Without really knowing much about The Final Strife, I went into this book. I came for the sapphic content and stayed for everything. Even though I needed a long time to read it, I fell absolutely in love with Saara El-Arifi’s debut fantasy novel! Continue reading to find out what made this book so amazing. […]
Category: 5★ books
Scavenge the Stars by Tara Sim | Review
By kat @ bookish blades on 16/04/2022I do enjoy a good retelling, especially if it’s a retelling of a story I love. Since The Count of Monte Cristo is one of my favourite classics, I of course had to pick up Scavenge the Stars. Continue reading to find out if it lived up to my expectations. ABOUT SCAVENGE THE STARS When […]
Hoohoo, friends of the blade! I had Chasing Lucky on my shelves ever since it was released. I’m not sure why I haven’t picked it up earlier since I absolutely love Jenn Bennett’s YA contemporaries (more on that in my list of auto-buy authors). But I finally read it within two days and as always, […]
Heartstopper Vol. 1 | Alice Oseman | Rezension
By kat @ bookish blades on 11/03/2022* WERBUNG* *Ich habe dieses Buch vom Verlag kostenfrei bekommen für meine ehrliche Meinung. Um was geht’s? Dass Charlie schwul ist, weiß die ganze Schule. Dagegen ist Nick, der Star der Rugbymannschaft, so straight wie eine Goalline. Glaubt Charlie. Aber dann entwickelt sich eine intensive Freundschaft zwischen den beiden unterschiedlichen Jungen. Charlie weiß sofort, dass […]
ONLY A MONSTER | Vanessa Len | ARC-Review
By kat @ bookish blades on 26/02/2022How often have I found myself rooting for the monsters and the supposed villains of a story? How often have I said the words “cool motive, still murder” and “wow I’d love to read that from the villain’s POV”? Well, with Only a Monster, my wishes seem to have been heard. Let’s see how I […]
Jade City & Jade War | A review? Me rambling uncontrollably about how much I love them?
By kat @ bookish blades on 19/07/2021Jade City and Jade War are the first two instalments of the Green Bone Saga by Fonda Lee, with Jade Legacy to follow in November. Everyone I follow on twitter seems to have read and loved Jade City and it sounded interesting, so of course I picked it up. Because believe me, some twitter people […]