News I don’t have any news for this month. I had a really small book haul because I didn’t buy any books, and due to personal reasons I wasn’t able to complete this month’s Project Silver Brumby, which was supposed to be Moon Filly. I’ll work on it later. I did read a bunch of […]
Month: May 2016
Mysteries And Conspiracies in the Heartless City of London
SUMMARY London has been in quarantine for 13 years thanks to the Hydes, monstrous-like heart-eating beings that shift from ordinary infected humans who have taken the Hyde drug. Elliot, the son of the physician looking for a cure, who in the search for a weapon against the Hydes accidentally made himself an empath, and Iris, […]
The Glittering Court: Not So Much Court, Not So Much Glitter
SUMMARY To escape an arranged marriage, a countess impersonates her housemaid and joins the Glittering Court, an exclusive finishing school for lower class girls, teaching them to be worthy wives for the new nobility of Adoria, a new settlement across the sea. But Adelaide’s subterfuge is detected by the handsome Cedric Thorn, son of the […]
5 Reasons I Turned Down Your Review Request
…even though I said I was open to reviews. Yes, I’m theoretically open to review requests, but like with the books I actively request, I have to WANT to read it. I might actually have a bit of a backlog with other books I’m reading and just don’t have time to squeeze yours in right […]
A Little Frayed In Execution, But Otherwise A Solid Hit
I’ve never before been so conflicted to review a book I received for review. While the premise and plot were promising, the execution was not on fleek and the book needs a very thorough line edit and copy edit before it will be ready for publication. I am reading an ARC, so my criticisms should […]
Project Goosebumps: Book 9: Welcome to Camp Nightmare
Well this was definitely a marked improvement from The Girl Who Cried Monster. Here we have the tale of Billy. Billy is on his way to his first summer camp, Camp Nightmoon. Y’know, yay camp… Never went to summer camp myself, England didn’t really have them. SO they always seem like such an awesome novelty […]
Why Don’t Outsiders Trust ‘Received In Exchange For An Honest Review’?
As book bloggers, we understand the way our community works. We know that some lucky, hard-working bloggers receive ARCs from publishers to help build hype. We know that physical ARCs are more expensive to produce than a finished copy of the book. We love ARCs. We covet them. We worship them. We also know that […]
Ruined by Amy Tintera has ruined me for other YA fantasy
First of all, yes, this is one of those ‘pseudo-fantasy-lite’ novels where the kickass assassin/princess gets to wear pretty dresses and falls in love with the prince BUT Do not dismiss it because it’s more Twilight/Disney Princess (written for girls where girls star as the hero I might add) than Lord of the Rings, or […]
Project Goosebumps: Book 8: The Girl Who Cried Monster
*Deep Breath* Where to even bloody begin. *Rubs eyes tiredly and sighs* This is by and far the WORST attempt at a monster book I have ever read. And I read a lot of monster books. Horror is my thing, it’s what I do. If you don’t believe me check out the Redshirts Blog next […]
Skulduggery Pleasant
Where to begin with Skulduggery Pleasant. It’s an Urban Fantasy about a private investigator with magical powers. Sound familiar? It should because that’s the Dresden Files too. But unlike the decidedly adult tone of Jim Butchers master-works of Urban Fantasy, Derek Landy offers us something just as good, but a little more Artemis Fowl. Set […]