Dawn of Eden (Book 0.5) – Julie Kagawa

Title – Dawn of Eden
Author – Julie Kagawa
Series: Blood of Eden
Rating: ♥♥♥♥♥

If you follow my blog (maybe), you’ll know that I LOVE Julie Kagawa’s Blood of Eden series. I gobbled that bad boy up in days and when I finished The Forever Song, I cried because the emotional whirlwind of plague, friendship and general badass-ery was over.

Until.

UNTIL I FOUND OUT ABOUT DAWN OF EDEN! (Apparently this was released in 2013 and it’s just popped up in my kindle store. I feel a bit daft for not knowing about it sooner but that’s okay).

It’s not much. Just a little teaser into the world before, into a world that is only beginning to learn the brutality of the Red Lung virus. But it’s enough for me.

A Monster Calls – Patrick Ness

Title – A Monster Calls
Author – Patrick Ness
Series: N/A
Rating: ♥♥♥♥♥

I am so late to the party with this one. It’s a book that has been sitting on my bookcase for a long time and I’ve just never gotten time to read (especially now with a baby). But in this crazy world I managed to find an afternoon to do my own thing and I picked up this book.

It was beautiful. It was unexpected. It was utterly heart wrenching.

Patrick Ness is a superb author. He was asked to write finish writing this for Siobhan Dowd, an author who sadly died from breast cancer. I don’t know what I expected from this book but I’m glad I read it.

Top Ten Tuesday – Favourite Book Adaptations

Hey guys,

For our Top Ten Tuesday this week I’ve decided to share my favourite book to movie/show adaptations.

This Cruel Design (Book 2) – Emily Suvada

Title – This Cruel Design
Author – Emily Suvada
Series: This Mortal Coil
Rating: ♥♥♥♥♥
Here we are for the stunning second in the series. I LOVED this book. Definitely strap yourself in for this roller coaster of plot twists and betrayals. You can read my take on book 1 here.

These Precious Scars (Book 0.5) – Emily Suvada

Title – These Precious Scars

Author – Emily Suvada

Series: This Mortal Coil

Rating: ♥♥♥♥♥

I love a short story, especially one that gives us more insight to a world we have grown to love. Here is the prequel story in This Mortal Coil Series, set before book 1 when the Knockout Kids were still just kids.

This Mortal Coil (Book 1) – Emily Suvada

Title: This Mortal Coil

Author: Emily Suvada

Series: This Mortal Coil

Rating: ♥♥♥♥

This Mortal Coil by Emily Suvada was a series that took me by storm. Another gem I found while browsing my local Waterstones bookstore, it fit my need for dystopian YA Sci-Fi after Blood of Eden by Julie Kagawa left me in a little bit of a slump. After reading Blood of Eden I found I needed two more things in my life; books with vicious plagues and kick-ass women leads.

This Mortal Coil did not disappoint.

Top 10 Tuesdays – Favourite Quotes (So far)

This marks the beginning of my Tuesday Top Ten posts.

This week I’ve gone for Top Ten Favourite Quotes do far because I’m sure the list will change with time as I enjoy more books.

Summer Blog Challenge – Day 30

Day 30 – A Book That Was Banned at Some Point

For this prompt I’ve actually picked three books and they are all children’s books.

I can’t actually believe these books were banned at any point but apparently we live in a very cautious and suspicious world.

Three books that were banned at some point are The Lorax by Dr. Suess, Where the Wild Things Are by Maurice Sendak and James and the Giant Peach by Roald Dahl.

Summer Blog Challenge – Day 29

Day 29 – Most Anticipated Read for Next Month

Next month, I have decided I’m going to to be focusing on fairytale retellings so I’ve picked out a list of books that I hope to get through and review for the month.

That means I know in advance what I’m going to be reading which could either work really well or really badly. I’m hoping it goes well because it would cut some of the work out for me with a small baby on the go, it’s one less thing to think about.

I’m probably being a bit optimistic with this one but my most anticipated read is actually going to be a series.

My most anticipated reads for next month is going to be The Lunar Chronicles by Marissa Meyer.

Summer Blog Challenge – Day 28

Day 28 – The Best Book You’ve Read this Month

So I’m getting myself sorted to start reviewing some fairytale retellings in August after having read A Curse So Dark and Lonely by Brigid Kemmerer. I honestly thought that was going to be my favourite read for this month but I’ve been pleasantly surprised by another so that one has definitely stolen the spot.

The best book I’ve read this month is The Beast’s Heart by Leife Shallcross.