ARC Review: For the Wolf by Hannah Whitten

Title: For the Wolf (Wilderwood #1)Author: Hannah WhittenPublication Date: June 15, 2021Publisher: Orbit BooksPages: 448Add to Goodreads//I received this book from the publisher in exchange for an honest review//The first daughter is for the Throne.The second daughter is for the Wolf.For fans of Uprooted and The Bear and the Nightingale comes a dark fantasy novel about a young woman who must be sacrificed to the legendary Wolf of the Wood to save her kingdom. But not all legends are true, and the Wolf isn't the only danger lurking in the Wilderwood.As the only Second Daughter born in centuries, Red has one purpose-to be sacrificed to the Wolf...

Book Review: Flock by Kate Stewart

Title: Flock (The Ravenhood #1)Author: Kate StewartPublication Date: July 27, 2020Publisher: Independently PublishedPages: 364Add to GoodreadsCan you keep a secret?⁣I grew up sick.⁣⁣Let me clarify.⁣⁣I grew up believing that real love stories include a martyr or demand great sacrifice to be worthy.⁣⁣Because of that, I believed it, because I made myself believe it, and I bred the most masochistic of romantic hearts, which resulted in my illness.⁣⁣When I lived this story, my own twisted fairy tale, it was unbeknownst to me at the time because I was young and naïve. I gave into temptation and fed the beating beast, which grew thirstier with every...

Top Ten Tuesday #301: Nature on the cover

Today's Topic: Books with Nature on the CoverHappy Tuesday! This week is about pretty nature covers and I ended up going with mostly landscapes that I thought were really pretty. I love all the woodsy vibes in these covers and they're all books I absolutely loved! Sweet Black Waves by Kristina PerezThe Magicians by Lev GrossmanThe Cold is In Her Bones by Peternelle van ArsdaleSnow & Rose by Emily Winifred MartinThe Glass Butterfly by A.G. HowardThe Madman's Daughter by Megan ShepherdThe Kiss of Deception by Mary E. PearsonWarrior of the Wild by Tricia LevensellerCrimson Bound by Rosamund HodgeThe Beast is an Animal by Peternelle...

Weekly Recap: 5/2 - 5/8

HAPPENINGS OFF THE BLOGHi, everyone! Another week of actually posting after a random week off. It's wild to me that I used to post seven days a week. How did I even do that? I don't have much of a life update this week except to say that I'm busy and I wish I was less busy. I did start watching season 8 of Catfish, which I somehow didn't realize was out. At least I have lots of episodes to binge! Shadow and Bone was great, although I certainly had some problems with it. Perhaps I'll make an in depth post with what I loved and didn't love about it soon. NEW BOOKS THIS WEEK     THIS WEEK I READ     IN...

Special editions are out of control! Updated for 2021

What was once just a post about how there were SO many editions of a few popular books has now become a feature that I update every two years. In 2017 I made my first post discussing the many editions of Caraval, Tower of Dawn, and some others. I did an update in 2019 focusing on the ever growing number of Caraval editions along with the Folk of the Air series. I've been thinking about this 2021 update for awhile but wasn't sure when or if to post it. It seems that as the years go by, people are split into a few categories: those who don't care either way, those who are annoyed with all the special editions and see them as money grabs, and those...

Top Ten Tuesday #300: Recent reads

Today's Topic: My Ten Most Recent ReadsHappy Tuesday! Today is my THREE HUNDREDTH Top Ten Tuesday post! It took me seven years to get to 300, but yay me! My reading this year has been a bit all over the place and that's apparent in these ten books. There's a bit of YA, some adult, thrillers, and graphic novels. Thankfully I didn't hate anything in this bunch! The House in the Cerulean Sea by TJ Klune (5 stars)The Sanatorium by Sarah Pearse (2.5 stars)Paper Girls: Book One by Brian K. Vaughan & Cliff Chiang (3.5 stars)The Inheritance Games by Jennifer Lynn Barnes (4 stars)Alex + Ada, Vol. 3 by Jonathan Luna & Sarah...

Mini Book Review: The Camelot Betrayal by Kiersten White

Title: The Camelot Betrayal (Camelot Rising #2)Author: Kiersten WhitePublication Date: November 10, 2020Publisher: DelacortePages: 400Add to GoodreadsReview for book 1Everything is as it should be in Camelot. King Arthur is expanding his kingdom’s influence with Queen Guinevere at his side. Yet every night, dreams of darkness and unknowable power plague her.Guinevere might have accepted her role, but she still cannot find a place for herself in all of it. The closer she gets to Brangien, pining for her lost love Isolde, Lancelot, fighting to prove her worth as Queen’s knight, and Arthur, everything to everyone and thus never quite enough for...