Okay, either I've been listening to the audiobook performance for long enough that I'm desensitised or miracles do happen, because this audiobook performance was so much better than for the first book.
Fire Falling by Elise Kova | book review
fantasy
Air Awakens by Elise Kova | book review
This was fun and more or less everything I expected it to be. I've been wanting to read this series for such a long time and finally managed to get my hands on it in the form of an audiobook.
The Spellshop by Sarah Beth Durst | book review
Well, Sarah Beth Durst certainly nailed the brief when she said she wanted to write a book that felt like drinking a hot chocolate. This book has to be the definition of cosy fantasy, and I loved every second of it.
A Fate Inked in Blood by Danielle L. Jensen | book review
This was so much fun! I feel like, before reading, I'd heard so many mixed reviews and went into it with reasonably low expectations. But I thoroughly enjoyed this story.
The Familiar by Leigh Bardugo | DNF book review
I'm devastated to be DNFing a Leigh Bardugo book. But wowweeeee - this was very boring.
The Mists of Avalon by Marion Zimmer Bradley | book review
I'm in two minds about how I feel about this book. On the one hand, I'm impressed by the scale of the story and by some of the best character development I've ever read. On the other hand, knowing the history and serious allegations against the author has seriously tainted my reading experience. That, and the fact that by the fourth book (as this is a bind up of books 1-4), I found things edged toward tedious.
April 2025 Book Releases
Well, hello. It's been a while since I've posted anything other than a review - but here we are! Back in the good old days, I used to post regular upcoming release posts, and you know what? I miss doing that.
Onyx Storm by Rebecca Yarros | book review
This was so much better than book two - what a relief!
The Spells We Cast by Jason June | book review
I wanted to love this more than I did, but I just felt that this was ultimately a bit 'meh'. It's a very fun (and funny) concept, bringing together some classic fantasy tropes with cowboy vibes, and the queerness is delightfully through the roof.
Dragon Rider by Taran Matharu | book review
This book was a slooww read - but by the end, I'm pleased that the hard work paid off. This took me quite some time to get through because, to be frank, the first 50% of the book is boring. It's a very slow pace and favours a Tolkien-style of writing where journeying is 80% of the plot.
Upside-Down Books 