Review: The Advenutres of Amina al-Sirafi by Shannon Chakraborty

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The Adventures of Amina al-Sirafi

Shannon Chakraborty

Amina al-Sirafi #1

Harper Voyager

471 pages

3.5/5

After re-reading the Daevabad Trilogy earlier this year, which is an amazing series, I was very excited to start this new one by Chakraborty.

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Double Review: In a Garden Burning Gold and In an Orchard Grown from Ash by Rory Power

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In a Garden Burning Gold

In an Orchard Grown from Ash

Rory Power

Argyrosi #1 & #2

Titan Books

Book 1: 3.5/5

Book 2: 2/5

In an Orchard Grown from Ash received from Netgalley. All opinions are my own.

I did something stupid and requested book two in a duology from Netgalley because the blurb looked interesting. I then had to find a free way to read book one so that meant one thing: an audiobook.

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Review: The Frugal Wizard’s Handbook for Surviving Medieval England by Brandon Sanderson

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The Frugal Wizard’s Handbook for Surviving Medieval England

Brandon Sanderson

Dragonsteel Entertainment

372 pages

3.5/5

I donated to the Kickstarter campaign for these Brandon Sanderson novels and then didn’t bother to read anything about the novels so I would be surprised when they arrived. I was very surprised when I saw the title of this one.

Also, I’m not writing that title again, it’s far too long.

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Review: Finding Love at Hedgehog Hollow by Jessica Redland

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Finding Love at Hedgehog Hollow

Jessica Redland

Boldwood Books

354 pages

4/5

It wasn’t even going to be a question of whether I enjoyed Finding Love at Hedgehog Hollow or not. There’s hedgehogs in there, for gods sake. Now, I could spend this review just rambling about hedgehogs but I suppose I’d better actually say something about the story and the characters.

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