book-review
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BOOK- The Rose Bargain AUTHOR- Sasha Peyton Smith GENRE- alternate history, romance, fantasy, faeries RATING- 3.5/5 I can’t remember the last time a book left me this breathless. I also can’t remember the last time a book left me this confused. Me and the Rose Bargain have a very love-hate relationship. At times, I adored…
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SERIES- Defy the Night trilogy AUTHOR- Brigid Kemmerer GENRE- romance, fantasy, dystopian elements RATING- 4.5/5 Believe it or not, A Curse so Dark and Lonely wasn’t the beginning of the romantasy obsession, or even my Brigid Kemmerer obsession. Before my current phase, when my bookcase was stocked not with fantasy but with crime drama and…
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BOOK- Cursed (Gilded Duology #2) AUTHOR- Marissa Meyer GENRE- fantasy, legend retelling RATING- 2.5/5 Reading Cursed almost made Gilded look like a masterpiece. Almost. If I hadn’t been desperately clinging to the faint hope that the ending might be good, I would have DNF’d Cursed. But I’d promised you guys a sequel review and, despite…
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BOOK- Gilded AUTHOR- Marissa Meyer GENRE- Romance, Fantasy, legend retelling RATING- 3.5/5 The last time I read Gilded by Marissa Meyer, I DNF’d it half way through. I realize that that might have been a wise choice, because now, after finally reaching the end, I have to read the sequel. PLOT Gilded by Marissa Meyer…
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BOOK- Everything, Everything AUTHOR- Nicola Yoon GENRE- contemporary, romance RATING – 4.5/5 I don’t really read contemporary romance. I’m more of a romantic fantasy kinda girl to be honest. But I used to. So when I saw Everything, Everything shoved onto an overcrowded shelf in a second hand bookstore in Sedbeurgh, I knew that I…
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My dear and (hopefully) devoted audience. I’m back! Sorry for the longish break, but I was too busy reading books to remember I was also supposed to be writing about them. You’ll be glad to know that I am writing yet another review. My life is so exciting. BOOK- Sherwood AUTHOR- Meagan Spooner GENRE- Romance,…
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BOOKS- Captain of Fates and King of Beasts AUTHORS- Katherine Webber and Catherine Doyle GENRE- Romance, Fantasy RATING- 3.5/5 I have to admit, I didn’t have the highest expectations for these Twin Crowns spin offs. In my experience, novels like these are never as good as the original- and I’m sure many of you will…
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This post contains spoilers. Do not read on if you haven’t read the book. You have been warned… BOOK- Sparking Fire out of Fate AUTHOR- Brigid Kemmerer GENRE- Romance, Fantasy SERIES- Forging Silver into Stars #3 (A Curse so Dark and Lonely spin off) RATING- 5/5 *A quick note on acronyms: ACSDAL- A Curse so…
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Warning! This post contains spoilers for the previous books, Falling Kingdoms and Rebel Spring BOOK- Gathering Darkness AUTHOR- Morgan Rhodes SERIES- Falling Kingdoms #3 RATING- 3/5 Gathering Darkness by Morgan Rhodes is the third novel in the young adult fantasy series Falling Kingdoms. In my opinion, Gathering Darkness is where the Falling Kingdoms series begins…
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Warning! This post contains spoilers for the previous book, Falling Kingdoms. BOOK- Rebel Spring AUTHOR- Morgan Rhodes SERIES- Falling Kingdoms #2 RATING- 3/5 Magnus, Cleo, Jonas and Lucia are back for the exciting second novel in the Falling Kingdoms series by Morgan Rhodes. The return to Mytica sees rebels, immortals and royals locked in a…
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