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To Kill A Kingdom by Alexandra Christo

April 27, 2018Vee11 Comments

I was super excited for this novel because it sounded like such an amazingly dark retelling of The Little Mermaid. I’ve always loved this classic tale and I have been hearing raving reviews so I knew I had to give it a go! Here is my review: Summary (Goodreads): Princess Lira is siren royalty and the…

The Child Thief by Brom

July 14, 2017Vee

After reading and adoring Lost Gods, I was eager to get my hands on more of Brom’s work. This novel is one that I’ve heard a ton about and I was interested to see how Brom would take the story of Peter Pan and twist it into something sinister. So here is my review: Peter is…