A Conventicle of Magpies

April 17, 2021.Reading time 13 minutes.

Title: A Conventicle of MagpiesAuthor: L.M.R. ClarkeGenre: Fantasy/ YA/ Historical FictionSource: NetGalleyRating: 1/5 Favourite Quote: ‘This is why factories belched smoke into the night. It was why people were turning up dead and bloodless, and why Magpie hadn’t wanted Rook to go alone. Blood was valuable. Blood was money. Blood was worth killing for.’ *I […]

Firefrost

April 13, 2021.Reading time 16 minutes.

Title: FirefrostAuthor: Camille LongleyGenre: Fiction/ Fantasy/ YA/ Romance/ MagicSource: NetGalleyRating: 5/5 Favourite Quote: ‘”Fire isn’t evil. We all use fire, to cook, to light and warm our homes. Without fire, humankind wouldn’t survive.”“But it is evil to use it like this. To be tainted by it. To let it enter the blood.”“I won’t apologise for […]

Damnation (Tales of Cinder #3)

March 16, 2021.Reading time 10 minutes.

Title: Damnation (Tales of Cinder #3) Author: M.J. Haag Genre: Fiction/ Romance/ Fantasy/ YA/ Fairytale Source: Kindle Unlimited Rating: 4/5 Favourite Quote: ‘Too much sarcasm laced my words, and her resulting smile should have struck fear in me. I was too blindly angry, though. “You test me?” Glancing at her, I snorted. “What will you […]

Distain (Tales of Cinder #2)

March 14, 2021.Reading time 12 minutes.

Title: Distain (Tales of Cinder #2) Author: M.J. Haag Genre: Fiction/ Romance/ Fantasy/ YA/ Fairytale Source: Kindle Unlimited Rating: 4/5 Favourite Quote: ‘”Fate can be fickle and cruel,” she said softly. “But it’s up to you whether to fight or accept what it hands you.” I thought of what it had handed me. Death. Brutality. […]

Defiant (Tales of Cinder #1)

March 12, 2021.Reading time 13 minutes.

Title: Defiant Author: M.J. Haag Genre: Fiction/ Romance/ Fantasy/ YA/ Fairytale Source: Kindle Unlimited Rating: 4/5 Favourite Quote: ‘“You have a viper’s tongue.” “And you have the slow wit of a codfish. Lacking any decency, you’ve proven yourself to be beneath me.” “Beneath you?” “Please do try to keep up with this conversation. Or must […]

Black Lilies

March 10, 2021.Reading time 13 minutes.

Title: Black Lilies (Chasing Echoes #2) Author: Jodi Perkins Genre: Fiction/ YA/ Romance/ Magic/ Fantasy Source: Second Part of the Chasing Echoes Series Rating: 5/5 Favourite Quote: “Kade and I saw each other the night he was hung. We saw each other from two different periods in history. I thought he was some weird shadow, […]

Deviant King (Royal Elite #1)

February 22, 2021.Reading time 12 minutes.

Title: Deviant King (Royal Elite #1) Author: Rina Kent Genre: Fiction/ YA/ HS Bully Romance Source: Kindle Store Rating: 4/5 Favourite Quote: ‘It’s like falling down a cliff. There should be nothing pleasing about that because when I hit the bottom, I’ll be dead. But right now? I don’t think about the landing. I’m suspended […]

Crush

February 9, 2021.Reading time 14 minutes.

Title: CrushAuthor: Tracy WolffGenre: Fiction/ YA/ Fantasy/ MysterySource: Second Book of the Crave SeriesRating: 4/5 Favourite Quote: ‘”Grace?” he says, looking deep into my eyes, and for the briefest moment, I see something there that makes me catch my breath. And also wonder if I’m imagining it. “Yes?”He circles his finger again, and the music switches […]

Mad as a Hatter

January 29, 2021.Reading time 13 minutes.

Title: Mad as a Hatter (Sons of Wonderland Book 1) Author: Kendra Moreno Genre: Fiction/ Romance/ Fantasy/ YA/ Fairytales Source: Goodreads Recommendation Rating: 4/5 Favourite Quote: ‘”Where are they going?” I ask White as I lean to the side to try and get a better look. “The Hatter’s tea party is the last stop before the […]

Beast of the Night

January 10, 2021.Reading time 14 minutes.

Title: Beast of the Night Author: E.E. Rawls Genre: Fiction/ YA/ Fantasy/ Fairytale Retelling Source: Kindle Unlimited Rating: 3/5 Favourite Quote: ‘”This wound will kill you,” the man told him. “But I have something that can freeze the wound in place so that you will live. If that is what you want?” He nodded slightly. The […]

Crave

December 7, 2020.Reading time 14 minutes.

Title: CraveAuthor: Tracy WolffGenre: Fiction/ YA/ Fantasy/ MysterySource: Kindle UnlimitedRating: 3/5 Favourite Quote: ‘”Like it’s right there, waiting for you to just reach out and grab it, but you’re so terrified of what will happen when you lose it that you never make the reach?” “Yes,” he says, again, his voice low and deep and comforting in […]

A Brazen Curiosity

August 13, 2020.Reading time 10 minutes.

Title: A Brazen Curiosity Author: Lynn Messina Genre: Historical Fiction/ Romance/ Mystery Source: Kindle Unlimited Rating: 4/5 Favourite Quote: ‘”I must congratulate you, Kesgrave, on not flinching when confronted with a fate worse than death. A lesser man would have tackled me to the ground to forestall the promised scream.” He bowed his head in acknowledgement. […]