Tag: Sally Green

Random Thoughts: My Anticipated Reads of 2016

Posted January 16, 2016 by Charlotte in Random Thoughts / 3 Comments
Random Thoughts: My Anticipated Reads of 2016

So I think it times to state some of my anticipated reads of 2016! These are some of the books that I cannot wait to get my hands on and read. There are others out there that I want to read as well. Although if I’m being honest most of them seem to be sequels. I’ve put them in date order here and NOT in order of preference.   This is the final book in the Red Rising Trilogy and I am so excited for this read. I feel like we have waited far too long for this book. I adored Red Rising and Golden Son so I have high hopes for this book. If you haven’t yet read this series then I highly recommend it to you, this is a series that won’t leave you disappointed. v       I first heard about this book at the Cheltenham Literature Festival where I was privileged enough to attend the Bloomsbury Book Party, and an extract of this book was read out by Meg Rosoff herself. The extract was hilarious and […]

Review: Half Wild by Sally Green

Posted March 27, 2015 by Charlotte in Reviews / 0 Comments
Review: Half Wild by Sally Green

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.Half Wild by Sally Green Series: The Half Bad Trilogy #2 Published by Penguin UK on March 25, 2015 Genres: Fantasy, Fiction, Paranormal, Young Adult Pages: 402 Format: E-Arc Source: Netgalley Buy on Amazon Goodreads After finally meeting his elusive father, Marcus, and receiving the three gifts that confirm him as a full adult witch, Nathan is still on the run. He needs to find his friend Gabriel and rescue Annalise, now a prisoner of the powerful Black witch Mercury. Most of all he needs to learn how to control his Gift – a strange, wild new power that threatens to overwhelm him. Meanwhile, Soul O’Brien has seized control of the Council of White Witches and is expanding his war against Black witches into Europe. In response, an unprecedented alliance has formed between Black and White witches determined to resist him. Drawn into the rebellion by the enigmatic Black witch Van Dal, […]

Review: Half Lies by Sally Green

Posted January 19, 2015 by Charlotte in Reviews / 0 Comments
Review: Half Lies by Sally Green

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.Half Lies by Sally Green Series: The Half Bad Trilogy #0.5 Published by Penguin Young Readers Group on November 13, 2014 Genres: Dystopia, Fantasy, Fiction, Novella, Short Stories, Young Adult Pages: 61 Format: E-Arc Source: Netgalley Buy on Amazon Goodreads Meet Michele and Gabriel: young Black Witches in a brave new world. Their mother was brutally murdered. Their father drowns his pain at the bottom of a bottle. They begin a new life in Florida, where Michele meets a White Witch boy, but the divide between Black and White Witches is as dangerous as ever. Soon Michele is caught between love and loyalty, truth and lies. Could falling in love be the deadliest mistake she’s ever made? Well, Half Bad was a great book but Half Lies, told from Michele’s perspective in the form of her diary, is even better. And the simple reason is Gabriel. I loved him in Half Bad and was semi-frustrated […]

Review: Half Bad by Sally Green

Posted January 5, 2015 by Charlotte in Reviews / 2 Comments
Review: Half Bad by Sally Green

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.Half Bad by Sally Green Series: The Half Bad Trilogy #1 Published by Penguin on March 4, 2014 Genres: Fantasy, Fiction, Paranormal, Young Adult Pages: 416 Format: E-Book Source: Own Copy Buy on Amazon Goodreads Wanted by no one.Hunted by everyone. Sixteen-year-old Nathan lives in a cage: beaten, shackled, trained to kill. In a modern-day England where two warring factions of witches live amongst humans, Nathan is an abomination, the illegitimate son of the world’s most terrifying and violent witch, Marcus. Nathan’s only hope for survival is to escape his captors, track down Marcus, and receive the three gifts that will bring him into his own magical powers—before it’s too late. But how can Nathan find his father when there is no one safe to trust, not even family, not even the girl he loves? Half Bad is an international sensation and the start of a brilliant trilogy: a gripping tale […]