Today is an important day. Today is the day Draekora, by Lynette Noni, is officially released to the world! *cue celebrations* Draekora is the third book in the Medoran chronicles and I was lucky enough to receive an ARC of this amazing book from Pantera Press earlier this year. It has been probably my most anticipated …
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Fangirl: Book Review
Fangirl: by Rainbow Rowell Rating: 8/10 Happily ever after, or even just together ever after, is not cheesy. It's the noblest, like the most courageous thing two people can shoot for. -Fangirl Cather Avery hates change and doesn't want any part of it, her twin sister Wren, however, loves it. Cath and Wren are Simon …
Heartless: book review
Heartless, by Marissa Meyer Rating: 8.5/10 Before she became the queen of hearts, she was just a girl who wanted to fall in love... Cath is the daughter of a marquess but her dream is to open a bakery. However, when the King of Hearts plans to ask for her hand in marriage, she doesn't know …
Harry Potter and the Cursed Child: review
Harry Potter and the Cursed Child, by JK Rowling, Jack Thorne & John Tiffany Rating: 5/10 This is a play script of the eighth Harry Potter story, set 19 years after the Deathly Hallows. It focusses on Harry's middle son Albus and his troubles connecting with his father and family. It also involves Draco Malfoy's son Scorpius, who …
Graceling: book review
Graceling, by Kristin Cashore Rating: 10/10 Katsa is a Graceling; meaning she has an exceptional natural gift in an a certain area. However Katsa is Graced with the Grace of killing, a gift she does not want. Her devious Uncle Randa, the king of the Middluns, uses her to harm his enemies and make everyone afraid …
Daughter of Smoke and Bone
Daughter of Smoke and Bone By Laini Taylor 9/10 Karou is an artist. She fills her many sketchbooks with monsters that shouldn't exist. She speaks many languages, not all of them human. She is known for consistently disappearing, off on strange errands and having blue hair actually growing out of her head. Little does everyone know, …
Book review: A Study in Charlotte
A Study in Charlotte, by Brittany Cavallaro Rating: 9/10 Jamie Watson, the great- something grandson of the famous Dr Watson meets Charlotte Holmes at his new school. The descendant of the great detective seems to want nothing to do with him and keeps to herself until she and Watson are framed for murder. They have to work …
Book Review: Stormswept
Stormswept, by Helen Dunmore Rating: 7.5/10 Morveren lives with her parents, twin sister Jenna and younger brother Diggory on a island of the coast of Cornwell. One day Morveren hears a boy calling for help so she goes to investigate. Much to her shock, it is not a boy calling but a mer-boy, who needs …
Book Review: Raelia
Raelia, by Lynette Noni Rating: 9.5/10 Alexandra Jennings has come back to Akarnae Academy for another year of schooling. She is eager to see her friends (not so eager for combat lessons) but Aven is still on the loose and a threat to Meya. Alex must find the Meyarins and warn them, but it might not …
Book Review: Cinder
Cinder by Marissa Meyer Rating: 9/10 Cinder seems like a simple mechanic in New Beijing but she is really 36% cyborg. Treated like a servant by her stepmother, she has to work to provide income for her greedy family. Then two things happen: the plague takes her younger sister (one of her only friends) and crown …
Novels in the Night-time 