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There will come a darkness by Katy rose pool Review

Review

Oh damn what a debut this book was, the magical elements throughout this world, the diversity in the characters throughout this story and the whole crew setting was amazing.

There will come a darkness is the start of a

Epic YA fantasy series, it follows Multiple characters in a world that is starting to corrupt and follows an array of characters from all types of backgrounds and learning about each individuals own lives and the trials and tribulations they are facing was so amazing to read about. The world in which this book is set is absolutely amazing from its very old styled kind of buildings with a mix of modern twist weaved in between it all.

There will come a darkness needs to be on everyones TBR piles and also needs to become a very well known fantasy for all readers.

One of my favourite parts about this book were the characters. The way we meet some of these characters is awesome and even from the first sentenced you are hooked instantly. as I said before the characters are so diverse and its wonderful to read about, even the secondary characters in which we meet are all written about wonderfully aswell and its very cool to see the added bonus of learning about their lives too which I think adds and makes fantasy books better.

when I was reading this book I came attached to some of the characters. my fav character even though they all are amazing in their own ways, has got to be Anton, oh I would love for him to be a friend in real life. His story arc through this book 😦 you feel for him in so many ways and just want to give him a hug in certain situations.

The only thing I’ve got to say that is a little negative Is that in some parts of the story I had a incline where the story was going and predicted a few things that would happen before they happened. but that was only on a few occasions. mosts of the twists I didn’t see coming which makes the book even better.

overall there will come a darkness is took over and is now my fav fantasy book of the year so far. As I’ve said the world, characters and the beautiful writing just makes this book what it is and I’m so excited for the next book in the series and very excited to have a new author to love. Congratulations Katy Rose Pool on this absolutely amazing first novel.

4.5/5 stars

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American royals by Katharine Mcgee

Arc sent to me for review by penguin random house in exchange for a honest review.

Where to buy American royals

Amazon – https://www.amazon.co.uk/American-Royals-Katharine-McGee/dp/0241365953/ref=mp_s_a_1_1?keywords=american+royals&qid=1567499018&s=gateway&sr=8-1

Barnes and Nobel – https://m.barnesandnoble.com/w/american-royals-katharine-mcgee/1130400712?ean=9781984830173

Book depository- https://www.bookdepository.com/American-Royals-Katharine-Mcgee/9780241365953?ref=grid-view&qid=1567499195706&sr=1-1

Book synopsis

What if America had a royal family? If you can’t get enough of Harry and Meghan or Kate and William, meet American princesses Beatrice and Samantha. Perfect for fans of Red, White, and Royal Blue and The Royal We!

Two princesses vying for the ultimate crown. 
Two girls vying for the prince’s heart. 
This is the story of the American royals.

When America won the Revolutionary War, its people offered General George Washington a crown. Two and a half centuries later, the House of Washington still sits on the throne. Like most royal families, the Washingtons have an heir and a spare. A future monarch and a backup battery. Each child knows exactly what is expected of them. But these aren’t just any royals. They’re American.

As Princess Beatrice gets closer to becoming America’s first queen regnant, the duty she has embraced her entire life suddenly feels stifling. Nobody cares about the spare except when she’s breaking the rules, so Princess Samantha doesn’t care much about anything, either . . . except the one boy who is distinctly off-limits to her. And then there’s Samantha’s twin, Prince Jefferson. If he’d been born a generation earlier, he would have stood first in line for the throne, but the new laws of succession make him third. Most of America adores their devastatingly handsome prince . . . but two very different girls are vying to capture his heart.

Review below

this was a very enjoyable read, with a lot of drama and such a fascinating take on what it would be like if America had a royal family ruling instead of a president. before going into this book I was so interested as I loved the concept of the book and I love reading about royalty.

so in this book we follow the lives of the royal children and their personal engagements with the family and friends and how flawed and unroyally they all are behind closed doors. from the first chapter we already see the drama building within the family and as for some people that can be a turn off in books to have too much drama I quite enjoyed it. yes throughout this book there are moments where this book has many flaws and not liking the characters but overall this book is such a great book about a dysfunctional family and the trials and tribulations of royal life and how many different rules they have to partake to and stand by so their reputation is ruined.

the issues I had about this book were some of the characters were naive and some of their actions against each other throughout this book were a bit too dramatic for me.

but one thing I did enjoy was the relationships throughout the book and how more developed I hope they become in the next book (which I didn’t even know this was gonna be more than one book ).

overall this is a very quick and fun contemporary that if u need a book that gives you royalty,drama, flawed characters and a dysfunctional family this book Is one for you. I’m very intrigued for the next book and excited to see where the next book will go.

3.75/5 stars 🌟🌟🌟✨

Summer of 69 by Elin Hilderbrand – Review (spoilers below)

TW: Depression,Alcoholism, domestic violence, a character suicide, grooming

This is my first book by Elin Hilderbrand and what a great first book to read, I have also found out that this is her first historical fiction novel, and that all/most of her books are set in Nantucket. i would have to say that Elin is a natural in the historical fiction genre after just reading this book. It was just that good.

This book is set in the backend of the 60’s and follows the lives of one family, the levins who in this book go through so many emotions, dilemmas and lots of family drama.

Every summer the Levin’s always go to Nantucket and everyone usually are excited and happy to be going. But this year so many scenarios have played out and the family are not really excited anymore.

As we follow the lives of this family we see the ups and downs of this at times dysfunctional family. Such as Blair the oldest daughter has found out she is pregnant with twins and is mainly at home on her own most of the time as her husband Angus who is working with NASA is out most of the time either busy at work or is he keeping a secret ?

The middle daughter Kirby who is all about brining unity and rights to America to ensure everyone lives freely. Kirby has also not came to Nantucket this year as she has found at job working at Marthas vineyard then eventually a hotel.

The youngest daughter Jessie who is the only one going to Nantucket with her mother and grandmother is not really feeling up for it but has to go anyway but while she is there we see her character develop and see her be put in a very horrible situation. But also through this she meets a boy who is staying at the house called pick and we see this relationship unfold and many truths start to come out of the woodworks.

We also see a little bit of Tiger the only son in the family who has gone into the army to serve for a America in Vietnam and through the book we see the worry that the family face in wether they will see their son/brother/grandson ever again and the when we see letters get delivered in the book you can just fell the emotions and nervousness of the letter and the family not trying to fear the worst just before they see the letter.

i really loved the whole historical aspect of this book aswell and 1969 has got to be one of the perfect years to write about. From the clothes described to the many monumental occasions that are legendary to this day and also the classic bands and singers that get put throughout the book is just amazing to read about it definitely transports u back to the year of 1969.

Overall this book was such an amazing read and for Elin Hilderbrand’s first historical fiction this was soooooo good and like I just said being able to be transported back to 1969 was so cool and a very cool and the 60’s a very cool time to read about. The perfect summer read and if u haven’t picked this book up yet you sure need to.

4.5/5 stars

Book review: Lock every door – Riley Sager

Firstly before go into review just want to say sorry I haven’t posted for a few day but back now 🙂

Review below (spoilers)

This book was my first Riley Sager book and wow why haven’t I read any from this author before now, after seeing quite a few people talk about this book and seeing some really good reviews on the book I though I would try it out myself to see if I like it seeing as its my first book by this author. Before going into this book the concept alone was what got me interested. House sitting a well known place, creepy things starting to happen. what’s not to love about that in a thriller/mystery novel.

Jules larsen has not have the best time for the past few weeks in her life, catching her boyfriend cheating on her with another woman and also finding out later he was doing it the whole relationship, not just that Jules has been having lots of money troubles lately and just doesn’t know where her life is heading. So when Jules sees a advert for someone needed to house sit for three months at one of the grandest apartment buildings the Bartholomew in New York she takes up the offer and thinks why not its the perfect time to do it, nothing could go wrong…

as we delve deeper into the book and as Jules is settling into the Apartment we get introduced to some very mysterious and intriguing characters who live in the apartment all the time and we meet Ingrid who is an Apartment sitter on the floor below Jules. Jules start to confide in Ingrid as they are both new to staying in the residency of the Bartholomew, but Ingrid starts saying quite a few Mysterious things to Jules about the creepy happenings of what has happened in this building many years ago and the many going ons that continue to happen day to day. Jules just doesn’t really make anything of it but when she and Ingrid set up a day in Central Park for the next day when she arrives Ingrid is no where to be seen and doesn’t come back to the Bartholomew for the days after…

Jules makes it her life mission to find out what’s happened to Ingrid and start to find clues all through the apartment she’s staying in and all through the Apartment, delving deeper and deeper Jules finds out so much more that she starts to feel scared and doesn’t want to stay in the apartment anymore. Jules wants to find out what has happened and be done with the place and leave.

will that happen…

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