For the Immortal by Emily Hauser If you’ve read my review of the previous book in this trilogy, For the Winner, you’ll know that I LOVE Emily Hauser’s writing of Greek myths from a female perspective. Seriously, I found out she is a lecturer of classics at Exeter university and began considering it to applyContinue reading “For the Immortal Review”
Category Archives: Fiction
The Woman in Blue Review
The Woman in Blue by Elly Griffiths I’d like to start by directing your attention to the title. Not because I have anything deep to say about it, but it rhymes which made me grin. So let’s take a moment to appreciate the rhyme. Done? Please continue. I really, really like the Ruth Galloway mysteriesContinue reading “The Woman in Blue Review”
Proud Review
Proud compiled by Juno Dawson Proud is an awesome collection of unapologetically queer short stories and poems accompanied by artwork. There is a badass and powerful introduction from Juno Dawson herself then several intros from various publishing people. The collection is joyful and sweet and a celebration of pride. I’m going to give a miniContinue reading “Proud Review”
Noteworthy Review
Noteworthy by Riley Redgate Noteworthy is a contemporary YA novel following the antics of Jordan Sun, a girl with an alto 2 voice at a performing art boarding school. For those who the words alto 2 mean nothing, it basically means that she has a low singing voice for a girl. She is there onContinue reading “Noteworthy Review”
The Queen of Nothing Review
The Queen of Nothing by Holly Black The Queen of Nothing. The final book in the Folk of the Air trilogy. Wow. Somehow I always forget how much I love Holly Black’s books until I read the next one, and fall back in love even faster than before. The Queen of Nothing follows Jude asContinue reading “The Queen of Nothing Review”
The Places I've Cried in Public Review
The Places I’ve Cried in Public by Holly Bourne I have loved every single one of Holly Bourne’s books I have read, so on picking this one up I knew it would leave me an emotional wreck. The story follows Amelie, a musically talented year 12 who moves from the north to south of EnglandContinue reading “The Places I've Cried in Public Review”
Sword and Pen review
Sword and Pen by Rachel Caine Having finished the previous one in this series January 2019, I was very excited because I loved this series but also had no idea what’s going on. Thankfully within the first chapter I was reacquainted with the characters of the series, as well as The Great Library of AlexandriaContinue reading “Sword and Pen review”
A Good Girl's Guide to Murder Review
A Good Girl’s Guide to Murder by Holly Jackson I was super excited to read this book, and within a few pages I was ready to cancel the rest of activities in my day to finish it! I’m going to have to start with the setting. I hadn’t known this beforehand, but Holly Jackson isContinue reading “A Good Girl's Guide to Murder Review”
Wool Review
Wool by Hugh Howey Wool is the first adult sci-fi book I’ve read in a while, and it did NOT disappoint. I had been putting it off because I was a bit (a lot) intimidated by its thickness but I am now very annoyed that I didn’t pick it up sooner! As I write thisContinue reading “Wool Review”
My writing: an introduction
Hello everyone! Like a lot of readers, I am also a big fan of writing my own stuff, and I definitely want to talk about both writing and reading on my blog so I thought I’d start with an introduction before I throw you in the deep end with my ramblings. I have two mainContinue reading “My writing: an introduction”
