With a title like Babel, or The Necessity of Violence: An Arcane History of the Oxford Translators’ Revolution, you can already tell that this isn’t going to be an easy, quick read. The title already reads like an encyclopaedia or PhD thesis and the subject matter already stretches the brain. Let me tell you, I […]
I absolutely loved the hate to love romance in Serpent & Dove last year, especially the memorable characters and the witchy atmosphere within it. Blood & Honey was one of my most anticipated reads this year, how does it stack up as a sequel? Before diving into Blood & Honey, I read the official recap for the first […]
If there’s a subject that I love to read about, it’s time travel, and Passenger last year was a detailed time travelling book with a deep family history that took us to different locations. While they are split apart, Etta travelling with her father Henry and Nicholas and Sophia trying to reunite with Etta, they […]
So I think I know what this author was going for when writing the book. I mean, come on, people spontaneously combusting? Sounds like a wild ride with plenty of character introspection and growth. When I started Spontaneous, I was ready to find an underrated gem that not many people know of. What I got […]
Two enchanting opponents, each with their unique powers pitted against a stunning Russian backdrop – what’s not to love about The Crown’s Game? Apparently a lot, judging from my initial comedown after finishing the book. There was a lot I did enjoy about the book – the interactions between Nikolai and Vika, historical look at Saint Petersburg and Russian royalty, […]
The Intern is a light contemporary about the glamour and chaos that is involved in working in the fashion industry. While the novel had the potential to be a fun, light, coming-of-age story, I found the story to be a little bit confused, and full of contemporary tropes and cliched lines. Although the book was […]