I couldn’t resist.
I love Fairyloot.
I love the Caraval series.
And it’s my birthday in May.
SO HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO ME!!!!
Apparently there will be 8-10 items and the edition of Finale will be a FairyLoot exclusive!
EXCLUSIVE COVER ✔
HIDDEN COVER ✔
SPECIAL SPRAYED EDGES ✔
STENCIL DESIGN ✔
SIGNED ✔
MATCHES UK EDITIONS ✔
Anyone else ordered the Finale box?
This author is just superb. Everything I have read of hers, I have loved.
So what’s a girl to do?
You beg to be on her review team!
Dashiell Thane wasn’t a nice guy.
He was an abrasive, demanding, conniving, intolerable brat.
Yet somehow, we’d been best friends our whole lives.
Until our senior year when I finally decided to dip my toes into the dating pool.All it took was one kiss for jealousy, lies, and betrayal to sweep in and propel us heart first into dizzying, hostile depths.
You’re not supposed to kiss your best friend.
You’re definitely not supposed to kiss your best friend while you’re dating someone else.
And the absolute worst thing you could do is fall for your best friend.
Unless, of course, you want to ruin everything.
February – Beauty and the Beast
I was so excited when I heard what this month’s theme was, I mean who doesn’t think about the library every time this is mentioned!!!!
When I opened the box my eyes got wide and I did a little scream of delight!
A sparkly tumbler with an enchanted rose design designed by Taratjah and KDP Letters. I’m taking this to work to drink my squash from!!
A ceramic trinket dish with a quote from Beauty and the Beast designed by Drop and Give Me Nerdy. Perfect to hold my rings in on my dresser!
Tea with Mrs Potts roll on perfume by Little Hearts Gifts. Tea and vanilla flavour! I haven’t actually smelt it yet as I have a stinking cold still and nothing is getting through yet!!!
Enchanted Rose Enamel pin by IceyDesigns. I love, love, love it!!!!
Belle print by @amaretta So, so beautiful.
Wall tapestry by Sweet Sequels and features a dancing scene from Beauty and the Beast.
This sucker is HUGE and very pretty. I don’t hang wall tapestrys but I’m going to put this over my bed!
Book of the month
A Curse So Dark and Lonely by Brigid Kemmerer.
A Fairyloot exclusive edition with a silky ribbon bookmark and has a rose shaped signed bookplate.
I haven’t read this book yet so am going to join in on the readalong on 18 March.
Do you get Fairyloot? What was your favourite item?
I thought I’d do something new (well new to me!!)
There is nothing I like more than a matching set! For books I love matching bookish items and candles are by far my favourite thing!
However it’s a catch 22 situation with my bookish candles as I want them….but I don’t want to burn them!!!!
Anyway, this month’s book and a candle is…….
The Folk of the Air series by Holly Black
The Cruel Prince
For this book I bought the Prince Cardan candle by Meraki Candles. It’s clove, oak, moss, leather, black pepper and pine flavour! I wonder if Cardan really smells like that!!!!
The Wicked King
I got my copy and the candle from Fae Crate. The candle is called Underwater Oaths and it’s made by Burning Bright Library. The description reads sea kelp, untamed waves and filtered sunlight. I just love that!
Do you have bookish items that you need with your books?
Tell me all (and I might start a new obsession!)
I thought I would a do a few top 5’s this year and this jumped out at me! Shanah at the Bionic Book Worm always has fabulous topics and you can find her March’s here.
You will need to forgive me for a couple of things, firstly I’m new to the top 5 game so bear with me as I find my feet and secondly for the rubbish photos below! I’m not the greatest (as you can see!) but am hoping that practice makes perfect!!!!
I was worried that my picks weren’t imaginative enough but I love them for different reasons……let me explain!
A Court of Frost & Starlight by Sarah J Maas
I couldn’t not include a Sarah book! This series holds a special place in my heart and it’s something I have reread many times.
Caraval by Stephanie Garber
Look at the beautifulness of that spine……and what a series so far!
Roar by Cora Cormack
I am so fortunate to have great book friends. My friend met Cora at a book signing and she got me this signed copy. Also she included a Stormheart and also recorded a video with Cora in it for me! I was so happy and it’s something I’ll treasure forever.
Heart of Thorns by Bree Barton
Firstly sorry for the crap picture! I actually haven’t read this book yet but I just am in love with this spine!
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets by JK Rowling
Not only am I obsessed with all things Harry, this series got me through quite a bad time in my life and also I found out that this copy is a very early edition (which I would never sale!) My copy is a little beaten up but look at that spine!
So Tijan reads are always great so I needed this in my life.
Tijan ✔
Mafia ✔
And Kai Bennett ❤
There were always whispers about my roommate at Hillcrest Academy.
The wealthiest of the wealthy sent their kids to our boarding school, and Brooke Bennett had been at the top, though I never quite knew why. She was fun and outgoing, but she kept quiet about her family. The only things she showed me were photographs of her brothers.
I became fascinated with her second-oldest brother. Kai Bennett.
He was the most of them all. Smoldering. Hypnotic. Alluring.
Kai had eyes that pulled me in and a face that haunted my dreams.
Then I met him.
He came to our school with their father, and that’s when I learned what kind of family Brooke came from. They were mafia, and Brooke’s oldest brother was dead. Her father said accident, but Brooke said murder.
Three months later, her father died, and Kai became the head of the Bennett Family. Brooke left Hillcrest for good, and that was the last time I saw her.
Fourteen years later, I’m staring at her face on the television. Brooke is missing.
Two days later, Kai Bennett kidnaps me.
Kai Bennett *insert girly screams* I swooned, I gasped, I was positively giddy!
Kai is the man who has it all, the world in his hands, controls it all.
‘You may hate me.
You may loathe me.
But you goddamn want me.’
Oh gawd Kai, yes I do!
But he can’t control everything it seems. His sister, Brooke, is missing and former roomie, Riley Bello finds herself Kai’s prisoner…….
Its full of chemistry, drama and was so addicting. I couldn’t put it down! It was a great read!
Welcome to The Weekly Epilogue!
Hope you all had a good week?
I started the week with a stinking cold, it has not been pleasant! I also found out that due to the celiac disease I have my vitamin D levels are also very low so I’ve started supplements and am praying for sunshine so I can get out there!!!!
This week on the blog was:
My review of Slayer by Kiersten White
February update for The Ultimate Reading Challenge
Update for Fantastic February
February’s Stacking the Shelves
My March reading list
The Hermit by Cora Brent (arc) – see my review here.
Bennett Mafia by Tijan (arc) – see my review here.
Never Contented Things by Sarah Porter
Kiss and Break Up by Ella Fields – arc (no cover yet)
How was your reading week?
What books did you read?
It’s now the start of the 3rd month of the year and I still haven’t read any books from my Beat the Backlist challenge. And it’s my own fault!! I can’t stop requesting arcs…….and March isn’t any different! I’ve promised myself that May, June and July will be months just for my tbr!!!
Here are the books I want (and need!) to read in March (if you click on the cover it will take you to the blurb on Amazon):
Never Contented Things by Sarah Porter
Knights Lady by Bella Jewel
Wicked Saints by Emily A Duncan
Also, ones currently without pre-order/covers are:
Tristan by Cora Brent
Kiss and Break Up by Ella Fields
Enthralled by Gianna Darling
If I can get a couple of my tbr reads in there I’ll probably go for
Shadow and Bone by Leigh Bardugo
The Storm Crow by Kalyn Josephson
What are you reading in March?
I hope it’s a great month for you!
Stacking The Shelves is hosted at Tynga’s Reviews & Reading Reality. It’s all about sharing the books you are adding to your shelves, may it be physical or virtual. This means you can include books you buy in physical store or online, books you borrow from friends or the library, review books, gifts and of course ebooks!
After my total overspend in January, I tried to be good….and it worked out (although I’m still sobbing over the fact that I haven’t got King of Scars yet but as its £10 and I need to pull my spending back a bit, I’ll need to wait to get it)!
Free by Kristen Ashley
Take Me with you Nina G Jones
The Foxhole Court by Nora Sakavic
The Fever King by Victoria Lee (Kindle first read)
Only Work, No Play by Cora Reilly
Kill Switch by Penelope Douglas
Bennett Mafia by Tijan
Twisted Pride by Cora Reilly (beta and no cover yet)
What books did you get in February?
CJRTB Books 