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A Shadow Bright an Burning

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Hey guys! It´s Monday and that means that is time for our weekly appointment. Today I am bringing a review that I was very much looking forward to it. This was a book that I deeply loved when I read it back in September. I know it´s been a while since I read it but one only has so many time, but eventually all the reviews will come. Today I will be talking about A Shadow Bright and Burning by Jessica Cluess. I bought this book on the Madrid Book Fair and even when I wanted to read it I was not expecting to like this book as much as I did it. I was expecting A Shadow Bright and Burning to be just another YA novel full of clichĂ©s and truth to be told it was quite the opposite. A Shadow Bright and Burning is an amazing book and I will tell why you need to read it. The story takes place in the Victorian London, but history is not anymore as we have been taught because in this version of the world there are witches, wizards and sorceress. Henrietta is a young lady that has spe...

The Black Prism

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Hey Guys! It´s Monday and here I am. Today I am ready to tell you about a book that was a gift by my Godfather, as I told you in my July Hook Haul. Today I will be talking about The Black Prism by Brent Weeks, a book that I was really looking forward to read. I saw a recommendation over PerouseProjct BookTube channel and she and I have similar tastes as we both are fantasy lovers. In the end, I am happy I read the book but there are some aspects that I haven’t enjoyed as much as I thought I would. In The Black Prism we follow Gavin: the Prism and the most powerful man in the world. He is like an emperor and is the only man who is able to control all the colours in the light spectrum. Gavin is considered to be almost a god because of this power. He has 7 goals but all seems to fade once he discovers he has a son. There is so much more in the plot of this book, but I cannot tell you about it without make a spoiler so I won’t. As per usual this will be a spoiler free rev...

A Court of Thornes and Roses

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Hey guys! Last year on the Madrid Book Fair I found a Little stand of an independent book store that had become one of my favourites in the city. It has a huge amount and variety of books in English, books that sometimes are not published in Spanish, so you can guess why I love this store. Whatsoever, I found A Court of Thornes and Roses (by that time I didn ’ t know it was about to by publish in Spanish) and I bought it. I took the book on vacation with me but I did not have the time to read it. Then as you guys know if you have been following the blog for a while I went on Erasmus and just took eBooks with me; and after that I was just not in the mood for it. However, finally I have read it and I have to say that I am disappointed with it. I have heard so many great things about this book and read so many great reviews that I was expecting a really good book; instead I found an entertaining book that could have been better. Before I start with the whole review let me tell y...

The Final Empire

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Hi guys! I know it´s been a while since weekly post arrive but at least this week it will be two weeks in a row with weakly post. I promise that as soon as I am back home the post will be back as previously schedule, maybe changing the days that you are used to but two per week at the end. Today I want to talk you about The Final Empire the first installment in the Mistborn trilogy by Brandon Sanderson; who apparently is one of the greatest contemporary fantasy writers. To be honest with you, just by reading Mistborn I agree, but it´s the first book that I read by him. The final empire is a book told mostly in the perspectives of two characters. The story is about this kingdom that is led by Lord Ruler, who a thousand of years ago, saved the world. Now the Skaas are salved and among the nobles there is people with powers. But that´s not all there are certain people call the Mistborns that are the most powerful among them. There are a lot of good things in this book sta...