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Book Review | The Witch’s Kiss Trilogy by Katharine and Elizabeth Corr

Book Review | Love, Simon by Becky Albertalli

Book Review | Between the Blade and the Heart by Amanda Hocking

Book Review | The Hazel Wood by Melissa Albert

Book Review | To Kill a Kingdom by Alexandra Christo

Book Review | The Taste of Blue Light by Lydia Ruffles

Book Review | The Witch Doesn’t Burn in this One by Amanda Lovelace

Book Review | The Cruel Prince by Holly Black

Book Review | Reign of the Fallen by Sarah Glenn Marsh

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Final YALC-related post! (For now, there is a cert

Final YALC-related post! (For now, there is a certain book on the way to me I’m psyched for 👀) - ARCs! 💜

I won most of these through chance, with The Principle of Moments being a code phrase you had to say 😍 excited for these and hoping I can get to them ASAP! They are:
✨ Voyage of the Damned by Frances White
💫 Where Sleeping Girls Lie by Faridah Àbíke-Íyímide
✨ The Love Interest by Helen Comerford
💫 The Principle of Moments by Esmie Jikiemi-Pearson (signed YALC exclusive proof 😍)

I also won a copy of ASAP by Axie Oh after the event 🥺 so I’ve been running to the door whenever the postie shows up 😂

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P.s. Sorry I’ve been a bit quiet! Having been feeling the best (maybe in part it’s post-YALC blues?) but holiday rest and reset is coming up soon so 🤞🏻 hopefully I’ll be less rubbish at being active on here soon!

Big love to you all and hope everyone’s doing well 🫶🏻💜

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QOTD: What’s something you’re looking forward to in December? 💜

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#voyageofthedamned #wheresleepinggirlslie #theloveinterest #theprincipalofmoments #yalc2023 #michaeljosephbooks #usbornebooks #bloomsburybooks #gollancz #upcomingbooks #ukbookstagram #ukbookstagrammer #booksbooksbooks #booksbooksandmorebooks #bookstagram #bookblogger

Part three of the YALC posts, purchases! 🛍️

Part three of the YALC posts, purchases! 🛍️

I was pretty reserved buying books due to space issues, but I had my eye on a few these way before YALC so had to pick them up! We have:
✨ A Multitude of Dreams by Mara Rutherford (signed bookplate)
💫 The Name Drop by Susan Lee (signed bookplate plus adorable prints!!! 🥹)
✨ If You Could See the Sun by Ann Liang
💫 This Time It’s Real by Ann Liang
✨ An Echo in the City by K. X. Song (signed)

I’ve read and absolutely adored The Name Drop by Susan Lee already, so you can see posts on that further down!

A Multitude of Dreams is one I’ve had my eye on since seeing @kala__reads talk about it so much! ❤️

I bought the plushies because they were too cute to resist. Cat Bus has a pull tab and vibrates 🥹 I grabbed a Sanrio plush too but that’s with most of my other Sanrio at my mum’s.

QOTD: What was the last thing you bought that you were excited for? I guess this is highly appropriate with Black Friday being yesterday 😂 I still need to place a Waterstones preorder for maximum points 😍

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#amultitudeofdreams #thenamedrop #ifyoucouldseethesun #thistimeitsreal #anechointhecity #mararutherford #susanlee #annliang #kxsong #harper360ya #harper360uk #rocktheboat #scholastic #bookstagram #bookstagrammer #booksbooksbooks #booksbooksandmorebooks

✨ YALC Part Two: Signed Books! ✨ One of my fa

✨ YALC Part Two: Signed Books! ✨

One of my favourite things about @yalc_uk is being able to get my fave books signed, it’s basically the main reason I go when I can!

I took four favourite books that I’d HIGHLY recommend, and now they’re all personalised and I love it 🥺 (I know I already had personalised copies of two but hey gotta collect personalised copies of all faves, right? 🥰) anyhow books are (left to right):
🐉 Shanghai Immortal by A.Y. Chao
👻 If I Have to be Haunted by Miranda Sun (I’ll try get my review for this up at the weekend but ahh it was so fun! Such an adventure and that ending 🥺 can’t wait for book 2!)
⚔️ The Hurricane Wars by Thea Guanzon (swipe to the end to see a close up of a fabulous sticker from Thea 🥹)
👾 Mindwalker by Kate Dylan

QOTD: Have you ever attended a book convention, and if so what was your fave part of it? 🥰

(I wrote a whole longer comment out and Insta decided to crash and delete it all, sigh)

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#shanghaiimmortal #ifihavetobehaunted #thehurricanewars #mindwalker #aychao #mirandasun #theaguanzon #katedylan #hodderscape #harpervoyager #yalc #yalc2023 #signedbooks #bookevents #fantasybooks #booksbooksbooks #booksbooksandmorebooks #ukbookstagram

Hey loves! How’s everyone doing? 💕 Last wee

Hey loves! How’s everyone doing? 💕

Last weekend I took a trip down to London for YALC, I could only attend for the Saturday but it was so fun! 💜

I’ll be posting about it over the next week (purchases, ARCs and signed books 💕💕💕) but I’m starting with this:

1. I got to meet @utopia.state.of.mind who is an absolutely lovely person
2. Lili traded me these US ARCs of the Celestial Kingdom duology 😭😭❤️

I’m so grateful, the book community as a whole has some of the loveliest people in it 💜

QOTD: What have you been grateful for recently? 💕

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#bookstagrammer #fantasybookstagram #fantasybook #bookblogger #bookstagram #readmorebooks #fantasybooks #bookbloggeruk #bookstagramuk #booksofinstagram #beautifulbooks #bookaholic #fantasybooklover #yafantasy #yafantasybooks #diversereads #daughterofthemoongoddess #suelynntan #harpervoyager #heartofthesunwarrior #thecelestialkingdom #thecelestialkingdomduology

🪞 The Girl With No Reflection by Keshe Chow 🪞

Hey loves! Today I’m sharing this gorgeous cover for The Girl With No Reflection by Keshe Chow (@keshewrites), releasing through @delacortepress.
It sounds so good and this cover just makes me even more excited for it! 😍

The cover is designed by Casey Moses (@_thebookcase) and illustrated by Victo Ngai (@victongai). 💚

‘A young woman chosen as the crown prince’s bride must travel to the royal palace to meet her new husband—but her world is shaken when she discovers the dark truth the royal family has been hiding for centuries—in this lush fantasy debut perfect for fans of Song of Silver, Flame Like Night and Violet Made of Thorns.’ ✨

🗓️ Preorders are open now for August 2024 release! https://shorturl.at/wGPRZ

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#thegirlwithnoreflection #keshechow #yafantasy #fantasybooks #fantasybook #booksbooksbooks #booksbooksandmorebooks #preordernow #preorderbooks #delacortepress #coverreveal

What books are y’all excited to get to soon? ❤

What books are y’all excited to get to soon? ❤️

One I’m really excited for is The Scarlet Alchemist by Kylie Lee Baker! I really loved The Keeper of Night, though I still need to get to The Empress of Time, I’m super psyched to jump into this new fantasy though because it sounds amazing!

Swipe to see the awesome preorder incentives 😍

✨ Synopsis ✨

Zilan dreams of becoming a royal alchemist, of providing for her family by making alchemical gold and gems for the wealthy to eat in order to stay young forever. But for now, she’s trapped in her impoverished village in southern China, practicing an illegal form of alchemy to keep food on the table – resurrecting the dead, for a price.

When Zilan finally has the chance to complete her imperial exams, she ventures to the capital to compete against the best alchemists in the country in tasks she’ll be lucky to survive, let alone pass. On top of that, her reputation for raising the dead has followed her, and the Crown Prince himself seeks out her help, suspecting a coming assassination attempt.

The more Zilan succeeds in her alchemy, the more she gets caught in the dangerous political games of the royal family. There are monsters lurking within the palace walls, and it’s only a matter of time before they – and secrets of Zilan’s past – catch up with her.

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#thescarletalchemist #kylieleebaker #yafantasy #yafantasybooks #booksbooksbooks #booksbooksandmorebooks #fantasybooks #bookstagram #bookstagrammer #hodderscape

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