Book Recommendation: This Savage Song by Victoria Schwab

So thrilled to have finally read this book again. It's already been a year and a half since I first read this precious thing. Been wanting to re-read it for ages, and now that the second and final book is out, I finally could. And oh, I'm so happy to say that I loved this book so so much, once again. It is such a stunning story. With amazing writing and an exciting world. I love these characters beyond words. I'm not sure I'm ready for their story to end in Our Dark Duet. Ahh. Not sure my heart can take it. But I will survive. Maybe.

I'm not sure what to say about this book this second time. My mind feels empty, after finishing it again. I just loved it so much. And I'm so glad I finally got the chance to read it again. This book is worth reading. If you still haven't gotten to it, get moving. Because you need to get to know August and Kate. Eee. They are such amazing characters and I love them so much. Sniffs. This book is full of monsters. The awful kind, and the human kind too. Gosh, how I loved reading about them all. So exciting, horrible and perfect.

This book tells the story about August and Kate. They both have a point of view, which I loved so much. My favorite is August, because of how broken and sad yet fierce he is. He's a monster, yet he's trying so hard to be human and kind. But oh, Kate is amazing too. I love her so much. She's a bit broken too, but a lot tougher that August, to be honest. So fierce, so sweet too, at times. Oh, how I loved getting to know them both again. Ahh. I simply wish there is even more to know about in the next book. Fingers crossed.

There is so much I love about this one. Getting to know August and Kate was the best part. Because they are such well written characters and they are amazing to read about. I loved how they met, and how they started spending a bit of time together. They are friends in this book, and sadly no romance at all, but I'm okay with that, because I think it might happen. Maybe. But even so, their friendship is so precious to me. They haven't known each other long, but I love how they act around each other. It's sweet and awesome.

There are monsters in this book. Many different kinds. I loved reading about them all so much. Monster books are the best. And these monsters are awful. It was heartbreaking yet fun to read about. There is a lot of death too, which was pretty sad, yet so interesting too. And especially getting to know what kind of monster that August is. And what he can do. And how he does it. And how amazing he is with his violin. Oh, how I love this broken boy. He's gentle and sweet and I love him to pieces. There is also a cute cat.

So much that I could say about this book. But I'm not going to. Not this time. Just that you have to read it. Because August and Kate are such amazing characters. And this world is freaking amazing. So awful, yet so perfect. The ending is a bit horrifying. And I loved every moment of it. Ahh. And oh, August's family. I loved Ilsa so much. I hated Leo so much. And I adored his parents. I hope they are all awesome in book two as well. Eee. I cannot wait. Oh, how much I loved this book, once again. It's so good. And gorgeous.

CORSAI, CORSAI,

TOOTH AND CLAW.

SHADOW AND BONE 

WILL EAT YOU RAW.

MALCHAI, MALCHAI,

SHARP AND SLY,

SMILE AND BITE

AND DRINK YOU DRY.

SUNAI, SUNAI,

EYES LIKE COAL,

SING YOU A SONG

AND STEAL YOUR SOUL.

MONSTERS, MONSTERS,

BIG AND SMALL,

THEY'RE GONNA COME

AND EAT YOU ALL.

This Savage Song. Our Dark Duet. Victoria Schwab.
The Book Depository. Amazon. My First Review.

Waiting on Wednesday #297

"Waiting On" Wednesday is a weekly event, hosted by Breaking the Spine, that spotlights upcoming releases that we're eagerly anticipating.

BEFORE SHE IGNITES BY JODI MEADOWS

Goodreads Description:

Before

Mira Minkoba is the Hopebearer. Since the day she was born, she’s been told she’s special. Important. Perfect. She’s known across the Fallen Isles not just for her beauty, but for the Mira Treaty named after her, a peace agreement which united the seven islands against their enemies on the mainland.

But Mira has never felt as perfect as everyone says. She counts compulsively. She struggles with crippling anxiety. And she’s far too interested in dragons for a girl of her station.

After

Then Mira discovers an explosive secret that challenges everything she and the Treaty stand for. Betrayed by the very people she spent her life serving, Mira is sentenced to the Pit–the deadliest prison in the Fallen Isles. There, a cruel guard would do anything to discover the secret she would die to protect.

No longer beholden to those who betrayed her, Mira must learn to survive on her own and unearth the dark truths about the Fallen Isles–and herself–before her very world begins to collapse.

Hardcover, 496 pages

Expected publication: September 12th 2017 by Katherine Tegen Books

Pre-Order here and here

Eee, I'm so so excited about this book :D It looks gorgeous. And sounds aaamazing. And dragons! Eee. And I adore Jodi so much. She's awesome. I'm reading this book very soon, as I have an ARC coming shortly, and ahh, I'm so thrilled about it. I hope and think I'm going to love this book oh so much. Just cannot wait to read it :D To get to know Mira. And everything. See my cover reveal post for it here. <3
What are you waiting for on this dark Wednesday?

UK Cover Reveal: Godsgrave by Jay Kristoff

Oh, how this cover is gorgeous. I loved Nevernight so so much, and I cannot wait to read Godsgrave :D Eee. It's going to break my heart, as I already know some spoilers, ahh, yet I'm super excited to read this book :) Love all books by Jay, eee. And just, gosh, this UK cover for Godsgrave is STUNNING. So fierce. So awesome. I love it to pieces. Cannot wait to own all the different editions of it. Yesss. Just hunting for the US and the UK ARC as well. <3 Need those badly. And need to read this book badly too. Can't wait.

A ruthless young assassin continues her journey for revenge in this new epic fantasy from New York Times bestselling author Jay Kristoff.

Mia Corvere has found her place among the Blades of Our Lady of Blessed Murder, but many in the Red Church hierarchy think she’s far from earned it. Plying her bloody trade in a backwater of the Republic, she’s no closer to ending the men who destroyed her familia; in fact, she’s told directly that Consul Scaeva is off limits. But after a deadly confrontation with an old enemy, Mia suspicions about the Red Church’s true motives begin to grow.

When it’s announced that Scaeva will be making a rare public appearance at the conclusion of the grand games in Godsgrave, Mia defies the Church and sells herself to a gladiatorial collegium for a chance to finally end him. Upon the sands of the arena, Mia finds new allies, bitter rivals, and more questions about her strange affinity for the shadows. But as conspiracies unfold within the collegium walls, and the body count rises, Mia will be forced to choose between love and revenge, and uncover a secret that could change the very face of her world.

Set in the world of Nevernight, which Publishers Weekly called “absorbing in its complexity and bold in its bloodiness,” Godsgrave will continue to thrill and satisfy fantasy fans everywhere.

Nevernight. Godsgrave. Jay Kristoff. Official Reveal Post. The Book Depository.
Amazon. The US Cover Reveal. My review of Nevernight. My Collection.

Review: The Suffering Tree by Elle Cosimano

Been wanting to read this book for ages now. Because it looks gorgeous; love that cover so much. And it sounded pretty good too. Finally got to read it, but oh, I'm pretty disappointed. Giving it two stars. Which break my heart a little, because I really wanted and expected to love this book. How rude. But it was so different.

Like, the goodreads summary is not very correct at all. It doesn't mention at all that Tori is cutting herself. And that she has been harming herself all the time for months, that she is full of cuts. It didn't bother me, but it could bother a lot of other people. It did bother me that I never got to know why she cut herself, though.

It also doesn't mention that a lot of this book takes place three hundred years earlier, in flashbacks. There were a lot of those scenes. And I am not sure if I liked them or not. They were my favorite part of the book, because those scenes were a lot of heartbreaking and awful. About slaves. About how they were treated. It wasn't nice to read about. But it was interesting, and I cared more for those characters. But I also didn't love it, because Nathaniel was in love with Em for years, yet she was in love with someone else. And reading about that just broke my heart, because this boy did not get much happiness at all. And neither did Em. Their years as servants were not good years, reading about it was heartbreaking. Some parts were boring, though.

But this isn't really their story. This book is about Tori, taking place our time. I wish I could say that I loved this girl, but I didn't, not really. I felt nothing while reading about her. I was curious about her family; liked some things about her too. But for the most part I didn't really like her. I didn't like reading about how she hurt herself every time she couldn't deal with something. It was painful to read about. I still didn't know why. She started before her father died. Think she was raped, but it was never said. I needed it said. Aw.

This book is about Tori moving with her mom and brother to a new place that they suddenly got from a dead guy. They don't know why they were left this house and land, but are trying to figure it out. The neighbors weren't very nice at all. Ugh. And there was a boy, Jesse. Seemed like he could have been a weird type of love interest, but he wasn't. He was a bit cruel and awful; he even went through all of her stuff in her room one day, and she did nothing about it. That bothered me too. But he wasn't important.

But yeah. I'm not sure what to share about this book. Don't really feel like writing much about it. It's about Tori seeing a boy coming out of the ground, clawing his way up. Nathaniel died three hundred years ago. He was cursed, sort of. And I liked reading about this boy a lot. Was so curious about his story. But, well, Tori never asks him about any of it. And that bothered me too. All I know about him is the scenes from the past; which isn't something he was telling her about. Wanted that. So yeah, that was disappointing too.

I'm not sure what else to say. I liked reading about the past. Though I only really enjoyed reading about Nathaniel. Tori just bothered me. She has two friends in this new place, but I cared nothing about either of them. One of them didn't tell her the truth about something important. And they just weren't really there. As Tori kept so many secrets from everyone, and I didn't approve of that either. Sigh. I felt like this book could have been so much better. Yes, I enjoyed some of the plot, but not most of it. I wish I had loved it.

Then there was the romance. Sigh. I felt nothing for the romance at all. And that bothered me a lot as well. I thought it would be swoony and awesome, but it was neither. I liked Nathaniel a lot, and I sort of liked Tori, but I didn't ship them together at all. Didn't get why they should get together. Plus the romance was really small and weird too. Didn't get why they were attracted to each other, or how it happened. One small kiss. Then second kiss turned into too much, and it just felt awkward to me. Just, so so depressing.

I wish I could say that I loved this book. But I didn't. I found the plot to be exciting most of the time, and I wanted to know how the book would end, but I also didn't care much. I just wanted the book to end at times, which isn't a good thing. Aw. I also didn't think the ending was very exciting; felt like it could have been more. Aw. But I am glad that I tried this book. Just wishing it had been better. Curious to know what others think of it, though. Have seen someone love it, and someone not finish it. Aw. Need more opinions.

Goodreads - The Book Depository - Amazon

In My Mailbox #293

Finally got medicine this week. Yesss. So I think I'm finally going to feel a bit better. <3 My wound still hasn't closed, but it's aaalmost there now, yess. But, goddamn it. I was waiting for a surgery appointment, to get rid of this thread thingy, and they told me yesterday that it would be July 21st. I was upset about waiting three weeks over time, sigh, but couldn't change it. Then the note with the date came, and it says Wednesday, June 21st. Ahh. And that is just days away. Now I'm even more stressed. Especially since some places it says that I cannot bath for weeks after this surgery.. goddamn it. I hope that isn't true. Sigh. Please let it be so that I can finally take up my spa bath next weekend. Please. Hmph. Anyway. I did have a good week, though :) Got some stunning mail. <3 And read a bit too :D Nothing since Wednesday, as I'm a bit stressed, but hoping to read later today. I posted my review of The Adventures of John Blake :D Then I posted my review of Now I Rise. Aw. This week I'm waiting on Daughter of the Siren Queen. <3 Then I posted my review of The Girl with the Ghost Machine :D Yay. My tests before I went to the hospital weren't good at all, so now getting medicine every fourth week, instead of sixth week. Ugh. But hoping that means I will feel better for longer. Fingers crossed :) Anyway. I'm mostly happy with this week. <3

Lord of Shadows. YAY for gorgeous looking international paperback edition :D Love this book so much.
Our Dark Duet. Eee! I am so so excited to be reading this book soon. Just, I peeked. Aw. But still excited.
A Darker Shade of Magic. I simply couldn't resist buying this foreign edition of this gorgeous book. Love.
The Suffering Tree. Reading this one next, and I am so excited for it. Oh, please let me love it lots. Ack.
The Evaporation of Sofi Snow. I enjoyed this book a lot, despite not loving it, so I couldn't not buy it :D
The Fallen Kingdom. Ahh. I cannot wait to read this final book. Just need to decide when to read it. <3
Miraculous Ladybug. Another of these stunning comic books from this awesome animated show. Eee.
The Girl with the Ghost Machine. Eee. I loved this book so so much. Adorable and heartbreaking. Aw.
The Peculiar Night of the Blue Heart. Love this book to pieces. Paperback edition is so gorgeous. Love.
The Safest Lies. I loved this book so much, and I had to own the paperback edition of it too. Love it.
Moana/Vaiana. Finally out. But.. they call her Vaiana in the English version too :( Not okay. Need US one.
Moana + Tsum Tsum. New Disney Store order, hih. I love all my new plushes :D Moana is so, so cute.

More Instagram photos here. <3