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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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 […]
Sorcery of Thorns by Margaret Rogerson [Review]
By Kat @ Bookish Blades on 01/09/2019What’s it about? All sorcerers are evil. Elisabeth has known that as long as she has known anything. Raised as a foundling in one of Austermeer’s Great Libraries, Elisabeth has grown up among the tools of sorcery—magical grimoires that whisper on shelves and rattle beneath iron chains. If provoked, they transform into grotesque monsters of […]
[Mini Reviews] OUT OF THE BLUE & I WISH YOU ALL THE BEST
By Kat @ Bookish Blades on 21/08/2019Out Of The Blue by Sophie Cameron Publisher: Macmillan | Published: 22nd March 2019 | Pages: 281 | Rep: lesbian, Sri-Lankan-Scottish, bi | TW: loss of loved one, death, blood, grief | Rating: ★★★★ What is it about? When angels start falling from the sky, it seems like the world is ending. Smashing down to […]
Book: Orpheus Girl | Author: Brynne Rebele-Henry | Publisher: Soho Teen | Release Date: 8th October 2019 | Pages: 176 | Genre: contemporary YA | Rep: lesbian, gay, trans | TW: queermisia, queerphobia, mental and physical abuse, self harm, attempted suicide, blood What is it about? Abandoned by a single mother she never knew, 16-year-old […]