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Review: The Aeronaut’s Windlass (The Cinder Spires #1) by Jim Butcher

February 5, 2024 by Paige Leave a Comment

I LOVED this book. I have to admit I was slightly afraid of it when I saw that it was 600+ pages but I shouldn’t have worried because they fly by. I flew through The Aeronaut’s Windlass and it kept me engaged and enthralled the entire time.

The whole premise of humanity living in giant Spires with monsters living on the ground of the world just hooked me. The tiny tidbits you get about the ground were fascinating and I’m really hoping that at some point we get to visit the ground (sorry characters but I want to know what’s there).

Review: The Knowing by Emma Hinds

January 16, 2024 by Paige Leave a Comment

I think it’s important to start this review with a warning that The Knowing is a very dark book, and there are themes of sexual violence from almost the very first page. I wouldn’t say that there’s a single relationship within the book that doesn’t have some kind of manipulation or abuse in it.

If you’re okay with reading books with these types of content warnings then you’ll be utterly spellbound. Once I’d gotten over the shock of how almost every event in the book centres around sex I found myself wrapped up in the story. Flora is a mystic who can speak with the dead, only she’s been told she should never acknowledge the ghosts (and boy does it get interesting when she does)

Review: Three Eight One by Aliya Whiteley

January 12, 2024 by Paige Leave a Comment

Skyward Inn by Aliya Whiteley was my first big introduction to spec-fic and I’m so excited every time she releases a new book. Three Eight One is a fascinating mix of far-future and past (or maybe present, or recent past??). The bulk of the story is a coming-of-age heroes quest style tale following a girl named Fairly, and there’s also interwoven in, by the way of footnotes and a prologue, a far-future narrative where it seems that people’s consciousness’ are interwoven and you can choose to be ‘born’ into an organic body.

Review: Time’s Ellipse by Frasier Armitage

December 19, 2023 by Paige Leave a Comment

I’m going to start off by saying you really need to read Time’s Ellipse to experience what Frasier has created here. Where this book begins and where it ends both feels completely different but yet it also comes in a full circle. Trust me, that statement will make sense once you read the book.

Review: Mothtown by Caroline Hardaker

November 29, 2023 by Paige Leave a Comment

Okay I sat on this review for ages because I thought I was getting a horror story, but in reality I got a stunning story of self-discovery and an exploration of mental health all wrapped up in an addictive horror.

It took me a while to figure out where this was going. I’m going to do my best to avoid spoilers so this review is likely to be pretty vague in most places.

Review: Bookshops & Bonedust (Legends & Lattes #0) by Travis Baldree

November 9, 2023 by Paige Leave a Comment

Oh I’m so happy to have another book featuring Viv, and one that is as incredible as its predecessor (although this one is the prequel). Travis has crafted such a wonderful cosy read with slightly higher stakes than Legends & Lattes. It fits perfectly because at this point Viv is still a merc who is forced to stay in Murk for a while due to an injury. So it makes sense that trouble would find its way to her and she wouldn’t be able to resist getting involved.

Review: Red River Seven by A.J. Ryan

November 4, 2023 by Paige Leave a Comment

Red River Seven captured my imagination so badly that I literally had a nightmare inspired by the events of the book. Something I can’t say happens to me very often. Mix the scream-making creatures and the creepy as hell mist-shrouded London I know so well and it was perfect nightmare fuel.

Review: Midnight is the Darkest Hour by Ashley Winstead

October 25, 2023 by Paige Leave a Comment

Okay so this one had me hooked from the start and not for the reasons I expected. The synopsis talks of a vampiric figure called ‘The Low Man’ who seems to be murdering people in town, which was the main reason I wanted to read this. Going in The Low Man is actually mentioned way less than I expected, but what I did get was a dark, atmospheric story filled with vampire vibes and a love interest who is heavily influenced by Edward Cullen (but just the darker side of him…)

Review: After the Forest by Kell Woods

October 18, 2023 by Paige Leave a Comment

I’m a total sucker for re-telling of old stories set in dark & creepy forests, especially if you’re never sure if the main character is 100% good. And After the Forest ticked all of those boxes for me.

Cover Reveal: Evocation (The Summoner’s Circle #1) by S.T. Gibson

October 4, 2023 by Paige Leave a Comment

Secret societies, lust and lies.
Welcome to The Summoner’s Circle, your brand-new fantasy addiction.
When a family curse threatens the life of David, a medium, he will turn to the only person he’s ever trusted, his sorcerer ex-boyfriend, Rhys—which means he will have to open his heart to Moira, Rhys’s astrologer wife.

Review: In My Dreams I Hold a Knife by Ashley Winstead

September 18, 2023 by Paige Leave a Comment

For the first 100 pages or so I was a bit worried that In My Dreams I Hold a Knife was going to be your average thriller, good but nothing to write home about. However something managed to really catch my attention and from then on I couldn’t put it down. The back and forth between the university years and the reunion started to really ramp up and I genuinely didn’t guess who the killer was.

Review: The Graveyard Shift by Maria Lewis

September 9, 2023 by Paige Leave a Comment

On the postcard/author letter that came with my copy Maria Lewis describes The Graveyard Shift as ‘my wee love letter to Final Girls, slashers, pop culture, hip hop, film history, true crime, media literacy and horror movies’ & if you’re a horror fan that’s everything you need to know about this book. I highly, highly recommend that you go and grab a copy to read this spooky season.