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Kokomo by Victoria Hannan
Kokomo by Victoria Hannan is a novel of a mother and a daughter dealing with grief, love and yearning while learning to see each other as more than what their imagination created. The book opens in London with Mina receiving the news that her agoraphobic mother in Melbourne left the house after twelve years minutes…
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Requesting Books from Australian Publishers
Part of the fun of being is a book blogger is getting the privilege to read books before their release date, review it and help hype it up. However, no one really tells you how to contact publishers on getting the chance of receiving advance reader copies (arcs). Especially since the book blogging community is…
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Crescent City: House of Earth and Blood by Sarah J Mass
Crescent City follows the story of half-fae Bryce Quinlan as she tries to solve the murder of her closest friends. Bryce is partnered up with fallen angel Hunt Athalar, who is enslaved to the city’s Archangels governor after his failed rebellion. Together they discover secrets of the people closest to them and uncover dark dealings…
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The Girl and the Whispering Shadow by D.E Night
I received this ebook in exchange for an honest review by Stories Untold LLC. All opinions are my own. Recap: Crowns of Croswald follows the story of Ivy Lovely, a young girl who finds herself forced out of her home and enrolled to study magic at the Halls of Ivy. While studying at her magic,…
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The Year the Maps Changed by Danielle Binks
The Year the Maps Changed follows 12-year-old Winniefred “Fred” life in Sorrento, Victoria when 400 Kosovar-Albanian refugees arrive to be kept at one of Australia’s ‘safe havens.’ Unlike most other middle grade novels this coming of age story isn’t about Fred ‘growing up’ but instead its about her dealing with change in the midst of…
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Ruthless Gods (Something Dark and Holy #2 ) by Emily A. Duncan
Ruthless Gods, the sequel to Emily A. Duncan’s debut novel Wicked Saints, is set several months after the events of book one as Nadya tries to figure out how to get the pantheon of gods talking to her as she lives in Serefin’s castle under a false title. Serefin, now king, is trying to keep his country from…
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Drowning in the Floating World by Meg Eden | Book Tour
Drowning in the Floating World by Meg Eden Publisher: Press 53 ISBN: 1950413152 Pages: 80 Publication Date: March 11th 2020 RRP: $14.95 USD Personal Rating: 5/5 Drowning in the Floating world is a heart-wrenching book filled with a series of poems that followed the aftermath of Japan’s 2011 tsunami and Fukushima plant disaster. Each poem takes a new perspective…
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Havenfall by Sara Holland
A safe haven between four realms. The girl sworn to protect it–at any cost. Hidden deep in the mountains of Colorado lies the Inn at Havenfall, a sanctuary that connects ancient worlds–each with their own magic–together. For generations, the inn has protected all who seek refuge within its walls, and any who disrupt the peace…
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The Gravity of Us by Phil Stamper
As a successful social media journalist with half a million followers, seventeen-year-old Cal is used to sharing his life online. But when his pilot father is selected for a highly publicized NASA mission to Mars, Cal and his family relocate from Brooklyn to Houston and are thrust into a media circus. Publisher: Bloomsbury YA ISBN:…