Plot: ★★★★★ Characters: ★★★ Readability: ★★★★ Strange but true: for some reason I was convinced Ready Player One was an old book, a sci-fi classic like Ender’s Game or Hitchiker’s Guide to the Galaxy. Reality: Ready Player One was published in 2011. Don’t ask me why I was convinced it was published in the 80s… Read More Ready Player One (Ernest Cline)
Plot: ★★★★ Characters: ★★★ Readability: ★★★ The Queen of the Tearling is a book I heard absolutely loads about before I actually read it, and I think that did the book a disservice. The problem is that so many of the reviews I was reading kept calling The Queen of the Tearling a YA… Read More The Queen of The Tearling (Erika Johansen)
SPOILER ALERT: As Heir of Fire is book 3 in the series, there will probably be some spoilers for Throne of Glass and Crown of Midnight. Plot: ★★★★ Characters: ★★★★★ Readability: ★★★★ Following the cliffhanger ending of Crown of Midnight, in Heir of Fire Celaena is alone in Wendlyn, sent there by Chaol for… Read More Heir of Fire (Sarah J. Maas)
SPOILER ALERT: IF YOU HAVEN’T READ THE FARSEER AND TAWNY MAN TRILOGIES STOP READING NOW! (and go read Assassin’s Apprentice instead) Plot: ★★★★ Characters: ★★★★★ Readability: ★★★★ Fitz is happily ensconced in Withywoods, married to the woman of his dreams, far away from the deceit of Buckeep Court and his old life. He and Molly… Read More Fool’s Assassin (Robin Hobb)
Plot: ★★ Characters: ★ Readability: ★ The Silver Chain was unfortunately not a book I could get along with. I’ve made no secret of the fact that erotic fiction is a bit of a guilty pleasure, and the genre is usually great for a quick, light read. It can be a little formulaic sometimes, but… Read More Mini review: The Silver Chain (Primula Bond)
