Genre: Fantasy & Magic

Book Review | Wicked Lovely by Melissa Marr – A must read for fans of The Cruel Prince

Posted December 12, 2024 by Emma in Book Review, Bookish Post, YA / 2 Comments

Hello my lovely readers, today I have the perfect recommendation not only for The Cruel Prince lovers but also it’s perfect reading to snuggle up this season. This book gave me so many feels and I haven’t felt this way for a series since The Cruel Prince by Holly Black. That’s a big statement I know but it’s so very true. So here is my review of the first in the Wicked Lovely series. Wicked Lovely first published around the time I was reading Twilight. It was a book that completely passed me by then as I was very much […]

Book Review | A Sea of Wolves by Sarah Street

Posted October 15, 2024 by Emma in 2024 Books, Book Review, Bookish Post, YA / 3 Comments

Hello my lovely readers. It’s been a while and I’m catching up on some overdue reviews from the Summer. Ooops. Today I’m really excited to be reviewing my most anticipated read this year. This was my holiday read and it was the perfect story to read by the sea. So lets get straight onto the review… A Sea of Wolves is one of my anticipated reads this year and it didn’t disappoint. After devouring A Curse of Salt last year and naming it one of my favourite reads of 2023. I met Sarah last year as well at YALC completely […]

Book Review | Compass and Blade by Rachel Greenlaw

Posted April 10, 2024 by Emma in 2024 Books, Book Review, Bookish Post, UKYA, YA / 2 Comments

Hello my lovely readers, I’m excited to bring you another review of a 2024 fantasy release set on the sea, Compass and Blade by Rachel Greenlaw. I can’t wait to tell you all about and why need to read it. As soon as this book arrived, I picked it up straight away as my next read. I was hooked from page 1. I have always loved a great fantasy set on the sea and I know I would be drawn into it. Instantly it reminded me of Viper by Bex Hogan with the lyrical writing of The Wicked Deep by […]

Mini Book Reviews | The Invocations by Krystal Sutherland & Godkiller by Hannah Kaner

Posted February 19, 2024 by Emma in 2024 Books, Book Review, Bookish Post / 0 Comments

Hello my lovely readers. It’s been a busy month and I haven’t blogged as much so I have some reviews to catch up on. These two books were from the end of January/beginning of Feb. So let’t catch up on what I’ve been reading. Let me know if you have read these in the comments. Trigger warnings – suicide, rooming, sexual assault and domestic abuse So I’m not sure I had any expectations for this book. I haven’t read Krystal’s debut book House of Hollow yet and I was intrigued by a magical mystery packed with demons, epic magic system […]

Book Review | Overemotional by David Fenne – A laugh-out-loud heartfelt queer YA

Posted September 7, 2023 by Emma in 2023 Books, Book Review, Bookish Post, UKYA, YA / 0 Comments

Hello my lovely readers, it’s a hot one in the UK at the moment, wish this weather was around when I had my summer holidays and not when I’m back at work, starting a new academic year. That the British weather for you. Ha. Today I’m bring you a review of my last read of August and that of my summer holidays and what a cracker it was. It was such a good book so let me tell you a bit more. I knew I needed this book when I went to CampYA at the beginning of the summer and […]

Under the Cover #4 – with Anna Waterworth author of The Girl Who Grew Wings

Posted July 27, 2023 by Emma in 2023 Books, Bookish Post, UKYA, Under the Cover / 0 Comments

Happy Thursday my lovely friends, I’m really excited to welcome my next guest to my author series, Anna Waterworth. Under the Cover is where I interview some of favourite authors and authors I’ve recently read and discovered. I’m trying to refresh my blog and I love interviewing authors and getting an insight into their storytelling, hence Under the Cover was born. Anna is best known for her Fandom duology which I read years ago and loved it. She has returned this year with a brand new Greek Mythology retelling, The Girl Who Grew Wings. It is stunning. So sit back, grab a coffee […]

Book Review | A Curse of Salt by Sarah Street – a captivating Beauty and the Beast retelling that made me cry.

Posted June 16, 2023 by Emma in 2023 Books, Book Review, Bookish Post, Fantasy / 0 Comments

Hello my fellow bookworms. If you’re living in the UK I hope you are surviving the heatwave. For me I find I read more as I can’t seem to sleep because it’s so stuffy. I love the sun, just not the heat. Anyways, I thought it was about time I finally review this book. I read this about a month ago and interviewed the amazing author Sarah Street. I was so surprised by this book and I will tell you why. Did you cry is the Disney movie of Beauty and the Beast? I do, every single time. In a […]

Book Review | Fourth Wing by Rebecca Yarros – this book consumed me! no spoilers

Posted June 12, 2023 by Emma in Book Review, Bookish Post, Fantasy / 0 Comments

Hello my bookish friends. I have just finished the most hyped book, Fourth Wing and I am PROUD of myself. It consumed me the whole week of reading and I loved every single minute of it. I’m at a bit of a loss right now as this book is worthy of the obsession at the moment. So I thought the best thing would be to write if not ramble and fangirl over this book. I apologise in advance for that. There will be no spoilers from me. Just a lot of vibes and feelings about it all. So me and […]

Blog Tour | Over My Dead Body – Interview with Sweeney Boo

Posted November 25, 2022 by Emma in 2022 Books, Blog Tour, Bookish Post, Graphic Novel, Interview, YA / 0 Comments

Happy Friday my lovely readers and do I have a treat for you today. I gidderly excited about this post and especially as I’m kicking off the tour for Over My Dead Body. Which is OUT TODAY! SO HAPPY PUBLICATION DAY! It’s the perfect autumnal graphic novel by Sweeney Boo. So today I’m interviewing Sweeney Boo, and after reading Over My Dead Body (review to follow next week) I did some reserach as I’ve never interviewed a comic book artist before. When I was looking at her previous work, I was completely starstruck and flabberghasted because she drew the characters […]