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Book Review | Strike the Zither by Joan He

Book Review | Monsters Born and Made by Tanvi Berwah

Book Review | Belladonna by Adalyn Grace

Book Review | The Drowned Woods by Emily Lloyd-Jones

Book Review | Violet Made of Thorns by Gina Chen

Book Review | A Magic Steeped In Poison by Judy I. Lin

Book Review | A Thousand Steps Into Night by Traci Chee

Book Review | Vespertine by Margaret Rogerson

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

Book Review | Little Thieves by Margaret Owen

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What was the last bookish world you felt sad about

What was the last bookish world you felt sad about saying goodbye to? ✨

I finished reading Heart of the Sun Warrior by suelynntan and even though I KNOW we’re being blessed to another book based in the same world I bawled my eyes out for the last 50 pages, mostly due to Sue Lynn’s beautiful story building but partly because saying goodbye to this world and it’s characters, even temporarily, is difficult! 😭

I will have a full review for this up on my blog this week but for now I’ll say that if you liked Daughter of the Moon Goddess you’ll adore Heart of the Sun Warrior. It has all of the elements that made DOTMG so fantastic with a huge emphasis on familial bonds and I just know I’ll love anything that Sue Lynn Tan writes 🥹

The biggest of thanks again to harpervoyager_uk for the proof copy here! 💖

As for the stunning print… I had to grab this from thescriptedletterco as it features gorgeous gold foil outlined art from gracezhuart, it’s even more beautiful in person! The Long Dragon, best boys and Xingyin… it’s just perfect 🥺❤️

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What are you reading this weekend? ✨ I’m rea

What are you reading this weekend? ✨

I’m reading Heart of the Sun Warrior as a physical book (I will definitely be talking more about it soon but LOVE IT so so so much 🥹) and Babel as an eBook… eBooks still take me a lot longer to get through usually so I’ve been reading Babel for about a month now 🙈 but it’s such a fantastic story and I’m loving all the background into linguistics dotted throughout! 😍

Feeling very justified about having the illumicrate, fairyloot and waterstones editions of Babel here as well. Actually kicking myself for not having caved with another but I do love how these all look together especially! 🥹✨

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✨ Personalised Books! ✨ What was the last pe

✨ Personalised Books! ✨

What was the last personalised book you got in the mail, or what book would you love to have signed and personalised? 💖

My personalised copy of The Dragon’s Promise arrived at the start of this month and I love it and all the gorgeous preorder goodies! 💙

I love this duology so much, very happy to have both books signed and personalised, and incredibly grateful to booksofwonder for offering international shipping 🥹💖

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What was the last book you preordered? ✨ If yo

What was the last book you preordered? ✨

If you haven’t preordered Strike the Zither by Joan He yet then I absolutely implore you to if you’re a fan of fantasy in general!

There’s a longer review on my website but in short, if you enjoy wuxia and xianxia in particular, you’ll love this story.

It follows Zephyr, who is absolutely sure that she is better than almost everyone else around her and honestly, if you like confident characters you’ll LOVE her!

I flew through this book and my only regret is how long I’ll have to wait for the sequel 🥹❤️

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‘Neither here nor there, but long ago…’ ✨

‘Neither here nor there, but long ago…’ ✨

Are you a fan of stories within stories? Honestly I love when it’s a theme within a book, and chelsabdullah did it so well with The Stardust Thief! 💜

I can’t wait to see what kind of stories we get in The Ashfire King, and I’m so excited to get back to the world in general! ✨

What’s a sequel you’re highly anticipating right now? 💜

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🌊 Monsters Born and Made 🌊 What was the las

🌊 Monsters Born and Made 🌊

What was the last book you read that had ‘monster’ in the title? If there hasn’t been one, what are you currently reading? 💙

Today’s review is for Monsters Born and Made by Tanvi Berwah! Thank you kindly to ed.pr for the proof copy here, finished, gorgeous copy to the left I bought myself! 🌊

✨ Review ✨

Monsters Born and Made is an intriguing premise from the very beginning, set in a fantasy world with a class-based system and rebellions in play.

An accident with a maristag leads Koral’s brother to being dangerously wounded, and with that maristag having been their last chance to catch one for potentially breeding it means that her and her family are in serious financial trouble due to the costs of her sister’s treatment.

Koral decides to then take matters into her own hands, entering the ‘Glory Race’ that is meant to only be for Landers to take part in. Those in charge of the race seem to think it’s a good idea for her to take part, much to the chagrin of chosen Landers for the race.

There are three parts to the race, and they become more and more dangerous each time. Koral has to win the entire thing for any chance of saving her family, but along the way she has to deal with the differences between herself and the Landers, rebels and worries about who can or cannot be trusted.

There’s also the issue of dangerous animals, such as huge crabs and even the maristags themselves: creatures that are part-deer and part-fish. I loved how the monsters were formed from parts of well-known animals, with one Capricorn even! It made things a lot easier to imagine, especially in cases where the creatures are actually quite frightening.

Ultimately, Tanvi has built a wonderful, unique world with a dystopian feel that will definitely appeal to those who enjoy books with competitions in. This book does end on a bit of a cliffhanger and I hope we have more to come, because I’ll definitely be picking it up!

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