books and bouquets

  Rating :  ★ ★ ★ ★ Cawpile : 7.00 / 10 Release Date : 25th May 2021 Genre(s) : YA Urban Fantasy Anthology Happy Release Day! Massive thank you to Titan Books and NetGalley for providing me with a free ARC in exchange for an honest review.  I just want to start off by saying this anthology was great! It contained some really unique and incredibly diverse vampire stories (a lot of own voices authors also!) which took a fresh perspective on the genre, and was a true delight to read. Each short story is accompanied by a short ‘discussion’ by the editors, briefly talking about an issue related to the story about vampirism (such as mirrors, coffins, bats). Seven Nights For Dying by Tessa Gratton   ⭐️⭐️⭐️  This first story follows our main character who is an overweight bisexual teenager looking to be transformed into a vampire. It follows her week long journey of transition, giving her plenty of time to fully think about her decision. There was also trans representat...

  TTT (Top 10 Tuesday) is a weekly meme hosted by  That Artsy Reader Girl . This week is  10 Book Quotes about Love . These were so hard to think of off the top of my head - a lot of them were googled for clarification. “We accept the love we think we deserve.”  ―  Stephen Chbosky,  The Perks of Being a Wallflower “You love me. Real or not real? ” I tell him,  “ Real.”  ―  Suzanne Collins,  Mockingjay “Have enough courage to trust love one more time and always one more time.”  ―  Maya Angelou “Look after my heart - I've left it with you.”  ―  Stephenie Meyer,  Eclipse “I guess that’s just part of loving people: You have to give things up. Sometimes you even have to give them up.”  ―  Lauren Oliver,  Delirium “But in a solitary life, there are rare moments when another soul dips near yours, as stars once a year brush the earth. Such a constellation was he to me.”  ―  Madeline Miller,...

All of these books are currently under £2 on the UK kindle store right now - I hope you find something you enjoy! Red, White and Royal Blue by Casey McQuiston £1.89 The Hating Game by Sally Thorne £0.99 The House Swap by Jo Lovett £1.99 The Kiss Quotient by Helen Hoang £0.99 Because of Miss Bridgerton (Bridgerton Prequel) by Julia Quinn £0.99 Corrupt by Penelope Douglas £0.79 The Chase (Briar U) by Elle Kennedy Free! The Foxhole Court by Nora Sakavic Free! The Deal by Elle Kennedy Free! I really hope you've found a bargain amongst this list, and perhaps your next favourite book! Let me know in the comments if you've read any of these already. Books and bouquets. x Bloglovin       Goodreads       Twitter       Instagram

  TTT (Top 10 Tuesday) is a weekly meme created by  That Artsy Reader Girl . This week is  10 Book Titles that are Complete Sentences. This one was a weird one - it was easy to find short titles that worked as a sentence - but that felt like cheating! So here are some long(ish) book titles. 1. Clap When You Land b y Elizabeth Acevedo 2. Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe by Benjamin Alire Sáenz 3. Two Can Keep a Secret by Karen M. McManus 4. The Seven Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle by Stuart Turton 5. The Princess Will Save You by Sarah Henning 6. I Know Why the Caged Birds Sing by Maya Angelou 7. This is How You Lose the Time War by Amal El-Mohtar and Max Gladstone 8. Get a Life, Chloe Brown by Talia Hibbert 9. We Hunt the Flame by Hafsah Faizal 10. Cinderella is Dead by Kalynn Bayron I hope you enjoyed this list, let me know in the comments if you've read any of these, and what some of your favourite books with titles that are complete sente...

  Rating :  ★ ★ ★ ★ Release Date : 18th May 2021 Genre(s) : Adult Urban Fantasy Massive thank you to Titan Books and NetGalley for providing me with a free ARC in exchange for an honest review. The Lights of Prague follows Domek Myska, a lamplighter, whose job secretly involves keeping the city of Prague safe from pijavice (vampires) and Lady Ora Fischerová, an aristocratic, bisexual widow, who just happens to also be a pijavica. It follows their relationship, and their intertwining storylines as they both attempt to save Prague, before the pijavice, who have recently discovered a cure, take over the city. I love these characters and the dual perspective the story followed. Domek is such an unlikely gentlemen, which was refreshing considering the majority of modern male love interests seem to be the alpha male type, and Domek was quite the opposite. Whilst, Ora was definitely a badass (with an emotional side). The romance between them is definitely not the focus of the book, b...

No book review today unfortunately... I haven't been reading as much as I normally would as it's currently exam season at my university! Hope you enjoy this list of LGBTQIA+ books instead. 1. The Lights of Prague by Nicole Jarvis 2. Autoboyography by Christina Lauren 3. They Both Die at the End by Adam Silvera 4. Oranges are Not the Only Fruit by Jeanette Winterson 5. Crier's War by Nina Varela 6. Heartstopper by Alice Oseman 7. The Black Flamingo by Dean Atta 8. Fence by C.S. Pascat 9. Red, White and Royal Blue by Casey McQuiston 10. Nimona by Noelle Stevenson I hope you enjoyed this list, let me know in the comments if you've read any of these! Books and bouquets. x Bloglovin       Goodreads       Twitter       Instagram

TTT (Top 10 Tuesday) is a weekly meme created by  That Artsy Reader Girl . This week is  10 Books with Nature on the Cover, which includes flowers, trees, animals, and pretty landscape scenes! These are all stunning covers.  1. The Bright & The Pale by Jessica Rubinkowski 2. Descendant of the Crane by Joan He 3. Fortuna Sworn by KJ Sutton 4. This Poison Heart by Kalynn Bayron 5. Dearly by Margaret Atwood 6. The Storm Crow by Kalyn Josephson 7. People We Met on Vacation by Emily Henry 8. Crave by Tracy Wolff 9. A Touch of Darkness by Scarlett St. Clair 10. The Iron King by Julie Kagawa I hope you enjoyed this list, let me know in the comments if you've read any of these, and what some of your favourite books with nature on the cover are! Books and bouquets. x Bloglovin       Goodreads       Twitter       Instagram

Today is my 21st birthday (yay!) So, I thought I'd share 21 books that have made me the person I am today... aka 21 of my all time favourite books (in no particular order!) 1. Harry Potter by JK Rowling I think this one's pretty self explanatory - if anyone knows me personally they'll know I'm obsessed with this series, it was one of the first books, and one of the very first fantasy books that drew me into reading. I still reread it nearly every year (no shame) 2. These Violent Delights by Chloe Gong This is my favourite book of 2021 so far, so I feel like this is a great way to get more of an insight into my current tastes. I do love a Shakespeare retelling, and Romeo and Juliet holds a special place in my heart, as it was the first of his works I read. 3. Call Me by Your Name by André Aciman One of my very first ventures into adult romance, and it was just everything I needed at the time of reading it. A beautiful bittersweet summer romance set in Italy, yes. This on...