Book Reviews
My O.W.L Readathon 2020 wrap-up – 12 books, 12 reviews
I tackled a Harry Potter themed readathon that I've been dying to try for ages.
Ninth House – Leigh Bardugo (Review)
Like all Bardugo's books, Ninth House is ultimately a story about privilege, identity, and the bonds that can be formed in adversary.
Year in books – Mini reviews of everything I read in 2019
Reflecting back on the year through the books I read.
Call Down the Hawk – Maggie Stiefvater (Review)
Call Down the Hawk is part one in a new trilogy that takes place after Maggie Stiefvater’s quadrilogy, The Raven Cycle. You can read Call Down the Hawk without having...
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Daughter of Smoke & Bone – Laini Taylor
It's a masterpiece. I bought it three times.
A Kingdom of Exiles – S. B. Nova
There are three things I loved about A Kingdom of Exiles that have stuck with me even though it's been months since I read it. Here's the blurb The brightest...
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The Scorpio Races – Maggie Stiefvater
It's seldom I read a standalone so satisfying. Stiefvater creates a whole world in such a short space of time with this book.
Dawn’s Bright Talons – Nerine Dorman
The exquisite descriptive writing brings this story to life.
Girl of Fire and Thorns – Rae Carson
A fresh and beautifully-written fantasy YA.
Crooks & Straights – Masha du Toit
I came to Crooks & Straights with that Christmas morning feeling. I read the description on Amazon and thought wow, I’ve got to get my hands on that.
Scarred – Joanne Macgregor
Scarred will hook you from the very first sentence and pull you right through to the end, mercilessly. South African author, Joanne Macgregor is a counselling psychologist, and she certainly...
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Warbreaker – Brandon Sanderson
The selling point of this novel is the magic system, which is based partly on colour. It was a nice, fresh, hook.
