Hello everyone! Today I'm delighted to host a guest post by Vanessa Finaughty as part of the virtual book tour for her Wizard of Ends fantasy adventure e-book series. For today's stop, Vanessa will be sharing a few real creatures that were once believed to be a myth or a hoax. Big thanks to Vanessa for… Continue reading BLOG TOUR Guest Post: Real creatures that were once believed to be myth or hoaxes
Tag: mythology
Review: The Phoenix and the Firebird by Alexis Kossiakoff and Scott Forbes Crawford
I received an advanced review copy of this book for free via BookSirens. This did not affect my opinion of the book in any way.Pages: 206Publisher: Earnshaw BooksPublished: August 2024 Synopsis A bullet-riddled train staggers into a Chinese station in 1920, and Lucy discovers that her father, a Russian officer, has been kidnapped. A mysterious… Continue reading Review: The Phoenix and the Firebird by Alexis Kossiakoff and Scott Forbes Crawford
Review: The Epic of Brigid Callahan by Beau Wallis
I received an advanced review copy of this book for free via Reedsy Discovery. This did not affect my opinion of the book in any way.Published: June 2024Pages: 286 Synopsis What would you do if you didn’t want to fulfil a prophecy? Brigid Callahan is anything but ordinary. At sixteen, she’s burdened with a fate… Continue reading Review: The Epic of Brigid Callahan by Beau Wallis
Review: The City of Brass by S.A. Chakraborty
I received an advanced review copy of this book for free from the publisher via NetGalley. This did not affect my opinion of the book in any way.Series: The Daevabad Trilogy #1Publisher: HarperVoyagerPublished: November 2017Pages: 532 Synopsis Among the bustling markets of eighteenth-century Cairo, the city’s outcasts eke out a living swindling rich Ottoman nobles… Continue reading Review: The City of Brass by S.A. Chakraborty
BLOG TOUR Review: Clytemnestra’s Bind by Susan C Wilson
I received an advanced review copy of this book for free from the publisher via NetGalley as part of the blog tour organised by TheWriteReads. This did not affect my opinion of the book in any way.Series: The House of Atreus #1Publisher: Neem Tree PressPublished: June 2023Pages: 300 Summary Queen Clytemnestra's world shatters when Agamemnon, a rival to… Continue reading BLOG TOUR Review: Clytemnestra’s Bind by Susan C Wilson
Review: Atalanta by Jennifer Saint
I received an advanced review copy of this book for free from the publisher via NetGalley. This did not affect my opinion of the book in any way.Publisher: WildfirePublished: April 2023Pages: 368 Synopsis When Princess Atalanta is born, a daughter rather than the son her parents hoped for, she is left on a mountainside to… Continue reading Review: Atalanta by Jennifer Saint
Review: The Leviathan by Rosie Andrews
I received an advanced review copy of this book for free from the publisher via NetGalley. This did not affect my opinion of the book in any way.Publisher: Raven BooksPublished: February 2022Pages: 320 Synopsis She is awake... Norfolk, 1643. With civil war tearing England apart, reluctant soldier Thomas Treadwater is summoned home by his sister,… Continue reading Review: The Leviathan by Rosie Andrews
Review: Daughter of the Moon Goddess by Sue Lynn Tan
I received an advanced review copy of this book for free from the publisher via NetGalley. This did not affect my opinion of the book in any way.Series: The Celestial Kingdom #1Publisher: HarperVoyagerPublished: January 2022Pages: 400 Synopsis A captivating debut fantasy inspired by the legend of Chang'e, the Chinese moon goddess, in which a young… Continue reading Review: Daughter of the Moon Goddess by Sue Lynn Tan
Review: Elektra by Jennifer Saint
I received a copy of this book from the publisher via NetGalley in exchange for my honest review. This did not affect my opinion of the book in any way.Publisher: WildfirePublished: April 2022Pages: 352 Summary The House of Atreus is cursed. A bloodline tainted by a generational cycle of violence and vengeance. This is the… Continue reading Review: Elektra by Jennifer Saint
Review: The Porpoise by Mark Haddon
I received a copy of this book from the publisher via NetGalley in exchange for my honest review. This did not affect my opinion of the book in any way.Publisher: Chatto & WindusPublished: May 2019Pages: 336 Summary ‘I really am so very, very sorry about this,’ he says, in an oddly formal voice… They strike… Continue reading Review: The Porpoise by Mark Haddon