OVERALL 5/10 PLOT Mainly based on The Six Swans, mixed with some other fairy tales and elements from Eastern folklore. The plot is predictable. Whatever you think is going to happen, it will probably happen. Whether this is a good or a bad thing depends on how much you like the other aspects of the …
*Spoilers for the Winternight trilogy ahead Konstantin Nikonovich – one of the antagonists of the Winternight trilogy – is quite determined to give all priests a bad name and make himself the most hated man in his world. Let’s see: being a hypocrite, blaming his failure on Vasya, betraying Anna who trusted him with all …
PART 1 It is winter, as always. Olga – the princess of Serpukhov and Vasya’s big sister – is in her palace, waiting for her brother Sasha to come back. Some useful info: Sasha is everyone’s favourite: Pyotr’s (RIP) favourite son, Vasya’s favourite brother, and Grand Prince Dmitrii’s BFF. While waiting, Olga tells her children …
The Bear and the Nightingale is a fun ride that gives you a bit of everything: a lovable female lead, a fairy tale, relationships, cosy, terrifying, good and evil and things in between. And most important is its unexpected sense of humor. Here is my recap of this book. PART 1 It’s a cold night. …
OVERALL 8.5/10 The Once and Future King is a YA classic about King Arthur, divided into four books, each of which depicts a different time in Arthur’s life. In this post, I will briefly go over the good and bad of these books and determine whether it is worth one’s time. Spoiler: it is. WHAT …
If there is something I’ve learnt from both the Avengers and Jacks, it is that you should never mess with magic glowing stones. Anyway… OVERALL 5/10 WHAT’S IT ABOUT, ANYWAY The Ballad of Never After is the sequel to Once Upon a Broken Heart. Here, Evangeline Fox has been manipulated by a Fate, Jacks, into …
OVERALL 3/10 WHAT’S IT ABOUT, ANYWAY One day, Bitterblue, Queen of Monsea, finds that a nation across the sea — called Winterkeep — has been cheating her out of a valuable resource. She sets out to give them a piece of her mind. In Winterkeep, a daring teenager student of political science is dealing with …
OVERALL 7.5/10 IS IT GOOD? If you like slow-paced stories that deal with truth-finding, various relationships, compelling minor characters, and a heroine with a quiet strength, this book is it. WHAT’S IT ABOUT, ANYWAY Eight years after the event of Graceling, Bitterblue is now Queen of Monsea. The book deals mostly with Bitterblue’s exploration of …
OVERALL 5/10 VERDICT Unique world-building, likable characters, but with an underwhelming conclusion. WHAT’S IT ABOUT, ANYWAY? In this Medieval Europe inspired world, people gifted with enhanced abilities are called Gracelings. Katsa has a special Grace; Po, her friend, has a special Grace. They go on an adventure to find out that they’re even more special …
OVERALL 3/10 VERDICT An underwhelming finale with too many convenient solutions. SYNOPSIS Send Me Their Souls is the final book of the Bring Me Their Heart series. Varia wreaks havoc with her uncontrolled power, and it is up to Zera and the gang to stop her before she destroys the whole world. Lucien is a …
