Hamra and the Jungle of Memories by Hanna Alkaf: a review

A Malaysian spin on Little Red Riding Hood from the critically acclaimed author of The Girl and the Ghost, Hanna Alkaf. Courage is the strongest magic there is. On Hamra's thirteenth birthday, she receives nothing but endless nagging and yet another errand to run in the Langkawi jungle that looms behind her home. No one has remembered…

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Series review: The Rain Wild Chronicles

Life tip for a Rain Wilder: do not get dating advice from a dragon. Or from a boat. Hello, lovely people! Today I'm reviewing the Rain Wild Chronicles, which are four books of the Realm of the Elderlings series by Robin Hobb. The events in these books are set sometime after the events of the…

The Tawny Man trilogy by Robin Hobb review // I am just rambling a lot

After finishing Liveship Traders, I almost immediately jumped on to reading the Tawny Man trilogy. I was missing Fitz and Buckkeep and I was so curious about what happens next in his life. I finished the books ridiculously fast (in probably 4 days), and then I went back and reread all three slowly, taking in…

Worst books of 2022

Hello there, friends! We are nearly two weeks away from the end of the year and I have decided that it is time for some negativity! I'm one book away from conquering my Goodreads challenge for 2022 and as luck would have it, I seem unable to finish any book that I start. I usually…

Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea | a review

When an unidentified “monster” threatens international shipping, French oceanographer Pierre Aronnax and his unflappable assistant Conseil join an expedition organized by the US Navy to hunt down and destroy the menace. After months of fruitless searching, they finally grapple with their quarry, but Aronnax, Conseil, and the brash Canadian harpooner Ned Land are thrown overboard…

Six Crimson Cranes by Elizabeth Lim | a review

Shiori, the only princess of Kiata, has a secret. Forbidden magic runs through her veins. Normally she conceals it well, but on the morning of her betrothal ceremony, Shiori loses control. At first, her mistake seems like a stroke of luck, forestalling the wedding she never wanted, but it also catches the attention of Raikama,…

Book review: Skyward by Brandon Sanderson

From Brandon Sanderson, the #1 New York Times bestselling author of the Reckoners series, the Stormlight Archive, and the internationally bestselling Mistborn series, comes the first book in an epic new series about a girl who dreams of becoming a pilot in a dangerous world at war with an alien race called the Krell. Spensa’s…

Loveless by Alice Oseman // messy teens, Shakespeare and shenanigans – aka the book currently owning my heart

This is my first Alice Oseman book, peeps, and I'm so happy to say it won't be the last. Read on if you want to know my thoughts! Disclaimer: this review is spoiler free. Synopsis It was all sinking in. I’d never had a crush on anyone. No boys, no girls, not a single person…

Book review: Rule of Wolves by Leigh Bardugo

Maybe I shouldn't keep monthly TBRs because, as it turned out, I am awfully bad at following them through. So instead of Red Queen and The Hate U Give I went on and read the King of Scars duology. I initially wanted to review King of Scars as well, given how much I liked it,…

Book review: These Violent Delights by Chloe Gong // Romeo and Juliet with gangs, guns and a monster

If I were to tell the premise of this book in one sentence, it would be : a retelling of Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliette set in 1920's Shanghai. How cool is that? Disclaimer: this review is spoiler free. Synopsis The year is 1926, and Shanghai hums to the tune of debauchery.A blood feud between two…