If I am being completely honest, this book was a little bit of a disappointment. I would still definitely say that it was overall an enjoyable read, but it didn't stand out to me. When I first read The Devouring Gray last year I loved it, but found it didn't stick with me, and so I had to reread it before reading this book. The Devouring Gray wasn't quite as enjoyable on a second read as I think a lot of my enjoyment was reliant on the mystery and I already knew how it ended. This feeling carried over into my reading experience of The Deck of Omens, but as I said it was still a good and fun read as a whole.
[ARC] ‘Burn’ – Patrick Ness
I am so glad that I got to read this book. Right from the off this book was extremely promising, dragons, a prophecy, a teenage assassin, and so many secrets! And overall, it was a thoroughly enjoyable book, I was completely engaged from the beginning all the way through.
April Wrap-Up
I am so happy with what I managed to read in April, reading a series I've been meaning to read for years, some new releases and some ARCs that I need to review!
[Blog Tour] ‘Summer Bird Blue’ – Akemi Dawn Bowman
I thought I would share a little post with you about what music means to me, and some of my favourite artists and songs! Music is a central and very important aspect of this book so I thought it would be a nice theme to choose for this post.
[BLOG TOUR] ‘The Hand The Eye and The Heart’ – Zoë Marriott
Today I have a great post for you, I am part of the blog tour for Zoë Marriott's new LGBTQ Fantasy novel, The Hand The Eye and The Heart. This is such an amazing blog tour as it is incredibly creative, so I, of course, had to follow that vibe as well!
[ARC] ‘Rayne and Delilah’s Midnite Matinee’ – Jeff Zentner guest post
I am so excited to be bringing this post to you today, and it is definitely an exciting one! I had the opportunity to read Rayne and Delilah's Midnite Matinee early (thank you to Andersen Press) and so today I have a review for you (more on that later), but even more excitingly I have a guest post from the author, Jeff Zentner!
[ARC] ‘Shadowscent: The Darkest Bloom’ – P.M. Freestone
This was such a fun debut fantasy novel, and I am so glad I got to read it early and now share it with all of you! I was amazed at how this book didn't read like a debut at all, and I am very excited to see what else P.M. Freestone releases in the future, both as a continuation of this series and beyond.
January Wrap-Up & February TBR
So January was definitely not the most successful reading month for me! I got into a massive slump at the beginning of the month where I picked up and then put down about 4 books before finding anything I wanted to stick with!
[ARC] ‘Kick The Moon’ – Muhammad Khan
Synopsis Fifteen-year-old Ilyas is under pressure from everyone: GCSE’s are looming and his teachers just won’t let up, his dad wants him to join the family business and his mates don’t care about any of it. There’s no space in Ilyas’ life to just be a teenager. Serving detention one day, Ilyas finds a kindred... Continue Reading →
[ARC] ‘SLAY: On Tour’ – Kim Curran
I have an exciting post for you today, as part of the SLAY: On Tour Blog Tour (isn't that a mouthful...) I have a review and also a guest post from the author! Kim has kindly put a piece of writing together about her top pop culture references for this book, so if that is of interest to you keep scrolling!