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Book Review | Vespertine by Margaret Rogerson

Book Review | Only a Monster by Vanessa Len

Book Review | The Girl Who Fell Beneath the Sea by Axie Oh

Book Review | Daughter of the Moon Goddess by Sue Lynn Tan

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

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✨ Can you tell what these books are just by thei

✨ Can you tell what these books are just by their edges? 👀✨

Today I’m sharing four of my absolute favourite @fairyloot books so far! They all look so lovely together too 🥺😍

From left to right, we have:
- JADE FIRE GOLD by June CL Tan
- SPIN THE DAWN by Elizabeth Lim
- UNRAVEL THE DUSK by Elizabeth Lim
- SIX CRIMSON CRANES by Elizabeth Lim
❤️❤️

I’d wholeheartedly recommend all of these books, and if you already like one you’re bound to like the others! ❤️

✨ What’s been your most recent bookish post? ✨

Mine is this absolutely gorgeous SIX CRIMSON CRANES pin from @fictopia.id that arrived today!! As soon as it showed up on my feed I had to have it and I’m very very grateful that they’ve opened up an Etsy store now!! 🥺💖

And… shipping from Indonesia to the UK in less than a week?! Okay, yeah… wow! 😂😍

This pin is the version inspired by the UK cover but there’s one inspired by the US cover too 🥺❤️

And I have to say, I’m most definitely a fan of how well it goes with the @fairyloot edition here too!! 😍😍💜

Happy UK release day to this stunner of a book, in

Happy UK release day to this stunner of a book, inside and out!! 😍❤️

I’ve mentioned my love for this book a couple of times but WOW @harpervoyager_uk did a stunning job on these finished copies, even with the beautiful opening pages for the different parts, and the sprayed edges on the @waterstones edition just make it all the more beautiful! 😍❤️

Thank you so much @suelynntan for bringing DAUGHTER OF THE MOON GODDESS into the world, and I can’t wait to read more with the sequel!! 🥰❤️

✨ Review Time! (And a sneak peek inside this gor

✨ Review Time! (And a sneak peek inside this gorgeous finished copy 😍) ✨

CASTLES IN THEIR BONES by @lauraksebastian is due out on February 1st from @hodderscape, and I was super super grateful the chance to read it early because I really enjoyed Laura’s first book, and I was so excited to see what her newest series would be like! ✨

CASTLES IN THEIR BONES was so intriguing from start to finish, it’s an excellent start to a new series that I can’t wait to read more of.

The story is set in an original fantasy land, filled with lies, deceit and people who are desperate to have more and more power. On the other hand, it’s also magical and beautiful in the sense that those with abilities are able to make wishes using the stars.

The main three characters are triplets Daphne, Beatriz and Sophronia (Sophie), all of whom have been raised by their mother to infiltrate neighbouring lands and help their mother, the Empress, take over in a plot that has taken around 16 years to come to fruition.

I was hooked from the very beginning, and although this is a fairly long book it didn’t feel like it at all because I couldn’t put it down. It’s filled with characters you’ll love, especially the sisters, and the concept of making wishes on stars for the magic system is just so beautiful! ✨

As for the sneak peek, inside has both a beautiful map and royal family trees for Vesteria, the land that CASTLES IN THEIR BONES is set in! The map is especially ✨stunning✨ but I think I’ll be saving that on here for Map Monday 😍😍

Obvious rating: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
There’s a slightly longer (but still spoiler-free) review on my blog too if you’re interested!

Thank you again to Hodderscape and @readeatretreat for the early finished copy and chance to read this early 🥰

✨ QOTD: Are you also a fan of fantasies with royal settings? 👑✨

✨ Is there a 2021 release you were hoping to get

✨ Is there a 2021 release you were hoping to get round to, but didn’t manage to? ✨

These are the top 10 books from that category for me! (As part of today’s Top 10 Tuesday) ✨

I basically found out about these books throughout the year, and I had really hoped I’d be able to get to them but didn’t quite manage to! 💔

I did start reading YOU’VE REACHED SAM at the start of this year… and it was a brilliant, emotive start but I cried so much I actually couldn’t keep reading? (I am, by all accounts, a major crier as is.) But when it’s sunny and warm outside and my heads in a happier space I’ll definitely be going back to it! 💖

If you want to see the synopsis for any of the books, I’ve put them all on my blog in a post for today! ❤️

And here’s hoping I’ll get to them soon so I can write full reviews! 💫

✨ Do you have a preference between digitally pai

✨ Do you have a preference between digitally painted, sprayed or stencilled edges? ✨

Personally, I love any kind of edge on a book but I can’t deny that these amazing digital edges for @thebrokennbinding’s exclusive set of The Dandelion Dynasty 100% blew me away 😍😍

I love how much more detail you can get in an edge when it’s been digitally sprayed 💚

This is definitely a series I’d like to get round to at some point this year too! (I’ll admit, definitely an impulse buy from before I knew I had to save for a house ASAP 😅 but they’re beautiful so 👀) 💚

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