Series Review: Tales from Verania by TJ Klune

“You can’t say your wish out loud. Not when you look up at the stars. If you do, it won’t come true. And I can’t… I can’t allow that to happen to you.” He watched me. I watched him back. I had only read two TJ Klune novels before I read Tales from Verania: Wolfsong and Ravensong. Those two novels, …

Review: Kingdom of Ash by Sarah J. Maas

Aelin has risked everything to save her people―but at a tremendous cost. Locked within an iron coffin by the Queen of the Fae, Aelin must draw upon her fiery will as she endures months of torture. Aware that yielding to Maeve will doom those she loves keeps her from breaking, though her resolve begins to …

October Wrap Up: The Month I Finished Uni … FOREVER

Hi all! Well, well, well, it's November. How in the flying fuck did that happen? I could have sworn it was still June?? Anyway, this month has been a very big month for me because I FINISHED MY MASTER'S DEGREE!! I'm both very excited about this and very nervous because on the one hand, no …

September Wrap-Up: The Month of Procrastination

Hi all! Wow, September is over! This year is flying by, which both scares the crap out of me because I'll be graduating soon, and excites me because I'll be in America soon. This month, I really procrastinated the crap out of everything: uni assignments were ignored and then frantically written the night before; I basically pretended …

Review: A love letter to ‘On the Jellicoe Road’ by Melina Marchetta

Taylor is leader of the boarders at the Jellicoe School. She has to keep the upper hand in the territory wars and deal with Jonah Griggs—the enigmatic leader of the cadets, and someone she thought she would never see again. And now Hannah, the person Taylor had come to rely on, has disappeared. Taylor's only …

ARC Review: Counterpoint by Anna Zabo

Twisted Wishes lead guitarist Dominic “Domino” Bradley is an animal onstage. But behind his tight leather pants and skull-crusher boots lies a different man entirely, one who needs his stage persona not only to perform, but to have the anonymity he craves. A self-imposed exile makes it impossible to get close to anyone outside the …

If you like that, try these … Gone Girl

Hi all! Welcome to another post of If you like that, try these …, my fortnightly post series where I share book (and sometimes movie or TV show) recommendations based on a book I’ve read. A new post comes out every second Thursday! IMPORTANT UPDATE: This series is no longer a weekly one; a new post now comes out …

April and May Wrap-Ups feat. THE END OF MY HIATUS

HI ALL!!!! I'M SO HAPPY TO FINALLY BE BACK I had to take a hiatus fro April through to May due to me trying to juggle uni, working two jobs and a whole lot of personal issues on top of that. Suffice to say, I REALLY needed a break. Uni is now FINALLY over and …

ARC Review: The Henchmen of Zenda by KJ Charles

"It is a story of courage in the dark, honour in the teeth of love, nobility above all. It gives us a beautiful, passionate princess, a man who renounces love and crown for the sake of a greater and purer cause, and a villain— such a villain." Thank you very much to KJ Charles for …

Mini Review: Heartstopper by Alice Oseman

Yes, I will listen to the rain. I will listen to the mountain bird. Oh, a heartstopper is the solitaire's one note - high, sweet, lonely, magic. You hold your breath to listen… No… Gone. What was I to say to her? - Wide Sargasso Sea, Jean Rhys This. Is. The. Softest. Thing. I've. Ever. …