Review #18 - Conjuror by John and Carole Barrowman

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Title: Conjuror

Author: John and Carole Barrowman

Publisher: Head of Zeus

ISBN 13: 978-1781856376

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There are three things in this world that seventeen-year-old Rémy would guard with his life: his gold pendant, his blues harmonica and his mother's journal. This is all he has left of his murdered family. And he believes these objects will lead him to their killers.

Rémy can't hunt them down alone. He needs Matt and Em Calder, twins who can bring art to life and travel through paintings. For, like them, Rémy has supernatural powers. He is a Conjuror, descendant of an ancient bloodline that can change reality with music.

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Review #17 - Illuminae by Jay Kristoff and Amie Kaufman

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Title: Illuminae

Author: Jay Kristoff and Amie Kauffman

Publisher: Rock the Boat

ISBN 13: 978-1780748375

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The year is 2575 and two mega-corporations are at war over a planet that’s little more than an ice covered speck.  Too bad nobody thought to warn the people living on it.  With enemy fire raining down on them Ezra and Kady have to make their escape on the evacuating fleet.  But their troubles are just beginning.  A deadly plague has broken out on one of the space ships and it is mutating with terrifying results.  Their ships protection is seriously flawed.   No one will say what is going on. 

As Kady hacks into a tangled web of data to find the truth its clear only one person can help her. Ezra. And the only problem with that is they split up before all this trouble started and she isn’t supposed to be talking to him.

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March Wrap Up and April TBR

So in March 2017 I managed to read a total of 7 books. I am very pleased with this, it was my aim to read 6 in March so I beat that although I didn't manage my March TBR. I still need to read King's Cage and Wintersong. Oops.

In order of reading I completed A Darker Shade of Magic, A Gathering of Shadows and A Conjuring of Light by VE Schwab, then I read Vicious by VE Schwab, Illuminae by Jay Kristoff and Amie Kaufman, A Monster Calls by Patrick Ness and Conjuror by John and Carole Barrowman.

I completely and utterly fell in love with Schwab's writing style and the Darker Shades trilogy has become my favourite. I also really enjoyed Vicious which was very different to the trilogy but also really good. Illuminae was a fun read, the concept was really unique and I actually found it a quick read. I listened to A Monster Calls on audiobook read by Jason Isaacs and it was a really moving story.

So in April I am going to aim for 5 books just because I have a few different events happening so I might not get as many read. I am currently reading Bloodline by Claudia Gray and listening to The Chemist by Stephanie Meyer on audiobook. I plan on reading Gemina by Jay Kristoff and Amie Kaufman, Strange the Dreamer by Laini Taylor and This Savage Song by VE Schwab. 

               

March Unboxing - Fairyloot

So today I am going to be unboxing the March 2017 FairyLoot box, this box was Fairyloot's 1 year anniversary box and as such the box itself was purple. (What follows will contain spoilers so please do not read if you don't want to know what is in the box)

FairyLoot is a monthly book subscription box mainly focusing on fantasy YA and YA crossovers. Each month you receive a new release book, mostly hardback and 4-6 bookish items which fit in with the theme.

The theme this month was Myths and Monsters. (Spoiler filled post under the cut)

Review #16 - A Monster Calls by Patrick Ness

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Title: A Monster Calls

Author: Patrick Ness

Publisher: Walker Books

ISBN 13: 978-1406361803

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Conor has the same dream every night, ever since his mother first fell ill, ever since she started the treatments that don't quite seem to be working. But tonight is different. Tonight, when he wakes, there's a visitor at his window. It’s ancient, elemental, a force of nature. And it wants the most dangerous thing of all from Conor. It wants the truth. Patrick Ness takes the final idea of the late, award-winning writer Siobhan Dowd and weaves an extraordinary and heartbreaking tale of mischief, healing and above all, the courage it takes to survive.

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Review #15 - Vicious by VE Schwab

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Title: Vicious

Author: VE Schwab

Publisher: Titan Books

ISBN 13: 978-1783290215

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Victor and Eli started out as college roommates brilliant, arrogant, lonely boys who recognized the same ambition in each other. A shared interest in adrenaline, near-death experiences, and seemingly supernatural events reveals an intriguing possibility: that under the right conditions, someone could develop extraordinary abilities. But when their thesis moves from the academic to the experimental, things go horribly wrong.

Ten years later, Victor breaks out of prison, determined to catch up to his old friend (now foe), aided by a young girl with a stunning ability. Meanwhile, Eli is on a mission to eradicate every other super-powered person that he can find aside from his sidekick, an enigmatic woman with an unbreakable will. Armed with terrible power on both sides, driven by the memory of betrayal and loss, the arch-nemeses have set a course for revenge but who will be left alive at the end?

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Review #14 - A Conjuring of Light by VE Schwab

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Title: A Conjuring of Light

Author: VE Schwab

Publisher: Titan Books

ISBN 13: 978-1785652448

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The precarious equilibrium among the four Londons has reached its breaking point. Once brimming with the red vivacity of magic, darkness casts a shadow over the Maresh Empire, leaving a space for another London to rise. Kell - once assumed to be the last surviving Antari -begins to waver under the pressure of competing loyalties. Lila Bard, once a commonplace but never common thief, has survived and flourished through a series of magical trials. But now she must learn to control the magic, before it bleeds her dry. Meanwhile, the disgraced Captain Alucard Emery and the Night Spire crew are attempting a race against time to acquire the impossible, as an ancient enemy returns to claim a crown and a fallen hero is desperate to save a decaying world...

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