REVIEW: Cracked Kingdom (#5) - Erin Watt

Cracked Kingdom (#5) - Erin Watt
Series: The Royals
Publisher:  Erin Watt
Format: Kindle
Pages: 305 Pages
Rating: ⭐⭐⭐⭐

Goodreads Blurb

Ever since Hartley Wright met Easton Royal, her life hasn’t been the same. There are enemies behind every corner and dangers beyond each door. When tragedy strikes and steals her memories, she can’t trust anyone, not even the blue-eyed boy who promises her that everything will be all right.

Because while Hartley’s memory is full of gaps, her instincts tell her Easton is dangerous. She doesn’t know if he’s the snake in the garden or her chance at salvation. The chaos he brings wherever he goes is too much to handle, the intense feelings he evokes are too confusing to unravel.

Easton wants her to remember. Hartley thinks it’s better to forget.

She might be right.

REVIEW: Big Little Lies - Liane Moriarty

Big Little Lies - Liane Moriarty
Publisher: Bolinda Publishing Pty Ltd
Format: Audiobook
Narrator: Caroline Lee
Time: 15Hrs and 56Mins
Rating: ⭐⭐⭐⭐

Goodreads Blurb

Pirriwee Public's annual school Trivia Night has ended in a shocking riot. One parent is dead. The school principal is horrified. As police investigate what appears to have been a tragic accident, signs begin to indicate that this devastating death might have been cold-blooded murder.

REVIEW: The Dream Thieves (#2) - Maggie Steifvater

The Dream Thieves (#2) - Maggie Steifvater

Series: The Raven Cycle
Publisher: Scholastic
Format: Paperback
Pages: 450 Pages
Rating: ⭐⭐⭐⭐

Goodreads Blurb

Now that the ley lines around Cabeswater have been woken, nothing for Ronan, Gansey, Blue, and Adam will be the same. Ronan, for one, is falling more and more deeply into his dreams, and his dreams are intruding more and more into waking life. Meanwhile, some very sinister people are looking for some of the same pieces of the Cabeswater puzzle that Gansey is after…

REVIEW: The Book of Ivy (#1) - Amy Engel

The Book of Ivy (#1) - Amy Engel

Series: The Book of Ivy
Publisher: Hodder & Stoughton
Format: Kindle
Pages: 304 Pages
Rating: ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

Goodreads Blurb

After a brutal nuclear war, the United States was left decimated. A small group of survivors eventually banded together, but only after more conflict over which family would govern the new nation. The Westfalls lost. Fifty years later, peace and control are maintained by marrying the daughters of the losing side to the sons of the winning group in a yearly ritual.

This year, it is my turn.

My name is Ivy Westfall, and my mission is simple: to kill the president’s son—my soon-to-be husband—and restore the Westfall family to power.

But Bishop Lattimer is either a very skilled actor or he’s not the cruel, heartless boy my family warned me to expect. He might even be the one person in this world who truly understands me. But there is no escape from my fate. I am the only one who can restore the Westfall legacy.

Because Bishop must die. And I must be the one to kill him…

REVIEW: The Diabolic (#1) - S. J. Kincaid

The Diabolic (#1) - S. J. Kincaid*
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Series: The Diabolic
Format: E-Book / Paperback
Pages: 403 Pages
Rating: ⭐⭐⭐⭐

*Received from NetGalley for an honest review (I did actually pick a paperback copy up myself, so read between the two)*

Goodreads Blurb

Nemesis is a Diabolic. Created to protect a galactic Senator's daughter, Sidonia. The girl who has grown up by her side and who is as much as sister as a master. There's no one Nemesis wouldn't kill to keep her safe. But when the power-mad Emperor summons Sidonia to the galactic court as a hostage, there is only one way for Nemesis to protect Sidonia.

She must become her.

Now one of the galaxy's most dangerous weapons is masquerading in a world of corruption and Nemesis has to hide her true abilities or risk everything. As the Empire begins to fracture and rebellion looms closer, Nemesis learns that there is something stronger than her deadly force: the one thing she's been told she doesn't have - humanity. And, amidst all the danger, action and intrigue, her humanity might be the only thing that can save her, Sidonia and the entire Empire.

REVIEW: The Void (#3) - J. D. Horn

The Void (#3) - J. D. Horn

Series: Witching Savannah

Publisher: Brilliance Audio

Format: Audiobook
Narrator: Shannon McManus
Time: 10Hrs and 8Mins

Rating: ⭐⭐⭐⭐

Goodreads Blurb

An otherworldly energy runs through the city of Savannah, betraying its sleepy, moss-cradled charm. The old, beguiling streets look welcoming to most…but certain families know what lurks under their genteel surfaces. Families like Mercy Taylor’s, which has the most powerful lineage of witches in the South, know this all too well.

Mercy and her husband, Peter, are happily preparing to welcome baby Colin into their lives. But their excitement quickly becomes overshadowed by a gruesome discovery: someone has scattered severed limbs throughout the city. After a troubling visit from an old foe, Mercy learns dark magic is at play, and someone—or something—wants her and her unborn child out of the picture. To uncover the shocking reason why, the amateur witch must face a force beyond her power…or risk losing everything.

REVIEW: Stout (#2) - Georgia Cates

Stout (#2) - Georgia Cates
Series: Lovibond
Publisher: Georgia Cates Books
Format: Kindle
Pages: 248 Pages
Rating: ⭐⭐⭐⭐

Goodreads Blurb

A beautiful neighbour. A complete stranger. That’s all she was when I moved in next door.

Adelyn Maxwell is my neighbour but she’s no girl next door. The more I come to know her, the more I discover she’s a good girl with a lovely dark side. And maybe I don’t want her to stay on her side of the fence.

I want to disturb the rhythm of her pulse.

I want to see the way her hair spills on the bed when she lies beneath me.

I want her to teach me the dirty pretty things she desires behind closed doors. And she does.

But mostly I want to leave my mark on the most intimate, untouched part of her body. Her heart.

A seemingly insignificant intersection of our lives neither of us recalls suddenly becomes a pivotal moment in our future. We aren’t strangers at all. And our paths aren’t crossing for the first time.

These twists and turns of fate will become one of two things: a wrecking ball to tear us apart or the connection to bond us together forever.