BOOK REVIEW: “The Secret Commonwealth (The Book of Dust #2)”

RATINGS :-
Plot : 4/5
Characters : 5/5
Writing : 4/5
OVERALL RATING : 5/5

Genre : Fantasy, Fiction, Young Adult

Date of Release: October, 2019

Publishing House: Penguin House

“You’re in a world full of color and you want to see it in black and white.”

It is twenty years since the events of La Belle Sauvage: The Book of Dust Volume One unfolded and saw the baby Lyra Belacqua begin her life-changing journey.

It is seven years since readers left Lyra and the love of her young life, Will Parry, on a park bench in Oxford’s Botanic Gardens at the end of the ground-breaking, bestselling His Dark Materials sequence.

Now, in The Secret Commonwealth, we meet Lyra Silvertongue. And she is no longer a child. 

INTERVIEW : M.C. FRANK, AUTHOR OF ‘ICE MERMAID’

ABOUT M.C. FRANK

M.C. Frank (writer, reader, designer, physicist and teacher, to name a few) has been living in a world of stories ever since she can remember (that’s before she knew how to write). She started writing them down when she could no longer stand the characters in her head screaming at her to give them life, and while those first scribblings weren’t exactly good (nor were they books, although she insisted on calling them that), they were enough for her to discover her passion in life.

BOOK REVIEW: LOVE BEYOND DESIRE BY RAKHI VERMA

Plot : 4/5
Characters : 3/5
Writing : 4/5
OVERALL RATING : 4/5

Genre : Contemporary, Romance, Fiction

Age Recommended: 16 yrs and up

WILL SHE FIND HER LOVE BEYOND DESIRE?

It’s been nine years since Arman left her, and Rhia manages her life just fine with a dream job and her own place, finally free from family drama. She turned her life and took control of it, but the only part of her life that she couldn’t control was love. She couldn’t love anyone because she is heartbroken. As she had found and lost her love on the same day, and when Arman left her forever without even a goodbye, but with just two letters both addressed to her, one ‘To My Best Friend’ and other ‘To My Girlfriend’ and a ring, which she still holds as a reminder – a proof of broken love.

Rhia and her friends are enjoying the wedding celebration at Mumbai’s luxurious hotel. Everything is great, and everyone is enjoying it until she sees Arman. He steps through the gate after long nine years along with his 3-year-old son, leaving her shocked and speechless. They are about to spend three days together under the same roof, and she is all worried, angry and pleased, again all at the same time. She wants to know why he left without a goodbye; it’s all she wants to know.
So, will she finally get answers? Will Arman finally say why he left her, and why he kissed her if he was about to leave?

CHILDREN’S DAY SPECIAL! : BOOKS TO READ

Hello everyone! On this lovely occasion of Children’s Day I am here to share some amazing fun-filled books that will take you back to your childhood and will leave you nostalgic! These books will remind you the day you read your first book and how you fell in love with reading!

BOOK REVIEW: ROYALS BY EMMA FORREST

RATINGS :-
Plot : 3/5
Characters : 4/5
Writing : 3/5
OVERALL RATING : 3.5/5

Genre : Historical Fiction, Young Adult

Date of Release: October 31st, 2019

Publishing House: Bloomsbury

“For one summer, they ruled the city…”

July, 1981. London. Shy, working-class Steven finds solace in beauty. Eighteen years old, he dreams of being a fashion designer. He’s also gay, maybe – he hasn’t decided yet. There’s a lot Steven isn’t sure about, like whether he hates himself or thinks he’s amazing.

When he ends up in hospital after being brutally attacked by his father, he meets Jasmine, an heiress. Intoxicating, anarchic, fabulous Jasmine. Fuelled by their shared love of fashion, a friendship blossoms and soon, Steven finds himself swept into her hedonistic world, wholly beguiled. However, underneath the glitter and the frivolity, darkness lies.

WRAP-UP! + NOVEMBER HAUL?!

Hey everyone! So, I am back with a wrap up segment in this post for the month of October! In terms of reading, October did turn out to be pretty decent as I ended up reading quite a decent amount of books than I actually expected (keeping in mind all the uni work I had to do XD). Before I begin, I would like to mention that the wrap up segment will include only those books that I have not reviewed on my blog in the month of October and have not talked about in my October haul as well. So, without further ado let’s get started!