I held off reading this for ages because it’s a weighty book and I wasn’t too fond of Shannon’s The … More
Tag: magic
Heart of Thorns (Bree Barton)
This is one that I picked up because I liked the spine. That was my only reasoning. It was a … More
The Language of Thorns: Midnight Tales and Dangerous Magic (Leigh Bardugo)
First off – the title is awesome. Second off – I seem to be on some sort of fantasy world … More
These rebel waves (Sarah Raasch)
I’ve been seeing Fairyloot subscription boxes every month on Instagram, and I decided that as August’s theme was pirates, I … More
The Bear and the Nightingale (Katherine Arden) (Winternight #1)
As a lover of fairytale/folklore/mythological retellings, I picked this up in the kindle sale ages ago, and then got distracted … More
Red Sister (Book of the Ancestor #1) (Mark Lawrence)
I have waited three days to write the review for this, to try and give some perspective on why I … More
Ash (Malinda Lo)
I’ve now been on holiday three days, and visited two states, two bookshops, bought book socks and reluctantly had to … More
The Ocean at the End of the Land (Neil Gaiman)
I wish I had discovered the Ocean at the End of the Lane in late childhood, early adolescence, rather than just … More
Review: Howl’s Moving Castle
When we were kids, my older sister loved anime, and I’ll be honest I wasn’t much of a fan. But … More
Review: La Belle Sauvage (Book of Dust Volume 1)
Twenty years in the waiting, and Philip Pullman has started a new trilogy set “not before, or after, but alongside” … More