Becky's Book Reviews

In celebration of the re-release of her book, Of Light and Darkness, I’d like to welcome author Shayne Leighton to my blog today.  Described as a cross between Erin Morgenstern’s The Night Circus (which I loved) and Anne Rice’s The Vampire Chronicles, Of Light and Darkness is a New Adult paranormal fantasy which chronicles this story of Charlotte, a girl raised by a Vampire in a society where all manner of magical creatures reside. In today’s guest post, Shayne introduces us to the various magical beings that can be found in her book series; from vampires to elves, fairies to shape shifters, each supernatural individual has a role to play.  Before I hand over to Shayne, here’s some more info about the book, which is out now: Of Light and Darkness Raised by a Vampire in a secret society of Witches, Shifters, and Elves, Charlotte finds that she is the freak in her world of magic and wonder. When she stands before an army of impossible obstacles, the likelihood of survival in th...

Today I’m thrilled to be part of the Sarah J Maas, A Court of Thorns and Roses SA book blog tour.  Thanks to the publishers, I, along with a few other South African bloggers will be spotlighting A Court of Thorns and Roses throughout the week. With Queen of Shadows just a few weeks away from being released, we thought that there’s no better time to remind you about her latest book, which is a departure from the Throne of Glass series, and ventures into the age old world of fairy tales and folklore.  And trust me, it’s all as wonderful as it sounds. There’ll be giveaways (yay!), reviews and top 10 lists, to mention but a few.    In today’s first two stops though, I get a chance to chat to Sarah, and the awesome Nerine reviews the book on her blog.  Nerine has also kindly agreed to donate her signed copy for the purpose of one of our giveaways, so look out for more details on that to come. In the meantime, here’s my interview with the lovely Sarah, followed b...

What would you do if you discovered that the man you had a one night stand with, is also your new film studies teacher? Disclaimer: This review appeared first on Women24.com , a South African women's lifestyle website where I manage, amongst other things, an online books section.   You can purchase a copy of the book via Raru.co.za Unteachable by Leah Raeder(Published by Atria in 2013) I am not a fan of New Adult fiction.  Really I’m not.  From what I’ve previously experienced, books belonging to this genre have shown itself to be incredibly problematic for so many reasons.  The main problem for me, is that whenever I’m reading a book that falls within this category, I always feel like I’m reading the same book with just a different cover (although, I should add that even the covers tend to feel the same). Thus, Leah Reader’s Unteachable is not a concept that hasn’t been done before. In fact, in almost every genre, you’ll always find that one story that’s littered wi...