Category: Magic

Book Review | The Ivory Key by Akshaya Raman

Posted January 24, 2022 by Emma in 2022 Books, 5 Stars, Book Review, Fantasy, Magic, YA / 0 Comments

My first book of 2022 is a five star read! What a way to kick off this new year! I went into this book completely blind and I love when you have no expectations and it blows you away. This particular fantasy book reminded of another by the same publisher Thorn by Intisar Khanai and I would say if you enjoyed that, you’ll love this and vice versa. I had the exact same feels for both books, so that must be saying something. The Ivory Key follows four siblings, Via, Ronak, Rita and Kaleb. Each of the have gone their […]

Friendship + Magic = A Spell – Inspired by Holly Bourne’s novella What Magic is This?

Posted July 31, 2019 by Emma in Barrington Stoke, Bookish Post, Holly Bourne, Magic, UKYA, YA / 0 Comments

Hello my Book Friends – today I bring to you an inspired post from Holly Bourne’s latest book, What Magic is This? that I reviewed last week. I loved it and if you know me you will know that Holly is one of my all time favourite authors. I felt inspired by this novella so I created a spell, with a little help from Barrington Stoke and Holly Bourne. This spell and this novella is something for you whether you believe in magic or not, whether you loved magical friendships like Harry Potter (- which I’m sure you all do.) […]

Review – What Magic is This? by Holly Bourne – A spellbinding novella!

Posted July 25, 2019 by Emma in 2019 Books, Best Books, Book Review, Favourite Author, Featured, Friendship, Holly Bourne, Magic / 2 Comments

Once again, Holly has done it again! As soon a s I started reading it I had a huge smile on my face, it’s that familiarity of her writing style that just makes you feel very excited and warm inside because you know everything is right in the world with Holly Bourne writing her books. What Magic is This? is no exception to that. She never fails to amaze me on writing a story half the size of all of her other books and yet it still packs a punch. Three friends all believe that after one night they have magical […]

Blog Tour: Witchy Bookshops – Queen of Sea and Stars by Anna McKerrow

Posted April 30, 2019 by Emma in Blog, Blog Tour, Extract, Fantasy, Guest Post, Magic, YA / 0 Comments

Hi Everyone, Today I’m really excited to be part of Queen of Sea and Stars blog tour. Isn’t the cover gorgeous?! Anna describes it as: Faye Morgan, a hereditary witch, moves away from her tiny coastal village in Scotland to London to be with her new boyfriend, Rav. But though she hopes she can live a normal life in a new city, her blood bond to the realms of faerie can’t be denied. With a faerie war brewing, can Faye realise her destiny and discover who she really is? A tale of faery magic, desire and modern witchcraft. Queen of […]

Review – Enchantée by Gita Trelease

Posted March 11, 2019 by Emma in 2019 Books, 5 Stars, Blog, Book Review, Fantasy, Gita Trelease, Historical, Magic, MyKindaBook / 0 Comments

Enchantée by Gita Trelease Publisher – Macmillan Children’s Books Release Date – 21 February 2019 Buy – Amazon | Book Depository Paris in 1789 is a labyrinth of twisted streets, filled with beggars, thieves, revolutionaries—and magicians… When smallpox kills her parents, Camille Durbonne must find a way to provide for her frail, naive sister while managing her volatile brother. Relying on petty magic—la magie ordinaire—Camille painstakingly transforms scraps of metal into money to buy the food and medicine they need. But when the coins won’t hold their shape and her brother disappears with the family’s savings, Camille must pursue a […]

HARRY POTTER BOOK TAG

Posted February 7, 2019 by Emma in Blog, Book tag, Harry Potter, Magic / 9 Comments

So I’m sitting in my Harry Potter PJs and it’s the eve of Harry Potter Book Night and I saw this ages ago and I’ve added a few of my own questions and I thought it would be perfect. This isn’t a test or Pottermore…this is what you want to be… Your name in the world of Harry Potter. Elladora Goldstein (I did this through Name Generator on Bloomsbury website – Give it a go here ) What House are you? Gryfinclaw – I like being in both. Part Gryfindor and part Ravenclaw. What would be your pet companion? Owl – Georgous creatures. […]

BLOG TOUR – Q&A for A PINCH OF MAGIC by Michelle Harrison

Posted February 6, 2019 by Emma in #FantasticalFeb, 2019 Books, Blog, Blog Tour, Fantasy, Magic, Michelle Harrison, Q & A, Simon & Schuster / 2 Comments

Today I’m really excited to be part of A Pinch of Magic blog tour. I’ll be honest I haven’t read A Pinch of Magic yet but I will this month as part of my Fantasy Feb. But I have huge admiration and inspiration of Michelle Harrison, from a librarian perspective she has sparked the mind of readers. I will share with you a quick anecdote as a librarian. The student was in Year 7, she would borrow any book she could find, every new one and she would return haven’t not gotten very far. I know she’s desparate to read, […]

MINI REVIEWS – SHADOWBLACK by Sebastien de Castell & BOOKSHOP GIRL by Chloe Coles

Posted December 6, 2018 by Emma in Blog, Chloe Coles, Fantasy, Featured, Hot Key Books, Magic, Mini-Review, Sebastien de Castell / 1 Comment

Some amazing reads I’ve read lately both totally different but brilliant in their own way. Shadowblack (Spellslinger #2) by Sebastien de Castell It’s a few months since Kellen left his people behind. Now aged sixteen, Kellen is an outlaw, relying on his wits to keep him alive in the land of the Seven Sands. He misses home, he misses family and more than anything, he misses Nephenia, the girl he left behind. Then he meets Seneira, a blindfolded girl who isn’t blind, and who carries a secret that’s all too familiar to Kellen. Kellen and Ferius resolve to help – […]

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, […]