Monday Moods is a weekly bookish meme created and hosted by Unwrapping Words (aka, me!). The premise is simple: every week, there’s a new ‘mood’, ranging from tropes to genres or actual moods (happy, sad, etc). On a Monday, feel free to post about books on your TBR, books you’d recommend, or a mix – whatever youContinueContinue reading “Monday Moods: Mythical”
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Book Review: Perilous Times by Thomas D. Lee
Format: ebookRelease Date: May 25th, 2023Age: AdultGenre: FantasyGoodreads Rating: 5/5 Stars Firstly, thank you to Orbit for providing me a copy of this ebook via NetGalley. Views remain my own! I will put my hands up and admit I put this book off for longer than I should have, because it’s actually really bloody good.ContinueContinue reading “Book Review: Perilous Times by Thomas D. Lee”
#5OnMyTBR: Fairy Tale
#5OnMyTBR is a bookish meme hosted by E. @ Local Bee Hunter’s Nook and you can learn more about it here. It occurs every Monday when we post about 5 books on our TBR. Ah fairy tales! There are so many great books related to fairy tales out there, this one was quite easy to find books for. TheseContinueContinue reading “#5OnMyTBR: Fairy Tale”
Book Review: Darling by K. Ancrum
Publisher: ImprintFormat: HardcoverRelease Date: June 22nd, 2021 Rating: 5/5 Stars I have to admit, I might a slight mistake recently. If the review isn’t up by the time this is posted, it should be coming shortly, but basically – I reviewed Iron Widow over on Divination Hollow, and declared it the best book of 2021,ContinueContinue reading “Book Review: Darling by K. Ancrum”
Book Review: The Court of Miracles – Kester Grant
Publisher: HarperVoyagerFormat: MOBIRelease Date: 19th June, 2020Genre: Historical Fantasy – Young Adult Rating: 5/5 Stars Thank you to HarperVoyager for providing a copy of this book via NetGalley. I was super excited to dive into this book, having heard so many good things about it. It’s been on my radar since I first heard aboutContinueContinue reading “Book Review: The Court of Miracles – Kester Grant”
Peter Pan – J.M. Barrie, Audible Original Drama [Books]
I have to admit, it’s been a fairly long while since I actually read Peter Pan. When this popped up for free on Audible, I snatched it up, I’m finding I really like full cast audiobooks, and I was excited for this version of the story. Unfortunately, I didn’t really find it that great. Some ofContinueContinue reading “Peter Pan – J.M. Barrie, Audible Original Drama [Books]”
Charm – Sarah Pinborough [Book Review]
As soon as I finished Sarah Pinborough’s Poison, I knew I needed the next two books in the series in my life as soon as possible. I am a complete sucker for fairy tale retellings, and although the first book wasn’t amazing enough to blow my mind (I gave it 4 stars on Goodreads), it got meContinueContinue reading “Charm – Sarah Pinborough [Book Review]”
Poison – Sarah Pinborough [Books]
Poison is a slightly darker, twisted version of the Snow White story, adding in a little adult content and ensuring things aren’t as clear-cut as the story we’re used to. I won’t do my usual synopsis style introduction here, because I’d be surprised if anyone doesn’t know the story of Snow White, but I will say some ofContinueContinue reading “Poison – Sarah Pinborough [Books]”
A Curse So Dark and Lonely – Brigid Kemmerer [Review]
I read this book immediately after The Queen of Nothing, hoping it would fill the hole left by Holly Black’s fantastic end to an amazing trilogy. And it did…but after finishing it, that hole now feels twice as big. Luckily, this series is still ongoing, and the sequel is out in January, so seems like IContinueContinue reading “A Curse So Dark and Lonely – Brigid Kemmerer [Review]”
Twisted Tales: Mirror, Mirror – Jen Calonita [Books]
Twisted Tales is a series of books presenting different twists on various well-known Disney stories, and Mirror, Mirror is the sixth in the series, following on from novels about Aladdin, Beauty and the Beast, Sleeping Beauty, The Little Mermaid and Mulan. Five of the previous novels were written by Liz Braswell, with Reflection, the Mulan story, writtenContinueContinue reading “Twisted Tales: Mirror, Mirror – Jen Calonita [Books]”
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