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Ruin and Rising by Leigh Bardugo (The Shadow and Bone Trilogy #3)Published: June 2014 “Na razrusha'ya. I am not ruined. E'ya razrushost. I am ruination.” The Darkling rules Ravka from his shadow throne. Now the nation's fate rests with a broken Sun Summoner, a disgraced tracker, and the shattered remnants of a once-great magical army. Deep in... Continue Reading →
Siege and Storm by Leigh Bardugo (The Shadow and Bone Trilogy #2)Published: June 2013 “‘You know the problem with heroes and saints, Nikolai?’ I asked as I closed the book’s cover and headed for the door. ‘They always end up dead.’” Hunted across the True Sea, haunted by the lives she took on the Fold,... Continue Reading →
Shadow and Bone by Leigh Bardugo (The Shadow and Bone Trilogy #1)Published: June 2012 “And there's nothing wrong with being a lizard either. Unless you were born to be a hawk.” Surrounded by enemies, the once-great nation of Ravka has been torn in two by the Shadow Fold, a swath of near impenetrable darkness crawling... Continue Reading →
Kate in Waiting by Becky AlbertalliExpected Release Date: 22nd April 2021 Thank you to NetGalley and Penguin Random House Children’s UK for an advanced copy of this book in exchange for an honest review. Contrary to popular belief, best friends Kate Garfield and Anderson Walker are not codependent. Carpooling to and from theater rehearsals? Environmentally... Continue Reading →
Crooked Kingdom by Leigh Bardugo (Six of Crows #2)Published: September 2016 “No mourners, no funerals. Another way of saying good luck. But it was something more. A dark wink to the fact that there would be no expensive burials for people like them, no marble markers to remember their names, no wreaths of myrtle and... Continue Reading →
Six of Crows by Leigh Bardugo (Six of Crows #1)Published: September 2015 ‘“It's not natural for women to fight.""It's not natural for someone to be as stupid as he is tall, and yet there you stand.”’ Ketterdam: a bustling hub of international trade where anything can be had for the right price—and no one knows... Continue Reading →
The Prison Healer by Lynette Noni (The Prison Healer #1)Expected Publication Date: 13th April 2021 Thank you to NetGalley and Hodder and Stoughton for an advanced copy of this book in exchange for an honest review. Trigger warnings: mentions of rape, graphic injuries, drugs, torture, mentions of self-harm, and violence. Seventeen-year-old Kiva Meridan has spent... Continue Reading →
Heartstream by Tom PollockPublished: July 2019 “‘Friends don't kill friends.' I say. ‘Oh honey,' she says. 'Of course they do.'” Cat is in love. Always the sensible one, she can't believe that she's actually dating, not to mention dating a star. But the fandom can't know. They would eat her alive. And first at the... Continue Reading →
The Places I’ve Cried in Public by Holly BournePublication Date: October 2019 “Crying is a very obvious sign that something isn’t going right in your life. You should not ignore tears.” Trigger warnings: abuse, rape, PTSD, physical and emotional abuse Amelie loved Reese. And she thought he loved her. But she’s starting to realise love... Continue Reading →
Rebel Rose by Emma Theriault (The Queen’s Council #1)Published: November 2020 “The bad things that happen in our lives serve to shape us just as much as the good.” It’s 1789 and France is on the brink of revolution. Belle has finally broken the Enchantress’s curse, restoring the Beast to his human form and bringing... Continue Reading →
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