Hi all, I have been struggling with reviewing books at the moment, as you may have noticed. This is due to both personal and health reasons and this means I will be taking a break from blogging for a while, reading books I want to read rather than ones I have to read. I will write up the reviews of the books I have received from NetGalley in time but I will not be as consistent with my uploads and will not be accepting any requests from authors. Thanks for your understanding ..read more

*** 3/5 Thanks to Netgalley and City Owl Press for giving me this book to review. Witch’s Sacrifice is an enjoyable fantasy book, with good world building. However, it did not grab my interest as the plot seemed a bit meandering at times and I could not relate to or connect with any of the characters. Marizza is a determined person who is caring of those she is close to. Salvia is a character who is a bit odd, because I could not really picture as at some points she seemed to act her age but at other times she acted much younger. It is similar with Artiro as he is 100 years old but he a ..read more

*** 3/5 Thanks to Netgalley and Barclay Publicity for giving me this book to review. Red Winter is an enjoyable paranormal fantasy book based on Japanese mythology which I really liked, however, when I started reading, I was surprised that it was set in the real world as the description implied it was set in a fantasy setting. The story was a bit slow to start but I did start to pick up. I also really liked the art in the book as it helped me picture the scene and the characters. Emi is very innocent and dedicated but she also has an inner determination and loyalty. Shiro is such a flir ..read more

*** 3/5 Archenemies is the enjoyable sequel to Renegades and all of my favourite characters were back. There was action, romance and a unique take on the good vs evil fight. However, I felt that not much happened and I wish Meyer had stuck to the plan of the series being a duology as, apart from the ending, there was nothing noticeably important that really happened. I liked the conflict Nova felt in this book as while she is totally loyal to her unusual family, she doubts herself and whether either side is correct, but this did mean that we did not see much of the kickass Nightmare as I ..read more

** 2/5 Thanks to Netgalley and Hachette Children’s Group for giving me this book to review. Evermore is the sequel to Everless, and while it is fast paced and I wanted to know what happening next, I was disappointed with it. I was not a fan of the romance as it developed way too fast and I ended up rolling my eyes at most of it as it takes up a lot of the story and Jules’s thoughts. I felt the world building was not good as it seemed like everywhere they needed to go was only a couple of hours horse ride away and everything seemed convenient and shallow as they would go from one point to ..read more

*** 3/5 Thanks to Netgalley and Hodder & Stoughton for giving me this book to review. Nightblood is the good final book in the Frostblood saga. It has good pacing and I felt it had more world building than the previous books especially as the gods and goddesses feature even more in this book. However, I felt there should be have been a little less romance drama and more story drama. I was not a fan of Ruby in this book, I know she was not in complete control of her actions but she never helped herself and seemed to be enjoying causing the drama rather than talking to people and tryin ..read more

** 2/5 Thanks to Netgalley and Entangled Publishing for giving me this book to review. I struggled to connect with Sea of Strangers, despite me enjoying the first book Island of Exiles. This book is a dark fantasy world which has complex cultures and lots of diversity, however, it is very slow paced. I might not have liked this book as much is it has been a while since I have read Island of Exiles and I had trouble remembering what had happened and who everyone was. Khya seems to have become a natural leader and I have always been a fan of Tessen, so these two were the highlight of the b ..read more

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