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“The bond of family spans miles, memory and time.” Romanov was my most anticipated book of 2019. I love Nadine’s writing, the A Time to Die series changed my life (or at least my perspective on life), and then Fakwes, which made me doubt alongside Thomas in what was right and wrong and how to… Continue reading Romanov by Nadine Brandes
I must say, I had a rough start but it turned into AWESOME. I didn’t like the MC Aspasia at all and that lasted like half the book... After the truly wonderful kind person that is Shalia (MC of book 1), Aspasia is very much the opposite, she’s very closed and very morally grey and… Continue reading Imprison the Sky by AC Gaughen
This is one of my top 10 anticipated releases of 2019... A Beauty and the Beast retelling with a girl with a disabilty as MC? Sign me on! Ok disabled MC would've been enough to hook me of course since I am chronically ill myself and am always looking for representation. Also, I think it… Continue reading A Curse so Dark and Lonely by Brigid Kemmerer
This book is very different from the Star-touched Queen, both in writing style as in story telling, but it is just as amazing! Historical fantasy is my favorite, and this one is executed really well! For me, what really worked were the characters. So much diversity, and even an autistic girl! We're already underrepresented in… Continue reading The Gilded Wolves by Roshani Chokshi
Umbertouched was one of my most anticipated releases of 2018. And it didn't disappoint! Why am I reading this now? Well, pneumonia and 4 other infections at the same time were a bit distracting so I lost the month of December and half of January entirely. I waited until I was well enough because I… Continue reading Umbertouched by Livia Blackburne
The average of all the short stories combined is 3,92, but I’m still debating giving it 5 stars just because we need more of these books. I laughed and cried and felt all the stories and all the tiny recognisable things that we disabled/chronically ill people have in common. There was a lot of recognition… Continue reading Unbroken by Marieke Nijkamp eo
A girl, trying to survive in Victorian London who doesn’t know she has a magical gift, that’s all I needed to hear to want to read this book. I think there is not enough historical YA, though there seems to finally be a shift in 2018, yay! I loved the idea of magical abilities, secret… Continue reading Game of Secrets by Kim Foster
This is the second and last book in the Masks of Shadows series by Linsey Miller. It starts right off where the precious book ended, so it is a good idea to read them together. I did, and it made it more enjoyable since the last book ended with a bit of a cliffhanger. In… Continue reading Ruin of Stars by Linsey Miller
There are not many christian themed fantasy/dystopian books apart from Narnia, and especially not in YA. At least, not that I know of and there definitely aren’t any in Dutch stores. And I think that’s a shame. Well, not that everything should be christian, but I think it would have helped younger me to read… Continue reading A Time to Die by Nadine Brandes
I rarely do reviews. I don’t think I’m good at them, and it’s not easy when English is your second language. But for this book I’m making an exception. Why? Because it is AWESOME. It’s one of my favorite reads this year. And you know what? I didn’t saw that coming at all, I thought… Continue reading Rosemarked by Livia Blackburne
Yellow Mockingjay 