Tag: Orion

Blog Tour / Review: The Adults by Caroline Hulse

Posted August 16, 2018 by Charlotte in Blog Tour, Reviews / 0 Comments
Blog Tour / Review: The Adults by Caroline Hulse

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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Review: King’s Cage by Victoria Aveyard

Posted March 20, 2017 by Charlotte in Reviews / 0 Comments
Review: King’s Cage by Victoria Aveyard

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.King’s Cage by Victoria Aveyard Series: Red Queen #3 Published by Orion Publishing on February 9th 2017 Genres: Dystopia, Fantasy, Fiction, Young Adult Pages: 507 Format: E-Arc, Hardback Source: Netgalley, Publisher Buy on Amazon Goodreads In this breathless third installment to Victoria Aveyard’s bestselling Red Queen series, allegiances are tested on every side. And when the Lightning Girl’s spark is gone, who will light the way for the rebellion?Mare Barrow is a prisoner, powerless without her lightning, tormented by her lethal mistakes. She lives at the mercy of a boy she once loved, a boy made of lies and betrayal. Now a king, Maven Calore continues weaving his dead mother’s web in an attempt to maintain control over his country—and his prisoner.As Mare bears the weight of Silent Stone in the palace, her once-ragtag band of newbloods and Reds continue organizing, training, and expanding. They prepare for war, no longer able […]

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Review: Cruel Crown by Victoria Aveyard

Posted April 20, 2016 by Charlotte in Reviews / 0 Comments
Review: Cruel Crown by Victoria Aveyard

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.Cruel Crown by Victoria Aveyard Series: Red Queen #0.1, Red Queen #0.2 Published by HarperTeen on January 5, 2016 Genres: Dystopia, Fantasy, Fiction, Novella, Romance, Science Fiction, Young Adult Pages: 208 Format: E-Arc Source: Netgalley Buy on Amazon Goodreads Two women on either side of the Silver and Red divide tell the stories no one else knows. Discover the truth of Norta’s bloody past in these two revealing prequels to #1 NEW YORK TIMES bestseller RED QUEEN. Queen Song Queen Coriane, first wife of King Tiberias, keeps a secret diary—how else can she ensure that no one at the palace will use her thoughts against her? Coriane recounts her heady courtship with the crown prince, the birth of a new prince, Cal, and the potentially deadly challenges that lie ahead for her in royal life. Steel Scars Captain Farley was raised to be strong, but being tasked with planting the seeds of […]

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Review: Glass Sword by Victoria Aveyard

Posted February 12, 2016 by Charlotte in Reviews / 4 Comments
Review: Glass Sword by Victoria Aveyard

Glass Sword by Victoria Aveyard Series: Red Queen #2 Published by Orion on February 9, 2016 Genres: Dystopia, Fantasy, Fiction, Romance, Science Fiction, Young Adult Pages: 444 Format: E-Arc Source: Netgalley Buy on Amazon Goodreads If there’s one thing Mare Barrow knows, it’s that she’s different. Mare Barrow’s blood is red—the color of common folk—but her Silver ability, the power to control lightning, has turned her into a weapon that the royal court tries to control. The crown calls her an impossibility, a fake, but as she makes her escape from Maven, the prince—the friend—who betrayed her, Mare uncovers something startling: she is not the only one of her kind. Pursued by Maven, now a vindictive king, Mare sets out to find and recruit other Red-and-Silver fighters to join in the struggle against her oppressors. But Mare finds herself on a deadly path, at risk of becoming exactly the kind of monster she is trying to defeat. Will she shatter under the weight of the lives that are the cost of rebellion? Or have treachery and betrayal hardened her forever? […]

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Review: Red Queen by Victoria Aveyard

Posted March 25, 2015 by Charlotte in Reviews / 2 Comments
Review: Red Queen by Victoria Aveyard

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.Red Queen by Victoria Aveyard Series: Red Queen #1 Published by Orion on July 2, 2015 Genres: Dystopia, Fantasy, Fiction, Romance, Science Fiction, Young Adult Pages: 383 Format: E-Arc Source: Netgalley Buy on Amazon Goodreads This is a world divided by blood – red or silver. The Reds are commoners, ruled by a Silver elite in possession of god-like superpowers. And to Mare Barrow, a seventeen-year-old Red girl from the poverty-stricken Stilts, it seems like nothing will ever change. That is, until she finds herself working in the Silver Palace. Here, surrounded by the people she hates the most, Mare discovers that, despite her red blood, she possesses a deadly power of her own. One that threatens to destroy the balance of power. Fearful of Mare’s potential, the Silvers hide her in plain view, declaring her a long-lost Silver princess, now engaged to a Silver prince. Despite knowing that one misstep would […]

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