This was unexpectedly complex and amazing – questioning why more people aren't talking about it! I did the audiobook version of We Are the Dead so I'll start by saying the narration is awesome and I really enjoyed it. Just one narrator, but she manages to bring all the characters to life (and there are so many) in a way that made me forget I was listening to just one person tell me this story.
This is bizarrely brilliant. I listened to the audiobook and I'm very glad I did because while I don't know how all those names and places are spelled, I'm sure I would've had a canniption trying to pronounce them myself!
For me, Sangu Mandanna has become synonymous with peak cosy fantasy. I loved this every bit as much as I loved The Very Secret Society of Irregular Witches. Both are sweet, engaging stories that actually pack quite the unexpected punch when it comes to their character development.
I really should have put this down sooner. I'd been so excited going by the premise of this book – fae, assassins, a gauntlet challenge where the main character's mission is turned on its head?! Everything sounded so exciting.
This was what it said on the tin: a cute, fun, Golden Age cosy crime. Set in 1941 in London and surrounds, this follows two main characters who are unhappily lumped together to puzzle out a case. This was the perfect curl-up-on-the-couch-with-a-cuppa sort of book.
This was a lot of fun! Apart from having a stunning cover, I was totally drawn in by the fact that it's set in 16th-century Florence and following a cast of characters who are attempting to pull off an epic heist. Historical fiction + impossible heist? Yes please!
There are so many mixed reviews for this, and I don't know what everyone is on about. This is totally awesome and I was completely absorbed from the first to the very last page.
It's a new year and a new opportunity to stuff our shelves full of heaps of amazing new books! Naturally. There are a serious number of exciting releases coming out this month, and I'm going to have a hard time reining myself in when I visit a bookstore. But let's take a look at some of the books on my radar.
This was so damn good. It has a slow start - that can't be denied. But it's so worth it. After the first half, this takes off and was nonstop - I was blown away by how epic this became.
I'm impressed that at book number 9 in the series I'm still totally invested in these characters and what might happen to them next. But that being said, this was probably my least favourite of the series so far.
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