How far would you go to achieve your goals? Would you abandon your moral compass? Tread the line between good and evil? This box is dedicated to the characters whose motives are questionable, but their goals are clear… and they will stop at nothing to reach them!
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BOOK OF THE MONTH
City of Nightmares by Rebecca Schaeffer
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Raised to be my father’s weapon against the Coven that took away his sister and his birthright, I would do anything to protect my younger brother from suffering the same fate. My duty forces me to the secret town of Crystal Hollow and the prestigious Hollow’s Grove University—where the best and brightest of my kind learn to practice their magic free from human judgment.
There are no whispered words here. No condemnation for the blood that flows through my veins. The only animosity I face comes from the beautiful and infuriating Headmaster, Alaric Grayson Thorne, a man who despises me just as much as I loathe him and everything he stands for.
But that doesn’t mean secrets don’t threaten to tear the school in two. No one talks about the bloody massacre that forced it to close decades prior, only the opportunity it can afford to those fortunate enough to attend.
Because for the first time in fifty years, the Coven will open its wards to the Thirteen.
Thirteen promising students destined to change the world.
If the ghosts of Hollow’s Groves’ victims don’t kill them first.
Dark, delish and full of witchey goodness and vamps!
Willow goes to Hollows Grove University on a mission….but she gets more than she bargained for in headmaster Alaric Grayson Thorne, aka Gray.
I can’t say too much about the plot without the dreaded spoilers but I will say it’s full of the best S’s….secrets, surprises and schexy times!
It also has my fave character ever in and I (internally) shrieked with joy…but my lips are sealed!
If you love adult, dark, paranormal/fantasy with a good plot, fleshed out characters, tension and spice, then this is the book for you! I need to know what happens next!
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?
It’s been a busy week! My car was serviced, there was a 2 day teacher strike, I had to hunt down gluten free gravy granules and I had an office day! And to top it off some reform changes came in work that we were not expecting and we had to scramble so I am mentally worn out! Today is Mothers Day in the UK and got some nice chocolates I’m going to munch on soon and relax!
Shadow and Bone season 2 came out this week, I didn’t managed to watch any in the week but caught up on a couple yesterday!
What I’ve Read
Violet Made of Thorns by Gina Chen ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
🎧 Waters Wrath by Elise Kova ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
🎧 Beyond the Wand by Tom Felton ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
🎧 Winter of the Witch by Katherine Arden ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
New arrivals
Song of Silver, Flame Like Night by Amelie Wen Zhao
City of Nightmares by Rebecca Schaeffer
You might have missed…..
Review – Never Never by CoHo and Tarryn Fisher Review – A Dowry Of Blood by ST Gibson Feature – Books I want releasing April Review – The Adventures of Amina al-Sirafi by SA Chakraborty
Amina al-Sirafi should be content. After a storied and scandalous career as one of the Indian Ocean’s most notorious pirates, she’s survived backstabbing rogues, vengeful merchant princes, several husbands, and one actual demon to retire peacefully with her family to a life of piety, motherhood, and absolutely nothing that hints of the supernatural.
But when she’s tracked down by the obscenely wealthy mother of a former crewman, she’s offered a job no bandit could refuse: retrieve her comrade’s kidnapped daughter for a kingly sum. The chance to have one last adventure with her crew, do right by an old friend, and win a fortune that will secure her family’s future forever? It seems like such an obvious choice that it must be God’s will.
Yet the deeper Amina dives, the more it becomes alarmingly clear there’s more to this job, and the girl’s disappearance, than she was led to believe. For there’s always risk in wanting to become a legend, to seize one last chance at glory, to savor just a bit more power… and the price might be your very soul.
‘For there’s always risk in wanting to become a legend, to seize one last chance at glory, to savor just a bit more power… and the price might be your very soul.’
Oh this was like a breath of fresh air!
A 40 something ex-pirate, now full time mum, is hired for one last job and it was such fun!
Back on the sea with her old crew, Dalila, Majed, Tinbu, a useless ship’s cat and Raksh on a rescue mission. But it all takes a turn for the worst!
It was full of action, diverse characters, magic and fantastical creatures!
Amina was so relatable, especially about her dodgy, weak knee and the love for her daughter.
My favorite however was Raksh. I can’t really say much about him but when you read, come back and tell me how right I am!
Another character that captured my heart was the Scribe. Again, read this and tell me how right I am!
This is my last love letter to you, though some would call it a confession. . .
Saved from the brink of death by a mysterious stranger, Constanta is transformed from a medieval peasant into a bride fit for an undying king. But when Dracula draws a cunning aristocrat and a starving artist into his web of passion and deceit, Constanta realizes that her beloved is capable of terrible things.
Finding comfort in the arms of her rival consorts, she begins to unravel their husband’s dark secrets. With the lives of everyone she loves on the line, Constanta will have to choose between her own freedom and her love for her husband. But bonds forged by blood can only be broken by death.
‘My saviour. My teacher. My guiding light in the dark.’
Constanta is ‘saved’ and made a vampire when her village in Romania was attacked and she was savagely beaten and left for dead.
This story is the tale of her life and her love letter to ‘him’, her maker.
Constanta Magdaleine Alexi Him.
The writing was beautiful, almost haunting, all the characters, fleshed out, and I fell in love with them, all of them forced and then found family. It was utterly beautiful.
‘We are children of the same rotten family, survivors of the same intimate war. We will always be lovers, for ever bonded, scross distance and time.’
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 Spring 2023 To-Read List
My physical tbr is out of control, it’s moved from 1 shelf to 2 so I need to do something about it! These books are on my tbr that I want to read soon!
Song of Silver, Flame Like Night by Amelie Wen Zhao The Raven Spell by Luanne G Smith Stars and Smoke by Marie Lu Cruel Illusions by Margie Fuston Last Tale of the Flowerbride by Roshani Chokshi
The #1 New York Times bestselling author of It Starts with Us joins forces with the New York Times bestselling author of The Wives. Together, they have created a gripping, twisty, romantic mystery unlike any other.
Charlie Wynwood and Silas Nash have been best friends since they could walk. They’ve been in love since the age of fourteen. But as of this morning…they are complete strangers. Their first kiss, their first fight, the moment they fell in love…every memory has vanished. Now Charlie and Silas must work together to uncover the truth about what happened to them and why.
But the more they learn about the couple they used to be…the more they question why they were ever together to begin with. Forgetting is terrifying, but remembering may be worse.
‘I have no past. I have no past.’ ‘Never stop. Never forget.’
Silas and Charlie have lost some of their memories. They know they were a couple so they start to piece back together who they were together and apart.
They find out things weren’t good, there was tons of family drama and they actually weren’t great people!
I guess you could call this a romance mystery? But I actually enjoyed the concept! I had my theories and they were wrong!!!!! I don’t quite know how I feel about actually why things happened though – I need to mull it over!!!!
The epilogue made me think oh no way – wonder if anything will happen there!
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?
Snow! We had snow! But the schools were still open and I lost around 10 years off my life (and sanity), trying to drive carefully down the country lanes to get my son there and back!
I had an audiobook kind of week! I listened to 4 audiobooks (I listen at work and I listen at 2.5 speed or it’s too slow for me!!)
What I’ve Read
🎧 The Roommate by Rosie Danan ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
🎧 Percy Jackson and the Last Olympian by Rick Riordan ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
🎧 The Adventures of Amina al-Sirafi by SA Chakraborty ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
🎧 Love on the Brain by Ali Hazelwood ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
The Coven by Harper L Woods ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
New arrivals
I got my Fairyloot and Illumicrate boxes but will post them next week in case people haven’t got their boxes yet!
You might have missed…..
Review – Inside the World of Bridgerton by Catherine Curzon ARC Review – In the Lives of Puppets by TJ Klune Review – Witches Guide to Fake Dating a Demon by Sarah Hawley Review – The Dead Romantics by Ashley Postin
CJRTB Books 