I completed the Make Your MythTaker Readathon! Granted I didn’t quite stick with my original TBR for this readathon, however, I did end up finishing all of the prompts and I am now a witch!!
The books I completed were:
Featuring an animal – Winterwood by Shea Ernshaw
Read a book with a foiled cover – The Guinevere Deception by Kiersten White
Featuring a magical battle – Furyborn by Claire Legrand
Occult themes – The Devouring Gray by Christine Lynn Herman
I’ve had a pretty average reading month in June. No outstanding new favourites unfortunately but I did really like everything I did end up picking up, which is always a bonus! I’ve started a couple of new series which excites me and even though it was predominately fantsay I felt like I had a good variety of books.
Storm Front by Jim Butcher – ⭐️4/5 stars
House of Hades by Rick Riordan – ⭐️4/5 stars
Winterwood by Shea Ernshaw – ⭐️4/5 stars
My Dark Vanessa by Kate Elizabeth Russell – ⭐️3/5 stars
When Dimple Met Rishi by Sandhya Menon – ⭐️3/5 stars
The Devouring Gray by Christine Lynn Herman – ⭐️4/5 stars
The Guinevere Deception by Kiersten White – ⭐️3/5 stars
Fool Moon by Jim Butcher – ⭐️4/5 stars
Furyborn by Claire Legrand – ⭐️4/5 stars
The Secrets We Hide by Becca Steele – ⭐️3/5 stars
The Empress of Salt and Fortune by Nghi Vo – ⭐️3/5 stars
City of Brass by S.A. Chakraborty – ⭐️4/5 stars
This week’s Top 10 Tuesday prompt is my most anticipated releases for the second half of 2020. These are all books that are either sequels or continuations of series that I am loving or it has a blurb that has sucked me in and I can’t wait to read it!
The Damned by Renee Ahdieh (expected publication: July 7th 2020)
Burn our Bodies Down by Rory Power (expected publication: July 7th 2020)
Hollowpox: The Hunt for Morrigan Crow by Jessica Townshend (expected publication: August 18th 2020)
Blood and Honey by Shelby Mahurin (expected publication: September 1st 2020)
The Memory of Babel by Christelle Dabos (expected publication: September 8th 2020)
A Deadly Education by Naomi Novik (expected publication: September 29th 2020)
The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue by V.E. Schwab (expected publication: October 6th 2020)
Rhythm of War by Brandon Sanderson (expected publication: November 17th 2020)
A Sky Beyond the Storm by Sabaa Tahir (expected publication: December 1st 2020)
Fool Moon is the second book in the Dresden Files; it takes place around 6 months after the first book finished. Harry’s relationship with Detective Murphy has been fractured and he has to gain back her trust, whilst in the middle of a murder investigation involving werewolves.
I liked the fact that Harry has remained pretty consistent throughout the series so far. He openly acknowledges his inadequacies and his fears and is actively trying to remedy them. His leap without looking characteristic is still very much prevalent and again keeps me highly entertained! I think his attitude towards woman can do with a little work but it’s nothing that outwardly offends me. I’m still highly intrigued with his background, especially since we are given just a little more information during the book, just enough to keep me engaged and wanting to know more!
I’m starting to see a pattern of Harry pushing himself to his breaking point, running out of magic or magical weapons and still being able to come back and save the day. Hopefully the narrative evolves a little more and we get a different structure as the series continues, as I can see myself getting a little bored of the predictability of it all.
Again, all of the characters in the book serve a purpose and even if they seem insignificant at the start can become quite integral in the end. We are introduced to a lot of new characters that was a little difficult to keep track of at the start, even towards the end I was struggling to remember who was who and which gang they belonged to. Because the pacing is so fast we aren’t given a lot of time on character development, it’s pretty much just all about Harry and the couple of other regular characters in the plot.
As the time frame is so short and it was so action packed I was always entertained and eager to read on to see what would happen next. These books are also quite dark and macabre; Jim Butcher has no qualms about blood and gore and really goes into detail about the murders, which definitely raises the stakes! Harry is such an enigmatic character that has me willing to just enjoy all of the action and not really have to focus.
⭐️4/5 A thoroughly entertaining read!
Morning Star by Pierce Brown
Golden Son by Pierce Brown
Chain of Gold by Cassandra Clare
The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue by V.E. Scwab
Middlegame by Seanan McGuire – just a no from me!
Beach Read by Emily Henry – I had low expectations now one of my new favourite romances!
Robert Jackson Bennett – I read Foundryside and it was amazing so I really want to get into his backlist titles asap!
Hunt!!!
I have to go with Darrow!!!
A Little Life by Hanya Yanagihara
Get a Life Chloe Brown by Talia Hibbert
The Hobbit by J.R.R Tolkien – the only one I’ve read and watched so far this year
Same as last year it has to be my monthly stats! (I missed Feb somehow this year)
January Stats | March Stats | April Stats | May Stats
The Girl and the Stars by Mark Lawrence – I think this cover is gorgeous!!
Amy Leigh Reads 