The Very Bookish

  *This post contains affiliate purchase links. In addition, this book was gifted to me as part of the blog tour with Love Books Tours. All opinions given are my own* Genre: Fantasy | Middle Grade / Young Adult (9-16 year olds) Pages: 268 Rating:  ☆☆☆☆/5 Synopsis:  It’s hard to tell when someone’s soul changes, especially when dark energy has a price. An unexpected adventure of two brothers who accidentally travel to another world. Henry and Moris—just a few short months after their father mysteriously goes missing—are playing their favorite make-believe game when suddenly they are transported to a different universe and planet, leaving behind their mother and sister. When each brother is captured by warring wizarding houses, the Veneficums and the Milaculums, they stand the chance of losing each other forever. The boys have too many unanswered questions, and they don’t know who to trust, but in their attempt to find each other and return home, the brothers discover ...

  *This post contains affiliate purchase links.  Additionally, this book was read as part of the blog tour hosted by Rachel's Random Resources. This book was given to me free of charge in exchange for this review. All thoughts and opinions are my own. * Genre: Historical Fiction | Historical Romance Pages: 288 Rating:  ☆☆☆ /5 Synopsis:  She’s the best wife... ...he never wanted! Ross MacMillan lifts his bride’s veil…and discovers it’s not the woman he’d agreed to marry but her beautiful younger sister, Ilysa MacDonnell! The new MacMillan chieftain must accept Ilysa as his wife, for retaining his clan’s lands depends on her father’s support. But why is she there? Are her aims to help him or her father? Drawing out Ilysa’s secrets will kindle an alliance more powerful—and passionate!—than Ross ever imagined… My Thoughts: A SCOTTISH MEDIEVAL HISTORICAL ROMANCE!!!!! This was the first historical fiction novel that I've read that's been based in the 14th century (1360) an...

  *This post contains affiliate purchase links. Additionally, this book was read as part of the blog tour hosted by Rachel's Random Resources. This book was given to me free of charge in exchange for this review. All thoughts and opinions are my own.* Genre: WW1 Saga | Romance | Historical Fiction Pages: 381 Rating: ☆☆☆ /5 Synopsis:  Will Elizabeth choose love over duty? It’s August 1917 and WW1 continues to take a toll. The villagers of Dorcalon, a mining village in the Rhymney Valley, try to keep hope alive; but every day brings fresh tragedy as more of their sons and fathers are killed on foreign battlefields. Elizabeth Meredith, daughter of mine manager Herbert, enjoys a privileged position in the village, but she longs to break free of society’s expectations. Falling in love with miner, Gwilym Owen, brings more joy to her life than she’s ever known… until she’s forced to choose between her love and her disapproving family. Seeking an escape, Elizabeth signs up as a V...