A Curse so Dark and lonely

May 2, 2021.Reading time 13 minutes.

Title: A Curse so Dark and LonelyAuthor: Brigid KemmererGenre: Fantasy/ YA/ Fairytale Retelling/ FantasySource: Goodreads RecommendationRating: 5/5 Favourite Quote: ‘”They need me. Can’t you understand that? That they need me? Can you?”I press my forehead against the door. Her pain reaches me through the wood, tightening my own chest and dredging memories of my family. “Yes. […]

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 […]

Brutal Curse

July 3, 2020.Reading time 12 minutes.

Title: Brutal Curse Author: Casey L. Bond Genre: Fiction/ Romance/ YA/ Fantasy/ Fairytale Retelling Source: Kindle Recommendation Rating: 4/5 Favourite Quote: ‘“They will be specifically designed for the pair of you.” “Then why bet on me? Or on us?” “On you,” he clarified with a grin. “Only you. And, because there is a flame within […]

Beast of Rosemead

April 13, 2020.Reading time 13 minutes.

Title: Beast of Rosemead (Fairytales of Folkshore #4) Author: Lucy Tempest Genre: Fiction/ Romance/ Fantasy/ Fairytale / YA Source: Following the Author – Recommended Rating: 5/5 Favourite Quote: ‘I’d read enough about heroes. It was time I became one myself.’ *I received a copy of this book in exchange for an honest review via NetGalley.* Bonnie […]

The Rose and the Mask

December 19, 2018.Reading time 10 minutes.

Title: The Rose and the Mask Author: Victoria Leybourne Genre: Fiction/ Fantasy/ YA/ Fairytale/ Romance Source: Kindle Recommendation Rating: 3/5 Favourite Quote: ‘The masks had become a habit, a part of him, and now he felt naked without one.’ Faustina Casanova found herself once again down on her luck, always striving to pay rent in her […]

Beautiful Beast

September 14, 2018.Reading time 10 minutes.

Title: Beautiful Beast Author: Kyla D. Knight Genre: Romance/ Fantasy/ Beauty and the Beast Source: NetGalley Rating: 3/5 Favourite Quote: “The creature drew back, and moonlight washed over his face as he stared down at her. Those strange, dark eyes softened. Filled with sadness. And it was in that moment that Layna, through the contact of […]

Lost in a Book (Beauty and the Beast)

July 6, 2018.Reading time 7 minutes.

Title: Lost in a Book (Beauty and the Beast) Author: Jennifer Donnelly Genre: Fiction/ Fantasy/ Beauty and the Beast Source: Favourite Author Rating: 4/5 Favourite Quote: “Love-real love- sees with the heart, master. Not with the eyes.” The Beast looked at him skeptically. “How do you know that?” “Because I’m in love with a woman who’s […]

Cruel Beauty

June 12, 2018.Reading time 12 minutes.

Title: Cruel Beauty Author: Rosamund Hodge Genre: Fiction/ Fantasy/ Romance/ Beauty and the Beast Source: Goodreads Recommendation Rating: 3/5 Favourite Quote: “When I was much younger, I sometimes imagined that the sky was an illustration in a book, that we were all nestled safety between the covers, and that if I could only find the book […]

Hunted

December 20, 2017.Reading time 8 minutes.

Title: Hunted Author: Meagan Spooner Genre: Fiction/ Romance/ Fantasy/ Beauty and the Beast Spin-off Source: Kindle Rating: 4/5 Favourite Quote: “To the girl who reads by flashlight who sees dragons in the clouds who feels most alive in worlds that never were who knows magic is real who dreams This is for you” My favourite […]