Title: Lady of the Drowned Empire (Drowned Empire #3) Author:Frankie Diane Mallis My Rating:   Type: Series – Book 3 Genre: Fantasy, Young Adult fantasy, Magical World Primary Characters:Lyr, Rhyan, Trsitan, Ameon, Morgana Meera  Narration: Dual POV                I was so happy to receive the ARC of this book. I just couldn’t wait to see how the plot continues. The plot moved slightly faster. I m happy with some amount of conclusion. I was thinking it will be war, however it was more of a battle. I m trying t ..read more

Title: Daughter of the Drowned Empire (Drowned Empire #1) Author:Frankie Diane Mallis My Rating:   Type: Series – Book 1 Genre: Fantasy, Young Adult fantasy, Magical World Primary Characters:Lyr, Rhyan, Trsitan  Narration: Single POV                I was planning to read part 2 of Bone Shard Daughter by Andrea Stewart when I stumbled upon the blurb of this book in good reads. I just could resist myself from reading this. It started with a strong promising premise and plot. Post half way I was disappointed by t ..read more

Title:The Bone Shard Daughter (The Drowning Empire #1) Author:Andrea Stewart My Rating: 1/2 Type: Series – Book 1 Genre: Fantasy, Young Adult fantasy, Magical World Primary Characters: Lin, Jovis, Ranami, Phalue,Sand,  Narration: Limited third party multiple POV The Bone Shard Daughter is a very promising debut in Drowning Empire series. When I read the blurb, I wasn’t sure if I would enjoy it. But I’m glad that I picked it up. Its an interesting read told from several perspective. Plot It takes place in an empire consisting of many islands where the emperor rules with an iron f ..read more

With the dawn of an early winter already upon it, Bengaluru braces itself for festivities that will extend beyond the New Year celebrations. The garden city which has proudly boasted everything for everyone’s taste will be host to a 17-day-long literary festival in LockTheBox–Reloaded, from the 16th of December 2022 to the 1st of January, 2023. Having attended its earlier iteration in the city, Lock The Box is a carnival for all the bibliophiles out there, like me. With its upcoming edition already promising to be a much bigger and more worthwhile outing for the brand, book lovers in Bengaluru ..read more

Title: Say Yes to the Boss New York Billionaires #3 Author:  Olivia Hayle My Rating: 1/2 Type: Can be read as standalone  Genre: Contemporary Romance, Office romance, Marriage of convenience.             Primary Characters: Victoria, Cecilia Myers            Narration: Dual POV With me still struggling to pick up heavy books, I was looking for some light entertaining read. Olivia is a new author to me. I picked in random based on kindle recommendations. This is a wo ..read more

Title: Brutal Prince Author: Sophie Lark My Rating: 3/4 Type: Can be read as standalone  Genre: Contemporary Romance, Mafia romance       Primary Characters: Callum, Aida     Narration: Dual POV I picked this up based on an entirely random kindle recommendation. I was intrigued with blurb. I enjoyed the banter and bullying on each other more than I thought. Looking at blurb and mafia romance genre I thought of this to be more action packed. It was action packed, but the best highlight of this book is its banter between main prota ..read more

Title: Lord of Embers(The Demon Queen Trials #2) Author:   C.N. Crawford My Rating:  1/2 Type: Series – Book 2 Genre: Urban Fantasy, Fantasy world, Magical world, Paranormal series Primary Characters: Rowen, Orion  Narration: Dual POV I was intrigued enough to pick the book 2. I was almost on verge of giving up on this several times. Somehow, I was able to skim though the pages. There is only a very tiny bit of plot progression for the overall storyline. It felt like a filler with lots of non- sense. This book leaves off right where book one finished with Rowan ge ..read more

Title: City of Thorns (The Demon Queen Trials #1) Author:  C.N. Crawford My Rating: 1/2 Type: Series – Book 1 Genre: Urban Fantasy, Fantasy world, Magical world, Paranormal series Primary Characters: Rowen, Orion   Narration: Dual POV I m not a fan of urban fantasy but this blurb intrigued me. I wanted to see how magical world intervened with normal mortal world. Concept of doppelgänger and succubus was added intrigue. However, book was ok. It didn’t live up to my expectation. Ending definitely made me pick up next book in series. City of Thorns is the first book ..read more

Title: The Calm Before the Storm (The Bridge Kingdom #3.5) Author:   Danielle L. Jensen My Rating:   Type: Series – A short sequel (epilogue) set in bridge kingdom world Genre: Historical Fantasy, Fantasy world Primary Characters: Aren, Lara  Narration: Dual POV I was eager to know how Lara coped up after “Traitor Queen”. I wanted to know if the citizens of Ithicana accepted her. I even wanted to know how Lara coped up and how Aren and Lara’s relationship developed. When I saw ad of this book in Instagram, I picked it up without much thought. This book is way shorter than I ..read more

Title: Graceling (Graceling Realm #1) Author: Kristin Cashore My Rating:  Type: Standalone Genre: Historical Fantasy, Fantasy world, Magical world, Young Adult Fantasy     Primary Characters: Po, Kasta, Secondary Characters: Randa, Giddon, Raffin, Bitterblue, Lark, Ror, Tealiff, oll, Bann Narration: Dual POV This is my first Kristin Cashore read. I picked this book randomly. It was beautiful and adventurous journey with Kasta. It was surprising in some aspects however it was predictable and boring at some points. Boring and predictable parts doesn’t diminish this overa ..read more