Book of Night by Holly Black. (2022). **4 out of 5 stars** Charlie has spent half her life working for gloamists - magicians who manipulate shadows to do sometimes bad things. Gloamists guard their secrets and rob each other, for which they need Charlie. She's trying to distance herself from past mistakes but is still… Continue reading Book of Night by Holly Black. (2022).
Category: Fantasy
Only A Monster by Vanessa Len. (2022).
Only A Monster by Vanessa Len. (2022). (Monsters ; #1) *Young Adult* **4 out of 5 stars** Every family has its secrets, but the summer Joan Chang-Hunt goes to stay with her gran in London, she learns hers is big: the Hunts are one of twelve families in London with hidden powers. Joan is half-monster.… Continue reading Only A Monster by Vanessa Len. (2022).
The Embroidered Book by Kate Heartfield. (2022).
The Embroidered Book by Kate Heartfield. (2022). **4 out of 5 stars** **Thank you to HarperCollins Australia for sending me a free copy of this novel in exchange for an honest review; published 2 March 2022** 1768. Charlotte, daughter of the Habsburg Empire, arrives in Naples to marry a man she has never met. Her… Continue reading The Embroidered Book by Kate Heartfield. (2022).
The Queen of Nothing by Holly Black. (2019).
The Queen of Nothing by Holly Black. (2019). (The Folk of the Air ; #3) *Young Adult* **4.5 out of 5 stars** Power is much easier to acquire than hold on to; Jude learnt this when she released her control on the wicked king Cardan in exchange for immeasurable power. Now as the exiled mortal… Continue reading The Queen of Nothing by Holly Black. (2019).
The Wicked King by Holly Black. (2019).
The Wicked King by Holly Black. (2019). (The Folk of the Air ; #2). *Young Adult* **4 out of 5 stars** Jude has tricked Cardan onto the throne, binding him to her for a year and a day. But the new High King does everything in his power to humiliate and undermine her. Meanwhile, a… Continue reading The Wicked King by Holly Black. (2019).
The Cruel Prince by Holly Black. (2018).
The Cruel Prince by Holly Black. (2018).(The Folk of the Air; #1)*Young Adult* **4 out of 5 stars** One terrible morning, Jude and her sisters see their parents murdered. The fearsome assassin abducts all three girls to the Faerie court, where Jude soon realises that to survive, she needs to be as cunning and deceitful… Continue reading The Cruel Prince by Holly Black. (2018).
Midnight in Everwood by M.A. Kuzniar. (2021).
Midnight in Everwood by M.A. Kuzniar. (2021). **4.5 out of 5 stars** **Thank you to Harlequin Australia for sending me a free copy of this novel in exchange for an honest review; published 27 October 2021** Nottingham, 1906. Marietta longs to be a ballerina but as Christmas draws near, her dancing days are numbered because… Continue reading Midnight in Everwood by M.A. Kuzniar. (2021).
The Midnight Library by Matt Haig. (2020).
The Midnight Library by Matt Haig. (2020). **4 out of 5 stars** Between life and death there is a library. When Nora finds herself in the Midnight Library, she has a chance to make things right. Her life is full of misery and regret but the books in the Midnight Library enable Nora to live… Continue reading The Midnight Library by Matt Haig. (2020).
The Emporium of Imagination by Tabitha Bird. (2021).
The Emporium of Imagination by Tabitha Bird. (2021). **4.5 out of 5 stars** Welcome to the Emporium of Imagination, an unusual shop that travels the world offering vintage gifts to repair broken dreams and extraordinary phones to contact lost loved ones. But on arrival in the tiny town of Boonah, the store's custodian Earlatidge realises… Continue reading The Emporium of Imagination by Tabitha Bird. (2021).
A Court of Silver Flames by Sarah J. Maas. (2021).
A Court of Silver Flames by Sarah J. Maas. (2021). (A Court of Thorns and Roses; #4) **4 out of 5 stars** Nesta has always been prickly - proud, swift to anger and slow to forgive. Since the war, and being made High Fae against her will, she has struggled to forget the horrors she… Continue reading A Court of Silver Flames by Sarah J. Maas. (2021).
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