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The Mermaid, The Witch & The Sea by Maggie Tokuda-Hall | Spoiler Free Book Review

November 11, 2020

The Mermaid The Witch The Sea Spoiler Free Book Review 2020 Blog Header - The Mermaid, The Witch & The Sea by Maggie Tokuda-Hall | Spoiler Free Book Review

Hai Beautiful! My new favourite read of 2020!! If you are looking for a queer novel about scary pirates, a runaway princess, rebellion against the government, a powerful entity and beautiful mermaids; then this is the novel for you! Goodreads Summary A desperate orphan turned pirate and a rebellious imperial daughter find a connection on the high seas in a world divided by colonialism and threaded with magic. Aboard the pirate ship Dove, Flora the girl takes on the identity of Florian […]

It Sounded Better In My Head by Nina Kenwood | Spoiler Free Book Review

October 26, 2020

Hai Beautiful! I love a good coming-of-age novel! This was the most fun I’ve had reading a young adult contemporary in a long time. It was raw with feeling, emotion and youthful ignorance. Every young woman can learn from this novel and everyone who’s lived this can laugh and enjoy the experience. Goodreads Summary When her parents announce their impending divorce, Natalie can’t understand why no one is fighting, or at least mildly upset. Then Zach and Lucy, her two […]

Retribution Dies by Chloe Hodge | Spoiler Free Book Review!

October 6, 2020

Hai Beautiful! The sequel and new covers! The sequel to the most epic novel by my favourite indie/ self-published author is here and I have read it! This review will be entirely spoiler-free for both the first and second books, so you won’t have to worry if you haven’t read either (yet). Goodreads Summary Blood will spill. Death awaits … But who will pay the price? The battle for Renlock may be won, but the war for Everosia is far from over. […]

This One Is Ours by Kate O’Donnell | Spoiler Free Book Review Book Tour!

October 5, 2020

Hai Beautiful! Activism, but make it realistic! Agh, I loved this book! Kate O’Donnell is truly an artist with her words, able to bring us into the mind of a sisteen-year-old with hopes and dreams and make it beautiful. Goodreads Summary Sixteen-year-old Sofie is a dreamer, an artist and a romantic. So when she goes on exchange to Paris, she is expecting magnificent adventures of the heart and mind. Yet France isn’t what she imagined. It’s cold and grey, and […]

Skylarks by Karen Gregory | Spoiler-Free Book Review

September 21, 2020

Hai Beautiful! Not exactly what I was expecting… I picked this book up specifically to fulfil the WLW Romance novel prompt for the Bratz Readathon which is running all of September! I was so excited that I made both a YouTube video and blog post on the topic. Goodreads Summary We watch the bird as it flies high above us, singing like it’s the only thing in the world that matters. And I feel it – that life can be […]

Ninth House by Leigh Bardugo | Spoiler-Free Book Review

September 15, 2020

Hai Beautiful! Mysteriously delightful. As someone who has never read a Leigh Bardugo book, I will be the first to say that I now know what I have been missing out on and I am very disappointed that I hadn’t picked up one of her books sooner. Goodreads Summary Galaxy “Alex” Stern is the most unlikely member of Yale’s freshman class. Raised in the Los Angeles hinterlands by a hippie mom, Alex dropped out of school early and into a world […]

The Wickerlight by Mary Watson | Spoiler Free Book Review

September 7, 2020

Hai Beautiful! This time I wasn’t confused 🙂 Whether or not you have read The Wren Hunt, you will enjoy this book just as much as if you had! Goodreads Summary Zara’s family moved to Kilshamble for a new beginning. But everything changed the night her sister was found dead on the village green. Two months later, Laila’s death is a riddle that nobody wants solved. Where were her injuries? Why was she so obsessed with local folklore? And what does […]

Chief by John Lyttle III | Spoiler-Free Novella Review

August 31, 2020August 25, 2020

Hai Beautiful! An interesting premise… I want to thank John Lyttle for providing me with a copy of this novella in exchange for an honest review. The premise was so intriguing that I just had to check it out plus it was a very short and quick read. Blurb: Wisdom walks through the halls as a most unusual janitor in New York’s wealthiest building. I want to preface this review by saying that I wasn’t a big fan of aspects of […]

The Quiet At The End Of The World by Lauren James | Spoiler Free Book Review/ Chat

August 24, 2020

Hai Beautiful! I strangely love reading about end-of-the-world-style novels! I like the idea of pondering what might happen when the time does come. I love to hear the thoughts/ feelings of the characters as they experience the event, learning that they truly are the only ones left. Breaking free of the lies they’ve been brought up to believe and just facing the fact that everything might one day die, decay, fall apart and eventually cease to exist. How far would […]

Loveless by Alice Oseman | Spoiler Free Book Review

August 11, 2020August 11, 2020

Hai Beautiful! I love Alice Oseman’s writing! I’ve been following Alice Oseman on Instagram and Twitter for years and as soon as I heard about Loveless, especially that it centres around an aro-ace protagonist, I knew I had to pick it up. I’ve never read a book about an aro-ace character and I have been so conditioned to expect a romance in just about every novel I pick up, it’s refreshing to know that this one will have a different […]