Fairyloot YA – May 2024

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Is there anything better than spending your time surrounded by the smell of aged parchment, and walking amongst row upon row of leather-bound books? Come step into the world of literature, art, and history as we discover hidden truths and uncover conspiracies in this pursuit of greater knowledge!

Items inspired by A Study in Drowning, The Atlas Six, the book of the month and fandom neutral items.

🖤 The Atlas Six Cushion Cover designed by @avendellart
🖤 Secret Book designed by @chattynora
🖤 Enamel Pin inspired by A Study in Drowning, designed by @layla_ashtar_shrine
🖤 Temptation of Magic Glasses Case designed by @julie.reinhart_
🖤 Dark Academia Page Tabs designed by @littleforestcat

🖤 BOOK OF THE MONTH 🖤

The Temptation of Magic by Megan Scott

🖤 An EXCLUSIVE REDESIGNED COVER
🖤 A REVERSIBLE DUST JACKET by @polarts_
🖤 A DIGITALLY SPRAYED EDGE with a solid sprayed top and bottom edge
🖤 FOIL ON THE HARDCOVER by @no0nedesigns
🖤 FOILED CHARACTER ART ON THE ENDPAPERS by @polarts_ (different front and back)
🖤 EXCLUSIVE BONUS CONTENT with a digital signature and an author letter bound in the book

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 on My Summer 2024 To-Read List

Daydream by Hannah Grace 
Dead Happy by Josh Silver
Shadowstitch by Cari Thomas
Behind the Seams by Dolly Parton
Dragon Rider by Taran Matharu

The Spellshop by Sarah Beth Durst
The Curse of Sins by Kate Dramis
The Pairing by Casey McQuiston
The Blood Orchid by Kylie Lee Baker

What would you choose?

Title: Dead Happy

Series: HappyHead #2

Author: Josh Silver

Friends. Welcome to Elmhallow.

Seb, along with a select group of participants, finds himself washed up on an isolated island called Elmhallow, under the guardianship of a mysterious couple. As the experiment steps up another level, Seb is forced to team up with Eleanor once more.

But where is Finn? And what does HappyHead have in store for them next?

I loved HappyHead but now we go from the HappyHead facility to the next challenge……

‘Friends. Welcome to Elmhallow.’

Back with Seb, Eleanor and Finn but now with the addition of the frankly odd camp counsellors (!), Artemis and Ares!

This duology is pure gold. Totally unlike anything I’ve ever read, dare I say, unique?!

I can totally recommend the audio, twas amazing, the narrator knocked it out the park!

That ending.
Made my heart squeeze.
Absolutely fabulous!

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 busy at work this week that my head is spinning!

Book wise, I wasn’t planning to plough through Darkmore Penitentiary, was going to leave book 3 until later in July when the next book comes out…but I couldn’t resist!

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New Arrivals

When the Moon Hatched by Sarah A Parker
Not in Love by Ali Hazelwood

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What I’ve Read

🎧 Dead Happy by Josh Silver
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

Alpha Wolf by Caroline Peckham
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

Feral Wolf by Caroline Peckham
⭐️⭐️⭐️

Look out for my reviews soon!

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You might have missed…..

Feature – July releases I’ve got my eye on
Review – Elusive by Genevieve Cogman

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What have you read lately?

Here’s what’s tantalising me that’s releasing in July (that I may have preordered!!)

I’m not sure if my preorder list skills are going wrong but I only have 2 books that I want (or maybe need!!!)

The Undermining of Twyla and Frank by Megan Bannen
Au Pair Affair by Tessa Bailey

Will you be getting any of these?

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.

THEME: Bookish Wishes

I don’t normally do stuff like this as it feels a bit grabby but I couldn’t think of another topic so I’m doing it!!!

Artsy Reader Girl says:

This is a popular thing to do on Twitter, but today we’re blog hopping. Include a link to a wishlist so that people can grant your wish. After you post, jump around the Linky and grant a wish or two if you’d like.

So my Amazon wishlist is here: https://amzn.to/3cBROSV

I’ll be hopping about and will grant a wish (or maybe 2!)

Title: Elusive

Series: Scarlet Revolution #2

Author: Genevieve Cogman

Revolutionary France is full of blood and bite as vampires plot for power.

Eleanor, once a lowly English maid, is now a member of the League of the Scarlet Pimpernel, know for their daring deeds and recusing aristocrat vampires from the guillotine.

This time, Eleanor and the League are investigating the disappearance of Charles-Maurice de Talleyrand, the notorious French statesman and diplomat. But they soon uncover two vampire parties feuding for power and learn Talleyrand’s disppearance is part of a bigger, more dangerous scheme that will throw France into bloody chaos.

We pick back up with Eleanor nearly where we left off, deep in with the League of the Scarlett Pimpernel and the Blakeneys.

Percy is missing in France whilst looking for a diplomat that has gone missing and Eleanor finds herself back there, spying!

I enjoyed this more than the first book, in fact I was totally hooked, full of action and drama!

A few observations from me:

~ Loved all the historical information,
~ I enjoyed how Eleanor is growing,
~ In book 1 I found the Anima part very strange but now it makes so much more sense….and I love it!
~ Charles….oh Charles…how he found a ‘loophole’ I love him! Honestly what happened with love in that day and age was criminal!

Cant wait for book 3! London baby!

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?

It was a busy week at work for me as I’ve been given 4 new projects to manage so I feel mentally tired now!

I finally finished the last Zodiac Academy book! It took me 2 weeks to read the 1153 pages!

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New Arrivals

I actually screamed when I opened this!

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What I’ve Read

Zodiac Academy 9 by Caroline Peckham
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

Caged Wolf by Caroline Peckham
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

Look out for my reviews soon!

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You might have missed…..

Review – Relever by Jane Washington
Review – The Last Phi Hunter by Salinee Goldenberg

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What have you read lately?

Title: The Last Phi Hunter

Author: Salinee Goldenberg

Ambitious Phi Hunter and perpetual lone wolf, Ex, finds his road to glory interrupted when a heavily pregnant runaway enlists his help to escape through the ghost-infected forest…

Ex, the youngest member of the Phi Hunters Order, has spent his life slaying the ghosts and demons of Suyoram Kingdom. While he takes great pride in his mystical trade, collecting dwindling bounties and peddling butchered spirit organs lacks the glory he craves. He’s determined to hunt down Shar-Ala, a demon of nightmares, of madness – who has eluded even Ex’s masters.

In a provincial village along the way, Arinya, a charming muay-boran champion, saves him from an ass-kicking, despite being nine months pregnant. In return, she asks him to escort her through the dangerous, spirit-filled forest, where ghosts salivate over the scent of the unborn.

But as more of Arinya’s secrets emerge, and the elusive demon nears, Ex must face dangers from both men and monsters, or lose not only the respect of the Phi Hunters, but the Hunters themselves, along with the woman he’s trying not to fall in love with.

Firstly, let me say this cover is stunning!

Ex is a young phi hunter who comes upon a very pregnant woman, Arinya, who asks for his help getting through the spirit forest.

What follows is probably one of the most unique stories I’ve read! It was quite gory in places too! 

I did find the first half a bit slow going but the romance was so beautiful that I couldn’t stop reading! Utterly beautiful!

The writing was so good and the way the characters were written made me fall in love with them, especially Ex!

Cant wait to see more from this author!