I knew I’d like this novel, but I didn’t know I’d like it this much! I devoured this book, and you should too. V. E. Schwab’s Vicious is about Victor Vale and Eli Ever (I see what you did there, Victoria Elizabeth!), two college roommates who declare similar thesis topics and soon become obsessed with …
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Book Review | The Ruin of Kings
I wanted—and tried—to like this book, I swear. It received such a big marketing push in the months leading up to its release, I was excited to read it. Unfortunately, the blurbs and the buzz deceived me. The Ruin of Kings (more like Ruin My Month) by Jenn Lyons tells the story of Kihrin, a …
Book Review | Aru Shah and the Song of Death (ARC)
More like Aru Shah and My Extensive Collection of Unread Galleys amirite? I received an advance reader's copy (ARC) of Aru Shah and the Song of Death by Roshani Chokshi. Therefore, the version I read is just a proof and not the final version, so I won't quote directly and will keep my comments general. …
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Book Review | An Ember in the Ashes
An Ember in the Ashes is Sabaa Tahir’s debut, the first in the Ember Quartet. It tells the story of a girl, Laia, a Scholar living under the violent, oppressive rule of the Martial Empire. After her brother is arrested for treason and her grandparents are killed, she finds the shadowy Scholar Resistance, a group …
Book Review | A Conjuring of Light
Signs of a fantastic series: When you finish, you sit in a daze, unable to focus on anything else but what you just read for at least half an hour.You recommend it to anyone remotely interested in that genre (or, sometimes, not even then. You might recommend it to complete strangers on the street. I …