Hoohoo, friends of the blade! How are you on this fine day? Funnily enough, I’m putting together this post while there is a glittery purple countdown on Taylor Swift’s website which I only noticed while looking up books with purple covers haha. Purple is one of my favourite colours, I especially adore lavender and those […]
Author: kat @ bookish blades
Mini Romance Reviews | The Ex Vows, Weak Side, Sounds Like Love
By kat @ bookish blades on 15/08/2025THE EX VOWS BY JESSICA JOYCE Pages: 400 | Publisher: Penguin | Published: 18.07.2024 Synopsis Georgia Woodward and Eli Mora broke up five years ago so they’re definitely over each other… right? When they’re thrown together at their best friend’s wedding, sparks fly – quite literally when the venue burns down a week before the […]
Hoohoo, friends of the blade. It’s time for some more exciting book releases. How is it August already? But as every year, my birth month blesses me with highly anticipated releases. And by that I mean Katabasis (I am first and foremost a R.F. Kuang stan) and Once A Villain, a trilogy I have been obsessed […]
PERSONAL LIFE July started out very hot. I worked and read, I spent some time suffering from heat, I spent days sick and listening to Gregor the Overlander audiobooks. Then my dad came to visit for a few days and we drove to the Sachsenring for MotoGP. It’s been a shared dream of ours to […]
Manic Pixie Dream Earl by Jenny Holiday | ARC-Review
By kat @ bookish blades on 12/07/2025I was in such a mood for historical romance and Manic Pixie Dream Earl sounded like such a fun, refreshing book, probably filled with surprises and some drama, perfect for me. Continue reading to find out if it met my expectations and if I enjoyed it. Synopsis: When not writing, poet Edward Astley, Viscount Featherfinch, […]
His Face Is The Sun by Michelle Jabès Corpora | Review
By kat @ bookish blades on 26/06/2025I usually stay away from books set in Ancient Egypt or based on it because they usually disappoint me. But somehow, His Face Is The Sun called to me and so I had to pick it up. I read it through the lens of an egyptologist, of course, I couldn’t help myself. To find out […]