The Damned by Renee Ahdieh | Blog Tour Review

Thank you to Hodderscape for sending me a copy of The Damned and including me on the blog tour! Summary Following the events of The Beautiful, Sébastien Saint Germain is now cursed and forever changed. The treaty between the Fallen and the Brotherhood has been broken, and war between the immortals seems imminent. The price …

The Deck of Omens by Christine Lynn Herman | Review

Thank you to Titan Books for sending me a copy of The Deck of Omens for an honest review. Content warnings: spread of virus/disease, death, gore, grief Cast your mind back to this time last year, I wrote my review for The Devouring Gray, a book I thought was a good debut, though struggled with …

5 Spooky Paranormal Books Perfect for Halloween

We're coming up to Halloween so I thought now would be the perfect time to share with you some spooky book recommendations that aren't thrillers or horror, because I don't really like those genres bar the odd couple. We need more paranormal books to be honest. The Beautiful by Renee Ahdieh It's got vampires, it's …

The Beautiful by Renee Ahdieh | Review

Thank you to Hodderscape for sending me a copy to review. Content warnings: death/murder and grief, mentions of past sexual harassment/attempted rape, racism towards black people, Indian people and East Asian people Cast your minds back a few months when I spoke about books I need to read because I keep reading first books and …

The Devouring Gray by Christine Lynn Herman | Review

Thank you to Titan books for sending me a copy of this book in exchange for an honest review. content warnings: familial death, reanimation I don't read enough paranormal books, mainly because paranormal isn't as big as it used to be. It saw a huge rise back in the days of Twilight but then it …

Empress of All Seasons by Emiko Jean #gifted

Thanks to Gollancz and netgalley for gifting me a copy of the ebook and physical book in exchange for an honest review. Content warnings: violence, slavery, death Empress of All Seasons was one of my most anticipated reads of this year. We are thrown right into the high fantasy Feudal Japan inspired world which features Yōkai …

The Bone Season by Samantha Shannon

I saw a lot of hype on this book and my friend Den recommended it to me so I decided to pick it up. And I have seen a lot of discussion on the possibility of there being a slave/master relationship and it's a very difficult concept in this book as there's so much more …

Dark Lover by J.R. Ward

I decided to pick this book up from the library because it's the biggest series in terms of vampire romance. And let's be honest, this is the trashiest of trash but when I read it I was just in the mood for it. Wreath leads the Black Dagger Brotherhood, the oldest clan of vampires in …

Frostbite by Richelle Mead

I'll be honest: in writing this post I can't really remember what I thought of this book so I've had to look up other reviews to remind myself as I didn't even take any notes. So after what happened in the previous books all the Moroi are on edge as the Strigoi seem to ramping …

The Secret of the Mantle by Harini Chakrapani

Thank you to Harini for contacting me about your book and sending me a copy in exchange for an honest review! The world is falling apart and only one person can stop it from happening, The Enemy of the White Death. It is believed that Dr. Chary, a children's book author, is that man, but …