Title: To Cage a Wild Bird

Series: Divided Fates #1

Author: Brooke Fast

Genre: Dystopian Romantasy

Year of publication: 2025

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In the city of Dividium, the law is simple: commit a crime, and your punishment is a life sentence in Endlock.

Raven Thorne is Dividium’s most notorious bounty hunter, living on the edge of society. But when her younger brother, Jed, is sentenced to Endlock, Raven will do anything to save him—even if it means getting herself arrested.

Now trapped in a prison where danger lurks around every corner, Raven must use all her cunning and strength to protect Jed—and herself if she is to complete her perilous mission. But there’s one obstacle she never expected: the prison guard who stirs something deep inside her. The man she should hate. The man whose true motives seem impossible to pin down.

In a world where trust is a weapon and love is a liability, Raven must decide if she will risk everything to tear down a vicious system.

Bounty hunter, Raven, sets up a crime to get into Endlock Prison to try and save her brother, Jed.

Before she commits her crime, she has a chance encounter with someone who she had instant attraction with, Vale. And guess who’s also in the prison…….

I really enjoyed this book, I listened to it in a day so you know that’s the mark of a great read!

~ The rich prosper, the poor suffer
~ Absolutely vile hunts
~ Dystopian type read
~ Fight for survival
~ Found family
~ Morally grey, protective prison guard
~ Secrets
~ Insta attraction/lust/love

I liked the ending because it leaves the door open for book 2 but not with a massive cliffie! When is this being released?!

⭐ Rating: 4.5 out of 5

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Top Ten Tuesday is featured by That Artsy Reader Girl. It was born of a love of lists, a love of books, and a desire to bring bookish friends together.

Topic: Books About/Set In Places on My Bucket List

There was a similar topic a few weeks ago so some of my picks are recycled!

Denver – I’d love to meet the Rock Chicks
Treepoint, Kentucky – just to meet The Last Riders
Nova City (fictional) – The Extraordinairies
Thorn Manor, Austermeer (fictional) – Sorcery of Thorns
Oregon – Wolfsong

London 1794 – Damned
Spain – Spanish Love Deception
America – Red, White and Royal Blue
London 1878 – Infernal Devices
Russia (?) – Bear and the Nightingale (but maybe not at the mo!!)

What would be yours?

The Sunday Post is a blog news meme hosted by Caffeinated Reviewer  It’s a chance to share news, a post to recap the past week on your blog and showcase books and things we have received.

Hope you’ve had a good week!

I know in my last update I said I wanted to read my 6th book of March….but it didn’t happen!

What did happen was that I caught the virus my son had and I was fit for absolutely nothing! I crawled to my desk to work from home, logged off early and flopped into bed each day! Then on Thursday I lost my voice and it’s still not back! I think I may have laryngitis!

But I did manage to squeeze in the small last part of my audiobook!

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🎧 Your Knife, My Heart by KM Moronova
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️.5

See my review soon!

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Calendar – Hello April
Feature – March Storygraph Stats
Calendar – Happy Easter

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Review – To Cage a Wild Bird by Brooke Fast
Review – Your Knife, My Heart by KM Moronova

What have you read lately?

Happy Easter! 🐰🐣

‘Easter egg hunts are proof that children can find things when they really want.’ – unknown

‘Easter spells out beauty, the rare beauty of new life.” — S.D. Gordon

‘Easter is the only time when it’s perfectly safe to put all of your eggs in one basket.’ – Evan Esar

I always keep track of my books read in the year but, for 2026, I decided to keep track of my monthly reading stats as they help me understand my reading habits and to try and help me stay motivated.

March turned out to be a surprisingly strong reading month!

The graphic below has a page count error, am guessing because they were user added? The correct total was 3300 but, as I listened to 100% audio, I have only left the time listened below!

📖 Books read: 6
🎧 Listening time: 96 hours 42 minutes
⭐ Average rating: 4.42
🎙️ Format: All audiobooks
📚 Genre mix: All fiction, primarily romantasy

How many books did you read in March? Any faves?

‘April is the kindest month. April gets you out of your head and out working in the garden.’ ~ Marty Rubin

‘April is like a secret whispered in the woods, a hush of green and bustling life.’ ~ Sarah L. Wildes

‘April hath put a spirit of youth in everything.’ ~ William Shakespeare (Sonnet XCVIII)

HAPPY APRIL!

Hope everyone has a great month!

Top Ten Tuesday is featured by That Artsy Reader Girl. It was born of a love of lists, a love of books, and a desire to bring bookish friends together.

Topic: Buzzwords or Phrases That Makes Me Avoid a Book

I don’t have many ‘Buzzwords or Phrases’ that make me say nope…..apart from…..

Love triangle
Cheating
Erotica
Billionaire
Coming of age
Miscommunication

What are yours?

The Sunday Post is a blog news meme hosted by Caffeinated Reviewer  It’s a chance to share news, a post to recap the past week on your blog and showcase books and things we have received.

Hope you’ve had a good week!

So here we are, coming to the end of March. The clocks went forward last night and Spring is well on the way!

It’s been quite a normal week for me, really. Just work, playing Mum’s taxi, and reading!

So far in March, I’ve read five books and I’m hoping to finish a sixth by tomorrow. I’m really pleased with my total pages read… a mammoth 3300 pages read! (That’s mammoth for me!!)

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🎧 Shield of Sparrows by Devney Perry
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️.5

🎧 To Cage a Wild Bird by Brooke Fast
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️.5

See my reviews soon!

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Review – The Dark Lords Guide to Dating by Tiffany Hunt
Review – Shield of Sparrows by Devney Perry

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Calendar – Hello April
Feature – March Storygraph Stats

What have you read lately?

Title: Shield of Sparrows

Series: Shield of Sparrows #1

Author: Devney Perry

Genre: High Stakes Romantasy

Year of publication: 2025

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QUOTE

‘Only fools and liars burn books.’

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The gods sent monsters to the five kingdoms to remind mortals they must kneel.

I’ve spent my life kneeling―to their will and to my father’s. As a princess, my only duty is to wear the crown and obey the king.

I was never meant to rule. Never meant to fight. And I was never supposed to be the daughter who sealed an ancient treaty with her own blood.

But that changed the fateful day I stepped into my father’s throne room. The day a legendary monster hunter sailed to our shores. The day a prince ruined my life.

Now I’m crossing treacherous lands beside a warrior who despises me as much as I despise him―bound to a future I didn’t choose and a husband I barely know.

Everyone wants me to be something I’m not―a queen, a spy, a sacrifice.

But what if I refused the role chosen for me? What if I made my own rules? What if there’s power in being underestimated?

And what if―for the first time―I reached for it?

Despite owning this author’s MC series, I’d never actually read her work before — but I can safely say this won’t be my last! As a romantasy lover, this book ticked every box for me!

A marriage born from an ancient treaty, an overlooked princess, creepy priests, plenty of monsters, a prince, and a seriously hot character known as The Guardian… does it get any better than that?!!

The story was packed with action, banter, and a slow-burn romance that was absolutely delicious.

I was completely hooked from start to finish.I even managed to guess one of the big reveals about three-quarters of the way through — which never happens, because my predictions are usually way off!

And that ending… what the heck?! I need the next book immediately.

⭐ Rating: 4.5 out of 5

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