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Review: These Violent Delights by Chloe Gong

Posted January 12, 2022 by Charlotte in Reviews / 0 Comments

I received this book for free from Fairyloot, Netgalley in exchange for an honest review. This does not affect my opinion of the book or the content of my review.These Violent Delights by Chloe Gong Series: These Violent Delights #1 Published by Hodder & Stoughton on November 17, 2020 Genres: Fiction, Fantasy, Historical, Mystery, Retelling, Romance, Young Adult Pages: 464 Format: E-Arc, Hardback Source: Fairyloot, Netgalley Buy on Amazon Goodreads Tricia Lin at Simon Pulse has acquired, at auction, Chloe Gong’s debut YA fantasy These Violent Delights, pitched as a Romeo and Juliet retelling by way of The Godfather. A monster has awakened in 1920s Shanghai, killing off citizens and stirring trouble between two feuding gangs. The rival heirs, Roma Montagov and Juliette Cai, must work together before the monster destroys all they hold dear, even while the Chinese Civil War breaks out around them. Publication is planned for fall 2020; Laura Crockett at TriadaUS Literary Agency did the two-book deal for North American rights. These Violent Delights is a book that I read over a year ago and have […]

Review: Christmas for Beginners by Carole Matthews

Posted December 1, 2021 by Charlotte in Reviews / 0 Comments

I received this book for free from Tandam Collective in exchange for an honest review. This does not affect my opinion of the book or the content of my review.Christmas for Beginners by Carole Matthews Published by Sphere on October 29, 2020 Genres: Chick-lit, Christmas, Fiction, Romance Pages: 416 Format: Hardback Source: Tandam Collective Buy on Amazon Goodreads The gloriously festive sequel to readers’ favourite and Sunday Times bestselling novel Happiness for Beginners SPEND THE MOST WONDERFUL TIME OF THE YEAR AT HOPE FARM . . . Christmas is fast approaching at the new Hope Farm. Owner Molly Baker has been convinced to organise an open day to raise some much-needed funds ahead of the New Year, but the nativity tableau is proving challenging. With anti-social sheep, awkward alpacas and a seriously sequined Santa Claus to assemble, Molly is feeling overwhelmed, and in desperate need of some Christmas spirit . . . Despite the chaos of the farm getting in the way of her event planning, Molly is looking forward to spending the holidays with Shelby and Lucas, hopeful that […]

Blog Tour / Review: Deepwater King by Claire McKenna

Posted July 2, 2021 by Charlotte in Blog Tour, Reviews / 0 Comments

I received this book for free from Publisher in exchange for an honest review. This does not affect my opinion of the book or the content of my review.Deepwater King by Claire McKenna Series: The Deepwater Trilogy #2 Published by HarperVoyager on 24 June 2021 Genres: Fiction, Fantasy Pages: 352 Format: Hardback Source: Publisher Buy on Amazon Goodreads The sensational follow up to MONSTROUS HEART; a magical tale of intrigue on dark waters and a love story for the ages. The perfect gothic, gaslamp fantasy – ideal for fans of V.E. Schwab and China Mieville Since losing her great love to the Queen of the Sainted Isles, Arden must fulfil an impossible promise before she can return home – she must complete the dangerous Rite that will return Jonah’s spirit to the abyssal Court of the Deepwater King. This sets her off on a journey far out at sea to find believers of the old religion on the oil-slick and mysterious islands beyond the horizon. But such a responsibility will not come without sacrifice, for the Deepwater folk who worship […]

Blog Tour / Review: Marion Lane and the Midnight Murder by T.A. Willberg

Posted May 21, 2021 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.Marion Lane and the Midnight Murder by T.A. Willberg Series: Marion Lane #1 Published by Trapeze on June 10, 2021 Genres: Fiction, Fantasy, Historical, Mystery, Thriller Pages: 336 Format: E-Arc, Hardback Source: Netgalley, Publisher Buy on Amazon Goodreads They were a band of mysterious private detectives who lived beneath the streets of London in a labyrinth of twisted tunnels and ancient hallways, the entrance to which no one had ever found. The Inquirers were something of a myth, a whispered legend that may or may not exist, depending on whom you asked. They were like ghosts, some said, these sleuths who guarded the city… London, 1958: Elaborately disguised and hidden deep beneath the city’s streets lies the world of Miss Brickett’s, a secret detective agency, training and housing the mysterious Inquirers. From traversing deceptive escape rooms full of baited traps and hidden dangers, to engineering almost magical mechanical gadgets, apprentice detectives […]

Review: Starsight by Brandon Sanderson

Posted November 14, 2020 by Charlotte in Reviews / 0 Comments

Starsight by Brandon Sanderson Series: Skyward #2 Published by Delacorte Press on November 26, 2019 Genres: Fantasy, Fiction, Science Fiction, Young Adult Pages: 457 Format: Hardback Source: Own Copy Buy on Amazon Goodreads All her life, Spensa’s dreamed of becoming a pilot. Of proving she’s a hero like her father. She made it to the sky, but the truths she learned about her father were crushing. The rumors of his cowardice are true—he deserted his flight during battle against the Krell. Worse, though, he turned against his team and attacked them. Spensa is sure that there’s more to the story. And she’s sure that whatever happened to her father in his starship could happen to her. When she made it outside the protective shell of her planet, she heard the stars—and it was terrifying. Everything Spensa has been taught about her world is a lie. But Spensa also discovered a few other things about herself—and she’ll travel to the end of the galaxy to save humankind if she needs to. I have been waiting to read Starsight for so long. […]

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