Tag: 3/5 Stars

Review: Crown of Oblivion by Julie Eshbaugh

Posted July 8, 2020 by Charlotte in Reviews / 0 Comments
Review: Crown of Oblivion by Julie Eshbaugh

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.Crown of Oblivion by Julie Eshbaugh Published by HarperCollins on November 12, 2019 Genres: Dystopia, Fantasy, Fiction, Young Adult Pages: 480 Format: Arc Source: Publisher Buy on Amazon Goodreads Astrid is the surrogate for Princess Renya, which means she bears the physical punishment if Renya steps out of line. Astrid has no choice—she and her family are Outsiders, the lower class of people without magic and without citizenship. But there is a way out of this life—competing in the deadly Race of Oblivion. To enter the race, an Outsider is administered the drug Oblivion, which wipes their memory clear of their past as they enter a new world with nothing to help them but a slip of paper bearing their name and the first clue. It’s not as simple as solving a puzzle, however—for a majority of the contestants, the race ends in death. But winning would mean not only freedom for […]

Review: Coming Home to Winter Island by Jo Thomas

Posted June 22, 2020 by Charlotte in Reviews / 0 Comments
Review: Coming Home to Winter Island by Jo Thomas

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.Coming Home to Winter Island by Jo Thomas Published by Headline Review on 12 December 2019 Genres: Chick-lit, Fiction Pages: 336 Format: E-Arc Source: Netgalley Buy on Amazon Goodreads Wrap up warm and explore the breath-taking beauty of a remote Scottish island and an old house waiting to unlock enchanting family secrets. Do you need to find out where you’ve come from before you can know what the future holds? Ruby’s singing career is on the verge of hitting the big time, when her voice breaks. Fearing her career is over, she signs up for a retreat in Tenerife to recover. But an unexpected call from a stranger on a remote Scottish island takes her on a short trip to sort out some family business. It’s time to go and see the grandfather she’s never met. City girl Ruby knows she will be happy to leave the windswept beaches behind as quickly […]

Review: Chosen Ones by Veronica Roth

Posted April 21, 2020 by Charlotte in Reviews / 0 Comments
Review: Chosen Ones by Veronica Roth

I received this book for free from in exchange for an honest review. This does not affect my opinion of the book or the content of my review.Chosen Ones by Veronica Roth Series: The Chosen Ones #1 Published by Hodder & Stoughton on April 7, 2020 Genres: Dystopia, Fantasy, Fiction, Young Adult Pages: 400 Buy on Amazon Goodreads Fifteen years ago, five ordinary teenagers were singled out by a prophecy to take down an impossibly powerful entity wreaking havoc across North America. He was known as the Dark One, and his weapon of choice – catastrophic events known as Drains – leveled cities and claimed thousands of lives. The Chosen Ones, as the teens were known, gave everything they had to defeat him. After the Dark One fell, the world went back to normal . . . for everyone but them. After all, what do you do when you’re the most famous people on Earth, your only education was in magical destruction, and your purpose in life is now fulfilled? Of all the five, Sloane has had the hardest time […]

Review: The Beautiful by Renée Ahdieh

Posted March 24, 2020 by Charlotte in Reviews / 0 Comments
Review: The Beautiful by Renée Ahdieh

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.The Beautiful by Renée Ahdieh Series: The Beautiful #1 Published by Hodder & Stoughton on October 8, 2019 Genres: Fantasy, Fiction, Historical, Young Adult Pages: 432 Format: E-Arc Source: Netgalley Buy on Amazon Goodreads New York Times bestselling author Renée Ahdieh returns with a sumptuous, sultry and romantic new series set in 19th century New Orleans where vampires hide in plain sight. In 1872, New Orleans is a city ruled by the dead. But to seventeen-year-old Celine Rousseau, New Orleans provides her a refuge after she’s forced to flee her life as a dressmaker in Paris. Taken in by the sisters of the Ursuline convent along with six other girls, Celine quickly becomes enamored with the vibrant city from the music to the food to the soirées and—especially—to the danger. She soon becomes embroiled in the city’s glitzy underworld, known as Le Cour des Lions, after catching the eye of the group’s […]

Blog Tour / Review: The God Game by Danny Tobey

Posted January 11, 2020 by Charlotte in Blog Tour, Reviews / 0 Comments
Blog Tour / Review: The God Game by Danny Tobey

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 God Game by Danny Tobey Published by Gollancz on January 7, 2020 Genres: Fantasy, Fiction Pages: 496 Format: E-Arc, Hardback Source: Netgalley, Publisher Buy on Amazon Goodreads You are invited!Come inside and play with G.O.D.Bring your friends!It’s fun!But remember the rules. Win and ALL YOUR DREAMS COME TRUE.™ Lose, you die! With those words, Charlie and his friends enter the G.O.D. Game, a video game run by underground hackers and controlled by a mysterious AI that believes it’s God. Through their phone-screens and high-tech glasses, the teens’ realities blur with a virtual world of creeping vines, smoldering torches, runes, glyphs, gods, and mythical creatures. When they accomplish a mission, the game rewards them with expensive tech, revenge on high-school tormentors, and cash flowing from ATMs. Slaying a hydra and drawing a bloody pentagram as payment to a Greek god seem harmless at first. Fun even. But then the threatening messages […]