As a fantasy novel with elements of the real world; urban fantasy, magical realism novel, this is not the normal type of book I would pick up. But I received my copy for my birthday, and after hearing some pretty good reviews of it, I decided I might as well pick it up. Have to admit it did not disappoint, this turned out to be a really amazing novel, full of twists and turns, and a really creepy scary vibe.

I will start with the downside that is dragging on me a little bit, and that is that the last quarter of the novel was actually a little bit slow. For some reason, I felt that the build up to the main events of The Hazel Wood, were the main intrigue of this novel, rather than the main events themselves. The first three quarters of this novel flew by, with me reading it in just a couple of days, but then I found that it then dragged. This is honestly the only let down that I had for this novel, and it would otherwise of been a five star read.

The creepy fairy tales that are told dotedly throughout the book are partly what makes it. They had me turning the lights on at night and watching my bedroom door while lying in bed. Super scary and yet so good, they reminded me of Grimm Brother fairy tales, which I absolutely love. Although the fairy tale characters come to life, and are a part of this novel as a whole, I would quite happily just read the book of fairy tales that the book is based around. I highly don’t recommend reading this novel alone, in the dark or at night, it will have you bricking it. But if you have a light, a guard dog and good strong lock on your door, then you have to read this.

Overall this was a strong four star read, and has really helped to get me back into reading after a horrible reading slump. This is a good book for those that want to start getting into fantasy as it is partially based in the modern day world with just a slight spin of book characters coming to life. I feel like this novel was rushed near the end and could of used more work for the ending, but the main body of this story was outstanding!

Welcome to my stop on the Synapse Sequence blog tour. Today I have a guest post for you from the author himself, Daniel Godfrey, all about his top five fictional ‘detectives’, all of whom in actual fact are not detectives at all. I must admit I agree with some of his choice, and found this a very interesting read. I cant wait to get round to reading the Synapse Sequence, its high on my priority list, I just am in the process of some very stressful big changes that I’m sure I’ll tell you all about in the near future. Now lets get into it.  Continue reading “Guest Post- Five ‘Non-Detective’ Detective”

For ages, since about February, I’ve been in a really fed up reading slump. It hasn’t mattered what I’ve tried to pick up, I just have not managed to get through a book. But FINALLY I finished a book, and in three days at that! You can see what I’ve been up to while reading this, in my Bed Rest Diaries post. I can not wait to tell you all I think of this book, and I’m hoping to continue you on this blog tour with a positive recommendation! Continue reading “The Captives by Debra Jo Immergut”

Wow, so reading slump is causing havoc in my life. I’m starting writing this on the 25th of May, and I am yet to even get half way through a book; however I have started a whole selection of books, so I have hope that the next six days may hold some possibility of finishing a book. Not sure I’ll hold my breath though as I am not very well. Continue reading “Wrap UP of a failure month”

Now that I am finally seeming to be out of my reading slump, I have high hopes for this months TBR. June is a busy month for me though, as Im going away and have my boyfriends birthday, which does mean I will probably do very little reading for the first week of June. There is also a good chance that there is going to be an exciting big change happening in my life in June that will take up a lot of time over the month, but sadly at the time of writing this I do not have the permission to say much about it. But lets get started as I’m being rather ambitious. Continue reading “June TBR”

Wow this is late, its already the 22nd as I’m writing this and even later before it goes live, and I can tell you that so far it has not been a successful month. But this is the first month that I have started doing my Twitter Poll book, where I give you three books to choose from which I read; thought this would be a fun way to mix up my TBRs. So lets get into it.  Continue reading “May TBR”

Aha, if there was ever a fail of a wrap up, its this one; so prepare yourself for a really short little read. Compared to my normal 5 books a month, I have really not been doing good lately. So not only did I only manage to read 2 books this month, they weren’t even proper books as such, they were both just comic books. I know, my reading slump is really in full force, despite constantly making me this it was letting go.  Continue reading “April Wrap Up”

I am super excited to read this novel, hoping to get around to it in my garden with this new warm weather. But here you go, here is a sneak peak of what is to come!

Continue reading “A Baby’s Bones by Rebecca Alexander- An Extract”

I picked this novel up on the slippery slope of a reading slump, but this novel halted that slide and was an absolute beauty of a thriller. Lately, I have not been reading many mystery thrillers and I feel that this allows me to enjoy this one even that bit more. It was unique, and dark, full of twists and turns; just as I thought I had worked out the ending, a final twist was thrown at me that completely flipped everything I thought I knew. Continue reading “A Breath After Drowning by Alice Blanchard”

Okay, so this is a bit late, and to be fair I question the point of doing this one as I have fallen into quite a deep reading slump. For the past month or so I have been trying to fight it off, but it has now most definitely taken hold; meaning I have not managed to finish a book since the 18th of March! This is just not good for me, and find it quite upsetting as leaves me feeling lost. At the time of writing this I’m 5 books behind on my GoodReads schedule, so this is going to take some work to catch up on.  Continue reading “April 2018 TBR”