I Wish I Owned a Bookstore
A blog for me to rant about fantasy books, happy reading ❤
Monday, 14 June 2021
Review: Wolf Gone Wild by Juliette Cross
Monday, 7 June 2021
ARC Review: Of Wicked Blood by Olivia Wildenstein and Katie Hayoz
Thursday, 3 June 2021
Review: Firefighter Griffin by Zoe Chant; a sweet/steamy shifter romance
Monday, 17 May 2021
Review: Gild by Raven Kennedy; a King Midas retelling
This is a King Midas retelling, but centres on Auren, the King’s favoured, and the only person he has ever turned to gold (not solid gold, he can do that, but everything about her, hair, eyes, blood etc. is gold-coloured). He promised to keep her safe, and she is safe in her golden cage high up in his golden palace. She’s also very lonely. And bored.
I certainly enjoyed this book, even though the ‘a golden cage is still a cage’ message is really in your face. There is decent world-building with magic and kingdoms and the promise for more detail in future books.
My favourite part of the book was definitely the main character. Auren had a shitty lot in life before being found by Midas, and she is determined to look on the bright side of every situation. Her interaction with other people is limited, what with living in a cage, but she finds ways to have fun, and I love her sass and sense of humour.
Tuesday, 4 May 2021
Book Blitz: The Insiders by Tijan
"Tijan delivers on the fun, edge, and angst. Her books never fail to please!"
--Kylie Scott, New York Times bestseller
The Insiders, an all-new not-to-be-missed, intense and emotional romance from New York Times bestselling author Tijan, is available now!
Bailey is as normal as could be, with a genius IQ and a photographic memory. But still, normal for her. Then, things happen -- a guy breaks into her house in the middle of the night to take her hostage. She learns her father is billionaire tech genius Peter Francis, the same guy she’s idolized all her life. She finds all this out when she meets dark, mysterious, and electrifying Kashton Colello. He’s also an associate of her father’s, and he gives Bailey two choices—go with him and meet her father or survive on her own because those kidnappers are going to try again.
It’s a no-brainer.
After this, three things become clear for Bailey:
1. She has to live at her father’s sprawling estate, complete with bodyguards and the best security that money can buy.
2. She’s no longer an only child. She has three siblings and has no idea what to do with them and vice versa.
3. She is being guarded by Kash himself. Personally guarded. And there is a lot of guarding going on there and some of it is going to drive her crazy.
A complete outsider in a world of wealth and decadence, Bailey has to find her way within a family that has more secrets than she could have imagined. One of these secrets could be deadly…
Tuesday, 2 February 2021
Books I've Read That Were Written Before I Was Born
Some Old Books I've Read, Oops I Mean Classics
I really don't read many older books. I guess that's partly because I'm really into Urban Fantasy, which is modern. So I really needed to wrack my brains to come up with this list. I do have a few classics on my TBR, but they're not books that I would typically feel like reading at any given time, so unless I'm reading them for a book club or something I probably won't. Here's my list.
My Fiance's Favourite Book
My Mum's Favourite Author
Read It For Book Club
Review: Wolf Girl by Leia Stone; aka Werewolf Bachelor
Genre: Urban Fantasy, Paranormal Romance
Saturday, 30 January 2021
Down The TBR Hole #1
Is your TBR out of control? Because mine certainly is!
- Go to your Goodreads Want to Read shelf
- Order by date added (starting with the oldest)
- Take the first 5 (or 10) books
- Read the synopsis and try to remember why you added it to the list
- Decide whether to keep it or remove it.
Want to Read: 625 Books
Thursday, 28 January 2021
The Shape of Stars Unknown by Sybil Le Pyrmont - Blog Tour and Giveaway
World domination is the least of their problems.
A STRANDED DEMIGOD. Lau of the House of Feofar, troubled and headstrong, screwed up. Royally. Now he lives out his days in exile on Earth – the very planet he once tried to exterminate.
A RUDDERLESS MORTAL WOMAN. Silver Laing leads the ordinary life of a white-collar worker. Lonely and desperately in search of purpose and new horizons, she gets more than she bargained for when she is offered a mysterious job.
A CATACLYSMIC PLAN BILLIONS OF YEARS IN THE MAKING. When a deadly visitor from Lau’s shrouded past threatens to lay the world in ashes, Silver and Lau must form an unlikely alliance against ancient and far superior forces.
An alliance with the potential to shake the very foundation of the Universe.
Shimmering new worlds?
Sizzling tension?
Secrets as old as time?
Splashes of humour?
If your answer to all of the above is ‘Hell, yeah!’ then The Shape of Stars Unknown is your guy. This first book in Sybil Le Pyrmont’s new urban fantasy adventure series, The Aldarfall Saga, will take you from Germany to Tibet, from Japan to Iceland and all the way to the other end of the Universe.
Tuesday, 26 January 2021
My Top Ten New Favourite Authors I Read In 2020
New-To-Me Authors I Fell In Love With In 2020
- Shelby Mahurin - Serpent & Dove
- Luanne G. Smith - The Vine Witch
- Margaret Rogerson - Sorcery of Thorns
- Pippa Dacosta - Twilight Seeker
- Elise Kova - Air Awakens
- Jessica Thorne - Mageborn
- Katherine Arden - The Bear and the Nightingale
- Amelie Wen Zhao - Blood Heir
- Michael McClung - The Thief Who Pulled on Trouble's Braids
- Martha Wells - All Systems Red