Book Review: The Wood Bee Queen by Edward Cox

       The Wood Bee Queen by Edward Cox Somewhere in England, in a small town called Strange Ground by the Skea, Ebbie Wren is the last librarian and he’s about to lose his job. Estranged from his parents, unable to make connections with anyone except the old homeless lady who lives near the…

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Book Thoughts: The Bone Shard Daughter by Andrea Stewart

The Bone Shard Daughter by Andrea Stewart ★★★★ The emperor's reign has lasted for decades, his mastery of bone shard magic powering the animal-like constructs that maintain law and order. But now his rule is failing, and revolution is sweeping across the Empire's many islands. Lin is the emperor's daughter and spends her days trapped…

Book Thoughts: Raven, Vol. 1 Nemesis by Mathieu Lauffray

     Hello everyone, hope you're well. I don't have much going on that I can turn into interesting blog posts so this review for a comic I read back at the start of the month will have to do. Enjoy! (hopefully...) Raven, Vol. 1: Nemesis by Mathieu Lauffray Raven is a fearless young pirate…

Book Thoughts: The Thousand Deaths of Ardor Benn

     Right, after requesting this ARC from Netgalley back in September, starting to read it with the intent of getting the review out for the release date which was sometime in mid October, putting the book down for 4 months when I was at the 30% mark because I was having a but of…

Block Printing and Watercolour Book Reviews

     As I mentioned last week, I went on a bit of a NetGalley spree of requesting arts and crafts books so I have two more for you today!  Inspired Artist: Block Print for Beginners: Learn to make lino blocks and create unique relief prints by Elise Young Release date: March 9th 2021 Rating:…

Book Review: Paint, Make, Create by Becki Clark

     I know art and crafts books aren't to everyone's taste but I am a crafter and do love flicking through a craft book for inspiration. I was browsing NetGalley recently and found myself looking through the craft and hobby section on the site where I found many interesting books I decided to request…

Book Review: Lava Red Feather Blue by Molly Ringle

Lava Red Feather Blue by Molly Ringle ★★★★ I received an advanced reader copy of Lava Red Fire Blue for free via NetGalley in exchange for a review - all opinions expressed are my own.      To summarise the plot in one long winded sentence, Lava Red Feather Blue is a queer fantasy fairy…

Book Review: Haze by Rebecca Crunden

Haze by Rebecca Crunden ★★★★ When Eliza Owens gets a phone call in the middle of the night from a girl she’s never met, she doesn’t know what to think. The girl introduces herself as Paige, and says she used to date Erik Stern, Eliza’s fiancé. What’s more, she has something important to discuss. The…

A collection of manga, comic and graphic novel reviews.

     As the title says - I have a collection of reviews (3 to be specific) for you today. I do enjoy reading manga, comics and graphic novels so I request arcs via NetGalley quite a bit. My reviews on these tend to be a bit on the shorter side so I thought I…

ARC Review: Firefrost by Camille Longley

Firefrost by Camille Longley     She’s a huntress: Sol d’Hillerod is sent on a desperate mission through a treacherous winter pass. She carries with her the only hope of her village’s survival, and she will do whatever she must to keep her world from burning. He’s a monster: Lieutenant Kelan Birke has spent his…