4/5 stars This fall is packed with some amazing upcoming books and Defy the Night is pretty close to the top of my list of anticipated fall reads. Thanks to Bloomsbury Publishing, I got a chance to read it a little early and let me tell you, it definitely lives up to the hype!Ā Defy … Continue reading Defy the Night review
Empire of the Vampire sampler review
TW (some of these were pulled from Illumicrate): Blood, gore, death/murder of a child, sexual assault, child abuse (physical), addiction, graphic animal deaths, alcoholism, torture, homophobia, blackmail, imprisonment 5/5 stars Why did I think it was a good idea to read the sampler of Empire of the Vampire? I might have screamed a little when … Continue reading Empire of the Vampire sampler review
Fairyloot July 2021 unboxing
Happy Friday! Today I'm excited to share with you my unboxing for Fairyloot's July 2021 box: Tales Retold. This month's featured book was Six Crimson Cranes by Elizabeth Lim. This was a book that I was pretty conflicted about since I couldn't decide whether I liked the US or the UK covers more. I (obviously) … Continue reading Fairyloot July 2021 unboxing
Illumicrate July unboxing
Happy Sunday! Today I'm excited to share my unboxing for Illumicrate's July box: Never Enough! This is my last full box with Illumicrate as I've switched to book-only for the next little while to try and reduce the number of items I have in my home. This month's book was She Who Became the Sun … Continue reading Illumicrate July unboxing
Fairyloot June 2021 unboxing
It's time for another unboxing! Today I'm excited to share my unboxing for the June Fairyloot box: Animal Companions. This month's book was Fire with Fire by Destiny Soria. This month's book comes with an exclusive cover, orangey-yellow sprayed edges, artwork on the inside of the dustjacket and a foil embossed design on the hardback, … Continue reading Fairyloot June 2021 unboxing
Illumicrate From Blood and Ash unboxing
This is a box that I was SO excited to receive! Today I'm excited to share my unboxing of Illumicrate's From Blood and Ash box. If you haven't read FBAA yet, I highly recommend that you do. One of my bookstagram friends got me to read it (thank you Stevi Lynn!) and I am hooked! … Continue reading Illumicrate From Blood and Ash unboxing
June Illumicrate unboxing
Despite there being lots of delays to this box (that were not in any way Illumicrate's fault!), the June Out of the Woods box has to be one of my favourites! I read this month's book earlier (you can read my review here) and could NOT wait to see what Illumicrate was going to do … Continue reading June Illumicrate unboxing
Vespertine review
TW: self-harm, child neglect, PTSD *I received an e-ARC of Vespertine in exchange for an honest review. A big thank you to Simon & Schuster Canada for giving me the opportunity to read this book early! I *may* have squealed a bit when I got the email saying I was approved to read this book … Continue reading Vespertine review
Iron Widow review
2.5/5 stars *I received an e-ARC of Iron Widow in exchange for an honest review. A big thank you to Penguin Books Canada for giving me the opportunity to read this book early! TW: Alcoholism, child mutilation (foot binding), femicide, misogyny, mentions of sexual assault, murder, familicide I grew up a huge fan of Gundam … Continue reading Iron Widow review
The Dead and the Dark review
4/5 stars TW: child death, serial murder, homophobia Life has been a little nutty, so it has been a while since I last posted anything, but Iām excited to be back with my review for The Dead and The Dark by Courtney Gould. Thank you Wednesday Books/St. Martin's Press for giving me the opportunity to … Continue reading The Dead and the Dark review
