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Review | A Court of Thorns and Roses by Sarah J. Maas
Read more: Review | A Court of Thorns and Roses by Sarah J. MaasTitle: A Court of Thorns and Roses (2015) Author: Sarah J. Maas Read: 1st – 7th January 2017 Genre: fantasy Rating: 2 out of 5 stars A Court of Thorns and Roses tells the story of Feyre, a young woman who innocently kills a wolf whilst hunting in the woods and pays the price for it when a rather…
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Review | The Long Way To A Small, Angry Planet
Read more: Review | The Long Way To A Small, Angry PlanetTitle: The Long Way To A Small, Angry Planet (2015) Author: Becky Chambers Read: 11th-19th November 2016 Genre: science-fiction Rating: 5 out of 5 stars The Long Way To A Small, Angry Planet is a science-fiction book that does not read at all like I expected from a sci-fi story. Sure, the entirety of the action takes place…
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Review | Carry On by Rainbow Rowell
Read more: Review | Carry On by Rainbow RowellTitle: Carry On (2015) Author: Rainbow Rowell Read: 20th-23rd November 2016 Genre: young-adult; fantasy; LGBT Rating: 3.5 out of 5 stars Carry On is an unconventional “spin-off” from Rainbow Rowell’s widely-popular YA Fangirl, a book which I loved and which probably gave me much too high expectations for this novel. Bold and brash in its Harry Potter similarities, Rowell tells a story of a…
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Review | The Dark Days Club by Alison Goodman
Read more: Review | The Dark Days Club by Alison GoodmanTitle: The Dark Days Club (2016) Author: Alison Goodman Read: 7th-20th August Genre: young-adult; historical fiction; paranormal Rating: 5 out of 5 stars Imagine Jane Austen Regency romance, with all its pomp and circumstance, mixed with Buffy the Vampire Slayer style paranormal creatures and secret societies set up to battle the secret forces of evil right under the noses of…
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Review | A Storm of Swords by George R.R. Martin
Read more: Review | A Storm of Swords by George R.R. MartinTitle: A Storm of Swords (2000) published as Part 1: Steel and Snow, Part 2: Blood and Gold Author: George R.R. Martin Read: Part 1: 18th July – 17th August | Part 2: 21st August – 29th August Genre: fantasy Rating: Part 1: 3.5 out of 5 stars | Part 2: 4.5 out of 5 stars The third book in George R.R.…
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Review | My Life Next Door by Huntley Fitzpatrick
Read more: Review | My Life Next Door by Huntley FitzpatrickTitle: My Life Next Door (2012) Author: Huntley Fitzpatrick Read: 3rd-5th August 2016 Genre: young-adult; contemporary Rating: 4.5 out of 5 stars Huntley Fitzpatrick’s My Life Next Door is a refreshing, funny, and summery read that takes a dramatic and sudden turn, a turn which made my heart ache in a way that few cutesy contemporary novels have managed whilst also unapologetically…
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Review | The Improbability of Love by Hannah Rothschild
Read more: Review | The Improbability of Love by Hannah RothschildTitle: The Improbability of Love (2015) Author: Hannah Rothschild Read: 11th-20th May 2016 Genre: contemporary; literary fiction; historical fiction Rating: 4.5 out of 5 stars Hannah Rothschild’s Bailey’s Prize shortlisted novel is done a disservice by its generic categorisation and cover (as lovely as they all are) and her story unfolds to be much, much more than a love…
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Review | Assassin’s Apprentice by Robin Hobb
Read more: Review | Assassin’s Apprentice by Robin HobbTitle: Assassin’s Apprentice (1995) Author: Robin Hobb Read: 23rd May-5th June 2016 Genre: fantasy; epic fantasy Rating: 3 out of 5 stars Robin Hobb’s Assassin’s Apprentice is the opening novel in the Farseer trilogy, an epic fantasy set in the Six Duchies. Hobb gives voice to our young narrator Fitz, the bastard son of the kingdom’s prince, whose arrival at…
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Review | Sofia Khan Is Not Obliged by Ayisha Malik
Read more: Review | Sofia Khan Is Not Obliged by Ayisha MalikTitle: Sofia Khan Is Not Obliged (2015) Author: Ayisha Malik Read: 22nd-29th May 2016 Genre: fiction; contemporary; romance Rating: 3.75 out of 5 stars Ayisha Malik’s Sofia Khan Is Not Obliged is marketed generally as a Muslim Bridget Jones, and it’s not a bad descriptor, if a little reductive. Personally though, I found Sofia much more relatable than dear old Bridget –…
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Review | The Butcher’s Hook by Janet Ellis
Read more: Review | The Butcher’s Hook by Janet EllisTitle: The Butcher’s Hook (2016) Author: Janet Ellis Read: 7th-9th April 2016 Genre: historical fiction; romance Rating: 3.5 out of 5 stars Janet Ellis’ début has been variously described as bold, dark, weird, and brutal – all of these adjectives suit the first-time author’s historical fiction romance but still don’t quite do justice to its brash and unapologetic narrative. ”…
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