Review: Kill Joy

Kill Joy by Holly Jackson (A Good Girl’s Guide to Murder #0.5)Published: February 2021 “Prepare yourself for an unforgettable night of murder and mystery.” Pippa Fitz-Amobi is not in the mood for her friend’s murder mystery party. Especially one that involves 1920’s fancy dress and pretending that their town, Little Kilton, is an island called...

Review: Rule of Wolves

Rule of Wolves by Leigh Bardugo (King of Scars #2)Published: March 2021 “This is what love does. In the stories, love healed your wounds, fixed what was broken, allowed you to go on. But love wasn’t a spell, some kind of benediction to be whispered, a balm or a cure-all. It was a single, fragile...

Review: King of Scars

King of Scars by Leigh Bardugo (King of Scars #1)Published: January 2019 “Stop punishing yourself for being someone with a heart. You cannot protect yourself from suffering. To live is to grieve. You are not protecting yourself by shutting yourself off from the world. You are limiting yourself.” The dashing young king, Nikolai Lantsov, has...

Review: Finale

Finale by Stephanie Garber (Caraval #3)Published: May 2019 “Most of my life, I’ve romanticized death. I used to love the idea of something being so tremendous that it was worth dying for. But I was wrong. I think the most magnificent things are worth living for.” It’s been two months since the Fates were freed...

Review: Legendary

Legendary by Stephanie Garber (Caraval #2)Published: May 2018 “Every story needs a villain, but the best villains are the ones you secretly like.” After being swept up in the magical world of Caraval, Donatella Dragna has finally escaped her father and saved her sister, Scarlett, from a disastrous arranged marriage. The girls should be celebrating,...

Review: Caraval

Caraval by Stephanie Garber (Caraval #1)Published: January 2017 “Hope is a powerful thing. Some say it’s a different breed of magic altogether. Elusive, difficult to hold on to. But not much is needed.” Scarlett Dragna has never left the tiny island where she and her sister, Tella, live with their powerful, and cruel, father. Now...

Review: Namesake

Namesake by Adrienne Young (Fable #2)Published: March 2021 Read my review of the first book ‘Fable’ here! “There are some things that can’t be carved from a person, no matter how far from home they’ve sailed.” With the Marigold ship free of her father, Fable and the rest of the crew were set to start...

Review: How the King of Elfhame Learned to Hate Stories

How The King of Elfhame Learned to Hate Stories by Holly Black (The Folk of the Air #3.5)Published: November 2020 “Some might think of him as a strong draught, burning the back of one’s throat, but invigorating all the same. You might beg to differ. So long as you’re begging, he doesn’t mind a bit.”...