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March Wrap-Up: Thrillers, Mafia-esque Fantasy and LitRPGs
Here we are again! I read seven books in the month of March – starting off with a (pretty mediocre) romantasy, two thrillers (an exquisite climate thriller and an expose about the publishing industry), the LitRPG sci-fi that’s taking the internet by storm, and last but certainly not least… a new all-time favourite fantasy featuring all my favourite things (master con artists, fantasy crime syndicates found family and loveable antiheroes). Romantasy / Gothic fantasy ‘The monster is always slain…’ Review: Imogen Nel has spent her whole life in hiding in the court of King Nemea, the cruel and tyrannous reader…
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I Received Bookmail That Would Send My Eleven-Year-Old Self Into Shrieks of Delight
Receiving this book mail felt like a very full-circle moment because, boy, was eleven-year-old me obsessed with Divergent. That’s right folks, Veronica Roth is BACK. I also really adored Roth’s more recent novella duology When Among Crows and To Clutch A Razor, so I’m unbelievably excited for Roth’s explosive return to the genre of dystopian fantasy romance. Thank you SO much to BookBreakUK and Pan Macmillan for making my inner child’s dreams come true. I’m also taking part in the readalong this week hosted by BookBreak and I always find that reading alongside others, whether that be a buddy-read or…
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In the Veins of the Drowning by Kalie Cassidy: The Seductive Siren Tale That Will Lure You In
🌊⚓️ In the Veins of the Drowning ⚓️🌊 ⭐️⭐️⭐️ ‘The monster is always slain…’ Imogen Nel has spent her whole life in hiding in the court of King Nemea, the cruel and tyrannous reader whose court hunts sirens for pleasure. If she keeps herself from the sea and salt water, she can conceal the black wings burrowed inside her. When her secret is at long last discovered, she throws herself on the mercy of a visiting king, King Theodore. In order to get her out of Nemea’s court, Theodore and Imogen must bind themselves together in a treacherous blood bond.…
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Unbox Some Exciting Bookmail With Me…
Unbox my proof copy of The Ending Writes Itself with me! 🖋️🕵️♀️👀 I consider myself so lucky to have received one of these! The work and thought that the team at HQ Stories put into every one of these boxes was incredible. Confession time: I mayyy have already binged this. It might have just arrived yesterday, but boy is it addictive! Full review to come imminently. In case you’ve been living under a rock, The Ending Writes Itself is a locked door mystery thriller about six authors invited to a private island for a writing retreat. Except the invitation isn’t…
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The Fox and the Devil by Kiersten White: A Gothic Tale of Obsession and Revenge
😈🦊 The Fox and the Devil 🦊😈 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ The thing I love most about humanity is their desire for beauty. That they create it for themselves and others, just to make life a little better.’ This follows a forensic detective’s obsession with a beautiful and alluring serial killer, who taunts her both with her crimes and with the letters she leaves behind. When Anneke Van Helsing opened her father’s study door and saw a ghostly woman in white crouched over his dead body, she embarks on a five-year-long quest to bring justice to her father and all the other victims.…
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February Wrap-Up: Folk Horror, Non-Fiction, and Bridgerton Galore!
If January was the month of taking it slow, of poring over books with intent, then February was precisely the opposite. I devoured ten books this month, compared to last month’s five. This included six Bridgerton books – I plan to read the final two, Gregory and Hyacinth’s, in March and then make a wrap-up post for the series, so keep your eyes peeled for that! This post will probably be littered with spoilers for the Bridgerton series, both books and show, so if that’s the sort of thing you care about, you might want to skip the middle section…
