This tag line is what instantly drew me to this book and I knew I had to get my hands on a copy. I’d seen the title floating around a bit and heard some good things but not too much to make my expectations soar. Which I think is the best way to go into …
Q&A with Klara from Magic Chest
Last month, I was lucky enough to receive a bookish subscription box from Magic Chest to review. If you read my review of that box here, you’ll know that I absolutely loved it. It was such a well put together box, with amazing contents and an incredible sounding book to go with it. Obviously, these …
Guest Post: Women in Fantasy by Shona Kinsella (& Giveaway!)
Today I’m delighted to welcome Shona Kinsella, author of Ashael Rising onto my blog to discuss women in Fantasy novels with a fascinating guest post. I’ve actually read through this post 3 times because I absolutely adore it and I think Shona sums up gender stereotypes absolutely perfectly – especially in stereotypical novels. You’ll also find …
COVER REVEAL: The Collective by R.S Williams
I’m super duper excited to bring you a gorgeous cover reveal today! This book is by my friend and blogger Rhianne but you probably know her from her blog Little Novelist. I’ve heard about her writing journey and ventures, probably since I first “met” her on Twitter a year or two ago and have always …
Book Review: The Magicians by Lev Grossman
Format: Paperback, borrowed Links: Goodreads | Amazon UK Blurb: In a secret world of forbidden knowledge, power comes at a terrible price … Quentin Coldwater’s life is changed forever by an apparently chance encounter: when he turns up for his entrance interview to Princeton he finds his interviewer dead – but a strange envelope bearing …
Book Review: Life of Pi by Yann Martel
Format: Paperback, Library Links: Goodreads | Amazon UK Blurb: One boy, one boat, one tiger . . . After the tragic sinking of a cargo ship, a solitary lifeboat remains bobbing on the wild, blue Pacific. The only survivors from the wreck are a sixteen year-old boy named Pi, a hyena, a zebra (with a …
Gina Dickerson’s Dream Movie Cast for Mortiswood: Kaelia Awakening (& Giveaway!)
Today I’m thrilled to be taking part in a weekend book blitz for Gina Dickerson’s book, ‘Mortiswood: Kaelia Awakening’. I’ve read this book and it’s fab – I’d definitely recommend it for fantasy lovers. When I read a book – any book – I always try a picture who would play the characters in a …
Book Review: Straight to Hell by Michelle Scott
Title: Straight to Hell Author: Michelle Scott Format: eBook, NetGalley Links: Amazon UK | Amazon US | Goodreads Blurb: I, Lilith Straight, was the woman you always wanted to be. I was married to someone better looking than your husband, we lived in that house you always wanted. Within a year, however, all of that …
Book Review: The Fallen Stars (The Star Child Series #2) by Stephanie Keyes
Here is all the information you’ll need about the upcoming tour for The Fallen Stars the second book in Stephanie Keye’s Star Child series. Title: The Fallen Stars (The Star Child series #2) Author: Stephanie Keyes Genre: YA Fantasy/Paranormal Romance Blurb: When all is lost, he will have to make the ultimate decision. Kellen …
Locks: Rapunzel Unhinged by Sarah J. Pepper
What it’s about: Gunned down by the hottest killer in the history of the Badass Archives wasn’t exactly Rapunzel’s end-game. But when her reputable extraction skills fail, she uses unorthodox methods to gain her freedom from the Mercenary, whose icy blur eyes have serious panty dropping capabilities. Even though most girls wouldn’t fall for …
Movie Review: Hansel and Gretal (2013)
What it’s about: Hansel & Gretel are bounty hunters who track and kill witches all over the world. As the fabled Blood Moon approaches, the siblings encounter a new form of evil that might hold a secret to their past. Genre: Action, Fantasy Rating: 15 Director: Tommy Wirkola Starring: Jeremy Renner, Gemma Arterton, Peter Stormare, …
The Star Child by Stephanie Keyes
I’m delighted to organising a tour for the wonderful novel by Stephanie Keyes, ‘The Star Child’, the first book in a three part trilogy. Publisher: Inkspell Publishing Blurb: The world is about to be cloaked in darkness. Only one can stop the night. Kellen St. James has spent his entire life being overlooked as an …
Book Review: Red Hill by Jamie McGuire
What it’s about: For Scarlet, raising two daughters alone means fighting for tomorrow is an everyday battle. Nathan, desperately clinging to a dead-end job and a loveless marriage, survives purely for his little girl, Zoe. Whilst Miranda’s biggest problem is driving her sister home from college with their boyfriends, whilst keeping her new Mini Cooper …
Book Review: The Fallen Stars (The Star Child trilogy #2) by Stephanie Keyes
What it’s about: Kellen St. James was just your average seventeen-year-old prodigy, until he eighty-sixed the Lord of Faerie and proposed to the Celtic Goddess, Calienta. But then everything in Kellen’s life gets turned upside-down when he and Cali end up on the run from a seriously irritated group of faeries. The worst part? They …