I finally was able to get to this book! I have been trying to have the best time to read the Duology and it finally came! Trigger Warnings: Physical and psychological abuse by a partner (in the past, but recalled often), strong language, violence/gore, murder, illness (mentioned briefly), vomiting, arrest and imprisonment, drugging, drinking/intoxication and … Continue reading Foul Days – Spellbindingly Good!
My Throat An Open Grave – More Fantasy Than Horror
This book did not go through the way I expected it to go, and I am thankful that it did. Trigger Warnings: Blood, gore, suicidal ideation, animal death (deer), body horror, death, murder, childbirth, pregnancy, and religious trauma. Summary: Labyrinth meets folk horror in this darkly romantic tale of a girl who wishes her baby … Continue reading My Throat An Open Grave – More Fantasy Than Horror
Do Patti (2024) – A Predictable Script Hindered More by Clunky Filmmaking
I kind of hate that I did not like the film as much as I wished, but I did watch it, and I do have some good points too. Summary: Saumya is married to Dhruv Sood and there is clear domestic violence going on in their marriage. Vidya "VJ" Jyothi Kanwar is a by the … Continue reading Do Patti (2024) – A Predictable Script Hindered More by Clunky Filmmaking
A Song to Drown Rivers – Punched Me in the Gut
Glad to finally review this book by one of my favourite authors! Summary: Inspired by the legend of Xishi, one of the famous Four Beauties of Ancient China, A Song to Drown Rivers is an epic historical fantasy about womanhood, war, sacrifice, and love against all odds. Her beauty hides a deadly purpose. Xishi’s beauty … Continue reading A Song to Drown Rivers – Punched Me in the Gut
Lady Macbeth – Middling at Best, Too Symbolic at Worst
I love Ava Reid's work and this book was the one I read straight through, without stopping, for almost a day and half period. It gripped me so throughly. Summary: The Lady knows the stories: how her eyes induce madness in men. The Lady knows she will be wed to the Scottish brute, who does not … Continue reading Lady Macbeth – Middling at Best, Too Symbolic at Worst
A Dark and Drowning Tide – Does Not Live Up To Its Potential
I am right now on a reading spree, mainly because I have the time and energy, and there are just so many great books I want to review here. Summary: Lorelei Kaskel, a folklorist with a quick temper and an even quicker wit, is on an expedition with six eccentric nobles in search of a … Continue reading A Dark and Drowning Tide – Does Not Live Up To Its Potential
A Study in Drowning – This Book Healed Me
I have not done a book review in a LONG while, but I thought it would be best to start out with a book that I love, and which helped me heal. Summary: Effy Sayre has always believed in fairy tales. Haunted by visions of the Fairy King since childhood, she’s had no choice. Her … Continue reading A Study in Drowning – This Book Healed Me
Tiger 3 (2023) – A Faltering Film that Collapses Under its Own Weight
And here we have the latest in the Tiger trilogy! Summary: In 1999 Zoya is recruited into ISI by Aatish Rehman. In the present, Aatish Rehman is back, and he uses Zoya and Tiger in order to get what he wants, and become the new ruler of Pakistan. To get straight to the point, this … Continue reading Tiger 3 (2023) – A Faltering Film that Collapses Under its Own Weight
Tiger Zinda Hai (2017) – A Spy Matures
And off we are to the second film of the Tiger franchise! This should be fun! Summary: In Ikrit, Iraq, there is a hospital with Indian and Pakistani nurses who are being held hostage by Muslim extremists called ISC and who need to be saved before the USA bombs the city in a week's time. … Continue reading Tiger Zinda Hai (2017) – A Spy Matures
Ek Tha Tiger (2012) – A Spy Learns How to Live and Love
I have been wanting to see this series for so long, and finally I have the time and motivation to do it! Summary: Avinash Singh Rathore, nicknamed Tiger, is a RAW agent for India send on an intelligence mission to Dublin to get some needed intel, there he meets the beautiful and captivating Zoya Nazar … Continue reading Ek Tha Tiger (2012) – A Spy Learns How to Live and Love
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