It took me a while to work up to reading Saint Anything, because of its emotionally heavy content. But it turns out I needn’t have worried, because Sarah Dessen writes beautiful contemporaries. It is an honest and real representation of how the incarceration of a sibling can impact your parents, your friends, yourself and the public perception of everyone around you. The […]
Going into Firstlife, I was optimistic about the two lives concept, where you have two chances to live. Myriad believes in wealth and reincarnation, that your first life is merely a rehearsal before reaping the rewards in the afterlife. They believe that your soul is reborn after your second death. Troika, believes that both lives matter as much as […]
Today I’m pleased to host Strings by David Estes on Happy Indulgence! As you may know, David Estes is one of my favourite indie authors, having absolutely loved Moon Dwellers (Review), Brew (Review) and Fire Country (Review). Strings is a dark Pinocchio retelling in a science fiction setting. Review You know how fairy tales are […]
Indulgence Insider is our version of Stacking the Shelves, Bought, Borrowed & Bagged and the Sunday Post, bringing you this week’s haul, bookish news and discussion posts from around the blogosphere! Happy Valentines Day everyone! I hope you get to have a wonderful day with your book boyfriends and stack of books! I tried cooking a […]
For a book about assassins, I would’ve expected more assassinating. Set in a fervently religious world where killing each other is normal, Assassin’s Heart featured more telling than showing. The world in Assassin’s Heart made no sense to me whatsoever. Built upon a world with nine families worshipping a death god, the Saldana family are the most powerful and […]
So we recently read Lady Helen and the Dark Days Club together, and thought it’d be fun to discuss it together! Read on to find out what we thought about this regency paranormal book and find out our ‘inside joke’ about tentacles… Jeann: So it took me ages to get into Lady Helen, but I’m […]
I can’t believe January is over! I feel like I was here telling you guys about my engagement just yesterday! This month, I got my Nikon DSLR and I’ve been playing around with it, celebrated my birthday, revealed the new Happy Indulgence and got invited on radio. I also saw the 5th Wave movie which […]
Burning Midnight gave me fond memories of Pokemon, with people trying to find the rarest spheres and collecting them. The coloured spheres have different abilities that get progressively cooler depending on how rare they are. Want to become better looking, improve your hearing, get a higher IQ or my favourite – read faster? There’s a sphere for everything. The […]
Filmed a quick vlog covering these announcements, so I could tell you “in person”! Exciting Announcement #1 – New Happy Indulgence! Today’s my birthday and I thought – what better time to launch the new look Happy Indulgence? Welcome to our new and revamped Happy Indulgence! It’s been 2 years since I last redesigned the site, and […]