Title: Ravensong

Series: Green Creek #2

Author: TJ Klune

Gordo Livingstone never forgot the lessons carved into his skin. Hardened by the betrayal of a pack who left him behind, he sought solace in the garage in his tiny mountain town, vowing never again to involve himself in the affairs of wolves.

It should have been enough.

And it was, until the wolves came back, and with them, Mark Bennett. In the end, they faced the beast together as a pack… and won.

Now, a year later, Gordo has found himself once again the witch of the Bennett pack. Green Creek has settled after the death of Richard Collins, and Gordo constantly struggles to ignore Mark and the song that howls between them.

But time is running out. Something is coming. And this time, it’s crawling from within.

Some bonds, no matter how strong, were made to be broken.

Oh wow! What an emotional rollercoaster!

I loved Gordo in Wolfsong, he’s brash, grumpy and not up for any tom foolery!

This book was filled with dark humour, drama, action and made me have a lump in my throat in a few places!

Also I loved:
~ The flashbacks
~ Gordos heartache after heartache
~ Found family
~ Bambi – she’s my new favourite person
~ Mark – my heart!
~ Ox – I still love him
~ The wooden raven
~ The moment when Gordo realises it’s time
~ The singing of the wolves
~ The hate/love romance

‘But the funny thing about hate is the razor-thin line that separates it from something else entirely.’

And lastly, the timber wolf and that ending, can’t wait to see what happens next! Oh and pack, pack, pack!

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.

Hi everyone, hope you’ve had a good week?

August has arrived, we’re back from holiday and I’m back to work! Now the countdown to our next holiday on Friday!

It’s school holidays here but it’s been a busy week of doctor appointments, blood tests, an office day and I got my hair cut, I even had some fancy highlights put in for the summer!

It’s been a slower reading week for me but that’s what I was aiming for. Dropping down a gear and get back that love of books instead of seeing it like a job to speed through!

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New Arrivals

Yellowface by RF Kuang

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What I’ve Read

A Court of Thorns and Roses by Sarah J Maas
Reread – ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

🎧 Ravensong by TJ Klune
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

🎧 Prince Philip Revealed by Ingrid Seward
⭐️⭐️⭐️.5

Look out for my reviews soon!

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You might have missed…..

Feature – Christmas in July Review – Malice by Heather Walter
Review – Bryony and Roses by T Kingfisher

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What have you read lately?

Title: Bryony and Roses

Author: T Kingfisher

Bryony and her sisters have come down in the world. Their merchant father died trying to reclaim his fortune and left them to eke out a living in a village far from their home in the city.

But when Bryony is caught in a snowstorm and takes refuge in an abandoned manor, she stumbles into a house full of dark enchantments. Is the Beast that lives there her captor, or a fellow prisoner? Is the house her enemy or her ally? And why are roses blooming out of season in the courtyard?

Armed only with gardening shears and her wits, Bryony must untangle the secrets of the house before she—or the Beast—are swallowed by them.

A Beauty and the Beast retelling by one of my new fave authors!

It’s pretty faithful to the original tale: Bryony gets lost in a snow storm and stumbles into a large house where the beast lives and he gets her to stay and she tends the garden as a sort of hostage in a ruse to help him break the curse

I loved the poems, the dreams, the falling in love and the humorous and sarcastic comments!

That bit at the end was different….and I’m not sure how I feel about it! But I think I like it!

Title: Malice

Series: Malice duology

Author: Heather Walter

Once upon a time, there was a wicked fairy who, in an act of vengeance, cursed a line of princesses to die. A curse that could only be broken by true love’s kiss.

You’ve heard this before, haven’t you? The handsome prince. The happily-ever-after.

Utter nonsense.

Let me tell you, no one in Briar actually cares about what happens to its princesses. Not the way they care about their jewels and elaborate parties and charm-granting elixirs. I thought I didn’t care, either.

Until I met her.

Princess Aurora. The last heir to Briar’s throne. Kind. Gracious. The future queen her realm needs. One who isn’t bothered that I am Alyce, the Dark Grace, abhorred and feared for the mysterious dark magic that runs in my veins. Humiliated and shamed by the same nobles who pay me to bottle hexes and then brand me a monster. Aurora says I should be proud of my gifts. That she . . . cares for me. Even though it was a power like mine that was responsible for her curse.

But with less than a year until that curse will kill her, any future I might see with Aurora is swiftly disintegrating—and she can’t stand to kiss yet another insipid prince. I want to help her. If my power began her curse, perhaps it’s what can lift it. Perhaps, together, we could forge a new world.

Nonsense again.

Because we all know how this story ends, don’t we? Aurora is the beautiful princess. And I—

I am the villain.

A sapphic sleeping beauty retelling – and it was glorious!

Alyce, aka Malice, meets Princess Aurora who has a curse and…..something….blooms between them!

Alyce is perceived as evil, the villain, because of her powers but is she really the villain? A chance meeting with the Princess sets them about trying to break her curse, amongst other things,  but as you can imagine, it all goes wrong!

I listened to this and can totally recommend the audio! The world building and the magic system were amazing! I truly loved Alyce and also loved the spin the author put on this fairy tale!

I think there is a book 2 so I’m off to look for that and I’m still saying to myself, who needs a Prince when you’ve got Malice?!

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: Backlist Titles

My tbr pile is soooo large that it’s embarrassing! I was mortified to find out I have 2 books on there that I purchased the day they were released in 2012 and 2013 that I still havent read!!!!!

To Have and to Hoax by Martha Waters
Graceling by Kristin Cashore
The Hating Game by Sally Thorne
The Rose Code by Kate Quinn
Once Upon A Broken Heart by Stephanie Garber

Ghosts and Reincarnation series by Kristen Ashley

I’ve actually read 2 of these (and these are the ones from 2012/13!)

What’s on your list?

Just a little post to wish you a happy August!

“Leaving any bookstore is hard, especially on a day in August, when the street outside burns and glares, and the books inside are cool and crisp to the touch.” ―Jane Smiley

“Breathe the sweetness that hovers in August.” ―Denise Levertov

I couldn’t let July go by without posting something about Christmas in July so I’m just sneaking in, barely!!!!

Normally I post about Christmas in July celebrations but I’ve done that for a few years now so I’m changing tack to another popular thing (well on Netgally anyway!)……Christmas books!

Here are a few Christmas books that I’ve seen are releasing soon! Will you be getting any of these?

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.

Hi everyone, hope you’ve had a good week?

We’ve been to the beach this week and now am back to a mountain of washing!

It was a bit of a dud week because my son was really unwell starting the 2nd day and he wasn’t well enough to go anywhere as he had a fever, so we spent 3 days in the accommodation! That meant I did get to read quite a bit as he was asleep for most of it, silver lining!

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New Arrivals

I haven’t opened my post yet so will update next week!!!

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What I’ve Read

🎧 Never a Hero by Vanessa Len
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

🎧 Mindbreaker by Kate Dylan
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

Bookshops and Bonedust by Travis Baldree
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

Look out for my reviews soon!

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You might have missed…..

ARC Review – Sword Catcher by Cassandra Clare
Review – Threads That Bind by Kika Hatzopoulou

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What have you read lately?

Title: Threads That Bind

Series: Threads That Bind #1

Author: Kika Hatzopoulou

In a world where the children of the gods inherit their powers, a descendant of the Greek Fates must solve a series of impossible murders to save her sisters, her soulmate, and her city.

Descendants of the Fates are always born in threes: one to weave, one to draw, and one to cut the threads that connect people to the things they love and to life itself. The Ora sisters are no exception. Io, the youngest, uses her Fate-born abilities as a private investigator in the half-sunken city of Alante.

But her latest job leads her to a horrific discovery: somebody is abducting women, maiming their life-threads, and setting the resulting wraiths loose in the city to kill. To find the culprit, she must work alongside Edei Rhuna, the right hand of the infamous Mob Queen—and the boy with whom she shares a rare fate-thread linking them as soul mates before they’ve even met.

But the investigation turns personal when Io’s estranged oldest sister turns up on the arm of her best suspect. Amid unveiled secrets from her past and her growing feelings for Edei, Io must follow clues through the city’s darkest corners and unearth a conspiracy that involves some of the city’s most powerful players—before destruction comes to her own doorstep.

Io is descended from the Fates, a cutter, someone who can follow a persons threads. She works as a PI in the half-sunken city of Alante until a job goes a bit wrong and she is thrown together with a mob boss and her 2nd, Edei. He is her destiny…but he doesn’t know!

‘Her fated thread.
The boy she was destined to Love’

Together they investigate some strange murders that have been happening and literally, it all kicks off! I suspected so many people, the author is so good at planting seeds! My last guess was right!!!

This was an action packed mystery with a lovely romance and the last part had me holding my breath, the crescendo was magnificent!

‘What I can tell you with absolute clarity, is this: if I had the choice, I would still choose you.’

Now I need book 2, apparently out in summer 2024!