Format: HardbackPublished: April 16th, 2024Age: Young AdultGenre: Fantasy Rating: 5/5 Stars Indulge me for just a moment – I ended up reading this book at the same time I was reading Hannah Whitten’s The Hemlock Queen. They’re not two books I would naturally pair together, but they do compliment one another. Both main characters haveContinueContinue reading “Book Review: To Gaze Upon Wicked Gods by Molly X. Chang”
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Book Review: Ace of Spades by Faridah Àbíké-Íyímídé
Format: PaperbackPublished: June 1st, 2021Age: Young AdultGenre: Thriller Rating: 5/5 Stars This is another YA book that I think works really well for the target audience. I enjoyed Faridah Àbíké-Íyímídé’s thriller, and can definitely see young adult readers getting a lot out of it. Set in elite private academy Niveus, Ace of Spades focuses onContinueContinue reading “Book Review: Ace of Spades by Faridah Àbíké-Íyímídé”
Blogtober Day 11: Book Review – My Throat an Open Grave by Tori Bovalino
Format: ebookPublished: February 20th, 2024Age: Young AdultGenre: Horror – Fantasy Rating: 5/5 Stars As part of Blogtober, I’m reposting some of my Divination Hollow reviews from the last year. Usually, I review horror and similar genres over there, but October seems like a great time to highlight some of my favourites! You can read theContinueContinue reading “Blogtober Day 11: Book Review – My Throat an Open Grave by Tori Bovalino”
Back to School
I know term has been ‘in session’ for a while, but I thought as it is September and, for many, the start of the academic year, it would be fun to dive into the way different books use school settings, and why I think schools make for a great location in books, either as aContinueContinue reading “Back to School”
#5OnMyTBR: Authors’ Debuts
#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. I love coming across debut novels – I think it’s so exciting to get an insight into a writer as they’re just starting out. AndContinueContinue reading “#5OnMyTBR: Authors’ Debuts”
8 Books for 8 Decades
Here’s a fun fact: my dad turns 70 tomorrow. I think that’s pretty awesome, and although he’s not a big reader himself, he has always hugely supported me in my own reading and writing, and always been there to encourage me when I needed it. He’s a hell of a storyteller, too, and definitely helpedContinueContinue reading “8 Books for 8 Decades”
Book Review: An Improbable Season by Rosalyn Eves
Format: ebookPublished: April 25th, 2023Age: Young AdultGenre: Regency RomanceGoodreads Rating: 2/5 Stars Some genres/subgenres don’t translate well to Young Adult, and unfortunately I think Regency might just be one of them. For starters, Regency often does deal with young adult characters because of the historical context, and it’s also the reason you might get aContinueContinue reading “Book Review: An Improbable Season by Rosalyn Eves”
Audiobook Review: True Biz by Sara Nović
Narrated By: Lisa Flanagan, Kaleo GriffithPublisher: Little, Brown AudioAge: Young AdultGenre: Contemporary – LiteraryFormat: AudiobookPublished: April 5th, 2022Goodreads Rating: 4/5 Stars True Biz was an engaging, interesting novel about students and teachers at the River Valley School for the Deaf. Alongside the plot (we’ll get to that in a moment), there are small interludes thatContinueContinue reading “Audiobook Review: True Biz by Sara Nović”
Pride Reading 2024
It’s almost that time of the year when we widely celebrate Pride, and over at Divination Hollow we’re busy preparing for our Pride in Horror Month. So for today’s post, I thought I’d highlight just a handful of the books I’ll be reading and reviewing for Pride Month! Because these all fall under the kindContinueContinue reading “Pride Reading 2024”
#5OnMyTBR: Adventurous
#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. This was an interesting one. I think ‘adventurous’ might be one of those themes that means different things to different people, so it was almostContinueContinue reading “#5OnMyTBR: Adventurous”
Unwrapping Words 