This book is a bit hard for me to review, because I had some pretty mixed feelings about it. First of all, I absolutely LOVED the dogs and the search and rescue aspect, that was definitely the selling point! I love animals in stories, and the dogs were a forefront in this one. I also really loved the wilderness setting – it actually reminded me hardcore of Homeward Bound! But, if you remove those two elements that I was quite […]
Wow. What a powerful story! This book absolutely broke my heart, and I felt so angry and indignant for the things that Shirin had to go through. This book is definitely important, and one that I think everyone should read! I hated the pathetic, soul-sucking effort it took to finally make a single friend brave enough to sit next to me in public. Coming from a place of privilege, it’s hard to ever imagine what going through these things would […]
A Rage of Dragons by Evan Winter Series: The Burning #1 Published by Orbit (7.16.2019) Genres: Adult, High Fantasy Format: Hardcover, 544 pages Source: Library The Omehi people have been fighting an unwinnable fight for almost two hundred years. Their society has been built around war and only war. The lucky ones are born gifted. One in every two thousand women has the power to call down dragons. One in every hundred men is able to magically transform himself into a bigger, stronger, […]
The Magical Readathon is hosted by Book Roast! YouTube | Instagram | Readathon website I’m so excited to be participating in the OWLs for the Magical Readathon this month! I recently discovered this readathon, and this is my first year joining. I can’t believe I hadn’t heard of it before! If you’re interested in signing up, you can find all the information you need HERE! It can be pretty overwhelming at first – there’s a lot of info to take in – but […]
Top Ten Tuesday is hosted by That Artsy Reader Girl You know you’re book obsessed when… You carry a book with you wherever you go. There’s nothing worse than being stuck waiting anywhere without a book, amirite? Bonus points if you carry booksleeves to protect the babies you carry around with you. You have your library card memorized. Let’s be honest, I lost my library card AGES ago. I could get a new one, sure, but then I’d have to […]
What a beautiful debut!! The world of Aritsar as well as Ifueko’s prose were stunning and vivid. I loved the culture! It felt a lot like a mashup of Children of Blood & Bone and City of Brass, but was everything I wanted from both of those books (and didn’t get). This was the gorgeous Nigerian fantasy that I expected jumping into CoB&B, which left me feeling disappointing. This one did not! I was utterly hooked from the first chapter! It […]