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Monuments by Will Kostakis | Semi-Spoiler Book Review

October 7, 2019October 12, 2019

Heyo Bookaholics! There may be spoilers ahead! I picked up Monuments as it was The YA Room’s book club pick for the month of September. I had met the author, Will Kostakis, and really liked listening to him talk. He rambled about writing, identity and being an author which just made me want to work harder at writing to feel what he was describing. Blurb: All 16-year-old Connor is trying to do is avoid his ex-best friend when he stumbles […]

Godsgrave by Jay Kristoff | Spoilery Book Review

September 30, 2019October 2, 2019

Heyo Bookaholics! I still can’t believe I’ve finished this book… I don’t know how to review this. Godsgrave is such a novel that you have to just devour and take in with everything you have. Anything Jay Kristoff writes is beautiful, dangerous and so utterly addictive. Blurb: Assassin Mia Corvere has found her place among the Blades of Our Lady of Blessed Murder, but many in the Red Church ministry think she’s far from earned it. Plying her bloody trade […]

Four Dead Queens by Astrid Scholte | Spoiler-Free Book Review

September 17, 2019September 18, 2019

Heyo Bookaholics! You never really know what’s coming with this novel. I kept thinking about that one quote from the book launch where Astrid, prompted by a Harry Potter loving Amie Kaufman, said that Four Dead Queens is a novel about a “Slytherin dragging a Hufflepuff on an adventure”. Blurb: Seventeen-year-old Keralie Corrington may seem harmless, but in fact, she’s one of Quadara’s most skilled thieves and a liar. Varin, on the other hand, is an honest, upstanding citizen of […]

Wilder Girls by Rory Power | Spoiler Free Book Review

September 9, 2019September 8, 2019

Heyo Bookaholics! It’s a true cover buy. Let’s begin with the most positive thing here, the cover of this novel is absolutely stunning! This is truly a book you’ll see on the shelf at a bookstore, admire the cover and pick it up hoping to display it on your shelf because your TBR is a mile long and you won’t get to it for a while. Note (to my book swap buddy): Sara (@scientificstars [go follow her]), please don’t read […]

Dark Blade by Steve Feasey | Spoiler Free Book Review

August 27, 2019August 28, 2019

Disclaimer: I received an advanced copy of this novel from Bloomsbury publishing prior to the July 11th (UK)/ August 15th (ANZ) release. Heyo Bookaholics! The perfect new middle-grade obsession! Dark Blade by Steve Feasey is a well-executed, quick read of a novel, and although flawed, I find that many middle-grade novels are in order to keep the story moving and the reader engaged. Perfect for fans of the Harry Potter and Percy Jackson series. I would 100% recommend this novel […]

Once & Future by A. Capetta & C. McCarthy | Non-Spoilery Book Review (YOU NEED TO READ THIS ONE!)

August 12, 2019August 13, 2019

Disclaimer: I received this novel from Bloomsbury publishing as an arc in exchange for a review. once & future was published on 3rd of June 2019. Heyo Bookaholics! What do we want? A gender-bent King Arthur retelling! When do we want it? Like right now!! You can actually have it!! If you follow me on Twitter or have read my August TBR you would already have a taste of what I think about this novel (spoiler: I think it’s f*cking […]

Red Scrolls of Magic by Cassandra Clare and Wesley Chu | Spoilery Review

August 5, 2019

Heyo Bookaholics! Malec are back! Oh my gosh, I really do not know where to start with this review because I didn’t even know if I could make it through this novel without breaking down into a giant ball of feels! Let me just say that if you want to read this novel, please read it before reading Queen of Air and Darkness! I am saying this because there is another war in QoAaD and it confuses the timelines so so […]

The Astrid Notes by Taryn Bashford | Spoiler Free Review

July 23, 2019

Disclaimer: I was sent this novel by Macmillan aus in exchange for an honest review prior to publication date (23rd July 2019). Heyo Bookaholics! Aghhhh this novel was so sweet!! I agreed to review this novel for its release today because I know that Pan MacMillan Australia never ever let me down! So without further ado, Happy Release Day to Taryn Bashford for this wonderful heartfelt novel, and I look forward to more work from her in the future! Blurb: Astrid […]

Someday by David Leviathan | Spoiler Book Review

July 15, 2019July 23, 2019

Heyo Bookaholics! This book took me a whole month to finish…Why?! SPOILERS AHEAD! If you want to read, this may not make sense unless you’ve read Every day by David Leviathan, the first book in this trilogy. Someday is the third book in the Every Day series, and the sequel to the first novel Every day. This is because the second novel, Another day is a retelling of Every day but in Rhiannon’s point of view. There is also a […]

Kindred edited by Michael Earp | Non-Spoiler Book Review

June 18, 2019June 19, 2019

Heyo Bookaholics! Celebrating Pride Month with a perfect collection of Queer Stories! Going into a novel with queer characters that more often than not is a romance story, or has a romance weaved in between the fantasy elements; I find that the romance is usually a fluffy, self-discovery kind of jam. Hardly is the character’s sexuality not the entire plot of the novel. So, going into Kindred, I am not embarrassed to admit (and I was put off by the […]