Review: Fangirl, by Rainbow Rowell

November 6, 2016.Reading time 6 minutes.

This book was fun. Did I have one too many flashbacks to my first year of university while reading it? Yes. Did it make me grateful for my own ridiculous experiences, for the friends I made, the things I learned? Hell yes.

Review: An Ember in the Ashes, by Sabaa Tahir

October 24, 2016.Reading time 5 minutes.

This book was such a page turner!

I’ll admit, after I read the blurb, I was expecting something completely different from what this book delivered, and I couldn’t be happier about being wrong!

Review: The Universe of Us, by Lang Leav

October 16, 2016.Reading time 3 minutes.

I’ve been a fan of Lang Leav and her poetry for a long time, but this is actually the first book of hers I’ve read cover to cover!

Review: This Savage Song, by Victoria Schwab

October 9, 2016.Reading time 4 minutes.

After reading + loving the Darker Shade of Magic series by Victoria Schwab, I was so excited to start This Savage Song!

Review: Six of Crows & Crooked Kingdom, by Leigh Bardugo [spoiler free]

October 2, 2016.Reading time 10 minutes.

Any reader worth their salt knows: when there’s a map at the beginning of a book, you’re in it for the long haul.

Between these two books, there are three maps.

Review: Us Conductors, by Sean Michaels

September 25, 2016.Reading time 7 minutes.

A little less than a year ago, I went to a reading for an author I’d never heard of before. After about an hour and a half, I left feeling quite enchanted, with a signed book in tow.

Review: The Chronicles of Dan Lee O’Brien, by David Jordan

September 4, 2016.Reading time 3 minutes.

Book: The Chronicles of Dan Lee O’Brien Author: David Jordan Pages: 252 Genre: Fantasy, Mythology, Fiction Published: 2016, Paragon Publishing Rating: ★★★1/2 These stories put Irish mythology into a modern context by following the adventures of anti-hero, Dan Lee O’Brien, a pipe smoking, trench coat wearing, bike riding magician and investigator of the supernatural. An older, more laid […]

Review: The Young Elites, by Marie Lu

August 28, 2016.Reading time 6 minutes.

I went into this book with little to no expectations; I’d seen a flux of artsy photos of its cover (probably in anticipation of the third book in the series being released in October) as well as some pretty jaw-dropping fan art, and I read some reviews, which were mostly mixed between love and hate for the series. After reading it, I found myself, unfortunately, on the disappointed side of things.

Review: A Gathering of Magic, by V.E. Schwab

August 21, 2016.Reading time 6 minutes.

You know how everyone says that the sequel is always worse than the original? Yeah. Those people haven’t met Victoria Schwab, and they most certainly haven’t read A Gathering of Shadows.

Review: The Wolf Wilder, by Katherine Rundell

July 31, 2016.Reading time 9 minutes.

Let me start this review off by saying that I realize I’m not the target audience for this book – trust me, I know; I borrowed it from my library and had to venture into the junior section (semi-self-consciously) to pluck it off the shelf…