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As a self-confessed Christina Henry addict, I obviously ordered this one straight away. But when I got the opportunity to read an eARC, I leapt at it. This was a little different from the others, not a retelling but its own creepy story of witches, woods and murders, and I loved it. Rating: 4 stars!
September has disappeared already, and it's time to wrap up my reads. I read 25 books, a total of 8403 pages and my average rating was 3.88 out of 5 stars - not too bad.
Steph created the Six For Sunday challenge, and this quarter's prompts are here! This week I'm looking at my favourite authors to follow. I'm doing a 6+1 version of this one. Six authors who's work I follow religiously - my 'insta-buy' authors - and one author who you should be all following on twitter. My … Continue reading #SixforSunday : Favourite Authors to Follow
"Do you think I don't know what kind of men this world has wrought?" Red said. "Every woman knows. And those men existed before everything fell apart." Rating: 3.5 stars This wasn't my favourite of Christina Henry's retellings, and I found it a little harder to get into than the other books in this 'series'. Admittedly, … Continue reading The Girl in Red, by Christina Henry (Review)
A terrifying and heart-pounding Peter Pan retelling that had me marathon reading it just to find out what happened to Jamie and the rest of the Lost Boys. Rating: 5 stars
“Women who did what they liked instead of what other people wished were often accused of witchcraft, because only a witch would be so defiant, or so it was thought.” Rating: 3.5 stars. I read this after reading Alice by the same author, and I was equally as excited by it. The titular mermaid is Amelia, who is … Continue reading The Mermaid, by Christina Henry (Review)
“One day, long ago, she’d gone seeking an adventure and found terror instead. That day had changed the course of her life, and left her hands awash in blood. It was not her fault, but this was how it must be. She understood that now.” Rating: 4.5 stars I loved this book. I was recommended this by my … Continue reading Alice, by Christina Henry (Review)
