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Review: Girls of Paper and Fire by Natasha Ngan

Posted March 5, 2019 by Charlotte in Reviews / 1 Comment
Review: Girls of Paper and Fire by Natasha Ngan

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.Girls of Paper and Fire by Natasha Ngan Series: Girls of Paper and Fire #1 Published by Hodder & Stoughton on November 6, 2018 Genres: Fantasy, Fiction, Young Adult Pages: 380 Format: E-Arc, Hardback Source: Fairyloot, Netgalley Buy on Amazon Goodreads Each year, eight beautiful girls are chosen as Paper Girls to serve the king.It’s the highest honour they could hope for…And the most demeaning. This year, there’s a ninth girl.And instead of paper,She’s made of fire. Lei is a member of the Paper caste, the lowest and most persecuted class in Ikhara. Ten years ago, her mother was snatched by the royal guards, and her fate remains unknown. Now, the guards are back, and this time it’s Lei they’re after — the girl whose golden eyes, whose rumoured beauty has piqued the king’s interest. Over weeks of training in the opulent but stifling palace, Lei and eight other girls learn […]

Review: Legendary by Stephanie Garber

Posted November 22, 2018 by Charlotte in Reviews / 0 Comments
Review: Legendary  by Stephanie Garber

I received this book for free from Netgalley in exchange for an honest review. This does not affect my opinion of the book or the content of my review.Legendary by Stephanie Garber Series: Caraval #2 Published by Hodder & Stoughton on May 29, 2018 Genres: Fantasy, Fiction, Romance, Young Adult Pages: 432 Format: E-Arc Source: Netgalley Buy on Amazon Goodreads A heart to protect. A debt to repay. A game to win. After being swept up in the magical world of Caraval, Donatella Dragna has finally escaped her father and saved her sister Scarlett from a disastrous arranged marriage. The girls should be celebrating, but Tella isn’t yet free. She made a desperate bargain with a mysterious criminal, and what Tella owes him no one has ever been able to deliver: Caraval Master Legend’s true name. The only chance of uncovering Legend’s identity is to win Caraval, so Tella throws herself into the legendary competition once more—and into the path of the murderous heir to the throne, a doomed love story, and a web of secrets…including her sister’s. Caraval has […]

Review: From Twinkle, With Love by Sandhya Menon

Posted November 16, 2018 by Charlotte in Reviews / 0 Comments
Review: From Twinkle, With Love by Sandhya Menon

From Twinkle, with Love by Sandhya Menon Published by Hodder & Stoughton on May 22, 2018 Genres: Fiction, Young Adult Pages: 330 Format: E-Arc Source: Netgalley Buy on Amazon Goodreads Aspiring filmmaker and wallflower Twinkle Mehra has stories she wants to tell and universes she wants to explore, if only the world would listen. So when fellow film geek Sahil Roy approaches her to direct a movie for the upcoming Summer Festival, Twinkle is all over it. The chance to publicly showcase her voice as a director? Dream come true. The fact that it gets her closer to her longtime crush, Neil Roy—a.k.a. Sahil’s twin brother? Dream come true x 2. When mystery man “N” begins emailing her, Twinkle is sure it’s Neil, finally ready to begin their happily-ever-after. The only slightly inconvenient problem is that, in the course of movie-making, she’s fallen madly in love with the irresistibly adorkable Sahil. Twinkle soon realizes that resistance is futile: The romance she’s got is not the one she’s scripted. But will it be enough? Told through the letters Twinkle writes to […]

Blog Tour / Review: The Beast’s Heart by Leife Shallcross

Posted May 4, 2018 by Charlotte in Blog Tour, Reviews / 4 Comments
Blog Tour / Review: The Beast’s Heart by Leife Shallcross

The Beast’s Heart by Leife Shallcross Published by Hodder & Stoughton on May 3rd 2018 Genres: Fantasy, Fiction, Retelling, Young Adult Pages: 304 Format: E-Arc Source: Netgalley Buy on Amazon Goodreads A sumptuously magical, brand new take on a tale as old as time—read the Beast’s side of the story at long last. I am neither monster nor man—yet I am both. I am the Beast. The day I was cursed to this wretched existence was the day I was saved—although it did not feel so at the time. My redemption sprung from contemptible roots; I am not proud of what I did the day her father happened upon my crumbling, isolated chateau. But if loneliness breeds desperation then I was desperate indeed, and I did what I felt I must. My shameful behaviour was unjustly rewarded. My Isabeau. She opened my eyes, my mind and my heart; she taught me how to be human again. And now I might lose her forever. Lose yourself in this gorgeously rich and magical retelling of The Beauty and the Beast that finally […]

Review: Did You See Melody? by Sophie Hannah

Posted March 8, 2018 by Charlotte in Reviews / 0 Comments
Review: Did You See Melody? by Sophie Hannah

Did You See Melody? by Sophie Hannah Published by Hodder & Stoughton on August 24th 2017 Genres: Fiction, Mystery, Thriller Pages: 400 Format: Arc, E-Arc Source: Netgalley, Publisher Buy on Amazon Goodreads Pushed to breaking point, Cara Burrows abandons her home and family and escapes to a five-star spa resort she can’t afford. Late at night, exhausted and desperate, she lets herself into her hotel room and is shocked to find it already occupied – by a man and a teenage girl. A simple mistake on the part of the hotel receptionist – but Cara’s fear intensifies when she works out that the girl she saw alive and well in the hotel room is someone she can’t possibly have seen: the most famous murder victim in the country, Melody Chapa, whose parents are serving life sentences for her murder. Cara doesn’t know what to trust: everything she’s read and heard about the case, or the evidence of her own eyes. Did she really see Melody? And is she prepared to ask herself that question and answer it honestly if it […]