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✨ Have you ever preordered a personalised copy o

✨ Have you ever preordered a personalised copy of a book… before you’d read anything from the author, because you knew you’d love the book? ✨

Because that’s exactly what I did with #JadeFireGold by @junescribbles! I heard it had a Zutara style relationship, was inspired by Chinese mythology and had only one cave and I just knew I’d love it, so I preordered it about two months before I read my review copy 🥲

As you can probably tell from my feed, I have zero regrets because this is my favourite book of the year and I’ll be recommending it to everyone for a very long time! I have two finished copies so far and… three more UK copies on the way 🥰 not showing the finished copy that arrived today yet as it’s spoiler time still 👀 but the art in it is GORGEOUS. So, I’ve put it on my personalised copy now 🥰🥰💚

UK release date is closing in too now! Next Thursday!! 😍😍❤️

✨ Is there a publisher you read the most books o

✨ Is there a publisher you read the most books of? ✨

I guess this is my love letter to @hodderscape/entry for the #HodderscapeContentCreator competition! If you’ve been following me for a while or know me well then you’ll know I’m a sucker for most Hodder books, and when they announced they’d acquired Elizabeth Lim’s books I was over the moon! I just really love the steps the team has been making to actively publish more diverse books and this is just a selection of their 2021 releases that have led me to finding new authors and stories that I’ve loved! 🥰

Plus, I’ll basically take any chance to shout about #JadeFireGold by @junescribbles. It’s been my favourite read of this year and I don’t think I need to say for a millionth time how grateful I am to @readeatretreat and Hodder for this ARC so I could fall in love with it early 😂 but take this as your notice to preorder in the UK because it’s out NEXT THURSDAY! 😆❤️

In terms of older Hodder books? The Hodder backlist is basically golden for me. With the likes of Strange the Dreamer, Caraval AND Girls of Paper and Fire, genuinely I couldn’t fit all of my favourite books from Hodder in one photo. ❤️

AND then there’s 2022. Only a Monster by Vanessa Len is already on my radar and I’m very grateful for the eARC which I’m planning to read in November and then there’s another book I’m fairlyyyy positive I’ll fall in love with as well! (And likely a lot more than that too, Hodder just has great taste!) ❤️

Basically TLDR; Hodder takes all my money but I’m fine with that 😌❤️

[image shows a proof of Jade Fire Gold by June CL Tan, finished copies (some FairyLoot and some Illumicrate) of Little Thieves by Margaret Owen, These Hollow Vows by Lexi Ryan, The Prison Healer by Lynette Noni, A Dark and Hollow Star by Ashley Shuttleworth and In The Ravenous Dark by A.M. Strickland, along with a Hodder dodo pin (from YALC one year) and a gorgeous Haku illustration by @bexlowetattoos because it’s gorgeous and needed to be in]

✨ Are there any duologies you’re excited to re

✨ Are there any duologies you’re excited to read? ✨

I’ve been storing up a few duologies so I can binge read them, one of them is this gorgeous copy of Where Dreams Descend by @janella_angeles! ❤️

My copy of When Night Breaks should hopefully be delivered this week and then pretty soon I’ll be able to read them, but based off the synopsis and everything I’ve heard - I’m going to love it 🥰

✨ Synopsis ✨

In a city covered in ice and ruin, a group of magicians face off in a daring game of magical feats to find the next headliner of the Conquering Circus, only to find themselves under the threat of an unseen danger striking behind the scenes.

As each act becomes more and more risky and the number of missing magicians piles up, three are forced to reckon with their secrets before the darkness comes for them next.

The Star: Kallia, a powerful showgirl out to prove she’s the best no matter the cost

The Master: Jack, the enigmatic keeper of the club, and more than one lie told

The Magician: Demarco, the brooding judge with a dark past he can no longer hide

Where Dreams Descend is the startling and romantic first book in Janella Angeles’ debut Kingdom of Cards fantasy duology where magic is both celebrated and feared, and no heart is left unscathed.

✨ Which is your favourite, stencilled or sprayed

✨ Which is your favourite, stencilled or sprayed edges? ✨

When this @illumicrate copy of FBAA was shown in a Live, with these gorgeous stencilled edges… I was kicking myself for not having grabbed it as soon as it went on sale, so I sent an email asking to sign up to the waitlist whilst the Live was on 🥲

And then there were unboxings showing the gorgeous replica here?! So basically when I got an invite to buy it off the waitlist I jumped on it 🥰

Pictured with a kind of matching Ghostie from @yorkghostmerchants, partly because I think it’s Illumicrate’s fault I’m obsessed with these little cute figures! ❤️🖤

✨ What was the most recent book post you fell in

✨ What was the most recent book post you fell in love with? ✨

For me, it’s got to be this @fairyloot edition of The Blood of Stars duology by @elimpix. Honestly, when it was announced earlier this year that @hodderscape would be publishing the duology in the UK I was SO excited. But I already had the US hardcovers and if I’m honest I’m a bit of a hardcover snob… BUT then FairyLoot announced this one Friday and basically made my entire year! 💖

Featuring the spines today because they just look so gorgeous with the FairyLoot edition of Six Crimson Cranes, but I’ll be taking more photos of this set for sure over the next… well, probably forever. 💜

If you loved Six Crimson Cranes, I’d definitely advise reading Spin the Dawn and Unravel the Dusk. Edan and Maia are just so adorable and who doesn’t want to read a book with magic dresses made from the sun, stars and moon? 🥰

✨ What was the last retelling you read? ✨ Fo

✨ What was the last retelling you read? ✨

For me the last one was #LittleThieves by @what_eats_owls, and it’s my stop on the blog/Insta tour for it through @tbrbeyondtours today! 💖

Okay so, to sum up my review on my site basically this was a 5-star read for me. I loved the way it was written as a fairytale itself and there was one particular character, Ragne, who seriously stood out to me as ADORABLE. ❤️

There’s a full review on my website at www.luchiahoughton.com, make sure to check out the rest of the stops from there too! 💎

#margaretowen #tbrbeyondtours

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