Thursday 29 October 2020

A little gift!


My boyfriend and I celebrated 11 years of our relationship last month AND HE BOUGHT ME BOOKS. I just gave him my wish list and he chose them. Some excellent choices!

The Priory of the Orange Tree

 

The Priory of the Orange Tree
Samantha Shannon

Non spoiler review, not even a review really.. just a bit of a gush!

This was my first big adult fantasy book and I loved it. I found the world building fantastic and so atmospheric. The way the chapters followed the different characters broke the story up in a way that kept me hooked (although when one landed on a bit of a cliff hanger it made me want to keep reading, which wasn’t always great at 1am!).
It was the halfway mark that things really got going for me and I was completely obsessed, I just needed to keep reading!
I did take my time reading Priory but I’m glad I did, I didn’t want to slump myself and reading 50 pages or so a day really helped. Saying that, the last 200 pages or so I just binge read! As a standalone I loved it, I definitely could have had more from the book but I’m like that with every standalone I read. I cannot wait for the new book that is being written within this world!


I also used this beautiful bookmark from JessicaJadeDesigns on Etsy.
(Not affiliated in any way, just sharing something I love!)