After Sam's father is hospitalised, she has to move from New York to Salem with her stepmother, Vivian. Unfortunately, Sam is related to Cotton Mather, one of the men responsible for the Salem Witch Trials, and to say she feels unwelcome in Salem is an understatement... She is particularly unnerved by The Descendants, a mysterious… Continue reading How To Hang A Witch by Adriana Mather
Wilhelmina Heidle, the fourth child and only daughter of the king of the world’s wealthiest nation, has grown up in the shadows. Kept hidden from the world in order to serve as a spy for her father—whose obsession with building his empire is causing a war—Wil wants nothing more than to explore the world beyond… Continue reading The Glass Spare by Lauren DeStefano
Jude and her brother, Noah, are incredibly close twins. At thirteen, isolated Noah draws constantly and is falling in love with the charismatic boy next door, while daredevil Jude surfs and cliff-dives and wears red-red lipstick and does the talking for both of them. But three years later, Jude and Noah are barely speaking. Something… Continue reading I’ll Give You The Sun by Jandy Nelson
With each passing day, Kelsea Glynn is growing into her new responsibilities as Queen of the Tearling. By stopping the shipments of slaves to the neighbouring kingdom of Mortmesne, she crossed the Red Queen, a brutal ruler whose power derives from dark magic, who is sending her fearsome army into the Tearling to take what… Continue reading The Invasion of the Tearling by Erika Johansen
After reading the description for 'Children of Icarus' I was both intrigued and excited to read the book. The description does not give much away and it definitely leaves you wanting more. I went into this book with high expectations, sadly I was left a little disappointed. 'It's Clara who's desperate to enter the labyrinth… Continue reading Children of Icarus by Caighlan Smith
Illuminae is a unique, exciting and phenomenal read. From start to finish you are hooked and unable to stop thinking about the book, I finished it a couple of weeks ago and I'm still thinking about it now. I am so glad that I have not got long to wait until Gemina is released… Continue reading Illuminae by Amie Kaufman and Jay Kristoff
For the month of September I managed to read a total of nine books. I didn't manage to read all the books I put on my TBR, but I did read quite a few of them. Some books I enjoyed this month, and some books I was a little disappointed with this month. Below are… Continue reading September Wrap Up
After having this book and its sequel on my shelf for sometime I thought I would give them both a read and see what they are like. After finishing The Novice I don't know why I left it so long to start this series because its brilliant. Its full of adventure, magic and demons, as… Continue reading The Novice by Taran Matharu
I did this book tag a couple of months ago and I thought I would do another one to recommend two other books that I have recently read and I think you should check out. Nevernight The first book I recommend is Nevernight by Jay Kristoff. Nevernight is about a girl called Mia Corvere, who at the… Continue reading #Two Books You Recommend- Book Tag
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