🇬🇧 bookish reviews 🇳🇱
The Swan’s Daughter is the newest novel by a favorite author of mine: Roshani Chokshi. And it was glorious. I seriously have no idea how to describe this book except maybe a happy dark fairytale? It feels cosy and funny, all the while horrific things happen. It has a special kind of magic as you… Continue reading The Swan’s Daughter – Roshani Chokshi
The Isle in the Silver Sea by Tasha Suri is such a unique book! I can honestly say I never encountered one like this before. The Island is made up of stories, stories that are repeated again and again by reincarnated replica’s of the original story (sort of, it gets clearer in the book but… Continue reading The Isle in the Silver Sea – Tasha Suri
The Courting of Bristol Keats by Mary E. Pearson was one of my most anticipated reads of this year, as I loved the Remnant Chronicles and then loved the Dance of Thieves duology even more! Therefore I was excited to receive an e-arc (all opinions are my own), and dove into the book right away.… Continue reading The Courting of Bristol Keats – Mary E. Pearson
A Sorceress Comes To Call by T. Kingfisher is a perfect example of why I love T. Kingfisher’s books so much. I absolutely loved everything! The first chapter is soooo creepy, and with an epic first line “There was a fly walking on Cordelia’s hand, and she was not allowed to flick it away.” you… Continue reading A Sorceress Comes To Call – T. Kingfisher
De vergeten vloek van Britt Zwijnenberg is een retelling van Beauty and the Beast/Belle en het beest, maar dan nét even anders. Allereerst, ik vind het echt bijzonder hoe een kort verhaal zoveel diepte en plot kan bevatten, het was echt alsof ik een heel boek las! Ik ben zelf ook groot fan van korte… Continue reading De vergeten vloek – Britt Zwijnenberg
The Night Ends With Fire by K.X. Song is a Mulan retelling set in a fantasy world resembling ancient China. Meilin lives with her addicted and abusive father in relative peace, until she must marry with a man who seems to be just as abusive as her father. Meilin decides she wants freedom, wants to… Continue reading The Night Ends with Fire – K.X. Song
If the Boot Fits is the second installment of the fairytale retellings series called Texas Ever After by Karen Witemeyer. This time we have a Cinderella retelling, which I absolutely love, as a kid the videotape actually turned grey from watching it so often! A Karen Witemeyer book combined with Cinderella, my expectations are through… Continue reading If the Boot Fits – Karen Witemeyer
Lang leve de keizer van Britt Zwijnenberg is een fantasy van eigen bodem. We volgen Usiu, een 16-jarig meisje dat haar hele leven heeft gehoord dat de keizer het beste met haar land voor heeft en voor voorspoed heeft gezorgd, maar fel tegen magie is. Dan blijkt dat ze zelf magie heeft, en geeft ze… Continue reading Lang Leve de Keizer – Britt Zwijnenberg
In ”De C is voor Celia” van Heleen Blesgraaf volgen we, zoals de titel al doet vermoeden, Celia. Er komt ineens heel veel op haar af als ze een tv serie bij haar thuis gaan opnemen, omdat ze een groot gezin heeft. Daarnaast zit ze in het laatste jaar van de havo, wordt ze gepest… Continue reading De C is voor Celia – Heleen Blesgraaf
I think it is hard to describe an action packed book with necromancers and a haunting ex wife as “wholesome” but here I am, doing just that! Til Death Do Us Bard by Rose Black feels as a fluffy D&D campaign. We have Logan, our fighter, who is retired from fighting monsters to live with… Continue reading Til Death Do Us Bard – Rose Black
A Prayer for Vengeance by Leanne Schwartz is a story about a girl turned to stone, and an autistic boy who accidently revives her. I couldn’t wait to read this one, as autism rep in a fantasy story is quite rare. But this book is so much more than just autism, there are so many… Continue reading A Prayer for Vengeance – Leanne Schwartz
Some Desperate Glory by Emily Tesh is one of the most suprising books I read this year. Despite it being an action driven book, it has so much depth and the character growth is *chef’s kiss. First things first: the earth is gone. Like gone gone, including everyone that lived on it. A few survivors… Continue reading Some Desperate Glory – Emily Tesh
A Beautiful Disguise is the newest book of Roseanna M. White, one of my favorite Christian authors. I’ve read almost everything from her oeuvre and especially loved The Codebreakers series and The Secret of the Isles. For me, this book ranks just below these series. The setting is very unique, the main character Marigold runs… Continue reading A Beautiful Disguise – Roseanna M. White
This is the year T. Kingfisher took over my TBR and my monthly favorites. I try to read other books in between so I won’t reach a book slump, but it’s hard as they keep staring at me… so imagine my joy when I got an e-arc of T. Kingfisher’s newest book: Thornhedge! I was… Continue reading Thornhedge – T. Kingfisher
Suprised by Doubt by Joshua Gathrow and Jack Carson has an audience, and I think that audience is a very specific niche. And I’m afraid I have to say I’m not entirely in that niche, which is why this book mostly wasn’t what I was looking for though the ending more than made up for… Continue reading Suprised by Doubt – Joshua D. Chatrow, Jack Carson
I was very excited I got to read an e-arc of Thief, Liar, Lady by D.L. Soria, as she is one of my autobuy authors. Many thanks to the publisher and Netgalley, but this hasn’t influenced this review. This book had all the right ingredients: Cinderella turned upside down, a long con, court intrigue, magic,… Continue reading Thief Liar Lady – D.L. Soria
Immortal Longings by Chloe Gong is a Shakespeare retelling of Antony and Cleopatra, targeting an adult audience this time. I have to admit I didn’t really like her YA retelling of Romeo and Juliet, but an adult retelling of a play I actually do like (I cannot emphasize how much I hate Romeo and Juliet),… Continue reading Immortal Longings – Chloe Gong
The Invisible Hour by Alice Hoffman is a book about books. The love for books, the way they can save a person or impact a life. And for that message alone, I’d like to give it all the stars. But it’s also about a mother’s love in more than one way (there is also a… Continue reading The Invisible Hour – Alice Hoffman
Those who follow me probably know of my love for Karen Witemeyer’s books, I have collected all of them in both English and Dutch. In fact, my family does, my dad, my 87 year old grandfather and grandmother can’t wait till there is a new one and keep bugging me about it. But I must… Continue reading Fairest of Heart – Karen Witemeyer
The Saint of Bright Doors by Vajra Chandrasekera is an original, poetic story about finding your place in the world. At least, for me that is the theme. I have a mixed feelings about this book, at the one hand it was very good, and on the other hand I almost DNFed it. The writing… Continue reading The Saint of Bright Doors – Vajra Chandrasekera
Yellow Mockingjay 