Books

Uptown Oracle Reads… An Enchantment of Ravens | An Enchanting Love Story with The Fair Folk

Overall, An Enchantment of Ravens reminded me why I like Margaret Rogerson’s writing so much. With character depth and complexity, strong world building and an exciting adventure.
Uptown Oracle Reads… The Priory of the Orange Tree | High Fantasy Dragons, Magic Trees and Beautifully Complex Characters

The Priory of the Orange Tree is a high fantasy which is very focused around the central characters and how they’re going to protect themselves against the Nameless One. Shannon takes time to build out her characters so well that we understand the actions they take and why they take them.
Uptown Oracle Reads… Sistersong | Celtic Magic in the Time of Constantine of Dummonia

As the titles alludes to, Sistersong is about Sisters in medieval England (around Devon and Cornwall by today’s geography) and relies a bit on old Celtic myth and Magic. Set in around 500 AD as the Saxons are slowly taking over Briton, I enjoyed how the historical setting was written whilst keeping a sense of…
Women’s Prize for Fiction Longlist 2021 | Book Haul

Since I very recently moved house, I’ve been on a bit of a book buying ban to avoid having more to pack. These soon changed once I’d moved and decided to treat myself to a book haul, right in time to pick up some amazing books that have been selected for the Women’s Prize for…
Uptown Oracle Reads… The Wicker King | Exploring Friendship and Mental Illness in Multimedia Format

The Wicker King by K Ancrum (Affiliate Links) When August learns that his best friend, Jack, shows signs of degenerative hallucinatory disorder, he is determined to help Jack cope. Jack’s vivid and long-term visions take the form of an elaborate fantasy world layered over our own—a world ruled by the Wicker King. As Jack leads…
Uptown Oracle Reads… Mexican Gothic

Mexican Gothic by Silvia Moreno-Garcia (Affiliate Links) After receiving a frantic letter from her newly-wed cousin begging for someone to save her from a mysterious doom, Noemí Taboada heads to High Place, a distant house in the Mexican countryside. She’s not sure what she will find—her cousin’s husband, a handsome Englishman, is a stranger, and…
Uptown Oracle Reads… Winx Club Comics (Issues 27-32)

Reading throught the last of Season 2 of the Winx Club comics was easy reading, but also a lot more additional story than expected. All of them deviated from the OG series, and there’s multiple stories which connect with each other as well as previous comics which I enjoyed.
Uptown Oracle Reads… The Beautiful

The Beautiful by Renee Ahdieh (Affiliate Links) In 1872, New Orleans is a city ruled by the dead. But to seventeen-year-old Celine Rousseau, New Orleans provides her a refuge after she’s forced to flee her life as a dressmaker in Paris. Taken in by the sisters of the Ursuline convent along with six other girls,…
Uptown Oracle Reads… Spin the Dawn

Overall, Spin the Dawn was one of my quickest reads of 2021 so far. I just couldn’t put this book down for too long because I wanted to know what happens. I’m excited to also pick up the next book.