Knight and MothBlood and Steel4th WingHouse in Cerulean Sea
• Chauncey (The House in the Cerulean Sea) – love that green blob! • Liam Mairi (Fourth Wing) – loyal, lovely – say no more 😭 • Manon Blackbeak (Throne of Glass) – ruthless and 100% compelling – I love her! • Kip (Ashes/Legends of Thezmarr) – charming, humorous, cunning and loyal. • Bartholomew (Knight and the Moth) – gargoyle, funny and utterly sweet.
• Sevro (Red Rising) – v strange, fierce and loyal friend.
🥀 Witches and Vampires 🏫 Politicial Intrigue 💫 Arcane Magic
The Witch in the Dead of Night by Charlotte Buckley
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Finn Erramun hides a perilous secret. One of the last witches in the kingdom, she was cast out from her village and now works as a maid in the opulent court of the vampire King Mordric, under the cover of shadows and secrets.
But when King Mordric uncovers Finn’s talents, he offers her a chance for redemption: master her magic by the summer solstice, and she may earn a coveted seat on his council. Assigned to train her is Prince Enhart, the king’s captivatingly arrogant younger brother…
As Finn is drawn into a whirlwind of courtly intrigue, power plays, and dangerous temptation, she finds herself at a crossroads. To secure her place among the king’s elite, she must navigate a labyrinth of treachery – and the vampires of Valen may not crave blood, but their thirst for power is no less consuming…
(Note – after I’d made this I realised I was looking at the wrong months topics…but I didn’t want to waste it!!)
Sorcery and Small Magics Servant of earth PlierFourth Wing Zodiac Academy
Sorcery and Small Magics by Maiga Doocy Servant of Earth by Sarah Hawley Plier by Jane Washington Fourth Wing by Rebecca Yarros Zodiac Academy by Caroline Peckham
Fallen GodsRavenousNightshade Daybreak MatePrincess of Blood BookbinderBonds of Hercules
1 Princess of Blood by Sarah Hawley 2 Bonds of Hercules by Jasmine Mas 3 Nightshade by Autumn Woods 4 Ravenous by Kresley Cole 5 From Blood and Ash by JLA 6 Fallen Gods by Rachel Van Dyken 7 The Book Binder by Helen Scheuerer 8 Mate by Ali Hazelwood 9 Daybreak by Autumn Woods 10 A Witches Guide to Magical Innkeeping by Sangu Mandanna
It’s been seven years since Mallory shot to fame as a literary sensation. But after years of struggling with writer’s block, she’s desperate to resurrect her career before it spirals into obscurity. She needs inspiration to strike – and fast.
GO SAD
Enter Leo – a young struggling addict sleeping under bridges and trading sex for survival. He’s vulnerable. He’s enigmatic. He’s exactly what Mallory has been looking for.
GO DARK
Mallory needs Leo if she wants another bestseller. Authenticity sells, and there’s nothing more authentic than real life. She’s the perfect person to tell Leo’s story. Gay, sad, dark – just what the world needs right now. But as secrets threaten to unravel more than just her career, Mallory must decide: just how far will she go to pen the perfect story?
Wow. Words fail me.
And it’s very good that this didn’t happen to the author in this book because it is SUPERB!!!!
I have read all the books from this author so I shouldn’t be surprised because they are all so good. They all feel so real and so raw.
Mallory – a writer with writers block Leo – addict who can’t get out Ronan – Mallory’s husband Stacey – Mallory’s Mum
Mallory meets Leo and a book idea pops into her head. And what ensues is dark humour, devastation (mine!), anger (again mine!) and made me want to grab Mallory and Leo and crush them with a massive hug.
I don’t even know what more to say apart from please, please, please read this!
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Topic: Authors Who Live In My Country
This week is meant to be Bookish Places I’ve Visited but my mind went blank so I’ve changed it up!!!
VE Schwab SF Williamson Caroline Peckham Genevieve Cogman Josh Silver
I admit I did have issues knowing what authors I’d read who actually live in England….so I’m reaching with the next ones!
Jane Austin Charles Dickens William Shakespeare Mary Shelley Emily Bronte
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Hope you’ve had a good week!
What a week! Our 5th heatwave has gone, my overtime has now finished and I’m left feeling mentally exhausted and tired! I was so ready for a relaxing weekend!
My son got his GCSE results and he passed, woohoo!!! Another weight off my mind! He has an interview on Tuesday for an apprenticeship so cross fingers it goes well!
I’ve also got a new visitor in my garden so bought him some walnuts!
🎧 Weavingshaw by Heba Al-Wasity ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
See my review soon!
Book Review – Day Break by Autumn Woods Book Review – A Witches Guide to Magical Innkeeping by Sangu Mandanna
Book Review – Fruit Fly by Josh Silver Challenge – 20 Books of Summer
Once, Sera Swan was one of the most powerful witches in Britain – until she sacrificed most of her magic to resurrect her beloved aunt. Now she runs an enchanted inn in Lancashire, where she deals with her quirky guests’ shenanigans and longs for a future that seems entirely lost.
Then she meets Luke Larsen, the handsome and icy magical historian who could hold the key to restoring her power. Luke has no interest in the inn’s goings-on or letting a certain witch past his walls, so no one is more surprised than he when he agrees to help. Worse, he might actually be thawing.
But as the two work together alongside the family Sera has built, she begins to wonder . . . could love be the best magic of all?
Fifteen years ago, Sera lost most of her magic and was exiled after using forbidden magic but what she got out of it was her Aunt, The Battyhole Inn (the best name ever!) and some pretty spectacular guests if you ask me!
Now, news has turned up about a spell that could replenish the magic Sera lost. Who also turns up at the Inn is Luke and his adorable sister, Posy. So….they set about finding the stuffs that she needs for the spell.
What you have here is a story about redemption, finding yourself but standing up for what’s right and realising what you had all along was just….enough.
~ Cozy fantasy ~ Double grumpy energy! ~ Found family ~ An amazing skeleton animal companion ~ Emotionally darker than the previous book ~ A cute love story
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