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Daughter of the Forest by Juliet Marillier: Fairytale and History Collide In A Gritty Tale of Ancient Ireland
“You will find the way, daughter of the forest. Through grief and pain, through many trials, through betrayal and loss, your feet will walk a straight path.” Had Sorcha been born a boy, she would have been the seventh son of a seventh son. As it is, she is the only daughter of Lord Colum of Sevenwaters, raised motherless and alongside her six brothers, she forges a deep connection with the forest and becomes a skilled herbalist. But when her father falls under the wicked spell of Lady Oonagh, remarrying and bringing his new wife to the keep, the sorceress…
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Summerween Book Recommendations: Small Towns and Haunted Houses Abound
Summerween is a phenomenon that seems to have taken the book community by storm this year. The traditional beach read is so last year – I think a lot of people begin to crave a touch of horror in the hot, sticky months. While not all of these recommendations are strictly horror – this is coming from a gal who reads A LOT of fantasy, so of course there’s some fantasy in there, as well as some gothic, woodsy reads, some thrillers about weird things happening at summer camps. The one thing they all have in common is that they’re…
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Books That Made Me Cry
I’m not someone who cries easily at books – it takes a lot for me to shed a tear – so here are some books that had me very much in my feels. A lot of these are the second or third books in series – I think this makes sense, as typically the longer the series, the more time we readers spend with the characters and the more attached we get. Hence, when something bad happens to them, it does tend to affect us more, as we’ve grown with these characters. But there are some standalones; the majority are…
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June Wrap-Up: The Month of SA Chakraborty (Among Other Things)
June was very much the month of me finally bingeing all of SA Chakraborty’s books. I have a separate full review up of the Daevabad trilogy, but here I will also review the other two Chakraborty books I read this month – the Adventures of Amina al-Sirafi and the Tapestry of Fate (and I’ll let you know a spoiler, to whet your appetite; as much as I loved the Daevabad trilogy, I think I might have loved Amina even more). All this to say, I discovered some new favourite books and a new auto-buy author this month. As the title…
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The Daevabad Trilogy by S.A. Chakraborty
This month, I read a series that has been on my TBR for a long time – and although I definitely regret putting it off as long as I did, it also found me at exactly the right time. A heatwave sweeping the country and an unputdownable desert-based fantasy with capricious djinn and magical kingdoms made for a truly immersive reading experience (okay, comparing my garden to the scorching Sahara is probably hyperbole) For those who might not have heard of the Daevabad trilogy by S.A. Chakraborty, it follows Nahri, an orphan and petty pickpocket on the streets of 18th…
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Books On My TBR That I Have BIG Expectations For
These are some books on my TBR that I have BIG expectations for! I’ve compiled a slightly eclectic mix of new releases and some that were published back in the 90s. Whether it’s because I’ve heard great things or I think it sounds exactly up my alley, all of these are just waiting for the perfect moment for me to pick them up. I have a tendency to put off books I think I’m going to reaaaally love – for delayed gratification? For fear they won’t live up to my expectations? Either way, here are some of the reads I…
