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Book Review | King of Battle and Blood by Scarlett St. Clair

Book Review | Iron Widow by Xiran Jay Zhao

Book Review | Girls of Fate and Fury by Natasha Ngan

Book Review | Little Thieves by Margaret Owen

Favourite Quotes & Top 5 Reasons to Read Jade Fire Gold by June CL Tan

Book Review | White Smoke by Tiffany D. Jackson

Book Review | Lakesedge by Lyndall Clipstone

Favourite Quotes & Top 5 Reasons to Read Stalking Shadows by Cyla Panin

Afterlight by Illumicrate | August 2021 Unboxing

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✨ Is there a particular indie bookshop you love

✨ Is there a particular indie bookshop you love to buy from? ✨

For me, I really love purchasing from @thebrokennbinding, and it’s madness to think they started up this year and are already selling beautiful, exclusive editions! 😍

But, when your books are packed with this much love and care, it makes it pretty clear to see how they’re doing so well 🥰

My latest package arrived today and there’s a sneak peek of that in my stories 👀 but The Bone Shard Emperor here arrived last week and I’m psyched to read it alongside The Bone Shard Daughter! 💙

✨ What are you currently reading? ✨ Since I

✨ What are you currently reading? ✨

Since I read the first chapter of Daughter of the Moon Goddess by @suelynntan through @harpervoyager_uk’s sample of the first chapter, I’ve been so excited to read the rest of it. 💖

I’ll be honest, I had been trying to read a couple of books due out before but my brain kept thinking about how much I wanted to read this, so I picked up the eARC and I’m in love. I’m still fairly early into it but the world is so gorgeous and I have a weird love for magical dresses, and that’s something found in this story! I tend to be a little bit slower reading eARCs (screens are not my friend) but I’m flying through this so far thanks to the beautiful writing, so hopefully I’ll have a full review up by next weekend! ☺️✨

Also, if you haven’t already seen, this UK cover is SO stunning and if you preorder from Waterstones you can grab a copy of it with gorgeous green sprayed edges 👀 it’s definitely one to treat your bookshelves to. 💖

#daughterofthemoongoddess #harpervoyager #harpervoyageruk #2022debuts

✨ Do you read many books by debut authors? If so

✨ Do you read many books by debut authors? If so, which has been your favourite of this year? ✨

WARNING: Swiping will result in seeing the GORGEOUS items @illumicrate included in their debut box for #JadeFireGold by @junescribbles 😍💛

This box arrived earlier this week and I was SO psyched when I opened it, we have:
- a gorgeous pin from @no0nedesigns, beautifully displaying three key magical things in the book 😍
- a woodmark designed by @jayessart, with gorgeous illustrated art of main characters Ahn and Altan 😍
- the author letter, featuring character art of Ahn and Altan as drawn by @jhocaaa, I love having a bigger print of this! 😍
- a signed bookplate
- and, of course, the beautiful book itself! 💛

Now… if you’ve been on the fence about this, I suggest acting quick… there’s currently 26 left and it’s part of the Black Friday sale! 💛

It’d make a beautiful present for someone for the holidays too if they’re a fan of the book 🥰💛

🌊 What’s a 2022 book you’re really excited

🌊 What’s a 2022 book you’re really excited for? Swipe to see one particular book I’ve been excited for since I first heard of it! 😍🌊

So, this adorable little package was put together by @readeatretreat & @hodderscape, including the beautifully wrapped proof, chamomile tea that I’ll definitely be drinking as I read the proof, and the chocolate which was delicious. (My self/restraint where that was concerned didn’t last!) 💙

Anyway, THE GIRL WHO FELL BENEATH THE SEA by @axieoh is a feminist retelling of the Korean folktale ‘The Tale of Shim Cheong’, and I seriously can’t wait to get round to it, it looks like such a beautiful story! 💙

I’m also using this post as my entry to the #HodderscapeContentCreator competition for December too, which I’d basically love to be the member for because I just love taking photos of Hodder books in general, they’re just too pretty both inside and out not to! 💙✨

#thegirlwhofellbeneaththesea #axieoh #hodderscape #reviewcopy #spiritedaway #yorkghostmerchants

Hi @faecrate! 🧚🏼‍♀️❤️ My name’s

Hi @faecrate! 🧚🏼‍♀️❤️

My name’s Luchia (Chia/Lu) and I’m based in Manchester, UK! I’m basically trying my luck at this rep search because I really love seeing the items you put in boxes (especially the plushies, I ordered a Rowan plush and I’m so excited for him to arrive!) and also because I just saw your January theme and fell in love (for those who haven’t checked that out please do cause Afterblossom Art, the cover artist for UK Six Crimson Cranes and Only a Monster, is doing a cover change for it). 😍✨

#faecraterep16 #bookbox #faecrate #repsearch

✨ Do you have a favourite bookish pin? ✨ Hon

✨ Do you have a favourite bookish pin? ✨

Honestly, I adore pins from @illumicrate and this one is definitely my fave I’ve got in a monthly box from them! (My favourite overall pin from Illumicrate is one I received this week, but I won’t be spoiling that anytime soon 😉)

But yeah, the colours and pattern in this pin are just glorious and the customisations on the book were fab too! Swipe to see the stencilled edges 🥰❤️

If you still haven’t read this yet, you 100% need to for the morally grey awesomeness 😌

Also fun fact, I may not have been posting unboxings but I’ve taken the photos for every box I’ve had since my last unboxing blog post, I’ll catch up soon I hope 🥲

#illumicrateoct2021 #illumicrateunboxing #ironwidow #xiranjayzhao

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