norse Mythology with a hint of horror is definitely my thing. I was really excited about this one, and after… Continue reading The Twisted Tree by Rachel Burge – Review
Giving Books I Didn’t Like A Second Chance?
There are always going to be books you've seen amazing things about, and didn't love as much as everyone else. We all have different tastes after all. I have read more books than I can count that I haven't enjoyed (mainly for school and uni) and that other people have absolutely loved. This is a… Continue reading Giving Books I Didn’t Like A Second Chance?
The Hazel Wood by Melissa Albert – Review
5 Stars I really love fairy tales and have been reading them since I was a small child obsessed with The Brother’s Grimm - I had a slightly child friendlier collected works than the original tales, but it was still extremely creepy and my parents threw it away when they realized how dark the stories… Continue reading The Hazel Wood by Melissa Albert – Review
Managing my TBR pile
My TBR pile is getting pretty out of hand right now. I made an excel spreadsheet last week to keep track of everything I want to read and whether or not I own it. It's a bigger list than I thought, and while I love having so many books to choose from, I'm struggling to… Continue reading Managing my TBR pile
The Poison Eaters: And Other Stories by Holly Black – Review
4 Stars I have read all the stories in this before and dipped in and out of it over the years I've owned it, however I decided to read it again in order all at once. Some of these stories are magical and gripping, some are odd and unsettling. Yet they have all stayed in… Continue reading The Poison Eaters: And Other Stories by Holly Black – Review
Reading Wrap Up – May 2019
I'm quite late posting it (oops!) but this is everything I read and finished in May! I've not posted a monthly wrap up before, as usually I'm reading several books at once but not actually getting around to finishing them, so only posting one or two finished books seems like I haven't been reading at… Continue reading Reading Wrap Up – May 2019
The Phantom Forest by Liz Kerin – Review
The Phantom Forest will be published on 16th July 2019.Thank you to NetGalley and Inkshares for an eARC in exchange for a review. "Every tree in the sacred Forest of Laida houses a soul. Though each of those souls will return to the mortal world for many future lives, not all of them deserve to.… Continue reading The Phantom Forest by Liz Kerin – Review
War For The Oaks by Emma Bull – Review
4 Stars I don't exactly know how to sum up this book. This is the first time I have finished it, but not the first time I have tried to read it. The first time, I almost didn't want it to end. I got halfway through and stopped reading it. I didn't want to be… Continue reading War For The Oaks by Emma Bull – Review
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