Bookish Reveries

King of Scars by Leigh Bardugo

Genre: Fantasy and Young Adult Publisher: Orion Publication Date: 29th January 2019 Rating: 3.5/5 This book takes place 3 years after the end of Ruin and Rising where Nikolai has ascended the throne and is trying to juggle politics and his inner demons. It also follows Zoya who is one of the commanders of the Second Army and is always by Nikolai’s side helping to control the monster in him that has a penchant to come out at night. Their story runs parallel to that of Nina who is sent on a mission by Nikolai to Fjerda to find Grisha who are persecuted and send them to Ravka for their safety. Although Nikolai fronts that everything is under control, we find out that Ravka’s finances are depleting and they are losing allies. The only way to save the country he cherishes is through the prospects of marriage to a foreigner of noble birth. Synopsis → https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/36307634-king-of-scars The good: · I appreciated how the book explored

A Little Life by Hanya Yanagihara

Genre: Adult, Contemporary and Literary Fiction Publisher: Picador Publication Date: 10th March 2015 Rating: 4.5/5 Goodreads Blurb: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/22822858-a-little-life Friendship starts when four students become roommates during their first year of college. Jude is the reserved law student/mathematician, Willem is the aspiring actor, JB, the painter and Malcom, the architect. They are a diverse bunch who are drawn to each other as friends as well as their ambitions to make it in the big city: New York. The story spans decades, the highs and lows of careers, friendships, life, and addresses what it means to be adults in modern day society. The beating pulse of the story is Jude himself whose life before college has scarred him for the years to come and his efforts to move on from it while trying to maintain relationships with those that matter. Thoughts: This is an outpour of my feelings after reading ‘A Little Life’: o

The Sea of Tranquility by Katja Millay

Genre: Young Adult Fiction and Contemporary Fiction Publisher: Atria Books Rating: 5/5 Goodreads Blurb → https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/16151178-the-sea-of-tranquility Nastya and Josh meet each other in their senior year of high school after she transfers from a different city. Nastya does not talk to anyone and no one messes with Josh. They keep to themselves because it is the only way they cope with everything that happened in their lives till they reach each other. Character Discussion (including possible spoilers): Both Nastya and Josh are tragic characters who’ve loved and lost. Bad things have happened in their pasts and although we know Josh’s story, we are only given fragments of Nastya’s. Just like Josh, we are piecing her story bit by bit with the information she’s willing to give. We know that something terrible had happened and Nastya has not yet found the words to voice it. She is wounded and devastated but at the same time she is incredibly stron

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