Then a foreigner with no name turns up, and with him she has the chance to run.īut the desert plains are full of dangerous magic. And yet Amani Al’Hiza must call it ‘home’.Īmani wants to escape and see the world she’s heard about in campfire stories. It’s not the place to be poor or orphaned or female. Tell me that’s how you want your story to go and we’ll write it straight across the sand.”ĭustwalk is an unforgiving, dead-end town. Save ourselves and leave this place to burn. Once I got started, I was hooked, and I seriously struggled to put it down, as I needed to know what was going to happen!Ĭontinue reading → Review: Rebel of the Sands by Alwyn Hamilton
Fortunately for me, I won a copy from Hot Key Books during their series of giveaways over the Christmas period, and I knew that I simply had to read as soon as possible. I had heard a lot about The Girl from Everywhere, but never quite got around to acquiring a copy about reading it – it was one of the 2016 releases which I wanted to read but unfortunately didn’t manage to over last year. Nix must work out what she wants, who she is, and where she really belongs before time runs out on her forever. And if Nix has learned one thing, it’s that losing the person you love is a torment that no one can withstand. And when Nix refuses to help, her father threatens to maroon Kashmir, her only friend (and perhaps, only love) in a time where Nix will never be able to find him. But then a map falls into her father’s lap that changes everything. Nix has grown used to her father’s obsession, but only because she’s convinced it can’t work. Something that puts Nix’s existence rather dangerously in question... A time before Nix was born, and her mother was alive. And Nix’s father is only interested in one time, and one place: Honolulu 1868. Old maps allow Nix and her father to navigate not just to distant lands, but distant times – although a map will only take you somewhere once. She, her father and their crew of time refugees travel the world aboard The Temptation, a glorious pirate ship stuffed with treasures both typical and mythical. Sixteen-year-old Nix Song is a time-traveller. It was the kind of August day that hinted at monsoons, and the year was 1774, though not for very much longer. Genres: Young Adult, Fantasy, Science Fiction, Historical Fiction, Time Travel Also, I reviewed Rebel of the Sands over Blogmas on my blog, and really enjoyed it – yet this series just got even better with the addition of Traitor to the Throne.Ĭontinue reading → Review: The Girl from Everywhere by Heidi Heilig I was incredibly fortunate in that I received a proof of Traitor to the Throne from my local independent bookshop, as I’m a youth reviewer for them, and I couldn’t believe my luck when I saw they had a copy for me ( I mentioned this book in my post on exciting February releases!). Just the right place for a spy to thrive... But spying is a dangerous game, and when ghosts from Amani’s past emerge to haunt her, she begins to wonder if she can trust her own treacherous heart. For the Sultan’s palace is a dangerous one, and the harem is a viper’s nest of suspicion, fear and intrigue. Stripped of her powers and her identity, and torn from the man she loves, Amani must return to her desert-girl’s instinct for survival. But when a surprise encounter turns into a brutal kidnapping, Amani finds herself betrayed in the cruellest manner possible. Amani has come into both her powers and her reputation as the Blue-Eyed Bandit, and the Rebel Prince’s message has spread across the desert – and some might say out of control. Nearly a year has passed since Amani and the rebels won their epic battle at Fahali. I am super excited that not only today am I sharing my review of The Fandom (one of my favourite books of 2017!), but I am also participating in the blog tour! I stayed up way into the night reading this book, and then spent the next morning recounting the plot and talking about how cool it was to anyone would listen, so it’s great to have the chance to rave about it some more – although don’t worry, this review will be spoiler free.Ĭontinue reading → Review: Traitor to the Throne by Alwyn Hamilton > Thank you to Chicken House for sending me a copy of The Fandom in exchange for an honest review! Ī fast-paced, genre-flipping YA fantasy adventure from a brand new author, writing in homage to the best YA fiction. Fuelled by love, guilt and fear, can the friends put the plot back on track and get out? The fate of the story is in their hands. What they’re not expecting is to be catapulted by freak accident into their favourite world – for real. They can’t wait to meet the fandom of mega movie, The Gallows Dance. Cosplay ready, Violet and her friends are at Comic-Con.