Down Among the Sticks and Bones (review here) was one of my favourites in the Wayward Children's series. I adored Jack and Jill's characters from the first book because they were such difficult characters to like in a way. Jill looks like she got spit out of a cupcake and Jack is very methodical and suave. I love that she always wears gloves, like a science-y Kaz Brekker. …
I'd picked this up on a whim from work after spending so many years, literally years, walking past it picking it up and putting it back on the shelf. I finally bought it, read it and I'm not entirely sure what I just read. Hand on heart I enjoyed the book, the writing was very gripping as were the characters but it got very strange. To the point…
Firstly, a huge thank you to Orbit and Compulsive Readers for having me on this tour. The Girl with All the Gifts is one of my favourite books and has a fantastic film adaptation so I thought I knew what I was getting into with this book. Some kind of dystopia stemming from nature. I was right....until I really wasn't. This book is unlike anything I've ever read…
Firstly, a confession. I have not read a single Shadowhunters book....but I own them all. I think. Maybe not the Bane Chronicles but all the rest. I fully intend to read them, and I know I'm going to love them. That and I can't help myself with the Fairyloot boxes, they're my kryptonite. This is another of their Collector's Edition boxes, this one instead for Chain of Gold…
I remember wholeheartedly loving the Seraphina books when I read them around seven-ish and five-ish years ago. I'm pleasantly surprised with how easy it was to slip back into this world without any real confusion, a testament to Rachel Hartman's worldbuilding skills. Tess of the Road, whilst it's a companion series will greatly benefit from having been read after the Seraphina books. A lot of characters reappear within…