Book Review: A Big Ship at the Edge of the Universe by Alex White

January 21, 2020January 21, 2020 ~ Justine ~ Leave a comment

A Big Ship at the Edge of the Universe is a book that caught my eye with its gorgeous cover, amazing blurbs (Nicholas Eames!), and fun premise. Despite buying it over a year ago, it sat on my shelf until January (typical) when I picked it up for a buddy read with my friend and fellow BookTuber Amber. Unfortunately, I came away from this book incredibly disappointed! The buddy read is the only thing that kept me from DNFing it early on.

Mini Reviews: Nemesis and The Woman in Black

January 20, 2020January 10, 2020 ~ Justine ~ Leave a comment

Sometimes I don't have a lot to say about a given book, even if it's one I really love! Enter, the mini review. Take a look at two books I read over Christmas this year and really enjoyed!

Book Review: The Toll by Neil Schusterman

January 15, 2020January 10, 2020 ~ Justine ~ 1 Comment

The Arc of the Scythe series is a funny one for me, because while I really enjoyed the second book, Thunderhead, I nearly didn’t read it. Scythe had a great concept but I felt the main characters were poorly executed and Schusterman didn’t let his amazing worldbuilding and ideas shine. Therefore The Toll had a lot of expectation riding on it and I have to say, I didn't love it. What the hell happened in this book?

Book Review: The Guest List by Lucy Foley

January 13, 2020November 29, 2019 ~ Justine ~ Leave a comment

I read and really enjoyed Lucy's first novel, The Hunting Party, and was really excited to read more thrillers from her. There's something about her 'rich, awful people doing awful things and having awful things happen to them' plots that I absolutely love -- they're so deliciously dark and compulsively readable.

Book Review: The Shadow Saint by Gareth Hanrahan

January 9, 2020January 9, 2020 ~ Justine ~ 2 Comments

The Gutter Prayer tied for my #1 book of 2019, alongside The Bone Ships, and I was eagerly awaiting the release of The Shadow Saint. I was worried that the second book wouldn’t live up to Hanrahan’s incredible debut, however I should have had more faith! The Shadow Saint is a very different, but equally brilliant book.

Book Review: Starsight by Brandon Sanderson

January 7, 2020 ~ Justine ~ 1 Comment

Skyward was one of my favourite books of 2018 from one of my favourite authors. Brandon Sanderson never fails to write an engaging and exciting book, and his shift from adult fantasy into YA science fiction was an absolute delight. Naturally, I was beyond excited to read the sequel, Starsight. While I really enjoyed this second book, it did lack some of the charm of its predecessor.

Book Review: The Night Country by Melissa Albert

January 6, 2020 ~ Justine ~ Leave a comment

I had mixed feelings about reading The Night Country, given my disappointment with The Hazel Wood, but I wanted to give it a try because I did enjoy some parts of the first book. Reading The Night Country gave me deja vu: once again, I mostly enjoyed the first half of the book, but it totally fell apart in the second half.