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Hi everyone!

So I suppose you’ve seen the lack of my posts on here. The reason is that I find it hard to read different genres right now which makes maintaining this blog a huge challenge. So I am not deleting it, but putting it on a hiatus – I may want to return to it in time. For now, however, if you want to read my reviews, you can head to my blog focused on LGBTQIA+ books right here. I’ll be happy if any…

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Warrior of Woden by Matthew Harffy

Warrior of Woden by Matthew Harffy

⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐

Oh, what can I say? Another great book by one of my favourite historical fiction authors, Matthew Harffy. This time I took a while to read the book as I had many other books to read as well, but it doesn’t mean it is not at least as good as the previous ones.

This book is so heartbreaking. I felt so sorry for Beobrand. He goes from quite okay to so heartbreaking in the end. It actually…

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Blog Tour Part 2: Review of, and Excerpt from Robin Hood's Dawn

Blog Tour Part 2: Review of, and Excerpt from Robin Hood’s Dawn

⭐ ⭐ ⭐ + half a star 🙂

This is a retelling of Robin Hood’s legend and a pretty good one at that. I am vaguely familiar with the outlaw who stole from the rich and gave to the poor and who had problems with the Sheriff of Nottingham (and that episode of Doctor Who with Robin Hood and the robots :)).

Anyway. The book is interesting although I had a lot of problems in the beginning – it featured a…

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Blog Tour Part 1: Q&A with the authors of Robin Hood's Dawn

Blog Tour Part 1: Q&A with the authors of Robin Hood’s Dawn

This post is a part of blog tour for Robin Hood’s Dawn, the first book in the trilogy about Robin Hood (obviously). Check back tomorrow to see the excerpt and my review of the book!

  Robin Hood has been featured in many books, movies, and television shows.  How is your story different?

We have taken a fresh approach to the Robin Hood story, and we’re excited to share our vision with fans of the…

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Down by Contact by Santino Hassell

⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐

This is a M/M romance book so if that’s not your cup of tea, you should probably avoid it.

If, however, you are not bothered by it, and read books like this one, let me say that it was amazing!

Okay, now that we’ve gone through that, I can start with the review. To be quite honest, it took me some time and two rereads before I could even sit down to write this review. It is the first…

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Gemini Keeps Capricorn by Anyta Sunday

⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐

 This book is the third book in the series Signs of Love. It is full of awful, yet funny (or maybe funny because they are kind of awful) coffee puns and quite a few scenes occur in a cafe, which I really appreciate and relate with since I also spend a lot of times in cafes. In fact, I am typing this review in one. Anyway, it is a slow-burn romance with an RA, Lloyd, and a third-year law…

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Hello! I'm back

Hello! I’m back

You may have noticed I haven’t posted much in a while. Now, there’s a good reason for that. If you’ve followed my twitter by any chance, you may have seen that I was in a hospital. I have read some books while I was there but I rarely had the chance to write the review – the access to the (ONE!) computer was quite limited and there were other people who used it. And there was no Wi-Fi! So I only…

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My Dear Hamilton by Stephanie Dray, Laura Kamoie

⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐

I received this book in exchange for an honest review.

“In short, there is not a breath in any American’s life that is not shaped in some way by Alexander Hamilton.”

“And Monroe, the last of the founders. Or so they say. But if Monroe must be counted as the last, then by my reasoning, my husband was the first. For not one of these men would have ever become president without Alexander…

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Lies She Told by Cate Holahan

Lies She Told by Cate Holahan

⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐

I received this book in exchange for an honest review.

“Sometimes the truth is stranger than fiction.”

This book is outside the genres I usually read but it had intrigued me so I decided to request it. The premise of the book, a story within a story, is a very interesting and, in this case, well executed.

The main character in the book is Liza, a writer whose last book about child abuse…

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Shelter by Sarah Franklin

Shelter by Sarah Franklin

⭐ ⭐ ⭐

I received the book in exchange for an honest review.

So, this book deserves about 3.5 stars but as I can’t add half a star so I rounded it down a bit (because it’s not really 4 stars book).

The story is happening in 1944 and it is an interesting take on the World War II as it does not happen in the bigger cities or any similar places, but it takes part in the forest.

Connie, a forester who…

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The Liebster Award #2

The Liebster Award #2

I was nominated for this award by Dani @ Perspective of a Writer. Thank you! This was very unexpected because we did not have much of a contact and it is amazing to know that people like my blog, even though I don’t post all that regularly, especially lately.

    The rules

1. Acknowledge the blog who nominated you and display the award.

2. Answer the 11 questions the blogger gives you.

3.…

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Nadya's War by C.S. Taylor

Nadya’s War by C.S. Taylor

⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐

I received the copy in exchange for an honest review.

The main character of the book is Nadezdah “Little Boar” Buzina, a Cossack female pilot defending Russia, who dreams about shooting down as many German planes as possible. These dreams become more difficult to achieve when she suffers severe burns and becomes the sole survivor of a flight.

She and her friends from the all-female…

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180 Seconds by Jessica Park

180 Seconds by Jessica Park

⭐ ⭐ ⭐

This book was recommended to me by a list of books about mental health. So maybe I have expected too much from the book in advance.

It is a sweet story, most of the time, about love, loss and complex past. However, even though Allison had a difficult past, and has trust issues, she comes to trust Esben far too easily. I get the concept that in 180 seconds of silence and intense eye contact…

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Oswald: Return of the King by Edoardo Albert

Oswald: Return of the King by Edoardo Albert

⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐

Oswald: Return of the King is the continuation of Edwin: High King of Britain (my review of the first book can be found here) and is thus the second book in The Northumbrian Thrones series.

Just like the first one deals with Edwin, obviously, this one deals mainly with Oswald, son of the man from whom Edwin took the throne in the first book. Oswald, like Edwin in the first book, returns…

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Warcross by Marie Lu

Warcross by Marie Lu

⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐

I have seen such great reviews of Warcross that when I saw it in a bookshop, I HAD TO buy it. I mean, all the good reviews, and the cover is absolutely AMAZING!

The story represents both poverty and struggling that comes with it, and opulent wealth after successful breakthrough. Personally, I LOVED Emika’s character. She struggles in life and yet she somehow deals with it. The incident…

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Turtles All the Way Down

Turtles All the Way Down

⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐

I’m not a huge fan of John Green (*gasp* I know), but I have decided to give this book a chance, merely because I have read it deals with mental illness and I like to read books like that. Why? Maybe they make me feel not alone.

It is a story about friendship, hardship, and love. However, love does not play such a prominent role – it is there, but the focus is on Aza Holmes, the main…

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Reasons to Stay Alive by Matt Haig

Reasons to Stay Alive by Matt Haig

⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐

I was recommended this book when I asked about good books about mental illness. And it was a great recommendation!

This review will probably end up very personal, and how could it not be when I’ve gone through most of the things that the author does.

“I never realised how you could be locked inside your own mind.”

It is a great book describing Matt Haig’s ‘battle’ with anxiety and…