Book Review: The Blackthorn Key

 Hi everyone,

I recently finished The Blackthorn Key by Kevin Sands. I gave this book 5 out of 5 stars on Goodreads. You can see more about what this book is about here before heading in to my review.  Another bookish thing you can check out is my August TBR 2020 and July wrap up on TikTok @brinadancer to see it and the other books I'm reading this month. I also have up a book haul of books I got before the lock down for COVID-19 you can check it out here. I'd love to know what your reading this month let me know either here in the comments or on my video. 

Hopping on in to the review. I'll try not to give to much away and keep this spoiler free. I literally just picked this up because of the book blurbs. It sounded so interesting because it said an "apprentices journey, hidden codes, puzzles and secret societies" and it came with a warning page. What more could you want! I was so shocked by this book it was so good, super easy and fast to read since its middle grade. I could not put it down I read the whole book in 3 days while on vacation.

I really liked the character of Christopher he is a super fun and rambunctious boy. I love that he's an apprentice to an apothecary and that his best friend helps to take care of him after things start going crazy. I also really liked the mystery aspect and the hidden codes and puzzles in the one. They were super entertaining. I think they were well woven in to the story. I also liked that every recipe that Christoper goes to make is an actual recipes from the 1600, it's totally crazy. Also, I appreciate Tom, the best friend, that goes along with pretty much everything Christopher does even if it gets him in trouble. I will say I think that he portrayal of how children were treated in this is accurate since most kids during this time period were expected to behave a certain way. So just a slight warning on that note.  

I would definitely recommend this one. Since I totally fell in love it with and can't wait to get the next books in the series. I really liked that it was so fast to read and super entertaining. It was a page turner for sure. 

Lastly, if your looking for other books I have reviews up for Arc of A Scythe Trilogy up, Marked, and the Lost Heroes of Olympus series: The Lost Hero, Son of Neptune and Mark of Athena. And  A Storm of Magic and many more through out my blog.

If you've read this book let me know what your thoughts are and what your reading right now in the comments.

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Book Review: A Storm of Smoke and Flame

 Hi everyone,

I recently finished A Storm of Smoke and Flame by Marion Blackwood . I gave this book 4.6 out of 5 stars on Goodreads. You can see more about what this book is about here before heading in to my review.  Another bookish thing you can check out is my August TBR 2020 and July wrap up on TikTok @brinadancer to see it and the other books I'm reading this month. I also have up a book haul of books you can check it out here. With hopefully another haul coming soon. I'd love to know what your reading this month as week let me know either here in the comments or on my video.  Also, I received an ARC of this book from the author. So huge thank you to Marion Blackwood to sending me this book.  

Hopping on in to the review. Before reading this make sure you've read the first two books. I'd hate to spoil anything for you!  I was super excited to get this one and start it. I love Storm as a character and couldn't wait to see where this one went. I loved the way that this novel started since Storm and Shade have decided that it's time to go to the Pernulians and see there city. This was a great way to start off in to a new adventure. Let's just take a second to appreciate the sexual tension between Storm and Shade in this one. Like I think there is way more going on between those two than what Storm lets on.

Moving on lol! 

Once we got to the city of Pernula though I liked all the characters we were introduced to like Zania and her sister Norah but I definitely wanted a little more action. This was a little different of a turn from the past two books where there was way more action and killing. This one was more political intrigue and espionage in taking over the Pernulian government. I was totally not expecting that when I started this, I definitely would say this one keeps you on you toes since you never know what's going to happen next. I did like the ending. Again I want to see what happens to Storm and her friends in the next book.

Overall I would recommended this book especially if you love Storm and want an adventure. This also a fairly easy read so it's good to pick up and read almost all at once. I want to again say thank you to Marion Blackwood for sending me this book. It was great and I can't wait for the next one

Lastly, if your looking for other books I have reviews up for the other first book and second book in Marion;s series.  A Storm of Silver and Ash and A Storm of Shadows and Pearls 

Here are some other review I have up as well: Arc of A Scythe Trilogy up, Marked, and the Lost Heroes of Olympus series: The Lost Hero, Son of Neptune and Mark of Athena. And  A Storm of Magic.

If you've read this book let me know what your thoughts are and what your reading right now in the comments.

Thanks for reading,  please don’t forget to like, comment, and follow for more of my posts. 

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Book Review: Shadow and Bone

Hi everyone,
I recently finished Shadow and Bone by Leigh Bardugo. I gave this book 4.5 out of 5 stars on Goodreads. You can see more about what this book is about here before heading in to my review since it may contain SPOLIERS. 

I went in to the book not really knowing all that much other than all the hype that surrounds it and that their is a possible TV series/movies in the works. I think its totally worth all that hype though. There are several good things about this book. This first being the setting, we're in the Russian like country called Ravka,  that is totally cut off from the rest of the world on one side by the Fold or a great sea of darkness that covers the land. Which brings me to the nest great thing about this book the maigcal/powers of the Grisha. Freaking love LOVE it. There are different kinds of Grisha based on what kind of talent they have which is totally cool. 

Now on to more of the characters and story. The main character Alina is pretty awesome since she ends up have a decent power where she can summon light. Which makes her one of the most powerful since the whole goal is eventually to rid the world of the Fold and the Darkling. That brings us the the Darkling, I'm totally a fan even though he's the bad guy. I really almost wanted Alina to be with him and not Mal, the best friend. Mal is the other major character in this book and he is Alina best friend and an excellent tracker which is a necessary skill later on as the story develops. Once we see that Alina has this power, she is then whisked away and put in to the Little Palace to serve the Darkling. As you can tell from above the Darkling clearly has other plans for Alina in that he wants to use her to help move the Fold in to the other countries boarding Ravka so that he can essentially run the content. As the plot thickens we learn that Alina in order to survive needs the help of amplifier and only Mal can track since it is a her amplifier is a mythical stag creature. Thus putting our characters back together and in position for Alina and Mal to make their get way from the Darklings clutches. This is where this first book leaves us. I'm so ready for the next one and to see how the next one goes. I definitely think this is worth a read just because this word is so interesting. Let me know your thoughts on this book and what you think is the best part in the comments below. 

Thanks for reading!

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