(Ranking): My Top 10 Books of 2019 2019 is almost over, so I thought I should compile some of the best reads I’ve had this year :D They are books that I’ve read from 15 December 2018 onwards, or books that are parts of a series that I’ve read this year. Here they...
(Book Review): The Caraval Trilogy by Stephanie Garber “I don’t want to talk to you,” she said. “I...
(Book Review): House of Salt and Sorrows by Erin A. Craig This is a retelling of ‘The Twelve Dancing Princesses’, just in Gothic-horror style. Tbh, I bought this merely because of the cover (and the fact that it’s a fairytale retelling, which I am a sucker of :D), however, upon reading the first...
(Book Review): 'The Star-Touched Queen' by Roshani Chokshi 'The Star-Touched Queen' tells the story of Maya, the princess...
(Book Review): 'The Name of the Star' & 'The Madness Underneath' by Maureen Johnson (Shades of London #1...
(Book Review): Once by Cameron Dokey (Disclaimer: This will contain spoiler!) 'Once' is kind of like an onmibus;...
'"Luck," hissed the maiden. "Risk," the mother spat. "Hazard," snarled the crone. "I prefer Chance. It has a nicer ring," the man said, with a wink.' 'Stepsister' is a retelling of Cinderella, except it's told from the perspective of one of the stepsisters. I am a sucker for Cinderella , so when this...
'It was not quite the context in which I had imagined Alexander Platt would ask me for my help. In my fantasies, it was from the other side of an operating table, in a time of crisis, with everyone panicking over a tangled intestine no one could unravel until I stepped up.' The...
(Book Comparison): Beauty and the Beast's Retellings (A Court of Thorns and Roses; A Curse So Dark and Lonely; Hunted) So I am a complete sucker for fairytales retellings. My fave fairytale is Cinderella, but I am pretty much a fan of all dem Disney princesses. I currently own like 3 retellings of...
(Disclaimer: This will contain spoilers!) 'It took a moment for her mind to register that what lay sprawled on the old wooden pier had been a human being.” 'The Diviners' starts off ominously enough with a bunch of rich kids of 1920s playing ouija board and accidentally (and obliviously) releasing a malevolent spirit...
(Book Review): The Grisha Trilogy by Leigh Bardugo (Disclaimer: This will contain spoilers!) 'The Darkling stepped closer to me and said, his voice so low that only I could hear, “I doubt you have any idea what you are.” +-+-+-+- “You just punched a prince, Alina. I guess we...
‘When I was born, the name for what I was did not exist. They called me nymph, assuming I would be like my mother and aunts and thousand cousins. Least of the lesser goddesses, our powers so modest they could scarcely ensure our eternities.’ (Disclaimer: This will contain spoilers!) Circe was an enchantress...
"I can hear people shouting, but they can't hear me, does that make me a ghost? I think, maybe yes. I can't see myself. I can't prove that I exist." (Disclaimer: This will contain spoilers!) ‘In Darkness’ tells the story of a young Haitian teenager, Shorty, who grew up in Site Soley. The...
“Iris realizes she is being unkind. Sisters- be they stepsisters, half-sisters or full sisters- sisters must do for each other.” (Disclaimer: This will contain spoilers!) ‘Confessions of an Ugly Stepsister’ is a retelling of Cinderella by the godfather of fairy-tale retelling himself, Gregory Maguire. This is told from the perspective of one of...
“I get the idea during morning announcements, when they announce that our school’s hosting a Model UN scrimmage this weekend.” (Disclaimer: This will contain spoilers!) So here’s Lara Jean and she’s in love with her sister’s boyfriend. She writes a love-letter (that she is not planning to send) to said sister’s boyfriend, basically...
