This was super duper fabulous right up until the ending, and then things were a little too open-ended for my liking. Which is where the stars have been knocked off – we were full-steam ahead to the five-star rating up until that point.
I loved Lucy Adlington's writing in The Red Ribbon, and while this is non-fiction rather than historical fiction, I loved her writing in this just as much. This is a very poignant and well-researched novel on a group of women who survived Auschwitz in part thanks to their sewing abilities.
I really am a big fan of Brusatte at this point. Having read The Rise and Reign of the Mammals: A New History, from the Shadow of the Dinosaurs to Us before this one, I knew I would be in for a good time and it didn't disappoint.
This is turning into a super interesting series, and I'm actually really excited to find out where it goes with book 3. I think I preferred book 2 to the first instalment, though they are really quite different to each other. I found the first book (Dogs of War) to be fascinating and unique, but the structure jumped forward in time rapidly and relentlessly. Whereas this book felt more stable and continuous.
This is clearly the book where everything gets real. Being part 2 of book 3, things went up a gear in terms of battles, character deaths and general plot progression. I lost count of the number of times I was shocked in this book!
Who’s ready to sift through all the new books coming out in April? I am! While the northern hemisphere is gearing up for summer months, us in the southern hemisphere are so ready for things to cool down and are eagerly anticipating the coming winter months. The perfect time to stock up on good reads to tuck into, no?
A new favourite for my list, to be sure. What's not to love in this adorable cosy fantasy? This lived up to the hype and beyond for me.
This series is the cutest darn thing ever, and I'm very glad that Baldree has written several books about these characters so that I don't have to part with them just yet.
While I might be a bit later posting this than intended, I still wanted to share with you all the books on my radar that are coming out this month. There are some very exciting books coming out in March, and I wish I could gallop through bookstores and collect them all.
This series has continued to impress and delight me, and things take a very serious turn in book 4. While there has always been good continuation between the books, particularly the character development, The Last Devil to Die really took this up a notch and manage to pull severely on our heartstrings in doing so.
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