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Defiant – Skyward Book 4 Review

Mel – The Skyward finale was galactic!

Book Blog, Book Review, book-reviews, Books, Brandon Sanderson, Cosmere, Cytonic, Defiant, Evensong, Fantasy, Jorgen Weight, Kimmalyn, Kitsen, Romance, Sanderson, scifi books, Skyward, skyward flight, Spensa Nightshade, Winzik
A Darker Shade of Magic Review - Four Worlds worth of worldbuilding - 4/5 stars

A Darker Shade of Magic – Review

Argo – Four Londons? A magician prince smuggler? A street urchin who longs to be a pirate? Yes please.

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Book covers for Kelley Armstrong's first novel, Bitten

Bitten – Book Review

Mel – It’s the first book in the Women of the Otherworld series!

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Wind and Truth, Europe and America covers

Wind and Truth – Day Four Review

Mel – My favourite ‘Day’ of Stormlight 5 so far!

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Wind and Truth, Europe and America covers

Wind and Truth – Day Three Review

Mel – A short review for a short day! We’re 31% through now!

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banner image featuring different covers of The Reckoning, a book by Kelley Armstrong

The Reckoning – Book Review

Mel – An exciting ending to a fun YA trilogy, but were all my questions answered?

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banner image featuring different covers of The Awakening, a book by Kelley Armstrong

The Awakening – Book Review

Mel – I read this sequel about as quickly as I expected; VERY FAST. Discover why now…

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banner header for The Summoning book covers

The Summoning – Book Review

Mel – It’s my first Armstrong novel… spoilers: I enjoyed it!

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Wind and Truth, Europe and America covers

Wind and Truth – Day Two Review

Mel – This review took a looong time to write… but did Day 2 take me a long time to read? Find out!

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Wind and Truth, Europe and America covers

Wind and Truth – Day One Review

Mel – This is the start of my series of reviews on this ginormous doorstop novel!

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A Curse for True Love – Book Review

Mel – It’s the finale of Garber’s fairytale trilogy! How did it go?

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The Ballad of Never After — Book Review

Mel – The sequel to Once Upon a Broken Heart was a lot of fun!

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Once Upon a Broken Heart – Book Review

Mel – I read one of the ‘TikTok sensations’. I mostly enjoyed it a lot!

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Children of Dune book covers

Children of Dune – Book Review

Mel – Children of Dune was my least favourite so far! I write at length on why.

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Starsight — Skyward Book 2 Review

Mel – The Skyward sequel lived up to my expectations! Let’s go on another adventure with Spensa!

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Skyward — Skyward Book 1 Review

Mel – “Do what is right and do it with passion!” That’s how Skyward left me feeling!

Book Blog, Book Review, Books, Brandon Sanderson, Cytoverse, Fantasy, Jorgen Wright, Sanderson, Sci-Fi, science-fiction, Spensa Nightshade

Blake Eastwood Case 3 – Book Review

Mel – Book 3 of Blake Eastwood released yesterday! How is it?

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A Beautiful Introduction

Mel – Some thoughts on what it means to review a text, inspired by Patrick Rothfuss.

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