The Book Shire

2018 book reviews

City of Bastards by Andrew Shvarts

Andrew Shvarts has done it again - City of Bastards is every bit as much fast-paced, action-packed fun as last year's Royal Bastards. I wasn't sure that [...]

The Night Diary Book Club Menu *Blog Tour*

Who knew that reading a book about Partition could leave one so darn hungry? The Night Diary by Veera Hiranandani is full of such lush descriptions of [...]

The Astonishing Color of After by Emily X.R. Pan

WOW. This book destroyed me. Joining Leigh on her journey has been emotionally exhilirating and exhausting at times. It wore me down (in a GOOD way, mind you) [...]

Tempests and Slaughter Book Tour

AHHHH!!! I am so excited that the day has finally come when I get to share my intense love of all things Tamora Pierce with all of you. The Queen of Modern [...]

The Darkling Bride by Laura Anderson

"And then... disaster. In the shape - as so often in men's recounting of history - a woman." The Darkling Bride is a glorious romp through Irish myth and [...]

The Beauty that Remains by Ashley Woodfolk

The Beauty that Remains gripped me fiercely from the beginning. Since there are three distinct narratives going on, I'm going to talk about them in [...]

To Kill a Kingdom by Alexandra Christo

"The truth of what I am has become a nightmare." Oh my gosh I am about to start gushing because this book SLAYED me. If you are even a little into retellings [...]

The Wicked Deep by Shea Ernshaw

"'This town was built on revenge,' I say. 'And it's never made anything better or right.'" Sparrow is cursed. Two centuries ago, three sisters were sentenced [...]