🇬🇧 bookish reviews 🇳🇱
Foreshadow is a collection of 13 novellas, set up a little different than normal. Because you get a lot more than 13 short stories all with an amazing plot twist, you also get a short essay explaining why each story works, what makes it tick and you get explained how to keep suspense, how to… Continue reading Foreshadow – Emily X. R. Pan and Nova Ren Suma
The Kissing Tree contains four short stories by Regina Jennings, Karen Witemeyer, Amanda Dykes and Nicole Deese. Though they are apart in time, they are centered around a famous big old tree, called The Kissing Tree in a small town in Texas. For me, it is very rare that I love all four stories and… Continue reading The Kissing Tree – Regina Jennings, Karen Witemeyer, Amanda Dykes and Nicole Deese
A Portrait of Loyalty by Roseanna M. White is the third book in what I now consider one of my favorite series of all time: The Codebreakers. I’m afraid it does spoil a bit where this review is going, prepare for a lot of fangirling! First, it is possible to read this as a standalone… Continue reading A Portrait of Loyalty – Roseanna M. White
Where Dreams Descend is a brand new debut by Janella Angeles. We follow Kallia, a magician showgirl who grew up an orphan in a nightclub, and is kinda trapped by Jack, the master. When she sees a flyer for a competition in a town she’s been longing to visit, she takes her chances and runs… Continue reading Where Dreams Descend – Janella Angeles
What a wild ride! Fireborne is everything a fantasy novel should be: a complex grey world with a rich history, dragons, wonderful characters struggling with choices, dragon tournaments, found family, cute teenage dragons that have trouble finding their fire. Cute baby dragons the size of a dog. Dragons that are very animalistic and think very… Continue reading Fireborne – Rosaria Munda
I would never have thought a book would be published about a chronically ill curvy Black woman, let alone that she would be the main character in a steamy romance novel. And even more amazing: the chronic illness rep is spot on! It isn’t hidden away, it isn’t cured in the end, there is no… Continue reading Get A Life, Chloe Brown – Talia Hibbert
I have to say, I fell for the cover back in 2016... and also the description. But as it was very expensive to get the ebook or a physical copy in my country, I waited. I waited for a looooong time until last week when there finally was a price drop! And The anticipation was… Continue reading Iron Cast – Destiny Soria
Colors of Truth by Tamera Alexander takes plays at the Carnton House, and takes into account the real history of the house that served as a confederate field hospital and was right next to a major battle field that decided the course and end of the Civil War. I absolutely loved the historical setting, it… Continue reading Colors of Truth (Carnton 2) – Tamera Alexander
It’s really difficult to write a review for The Silvered Serpents by Roshani Chokshi. I 100% loved The Gilded Wolves, and then I got a chance to read the e-arc (has not influenced my opinion, my fangirling is embarrassingly authentic) so I immediately started reading and didn’t stop till it was finished. This book is… Continue reading The Silvered Serpents – Roshani Chokshi
🇬🇧 English below 🇬🇧 Deze hele trilogie is bewonderenswaardig. Zoveel verbeelding, zoveel diepte en thematiek, en tegelijk breekt het je hart en een hele wrede wereld (vrij letterlijk ook, haha!). Ik ben er stil van, dit is één van de meest unieke werelden die ik ooit heb gelezen. Er is veel diversiteit wat ik geweldig… Continue reading The Stone Sky (De stenen hemel) – NK Jemisin
🇳🇱 Dutch below 🇳🇱 The Fifth Season truly is a fantasy like no other. A unique world, which has seen multiple Seasons (aka apocalyptic events caused by an unstable earth). The people that survived made Stonelore, rules that help optimal survival, and everyone knows them. The story is told from three perspectives, one of them… Continue reading The Fifth Season (Het vijfde seizoen) – N.K. Jemisin
Sisters of Sword and Song by Rebecca Ross is a YA fantasy standalone. And that’s one of the many things I love about it: no waiting for sequels! I really wish there were more fantasy standalones, and Rebecca Ross clearly proves that it can be done to have a whole new world captured in one… Continue reading Sisters of Sword and Song – Rebecca Ross
My favorite underhyped series Ok I’m very much not freaking out lol! I really don’t care about reading challenges except it’s a cool way to keep track. I set it to an easy goal and then keep upping it as I close in to the number. But I do like this tag from Jamie Writes… Continue reading 2020 Mid Year Freak Out Tag
Line by line is a historical romance novel by Jennifer Delamere. It is centered around Alice, a self declared spinster who is loving her career as a telegraph operator and can’t wait to make a life for herself. That starts when she gets hired at a private company, as she can now afford her own… Continue reading Line by Line by Jennifer Delamere
🇬🇧 English below 🇬🇧 Vijf stappen van jou is een boek dat is geschreven ná de film zelf, dus vanaf het script. Ik dacht dat het een origineel boek was waar de film op is gebaseerd, maar het is dus andersom, en ik moet zeggen dat ik daar vrij snel achter was, want laten we… Continue reading Five Feet Apart (Vijf stappen van jou) – Rachel Lippincott
When I think about Storm of the East I honestly can’t form thoughts. I thought it would be better after a few weeks but I’m afraid it didn’t really. Athan, Aurelia and all the other characters have taken up residence in my head have turned said head into a giant ball of feels. Nevertheless I… Continue reading Storm from the East – Joanna Hathaway
Yes, some editions are missing... There are always Karen Witemeyer’s books on lend to various family members and friends At Love’s Command is the newest novel by Karen Witemeyer, and the first novel in the Hanger's Horseman series, though it reads as a stand alone with a satisfying “all knots tied” ending. We follow both… Continue reading At Love’s Command (Hanger’s Horsemen 1) – Karen Witemeyer
In A Gilded Lady by Elizabeth Camden we follow Caroline Delacroix as she navigates the White House as secretary to the First Lady, Ida McKinley. We’ve met Caroline in The Spice King and I really admired her! She’s very feminine with a vibrant personality and knows all about fashion, but she also is fierce, stubborn… Continue reading A Gilded Lady – Elizabeth Camden
🇬🇧 English below 🇬🇧 De ijzige verloofde is het eerste van vier delen in De Spiegelpassante serie van Christelle Dabos. Ik heb op aanvraag het ebook mogen lezen voor #hebbanbuzz maar mijn mening is daardoor niet beïnvloed, en dat bewijst zichzelf denk ik wel als ik vertel dat ik het fysieke boek zelf heb gekocht omdat ik… Continue reading De ijzige verloofde / A Winter’s Promise – Christelle Dabos
(🇬🇧English below🇬🇧) Deze standalone prequel gaat over een 18-jarige Coriolanus Snow, 10 jaar na de oorlog die de hongerspelen als gevolg had. Maar, zoals vrij snel duidelijk wordt, zijn de hongerspelen totaal anders dan degene die we kennen, en staat hij eigenlijk op het punt van instorten omdat niemand het eigenlijk wil kijken. Er worden… Continue reading A Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes (De ballade van slangen en zangvogels) – Suzanne Collins
Yellow Mockingjay 