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Review: To Kill a Kingdom by Alexandra Christo

Posted April 15, 2020 by Charlotte in Reviews / 0 Comments

To Kill a Kingdom by Alexandra Christo Published by Hot Key Books on March 6, 2018 Genres: Fairytale, Fantasy, Fiction, Retelling, Young Adult Pages: 358 Format: E-Arc, Paperback Source: Netgalley, Own Copy Buy on Amazon Goodreads I have a heart for every year I’ve been alive. There are seventeen hidden in the sand of my bedroom. Every so often, I claw through the shingle just to check they’re still there. Buried deep and bloody. Princess Lira is siren royalty and revered across the sea until she is cursed into humanity by the ruthless Sea Queen. Now Lira must deliver the heart of the infamous siren killer or remain a human forever. Prince Elian is heir to the most powerful kingdom in the world and captain to a deadly crew of siren hunters. When he rescues a drowning woman from the ocean, she promises to help him destroy sirenkind for good. But he has no way of knowing whether he can trust her … I may have been a little slow on the uptake to read To Kill a Kingdom. But […]

Review: An Italian Affair by Caroline Montague

Posted July 18, 2019 by Charlotte in Reviews / 0 Comments

An Italian Affair by Caroline Montague Published by Orion Books on 21 March 2019 Genres: Fiction, Historical, Romance Pages: 496 Format: Paperback Source: Own Copy Buy on Amazon Goodreads Love. War. Family. Betrayal. Italy, 1937. Alessandra Durante is grieving the loss of her husband when she discovers she has inherited her ancestral family seat, Villa Durante, deep in the Tuscan Hills. Longing for a new start, she moves from her home in London to Italy with her daughter Diana and sets about rebuilding her life. Under the threat of war, Alessandra’s house becomes first a home and then a shelter to all those who need it. Then Davide, a young man who is hiding the truth about who he is, arrives, and Diana starts to find her heart going where her head knows it must not. Back home in Britain as war breaks out, Alessandra’s son Robert, signs up to be a pilot, determined to play his part in freeing Italy from the grip of Fascism. His bravery marks him out as an asset to the Allies, and soon he […]

Review: Everless by Sara Holland

Posted March 21, 2019 by Charlotte in Reviews / 2 Comments

I received this book for free from Fairyloot, Own Copy in exchange for an honest review. This does not affect my opinion of the book or the content of my review.Everless by Sara Holland Series: Everless #1 Published by Hachette on January 2, 2018 Genres: Fantasy, Fiction, Young Adult Pages: 361 Format: Hardback Source: Fairyloot, Own Copy Buy on Amazon Goodreads Time is a prison. She is the key. Packed with danger, temptation and desire – a perfect read for fans of The Red Queen. In the land of Sempera, the rich control everything – even time. Ever since the age of alchemy and sorcery, hours, days and years have been extracted from blood and bound to iron coins. The rich live for centuries; the poor bleed themselves dry. Jules and her father are behind on their rent and low on hours. To stop him from draining himself to clear their debts, Jules takes a job at Everless, the grand estate of the cruel Gerling family. There, Jules encounters danger and temptation in the guise of the Gerling heir, Roan, […]

Review: The Heir by Kiera Cass

Posted April 3, 2017 by Charlotte in Reviews / 1 Comment

I received this book for free from Own Copy in exchange for an honest review. This does not affect my opinion of the book or the content of my review.The Heir by Kiera Cass Series: The Selection #4 Published by HarperTeen on May 5th 2015 Genres: Dystopia, Fiction, Romance, Young Adult Pages: 342 Format: E-Book Source: Own Copy Buy on Amazon Goodreads Twenty years ago, America Singer entered the Selection and won Prince Maxon’s heart. Now the time has come for Princess Eadlyn to hold a Selection of her own. Eadlyn doesn’t expect her Selection to be anything like her parents’ fairy-tale love story. But as the competition begins, she may discover that finding her own happily ever after isn’t as impossible as she always thought. As usual I end up on the bang wagon a lot later than everyone else. But let me just say The Heir is incredible. I loved that it was similar to the first three books, just told from a female perspective being perused by 30 men. But if you are after something original then turn […]

Review: The Sun is also a Star by Nicola Yoon

Posted November 2, 2016 by Charlotte in Reviews / 0 Comments

The Sun Is Also a Star by Nicola Yoon Published by Corgi Children’s on November 1, 2016 Genres: Contemporary, Fiction, Romance, Young Adult Pages: 348 Format: E-Arc, Paperback Source: Netgalley, Own Copy Buy on Amazon Goodreads A story of a girl, a boy, and the universe Natasha: I’m a girl who believes in science and facts. Not fate. Not destiny. Or dreams that will never come true. I’m definitely not the kind of girl who meets a cute boy on a crowded New York City street and falls in love with him. Not when my family is twelve hours away from being deported to Jamaica. Falling in love with him won’t be my story. Daniel: I’ve always been the good son, the good student, living up to my parents’ high expectations. Never the poet. Or the dreamer. But when I see her, I forget about all that. Something about Natasha makes me think that fate has something much more extraordinary in store—for both of us. The Universe: Every moment in our lives has brought us to this single moment. A […]

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