22 September, 2020

[Review] The Night Country (Hazel Wood #2) and The Boy Who Didn't come Home (Hazel Wood #1.5) by Melissa Albert

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Series or Stand Alone: The Hazel Wood
Release Date: 7 January, 2020
Publisher: MacMillan Audio
Genre: Fantasy/Folklore/Fairy Tale retellings/action/adventure/romance
ISBN: 9781250246240
Edition: Audiobook (available in eBook and hardback)
Rating: ★★
Review Written: 9 July, 2020
Warnings: Death
Summary:  
Can you ever truly escape the Hazel Wood?

In the sequel to her New York Times bestselling, literary/commercial breakout, The Hazel Wood, Melissa Albert dives back into the menacing, mesmerizing world that captivated readers of the first book. Follow Alice Proserpine and Ellery Finch as they come to learn that The Hazel Wood was just the beginning of worlds beyond, “a place where stories and real life convene, where magic contains truth, and the world as it appears false, and where just about anything can happen, particularly in the pages of a good book” (The New York Times).

See more by Melissa Albert at her website.

08 September, 2020

[Review] Sea Witch (Sea Witch #1) by Sarah Henning

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Series or Stand Alone: Sea Witch series
Release Date: 31 July, 2018
Publisher: Katherine Tegen Books
Genre: Fantasy/Fairy Tale Retellings/Fairy Tales/Romance
ISBN: 9780062438805
Edition: Paperback (available in Hardback, eBook, and audiobook)
Rating: ★★
Review Written: 9 July, 2020
Warnings: Death
Summary:  
Wicked meets "The Little Mermaid" in the captivating origin story of the sea's most iconic villainess, perfect for fans of Heartless and Dorothy Must Die.

Ever since her best friend Anna died, Evie has been an outcast in her small fishing town. Hiding her talents, mourning her loss, drowning in her guilt.

Then a girl with an uncanny resemblance to Anna appears on the shore, and the two girls catch the eyes of two charming princes. Suddenly Evie feels like she might finally have a chance at her own happily ever after.

But magic isn’t kind, and her new friend harbors secrets of her own. She can’t stay in Havnestad—or on two legs—without Evie’s help. And when Evie reaches deep into the power of her magic to save her friend’s humanity—and her prince’s heart—she discovers, too late, what she’s bargained away.

See more by Sarah Henning at her website.