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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 […]

Aurora Rising by Jay Kristoff and Amie Kaufman | Semi-Spoiler Book Review

June 10, 2019

Heyo Bookaholics! It’s Space Time. Again! It’s space time again, and that means I’ve read another Jay Kristoff and Amie Kaufman co-authored novel! Aurora Rising is the first novel in the Aurora Cycle Series and is once again full of amazingly unique characters, family bonds between siblings and friends, and uber cool space stuff that is so reminiscent of any of their works. I was going to put this novel on hold to read the entire 7 books on my Rainbow TBR […]

Underdog Edited by Tobias Madden | Spoiler-Free Book Review

April 15, 2019June 4, 2019

Heyo Bookaholics! Absolutely Stunning! Hands down the best anthology I have had the pleasure of reading. I wanted so badly to read a continuation of all of these stories, and I hope so so much, to hear more from these twelve wonderful authors. Blurb: Short tales from the Australian writers of tomorrow. #LoveOzYA celebrates the best of new Australian writing for teenage readers. It has grown from a humble hashtag into a movement, reflecting the important role young-adult fiction plays […]

Otherworld by Jason Segal and Kirsten Miller | Spoiler Free Book Review

April 3, 2019June 4, 2019

Heyo Bookaholics! The Game But Not As You Know It! Disclaimer: A big thank you to Bloomsbury publishing who sent me the ARC, and the finished copy upon release. Otherworld has sat on my shelf for two years; it’s about time it was read and reviewed! Despite it being a middle-grade novel, I really enjoyed the story. It was a different concept to others that I’ve read, despite my constant comparison of it to the Mortality Doctrine Series and […]

Percy Jackson and The Last Olympian by Rick Riordan | Spoilery Book Review

March 25, 2019

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Heyo Bookaholics! The Last One! Everything comes to an end. Some endings are far more realistic than others. Blurb: All year the half-bloods have been preparing for battle against the Titans, knowing the odds of victory are grim. Kronos’s army is stronger than ever, and with every god and half-blood he recruits, the evil Titan’s power only grows. While the Olympians struggle to contain the rampaging monster Typhon, Kronos begins his advance on New York City, where Mount Olympus stands […]

Watch Us Rise by Renée Watson and Ellen Hagan | Spoiler Free Book Review

March 12, 2019

Heyo Bookaholics! Keep on Empowering Women in Literature! Disclaimer: This book was kindly sent to me from Bloomsbury Publishing and was released on the 12th of February 2019. For the people who want to read about women empowering women in a story where the women not only talk about their experiences but do something to change the fate the world has dealt them. Blurb: Jasmine and Chelsea are sick of the way women are treated even at their progressive NYC […]