Title: Unearthed. Author: Amie Kaufman & Meagan Spooner. Format: Audio. Publisher: Disney Hyperion. Page count: 328 (12h 45min). Release day: January 9th 2018. Genre: YA, Science-fiction. Rating: 4 stars. What is it about? (Summary from GoodReads) When Earth intercepts a message from a long-extinct alien race, it seems like the solution the planet has been…
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Red Dove, listen to the wind – ARC review!
Title: Red dove, Listen to the wind. Author: Sonia Antaki. Format: E-ARC. Publisher: One ELM Press Page count: 234. Release day: October 15th 2019. Genre: Middle Grade, Historical. Rating: 2 stars. *Thanks to NetGalley for providing this ARC!* What is it about? (Summary from GoodReads) Abandoned by her white father, thirteen-year-old Red Dove faces another…
A Hero Born – DNF review!
Title: A hero born. Author: Jin Yong. Format: E-ARC. Publisher: St Martin’s Press. Page count: 308. Release day: September 17th 2019. (English translation I think) Genre: Adult, Fantasy. Rating: DNF @30% What is it about? (Summary from GoodReads) A fantastical generational saga and kung fu epic, A Hero Born is the classic novel of its…
Dev1at3 – Audiobook review!
Title: Dev1at3. Author: Jay Kristoff. Format: Audiobook. Publisher: Knopf Books for young readers. Page count: 419 (11h 58min). Release day: June 25th 2019. Genre: YA, Science-fiction. Rating: 4 stars. Review for Lifel1k3 can be found here! *Be aware that this is book 2, and could contain spoilers for book 1!* What is it about? (Summary…
Turning darkness into light – ARC review!
Title: Turning darkness into light. Author: Marie Brennan. Format: E-ARC. Publisher: Tor Books. Page count: 245. Release day: August 20th 2019. Genre: Adult, fantasy. Rating: 2 stars. *Thanks to NetGalley for providing this arc!* What is it about? (Summary from GoodReads) As the renowned granddaughter of Isabella Camherst (Lady Trent, of the riveting and daring…
A book of spirits and thieves – Morgan Rhodes
Title: A book of spirits and thieves. Author: Morgan Rhodes. Format: E-book. Publisher: Razorbill. Page count: 359. Release day: June 23rd 2015. Genre: YA, fantasy. Rating: 3.5 stars. What is it about? (Summary from GoodReads) Modern-day sisters discover deadly ancient magic in book 1 of this Falling Kingdoms spin-off series! Worlds collide in this suspenseful,…
Record of a spaceborn few – disappointed..
Title: Record of a spaceborn few. Author: Becky Chambers. Format: E-book. Publisher: Hodder & Stoughton. Page count: 359. Release day: July 24th 2018. Genre: Adult, science-fiction. Rating: 2 stars. Review for book 2: A closed and common orbit. What is it about? (Summary from GoodReads) From the ground, we stand. From our ship, we live….
Light years – Very surprising!
Title: Light years. Author: Kass Morgan. Format: E-book. Publisher: Little, Brown books for Young readers. Page count: 377. Release day: October 9th 2018. Genre: YA, science-fiction. Rating: 4 stars. What is it about? (Summary from GoodReads) Reeling from the latest attack by a mysterious enemy, the Quatra Fleet Academy is finally admitting students from every…
To be taught, If fortunate – ARC review
Title: To be taught, if fortunate. Author: Becky Chambers. Format: E-ARC. Publisher: Harper Voyager. Page count: 144. Release day: September 3rd 2019. Genre: Adult, science-fiction. Rating: 4 stars. *Thanks to Edelweiss for providing this ARC* What is it about? (Summary from GoodReads) Adriane is one such explorer. As an astronaut on an extrasolar research vessel,…
All the bad apples – Moïra Fowley-Doyle
Title: All the bad apples. Author: Moïra Fowley-Doyle. Format: Paperback. Publisher: Penguin Random House Children’s. Page count: 332. Release day: August 7 2019. Genre: YA, Magical realism. Rating: 4 stars. What is it about? (Summary from GoodReads) The day after the funeral all our mourning clothes hung out on the line like sleeping bats. ‘This…