What is it about? Two years ago, Louise le Blanc fled her coven and took shelter in the city of Cesarine, forsaking all magic and living off whatever she could steal. There, witches like Lou are hunted. They are feared. And they are burned. Sworn to the Church as a Chasseur, Reid Diggory has lived […]
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DER BÄR UND DIE NACHTIGALL | KATHERINE ARDEN | Rezension
By Kat @ Bookish Blades on 29/10/2019WERBUNG / ADVERTISEMENT REZENSIONSEXEMPLAR Um was geht’s? In einem Dorf am Rande der Wildnis, weit im Norden Russlands, wo der Wind kalt bläst und der Schnee viele Monate des Jahres fällt, erzählt die alte Dienerin Dunja den Kindern des Grundbesitzers Pjotr Wladimirowitch Geschichten über Zauberei, Folklore und den Winterkönig mit den frostblauen Augen. Verbotene Geschichten […]
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MY SISTER, THE SERIAL KILLER by OYINKAN BRAITHWAITE | book review
By Kat @ Bookish Blades on 27/10/2019What is it about? When Korede’s dinner is interrupted one night by a distress call from her sister, Ayoola, she knows what’s expected of her: bleach, rubber gloves, nerves of steel and a strong stomach. This’ll be the third boyfriend Ayoola’s dispatched in, quote, self-defence and the third mess that her lethal little sibling has […]
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GIRLS OF STORM AND SHADOW by NATASHA NGAN | Book Review
By Kat @ Bookish Blades on 19/10/2019WERBUNG/ADVERTISEMENT I got this book from the publisher in exchange for an honest review. What is this book about? Lei, the naive country girl who became a royal courtesan, is now known as the Moonchosen, the commoner who managed to do what no one else could. But slaying the cruel Demon King wasn’t the end […]
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The Priory of the Orange Tree by Samantha Shannon | damn, it’s dragons [Review]
By Kat @ Bookish Blades on 28/09/2019What is it about? The House of Berethnet has ruled Inys for a thousand years. Still unwed, Queen Sabran the Ninth must conceive a daughter to protect her realm from destruction—but assassins are getting closer to her door. Ead Duryan is an outsider at court. Though she has risen to the position of lady-in-waiting, she […]
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The Beautiful by Renée Ahdieh | murders, fashion and New Orleans [Review]
By Kat @ Bookish Blades on 23/09/2019WERBUNG / ADVERTISING Review Copy What is it about? In 1872, New Orleans is a city ruled by the dead. But to seventeen-year-old Celine Rousseau, New Orleans provides her a refuge after she’s forced to flee her life as a dressmaker in Paris. Taken in by the sisters of the Ursuline convent along with six […]
