“If only I could behead people where they stood for displeasing me. Life would be much, much easier.” Queen of Coin and Whispers by Helen Corcoran is a novel featuring a LGBT romance between two strong female leads. When I read the blurb for this book I was so excited to get stuck in. IContinue reading “The Queen of Coin and Whispers -by Helen Corcoran – Review”
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Circe – Madeline Miller – Review
‘I had no right to claim, I knew it. But in a solitary life, there are rare moments when another soul dips near yours, as stars once a year brush the earth. Such a constellation he was to me.’ Circe by Madeline Miller is a retelling of one of the lesser known Greek goddesses ‘Circes’.Continue reading “Circe – Madeline Miller – Review”
Setting the World on Fire.
‘I played with the flames and got burnt beyond the third degree. But just like a tattoo, it’s a scar that has meaning to me. It’s seared into my being. I’ve learned to be still…and I’ve had the f***ing time of my life setting the world on fire.’ Setting the World on Fire is theContinue reading “Setting the World on Fire.”
Muse of Nightmares – Laini Taylor – Review
“Many a choice is made in this way: by pretending it makes itself. And many a fate is decided by those who cannot decide.” Strange the Dreamer was, in a word, magic. But did we really expect anything else? Godspawn, unnamed cities and people who have two hearts? (Loved that whole concept, eek!) Taylor’s writingContinue reading “Muse of Nightmares – Laini Taylor – Review”
Jane Eyre – Charlotte Bronte – Review
Charlotte Bronte, you wonderful, wonderful woman. I can’t help but wonder what she may have been like if she lived in the 21st century, she was so ahead of her time. I know some people say that Bronte wasn’t a feminist, but there is something definitely proto-feminist in her works; Women are supposed to beContinue reading “Jane Eyre – Charlotte Bronte – Review”
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