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Review: Heart of Thorns by Bree Barton

Posted February 25, 2019 by Charlotte in Reviews / 0 Comments

I received this book for free from Fairyloot, Publisher in exchange for an honest review. This does not affect my opinion of the book or the content of my review.Heart of Thorns by Bree Barton Series: Heart of Thorns #1 Published by HarperCollins UK on July 31, 2018 Genres: Fantasy, Fiction, Young Adult Pages: 464 Format: Arc, Hardback Source: Fairyloot, Publisher Buy on Amazon Goodreads In the ancient river kingdom, touch is a battlefield, bodies the instruments of war. Seventeen-year-old Mia Rose has pledged her life to hunting Gwyrach: women who can manipulate flesh, bones, breath, and blood. Not women. Demons. The same demons who killed her mother without a single scratch. But when Mia’s father suddenly announces her marriage to the prince, she is forced to trade in her knives and trousers for a sumptuous silk gown. Only after the wedding goes disastrously wrong does she discover she has dark, forbidden magic—the very magic she has sworn to destroy. Heart of Thorns was an amazing, beautiful read. I was hooked from the beginning of Mia’s journey. Mia was a […]

Blog Tour / Review: The Blue Salt Road by Joanne Harris

Posted November 14, 2018 by Charlotte in Reviews / 0 Comments

The Blue Salt Road by Bonnie Helen Hawkins, Joanne Harris Published by Gollancz on November 15, 2018 Genres: Fairytale, Fantasy, Fiction Pages: 256 Format: Arc Source: Publisher Buy on Amazon Goodreads An earthly nourris sits and singsAnd aye she sings, “Ba lilly wean,Little ken I my bairn’s father,Far less the land that he staps in. (Child Ballad, no. 113) So begins a stunning tale of love, loss and revenge, against a powerful backdrop of adventure on the high seas, and drama on the land. The Blue Salt Road balances passion and loss, love and violence and draws on nature and folklore to weave a stunning modern mythology around a nameless, wild young man. Passion drew him to a new world, and trickery has kept him there – without his memories, separated from his own people. But as he finds his way in this dangerous new way of life, so he learns that his notions of home, and your people, might not be as fixed as he believed. Beautifully illustrated by Bonnie Helen Hawkins, this is a stunning and original modern […]

Review: The Liar’s Room by Simon Lelic

Posted August 31, 2018 by Charlotte in Reviews / 0 Comments

I received this book for free from Netgalley, Publisher in exchange for an honest review. This does not affect my opinion of the book or the content of my review.The Liar’s Room by Simon Lelic Published by Penguin on September 25, 2018 Genres: Fiction, Mystery, Thriller Pages: 352 Format: Arc, E-Arc Source: Netgalley, Publisher Buy on Amazon Goodreads ONE ROOM. TWO LIARS. NO WAY OUT. THE NEXT SPINE-TINGLING THRILLER FROM THE AUTHOR OF THE HOUSE Susanna Fenton has a secret. Fourteen years ago she left her identity behind, reinventing herself as a counsellor and starting a new life. It was the only way to keep her daughter safe. But everything changes when Adam Geraghty walks into her office. She’s never met this young man before – so why does she feel like she knows him? Adam starts to tell her about a girl. A girl he wants to hurt. And that’s when Susanna realises she was wrong. She doesn’t know him.He knows her.And the girl he plans to hurt is her daughter. After reading The House last year and devouring […]

Blog Tour / Review: Anarchy by Megan DeVos

Posted August 27, 2018 by Charlotte in Blog Tour, Reviews / 0 Comments

I received this book for free from Netgalley, Publisher in exchange for an honest review. This does not affect my opinion of the book or the content of my review.Anarchy by Megan DeVos Series: Anarchy #2 Published by Orion on 23 August 2018 Genres: Dystopia, Fiction, Young Adult Pages: 400 Format: Arc, E-Arc Source: Netgalley, Publisher Buy on Amazon Goodreads THIRTY MILLION READERS WORLDWIDE. INCLUDES EXCLUSIVE NEVER BEFORE SEEN CHAPTER. ‘The Hunger Games meets The Road’ MTV The world is different now. There are no rules, no governments, and no guarantees that you’ll be saved. Rival factions have taken over, fighting each other for survival with no loyalty to anyone but their own. At 21, Hayden has taken over Blackwing and is one of the youngest leaders in the area. In protecting his camp from starvation, raids from other factions and the threat of being kidnapped, he has enough to worry about before he finds Grace. The daughter of the head of the rival camp Greystone, she is slow to trust anyone, much less the leader of those she has […]

Blog Tour / Review: The Adults by Caroline Hulse

Posted August 16, 2018 by Charlotte in Blog Tour, Reviews / 0 Comments

The Adults by Caroline Hulse Published by Orion Books on August 23, 2018 Genres: Fiction Pages: 416 Format: Arc, E-Arc Source: Netgalley, Publisher Buy on Amazon Goodreads MEET THE ADULTS. Claire and Matt are divorced but decide what’s best for their daughter Scarlett is to have a ‘normal’ family Christmas. They can’t agree on whose idea it was, or who said they should bring their new partners. But someone did – and it’s too late to pull the plug. Claire brings her new boyfriend Patrick, a seemingly eligible Iron-Man-in-Waiting. Matt brings the new love of his life Alex, funny, smart, and extremely patient. Scarlett, their daughter, brings her imaginary friend Posey. He’s a rabbit. Together the five (or six?) of them grit their teeth over Organized Fun activities, drinking a little too much after bed-time, oversharing classified secrets about their pasts and, before you know it, their holiday is a powder keg that ends – where this story starts – with a tearful, frightened, call to the police… But what happened? They said they’d all be adults about this… * […]

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