Genre: Fantasy

Review| Girls of Paper and Fire – Natasha Ngan

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Do you ever read a book and think why did it take me so long to read this? I’ve had that quite often, but most recently with Girls of Paper and Fire. I meant to read this quite some time ago during a group read, but ended up sick and just never picked it back up. I’m glad to say I did finally read this and want to talk about this book and my thoughts today!

Please be aware that this book deals with many difficult subjects, so please make sure you look this up before reading.

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Review | The Awakening – Caroline Peckham & Susanne Valenti

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If you’ve been around the bookish community lately you probably haven’t missed the hype around the Zodiac Academy series. I know I’ve seen it everywhere. I’ve been on the fence about starting this series, because of the hype. Until a friend messaged that she was 4 books in and loving the series. So I decided to give the first book, The Awakening, a try! Keep on reading to find out more about the book and my thoughts!

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Review| Under the Whispering Door – TJ Klune

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Ever since I read The House in the Cerulean Sea I’ve been anxiously awaiting for Under the Whispering Door by TJ Klune to release. Another stunning cover and a story that sounded like it would be emotional, but amazing. I recently finished reading this book and today I want to tell you about the book and what I thought. Keep on reading to find out more!

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Buddy Review | The Extraordinaries – TJ Klune

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We finally did a buddyread of The Extraordinaries by T.J. Klune! It’s been over a year since we got our eARC’s for this one and while we were very excited about it, we just didn’t pick it up. But after loving The House In The Cerulean Sea we realized we really had to get going on The Extraordinaries. It still took us a while, but we finally read it haha, and now we want to share our thoughts. So let’s jump in! Continue reading “Buddy Review | The Extraordinaries – TJ Klune” →

Review| Six Crimson Cranes – Elizabeth Lim

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After reading and loving Spin the Dawn I knew I needed Six Crimson Crane when it was announced. Elizabeth Lim has a way with words and I’ve loved her stories so far. I’ve never read the Six Swans, but this being a retelling had me intrigued. This book released last month and I finally had the chance to read it. So today I want to talk about this book and what I thought. Keep on reading to find out more!

A big thanks to the publisher for providing an e-arc on Netgalley to read and review!

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Review | The Damned – Renée Ahdieh

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One of my favorite books of 2019 was The Beautiful. So I was super excited for the sequel, The Damned and so happy I got an eARC through Netgalley. It took me a while to start reading it though and it also took me a while to finish it. Last week I finally finished the book, just in time for the third book releasing in November. And today it’s time for my review, so let’s dive in.
There will be some spoilers for The Beautiful
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Review| A Kingdom of Flesh and Fire – Jennifer L. Armentrout

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It’s been long overdue for me to finally sit down and write my review for A Kingdom of Flesh and Fire. From Blood and Ash was such a pleasant surprise last year and it’s great getting back into this world. I waited to read A Kingdom of Flesh and Fire closer to the release of The Crown of Gilded Bones, because I knew the wait would be torture. Keep on reading to find out what I thought of the second book in the Blood and Ash series. I’ll do my best to keep it spoiler free!

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Review| Pizazz – Sophy Henn

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As you know I’m a big fan of middle grade books and love reading and reviewing them. I was recently approached by the publisher of Pizazz if I wanted to read and review this new illustrated book. It looked so cute, so of course I couldn’t say no. Pizazz has been out in the world since Tuesday and today I want to talk about this book and what I thought. Keep on reading to find out more!

A big thanks to the publisher for providing me with an e-arc to read and review.

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Review | Crush – Tracy Wolff

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Two weeks ago I shared my review of Crave on the blog. I went into this book without many expectations. It also was an enjoyable train wreck that I loved chatting about with the friend I was buddyreading with. We couldn’t resist continuing with this series, so we read Crush right after Crave. What did I think of this one? Did anything change in my opinions? Keep on reading to find out! I’ll keep this as spoiler free as possible.

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Review| Crave – Tracy Wolff

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Crave is a book I’ve seen everywhere since right before it released in April 2020. I’ve heard a lot of people say you either love or hate this book, so I definitely was curious. The release of the third book a few weeks ago definitely had me wanting to see what the hype was all about. So a friend and I decided to do a buddy read. Keep on reading to find out what I thought! Was I on team love it or hate it?

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