Category: Fantasy

REVIEW – SPELLSLINGER by Sebastien de Castell

Posted October 11, 2018 by Emma in 5 Stars, Book Review, Fantasy, Featured, Hot Key Books, Magic, Sebastien de Castell, Series, Spellslinger / 0 Comments

When one author reads from his latest book to spark me into reading the whole series because of it. Spellslinger (Spellslinger #1)by Sebastien de CastellPublisher – Hot Key BooksRelease Date – May 4th 2017Buy – Amazon | Book Depository Magic is a con game. Kellen is moments away from facing his first mage’s duel and the start of four trials that will make him a spellcaster. There’s just one problem: his magic is gone. As his sixteenth birthday approaches, Kellen falls back on his cunning in a bid to avoid total disgrace. But when a daring stranger arrives in town, […]

BLOG TOUR: REVIEW – JINXED by Amy McCulloch

Posted August 9, 2018 by Emma in 2018 Books, Blog Tour, Book Review, Fantasy, Science Fiction / 1 Comment

Hi guys, I’m so excited to be part of this tour. It was this time last that I began reading The Potion Diaries, and it was one of my highlighted series of the year. I loved just being transported somewhere magical and I couldn’t wait to read more from Amy. Today I share my review of Jinxed. All I can say at this point is that you need to buy it, because it’s a cracker. Lacey Chu has big dreams of becoming a companioneer for MONCHA, the largest tech firm in North America and the company behind the “baku” – a […]

BLOG TOUR: GUEST POST – SHOW STEALER by HAYLEY BARKER

Posted August 6, 2018 by Emma in Adventure, Blog Tour, Circuses, Fantasy, Guest Post / 0 Comments

Hi Everyone, I’m currently on holiday in the gorgeous blue seas of Cornwall. But I’m so excited to read this book. Circuses have always fascinated me, I’ve enjoyed them as a child and most recently as well. I haven’t read this series, but thank you to the lovely Scholastic team for sending me copies so I can. Any who, I’m really excited to share with you a guest post that Hayley has written about the magic of fictional circuses that is just amazing, so I hope you enjoy it. But before that here is a little bit more about the […]

📚 REVIEW – THE WITCH’S BLOOD by Katherine and Elizabeth Corr

Posted April 11, 2018 by Emma in 2018 Books, 5 Stars, Book Review, Fantasy, HarperCollins, Katherine and Elizabeth Corr, Magic, The Witch's Blood, The Witch's Kiss, The Witch's Tears / 0 Comments

The Witch’s Blood (The Witch’s Kiss #3)by Katherine and Elizabeth CorrPublisher – HarperCollins Children’s BooksRelease Date – March 8th 2018Buy – Amazon | Book Depository Just who can you trust when no one around you is who they seem? The final spell-binding book in THE WITCH’S KISS trilogy by authors and sisters, Katharine and Elizabeth Corr. Life as a teenage witch just got harder for Merry when her brother, Leo is captured and taken into an alternative reality by evil witch Ronan. Determined to get him back, Merry needs to use blood magic to outwit her arch-rival and get Leo […]

📚 REVIEW – THE WITCH’S TEARS by Katherine and Elizabeth Corr

Posted March 14, 2018 by Emma in 2017 Books, 4.5 Stars, Fantasy, HarperCollins, Katherine and Elizabeth Corr, Series, The Witch's Tears, YA / 0 Comments

The Witch’s Tears (The Witch’s Kiss #2)by Katherine and Elizabeth CorrPublisher – HarperCollins Children’s Release Date – February 2nd 2018Buy – Amazon | Book Depository Can true love’s kiss break your heart…? It’s not easy being a teenage witch. Just ask Merry. She’s drowning in textbooks and rules set by the coven; drowning in heartbreak after the loss of Jack. But Merry’s not the only one whose fairy tale is over. Big brother Leo is falling apart and everything Merry does seems to push him further to the brink. And everything that happens to Leo makes her ache for revenge. So […]

BLOG TOUR: GUEST POST – THE WITCH’S BLOOD by Katherine and Elizabeth Corr

Posted March 11, 2018 by Emma in 2018 Books, Blog Tour, Fairytale, Fantasy, Guest Post, HarperCollins, Katherine and Elizabeth Corr, The Witch's Blood / 0 Comments

Hi Everyone, it’s all about The Witch’s Kiss series by Kate and Liz Corr this week. Earlier this week, I finally reviewed my reread of The Witch’s Kiss, which you can find here. From the middle of February I have only been reading this series as the final book, The Witch’s Blood has finally been released. There’s something about reading a series from start to finish as well as the waiting an excruciating year for the next book. Anyways, I’m so excited to be part of this blog tour which I’ve been part of from the very first book. Kate […]

📚 REVIEW – THE WITCH’S KISS by Katherine and Elizabeth Corr

Posted March 9, 2018 by Emma in 5 Stars, Book Review, Fantasy, HarperCollins, Katherine and Elizabeth Corr, Series, The Witch's Kiss / 0 Comments

The Witch’s Kiss (The Witch’s Kiss #1)by Katherine and Elizabeth CorrPublisher – HarperCollins Children’sRelease Date – June 30th 2016 Buy – Amazon | Book Depository Sixteeen-year-old Meredith is fed-up with her feuding family and feeling invisible at school – not to mention the witch magic that shoots out of her fingernails when she’s stressed. Then sweet, sensitive Jack comes into her life and she falls for him hard. The only problem is that he is periodically possessed by a destructive centuries-old curse. Meredith has lost her heart, but will she also lose her life? Or in true fairytale tradition, can true love’s […]

#FANTASTICALFEB with Josh Martin (author of Ariadnis)

Posted February 27, 2018 by Emma in #FantasticalFeb, 2017 Books, 2018 Books, Anassa, Ariadnis, Fantasy, Guest Post, Hatchette Children's Group, Josh Martin, Team Bkmrk / 0 Comments

Hi Everyone, As you may all know I’m having a fantasy month on the blog, so as well as reading fantasy books, I’m also featuring some of my favourites as well as discovering some new authors too. So my very last but no means least, guest author on my blog is Josh Martin, author of the Erthe series, Ariadnis the first in the series.. As part of this month, the publishers very kindly sent me a copy of each of his books including his latest Anassa, which was released 8th February. So before I hand over to Josh talking about why […]

#FANTASTICALFEB with Sif Sigmarsdóttir (author of I Am Traitor)

Posted February 26, 2018 by Emma in #FantasticalFeb, 2017 Books, Fantasy, Guest Post, Hatchette Children's Group, I Am Traitor, Sif Sigmarsdóttir, Team Bkmrk / 0 Comments

Hi Everyone, As you may all know I’m having a fantasy month on the blog, so as well as reading fantasy books, I’m also featuring some of my favourites as well as discovering some new authors too. So my penultimate guest author on my blog is Sif Sigmarsdóttir, author of I Am Traitor. I have a copy of I Am Traitor from before it’s release and again it’s one of those that is on my TBR but near to the top, I promise you. I Am Fugitive, the sequel will be publishing in June. So before I hand over to Sif talking about […]