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Publisher: Hodder & Stoughton

Book Review | This Vicious Grace by Emily Thiede

Book Review | The City of Dusk by Tara Sim

Book Review | Castles in Their Bones by Laura Sebastian

Book Review | Only a Monster by Vanessa Len

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Book Review | Little Thieves by Margaret Owen

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

Book Review | Jade Fire Gold by June CL Tan

Book Review | Girls of Storm and Shadow by Natasha Ngan

Book Review | Six Crimson Cranes by Elizabeth Lim

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🍋 This Vicious Grace by Emily Thiede 🍋 Happ

🍋 This Vicious Grace by Emily Thiede 🍋

Happy release day to #ThisViciousGrace by @ektwrites! 💛

…and thank you to @hodderscape for the eARC! This was such a brilliant debut set in an original fantasy world with awesome world building! 🍋

I absolutely adored Dante and Alessa’s relationship from the very beginning (sunshine x grumpy AND bodyguard romance 😍), there’s a full review on my website if you’d like to check it out but otherwise, 100% recommend just going and picking this up right now! 💛

Rating: 4.5/5 ✨🍋💛

QOTD: What was the last book with world building in that you loved? If you’re not a fan of fantasy, what are you currently reading? 💛

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Books and ghosties! 👻💜 Haven’t shown off

Books and ghosties! 👻💜

Haven’t shown off any books with matching ghosts in a while, but recently got the perfect ghost to match the @faecrate edition of A Magic Steeped in Poison by @judyilinauthor! 🥰

I love the pastels on this cover, definitely need to pick up the sequel from Faecrate and glad to have heard it’ll be happening too! 💖

QOTD: How’s your weekend been? We picked up a rescue doggo yesterday and so he’s been settling in with us! (🤞🏻) and I have tomorrow off work for a little more bonding time, though my body has decided I get tonsillitis as well 🫠

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💜 Fairyloot and Favourites! 💜 Five of my fa

💜 Fairyloot and Favourites! 💜

Five of my favourite 2022 releases so far and one thing in common, they’ve all been monthly picks for @fairyloot 🥰

I’m still not over how much I adored The Stardust Thief, and the rest of these books! Absolutely love having these stunning editions of them to show off 😍💜

QOTD: What’s been a favourite 2022 release of yours so far this year? If you don’t follow publishing dates, what’s been a fave read? 🥰

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#thestardustthief #chelseaabdullah #orbitbooks #fantasybooks #bookrecommendations #bookstagram #bookstagramuk #sprayededges #bookshelf #fantasy #fairylootphotochallenge #onethousandandonenights #bookstack #bookstagrammer #bookstagramfeature #bookstagrammers #readthisnow #fivestarreads #fairyphoto62 #daughterofthemoongoddess #bloodscion #thegirlwhofellbeneaththesea #onlyamonster #axieoh #deborahfalaye #vanessalen #suelynntan

✨ What was your most recent book mail? 📫✨

✨ What was your most recent book mail? 📫✨

I’ve had some gorgeous books in the post lately, including this stunning proof copy of Monsters Born and Made by @tanviberwah! (Big thank you to @ed.pr for the gifted copy!) 💙

Not only does this have a beautiful cover (including the design under the hardcover, 100% would recommend preordering like I have already to make sure you get that!) but it sounds awesome! 💙

✨ Synopsis ✨

Sixteen-year-old Koral and her older brother Emrik risk their lives each day to capture the monstrous maristags that live in the black seas around their island. They have to, or else their family will starve.

In an oceanic world swarming with vicious beasts, the Landers-the ruling elite, have indentured Koral's family to provide the maristags for the Glory Race, a deadly chariot tournament reserved for the upper class. The winning contender receives gold and glory. The others-if they're lucky-survive.

When the last maristag of the year escapes and Koral has no new maristag to sell, her family's financial situation takes a turn for the worse and they can't afford medicine for her chronically ill little sister. Koral's only choice is to do what no one in the world has ever dared: cheat her way into the Glory Race.

But every step of the way is unpredictable as Koral races against contenders who have trained for this their whole lives and who have no intention of letting a low-caste girl steal their glory. When riots break out and rogues attack Koral to try and force her to drop out, she must choose-her life or her sister's-before the whole island burns.

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Hey loves! What’s a book you’re excited to rea

Hey loves! What’s a book you’re excited to read soon?! 💜

I got this absolutely stunning early finished copy of Violet Made of Thorns by @actualgina in the post on Saturday from the lovely @readeatretreat @hodderscape!! Absolutely beautiful surprise book mail and I’ve been so looking forward to this! Swipe to see the beautiful map inside too 😍💜

I’m currently finishing off reading The Darkening by Sunya Mara then planning on starting this gorgeous book! 💜

💜 Synopsis 💜

The first in a darkly enchanting fairytale-tinged fantasy duology about a morally grey witch, a cursed prince, and a prophecy that ignites their fate-twisted destinies, perfect for fans of The Cruel Prince and Serpent & Dove.

There’s always a price for defying destiny.

Violet is a prophet and a liar, influencing the court as Seer with her cleverly phrased – and not always true – divinations. Honesty is for suckers, like the oh-so-not-charming Prince Cyrus, who plans to strip her of her title once he’s crowned.

After the king asks her to falsely prophesy Cyrus’s love story for an upcoming ball, Violet awakens a dreaded curse about the prince’s future bride. Her wits may protect her in the cutthroat court, but they can’t protect her against fate – nor the doomed attraction growing between her and the prince . . .

Releasing 26th July! 💜

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🎡 Book Review! 🎡 First, thank you to @delre

🎡 Book Review! 🎡

First, thank you to @delreyuk for the proof copy of Hide by Kiersten White! I really enjoyed this read and I definitely agree with the comp to Squid Game in terms of the competition, but this has a supernatural element to it as well! 😈

🎠 Review 🎠

Hide starts off with a family visiting the amusement park when it was still open, in just two pages Kiersten leaves you wanting answers to a mystery and makes it so that you have to read on. Then we’re introduced to Mack, the main character and someone you can’t help but feel for from the beginning as she’s living from shelter to shelter and suffering with severe PTSD due to her past.

Someone then invites Mack to partake in a hide-and-seek competition, where the prize is $50,000 for winning against thirteen other competitors. Mack’s hidden for her life before, so she thinks it’ll be easy to do this time, she just has to make sure that she cares for no one and no one cares for her.

A mere 14 pages in and Mack is already on a bus with the other contestants, and even more quickly we’re introduced to Ava, a seriously awesome army veteran. Ava struggles with PTSD also, and each contestant seemingly would hugely benefit from the prize money, making the odds even higher.

As things get more and more intense in the park, Mack can’t help but start to break her own rule of not getting close to others. She’s basically spent her life hiding since the incident, and prefers that no one knows who she is. Watching her character grow was probably my favourite thing about Hide, but simultaneously as the reader we see increasing hints of the supernatural within the park. It’s definitely a dark book, in terms of age I’d say it’s more “new adult”, with quite a lot of gore and not really any smut (but cuteness in parts).

At its core, White has written a story about the unfairness of life, and it’s about how getting closer to others can make things seem a little easier.

This was the first book I read by Kiersten, and it’s definitely made me more interested to read her older books!

Rating: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️✨

QOTD: Anything fun planned for this weekend? 💖

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