What 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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
WERBUNG/AD I received this copy in exchange for an honest review! What’s it about? As the personal servant of the powerful Lord Rennard, the Shadow’s life is all but forfeit. Rennard possesses one of five rare and dangerous Relics – a jewel that protects his bloodline, but slowly poisons everyone else in its proximity. When […]
Romeo und Julius: Meine Suche nach der großen Liebe – in 25 Dates von Julius Kraft [Rezension]
By Kat @ Bookish Blades on 06/09/2019WERBUNG Ich habe dieses Buch als kostenloses Rezensionsexemplar erhalten. Dies beeinflusst meine Meinung in keinster Weise! Um was geht’s? Bin ich nach dem Verlust der großen Liebe bereit, wieder zu daten? Ich sehne mich nach Momenten, in denen alles kribbelt und Sterne und Brusthaar greifbar werden. Ich will die Unsicherheit beim ersten Kuss spüren, das […]