This was my first Beth O'Leary, and it was very much so as pacy and page-turning as I had anticipated. I read this while on a little holiday and I have to say, she makes for excellent vacation reading.
Swept Away by Beth O’Leary | book review
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The Astral Library by Kate Quinn | book review
It's no secret that I'm a great admirer of anything that Kate Quinn writes – and this is certainly no exception. This book was everything I wanted The Midnight Library to be. A magical library set in another realm (an in-between sort of realm) where you can live in your favourite novel and escape reality.
The Blacktongue Thief by Christopher Buehlman | book review
This was genuinely awesome. I loved every minute and I really loved the full-blown Irish sass of the main character, Kinch.
Katabasis by R.F. Kuang | book reivew
I think I need to officially take a break (give up on?) reading Kuang books. Everything sounds so promising, and yet everything is overcomplicated and underdone. I am disappointed.
Alchemy of Secrets by Stephanie Garber | book review
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.
The Last Devil to Die by Richard Osman | book review
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.
Dogs of War by Adrian Tchaikovsky | book review
This was very cool and very fun! It was also my first sci-fi book by Adrian Tchaikovsky, and boy oh boy, I am signing up for more.
The Isle in the Silver Sea by Tasha Suri | book review
This was an absolutely epic tale that had all the great vibes of an Arthurian legend retelling. I found the broad concept to be super unique - a land sustained on the belief of tales, but very specifically in that each tale is connected to a piece of land on the Isle, and if that tale was forgotten, so too would the land connected to it disappear.
The Witness for the Dead by Katherine Addison | book review
There is something that has been so quietly enjoyable about this series. Book one, The Goblin Emperor, had really stuck with me – it was a narrative that I kept returning to again and again in my head. So I inevitably found myself reaching out for The Witness for the Dead to dive back into this world and soak up the atmosphere some more.
The Daughters’ War by Christopher Buehlman | book review
【 THE DAUGHTERS' WAR 】 book #0 (prequel) in the Blacktongue series ★★★★★ Genre: FantasyAudience: AdultAuthor: Christopher BuehlmanPublished: June 2024Publisher: Tor BooksPages: 416 (paperback) The audiobook production for this was fantastic, as with the first book, the perfect narrator was chosen and it really made Galva's character come alive. However, I didn't find myself quite as blown … Continue reading The Daughters’ War by Christopher Buehlman | book review
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