3/5 stars – I don’t really have a positive way to sum up this book.. Title: The Wicked King Author: Holly Black Publisher: Hot Key Books Year: 2019 Genre: YA Fantasy Pages: 352 Synopsis: “You must be strong enough to strike and strike and strike again without tiring. The first lesson is to make yourselfContinueContinue reading “The Wicked King – Book Review”
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Give the Dark my Love – Book Review
4 stars – love and the grief that comes with it, political intrigue, and a darkness I’m not sure I’ve read the likes of ever before, Beth Revis’ Give the Dark My Love will shock and horrify you at every turn and is not a book for the faint of heart. Title: Give the DarkContinueContinue reading “Give the Dark my Love – Book Review”
The Cruel Prince – Book Review
3 1/2 stars – pretty words, compelling characters, a sprinkle of darkness and scheming cunning.. the recipe to Holly Black’s the Cruel Prince. “Jude was seven when her parents were murdered and she and her two sisters were stolen away to live in the treacherous High Court of Faerie. Ten years later, Jude wants nothingContinueContinue reading “The Cruel Prince – Book Review”
Lord of Shadows – Book Review
3 1/2 stars – love, loyalty, family, and edge-of-your-seat action-packed scenes “Emma Carstairs has finally avenged her parents. She thought she’d be at peace. But she is anything but calm. Torn between her desire for her parabatai Julian and her desire to protect him from the brutal consequences of parabatai relationships, she has begun datingContinueContinue reading “Lord of Shadows – Book Review”
Books I’m Excited For This Year
So it’s been 2019 for nearly a week and I’m freaking out. I can’t believe how fast 2018 went and how many great books it was filled with! 2019 looks like it might be shaping up the same way, so I thought I’d share my most anticipated book releases and books I’ve been meaning toContinueContinue reading “Books I’m Excited For This Year”
New Year, Not A New Me
Hello 2019!!!!!! I’ve never really been that big on New Years’ resolutions and I’ve never understood the “new year new me” thing. I don’t think there’s some magic spell that makes you a new person once the clock strikes midnight. You are you. And you grow and change from year to year as life throwsContinueContinue reading “New Year, Not A New Me”
Lady Midnight – Book Review
4 stars – action, mystery, murder (and somewhat gruesome details!!), romance… Lady Midnight has it all. So despite having read this already when it first came out, the end of my second read-through of this book has left me a mix of many emotions (and my heart seems to be racing slightly?). Lady Midnight. Wow.ContinueContinue reading “Lady Midnight – Book Review”
Welcome to Lola’s Library
Okay so my name isn’t actually Lola, my bird’s is. But she’s with me whenever I’m reading/writing so the name of this site is my little thank you to my companion. My actual name is Amy. I’m 23 and I’m pretty sure I’ve been reading and writing before I could even speak (actually probably notContinueContinue reading “Welcome to Lola’s Library”
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