Seven Devils, Laura Lam & Elizabeth May (DRC)

Mad Max meets Guardians of the Galaxy, and make it queer.

Ignite the Sun, Hanna Howard (DRC)

I want to thank Blink YA Books for approving my request to read this as a digital review copy. I was very excited to explore this after reading its promising summary and I’m very happy to have been given the chance.

Top 10 retellings I want to read

Retellings are a recent interest of me. It’s something that intrigues me because I find it polarising. If done well, a retelling can bring a totally different point of view on the source material. But if done wrong, there’s the chance a reader will get bored because the source material already gives away the meaning. Well, to get to business, here’s my top 10 retellings I want to read. And it’s a frustrating mix between books that are released and give-me-that-release-right-now-or-I-will-perish-from-curiosity books.

Audrey and Apollo 11, Rebecca Rissman (galley)

As a social worker and family guidance counsellor I’m always on the lookout for books to introduce to my clients’ children. Hence why I requested to read a galley of this book. Thank you, Capstone (Stone Arch Books) for accepting my request. In return, I wrote this (honest, unbiased) review.

The Wrath and the Dawn, Renée Ahdieh

A YA fantasy retelling that pulled me in because of the cover (yep, I’m that sort). I finished this book in one day for a desert-themed readathon. And here’s what I thought of it.

We Hunt the Flame, Hafsah Faizal

A fleshed out story filled with Middle Eastern mythologies and dark magic. What else was I going to do than love it?

The Life and (Medieval) Times of Kit Sweetly, Jamie Pacton

There’s something incredibly relatable about a bunch of people practicing knighthood in a laundromat at night, using pool noodles, and a girl talking about Brienne of Tarth destroying patriarchy.

Shadow in the Empire of Light, Jane Routley (ARC)

Thank you, Rebellion Publishing and Netgalley, for accepting my request to read this advanced copy and review it. Unfortunately, it doesn’t live up to its promises. There are slight spoilers for dialogue here but it doesn’t give away the plot.

May Releases & Book Birthdays I loved!

Happy Book Birthday to all authors who released a book in May 2019! Here are my recommendations for the ones I read, plus my highly anticipated releases of 2020!

DNF – On Swift Horses, Shannon Pufahl

A DNF (did not finish) book. Should you blog about it or not? That’s what came into my mind. And you know what? It’s still a book I read and I have thoughts about it. So DNF-books might be a nice category on my blog in which I motivate my reasons and collect my thoughts. Will you join me?