Title: The city of brass (The Deavabad trilogy #1) Author: SA Chakraborty. Format: Paperback. Publisher: Harper Voyager. Page count: 526. Release day: November 14th 2017. Genre: YA, fantasy. Rating: 5 stars. What is it about? (Summary from GoodReads) Nahri has never believed in magic. Certainly, she has power; on the streets of 18th century Cairo,…
Month: June 2020
Thriller reviews (The turn of the key and An anonymous girl)
Title: The turn of the key. Author: Ruth Ware. Format: Hardcover. Publisher: Harvill Secker. Page count: 340. Release day: August 6th 2019. Genre: Adult, thriller, mystery. Rating: 5 stars. GoodReads link! Rating:Characters: 9/10Atmosphere: 9/10Writing: 9/10Plot: 9/10Intrigue: 9/10Logic: 9/10Enjoyment: 9/10Average: 9.00 (which means 5 stars!) My thoughts: Omg, this book made me realise that I really…
Top Ten Tuesday – Books by favourite authors I haven’t read (redo!)
About the meme: Top Ten Tuesday was created by The Broke and the Bookish, but is now moved to That Artsy Reader Girl! The read more about this meme, look at this page! Top Ten Tuesday turns 10! So there was no topic, but we could redo an old post or an old topic you haven’t done yet! So I decided to look back at my very first TTT post! Which was…
Weekly Wrap up #25
My goal this week was to catch up on some ARCs that are releasing later this month or that I have to post a blog tour post for! Luckily most of the ARCs were pretty short, so I got through quite some 🙂 What I read this week (books with * have a review coming!):…
The angel of the crows – ARC review!
Title: The angel of the crows. Author: Katherine Addison. Format: E-ARC (Thanks to Netgalley, all opinions are my own!) Publisher: Tor Books. Page count: 407. Release day: June 23rd 2020. Genre: Adult, fantasy. Rating: DNF @20%. What is it about? (Summary from GoodReads) This is not the story you think it is. These are not…
3 middle grade reviews!
Title: Malamander (The legends of Eeri-on Sea #1). Author: Thomas Taylor. Format: Audiobook. Publisher: Walker books. Page count: 304. Release day: May 1st 2019. Genre: Middle Grade, Fantasy. Rating: 3 stars. GoodReads link! Rating:Characters: 7/10Atmosphere: 7/10Writing: 7/10Plot: 6/10Intrigue: 6/10Logic: 6/10Enjoyment: 7/10Average: 6.57 (which means 3 stars!) My thoughts: This was a really fun and quick…
Top 5 Saturday – Books to give a second chance!
I always love making lists! So I’m participating in Top 5 Saturday which is organised by Mandy @Devouring Books. This week’s topic is ‘Books you’d give a second chance’, so let’s go right into the list! The unspoken name by AK Larkwood – I have DNF’ed this book earlier this year. I listened to this…
Let’s talk bookish – Morally grey characters!
Let’s talk bookish is a weekly meme, created and hosted by Rukky @Eternity Books and Dani @Literary Lion, here different topics will be discussed. This week’s topic is ‘What makes a great anti-hero/morally grey characters?’, I love this topic! Mainly because I love morally grey characters! Personally I love them because most of the time…
The order of the pure moon reflected in water – Zen Cho (ARC review)
Title: The order of the pure moon reflected in water. Author: Zen Cho. Format: E-ARC (Thanks to NetGalley, all opinions are my own!) Publisher: Tor. Page count: 176. Release day: June 23rd 2020. Genre: Adult, fantasy. Rating: 3 stars. What is it about? (Summary from GoodReads) Zen Cho returns with a found family wuxia fantasy…
A reaper at the gates – Sabaa Tahir (review!)
Title: A reaper at the gates (An ember in the ashes #3) Author: Sabaa Tahir. Format: Hardcover. Publisher: Razorbill. Page count: 464. Release day: June 12th 2018. Genre: YA, fantasy. Rating: 4 stars. *This is book three! See my review for book 1 here, and book 2 here!* What is it about? (Summary from GoodReads)…