Tag: Victoria Schwab

  • Opposites Book Tag

    Opposites Book Tag

    Mandy from Book Princess Reviews tagged me for this and you can read her answers here! First book in your collection/Last book you bought Like the first book I bought myself? Because otherwise it would be a children’s book and at the age of like one day old… there’s no way I would remember that.…

  • A Darker Shade of Magic – V.E. Schwab

    A Darker Shade of Magic – V.E. Schwab

    A Darker Shade of Magic by V.E. Schwab My rating: 4.5 of 5 stars The first book set up the idea of the different Londons: magic-less grey London, vibrant red London, starving and desperate white London, and decimated, dead black London. Each built upon a foundation of London but developed in completely different fashions. Their…

  • The Steel Prince – V.E. Schwab

    The Steel Prince – V.E. Schwab

    Shades of Magic Vol. 1: The Steel Prince by V.E. Schwab My rating: 4 of 5 stars The Steel Prince takes readers back into the world that author V.E. Schwab built full of magic and different Londons. It lets readers learn more about Maxim, the future King of Red London, during his years as a…

  • Circling the Sun – Paula McLain

    Circling the Sun – Paula McLain

    Circling the Sun by Paula McLain My rating: 3.5 of 5 stars Circling the Sun is a historical fiction novel about the life of Beryl Markham. As this was only on my radar because it was the book for the adult reading group at my library this month and I was required to read it…

  • The Golden Tower – Holly Black

    The Golden Tower – Holly Black

    The Golden Tower by Holly Black My rating: 3.5 of 5 stars The Golden Tower is the final book in the Magisterium series by Cassandra Clare and Holly Black. This series has been a bit of a rollercoaster ride for me. I haven’t particularly loved any of the books in the series, but they were…

  • City of Ghosts – Victoria Schwab

    City of Ghosts – Victoria Schwab

    City of Ghosts by Victoria Schwab My rating: 3.5 of 5 stars City of Ghosts is a middle-grade novel by V.E. Schwab that takes place predominantly in Scotland. Usually, Schwab has fantastic worldbuilding in her novels and everything is so vividly painted – but that didn’t quite happen here. Yes, I could imagine Edinborough but…

  • Monthly Wrap Up and TBR (October-November)

    Monthly Wrap Up and TBR (October-November)

    Check out what I read this month and (maybe) plan to read next month!

  • Monthly Wrap Up and TBR (September-October)

    Monthly Wrap Up and TBR (September-October)

    Check out what I read this month and (maybe) plan to read next month!

  • Monthly Wrap Up and TBR (August-September)

    Monthly Wrap Up and TBR (August-September)

    Check out what I read this month and (maybe) plan to read next month!

  • Weekly Wrap Up: August 7-13

    Weekly Wrap Up: August 7-13

    Find out what I read this week and check out some of my other bookish posts!