It's that time of the month! August has some really exciting titles coming out - and happily, I'm travelling to Edinburgh this month and will catch some of the Edinburgh Book Festival (I'll try to remember to take some pictures to share!) Let's take a look at what we can adorn our shelves with this month.
This was everything and more that I hoped it would be. Being my first (!) Mercedes Lackey book, I was apprehensive that this wouldn't live up to my ever-increasingly high expectations, but it so did. And here I am, 100% ready to commit to the whole Valdemar universe.
You might not think that a humongous book about the evolution of mammals could be your favourite read of the year so far, but I'm here to tell you that it's very possible. I have collected some of my favourite little quotes from the book for you all to enjoy, speckled throughout this review.
This was alright, but has sadly fallen into my not-quite-the-epic-story I'd hope for, that so often seems to happen with dragon books.
This was unexpectedly spectacular?! I had [WRONGLY] assumed this book was cruising purely on baffling TikTok hype, but this is actually exceptional.
I gave this one a real hot go, but I just couldn't click with it. I'm sad that I couldn't get into it, though, because it seems like almost every review is a very enthusiastic 5 stars. But for me, this was dense, hard-going and lacked a plot that truly sucked me in.
It's that time again! Writing these posts has turned out to be quite lethal, because since getting back into scouring the web for upcoming releases, my bookshelves have had quite a few extra additions to them ... the pre-order game is strong, friends.
The epic conclusion to the Air Awakens series!
This series is so much fun! Book four had the most 'filler' vibe so far out of all of them, but it's set everything up really excitingly for the fifth and final book.
Another great instalment to this series - things have only become bigger and more serious (and more exciting!) I think this is also my favourite of the books so far. I really have nothing to complain about for this one.
Upside-Down Books 