Books

Uptown Oracle Reads… Into The Crooked Place

Into the Crooked PlaceAlexandra Christo (Affiliate Links) The streets of Creije are for the deadly and the dreamers, and four crooks in particular know just how much magic they need up their sleeve to survive. Tavia, a busker ready to pack up her dark-magic wares and turn her back on Creije for good. She’ll do…
London Bookshop Tour

Moving just outside of London meant that I had to explore some of the bookshop options around me and in the centre. As I have a train direct into Paddington, many of the central London bookshops are an easy tube away – and so I gave myself a challenge of visiting as many as I…
Uptown Oracle Reads… We Hunt the Flame | An Effortless Arabian Fantasy

We Hunt The FlameHafsah Faizal (Affiliate Links) People lived because she killed.People died because he lived. Zafira is the Hunter, disguising herself as a man when she braves the cursed forest of the Arz to feed her people. Nasir is the Prince of Death, assassinating those foolish enough to defy his autocratic father, the king.…
January 2020 Book Releases

Janaury 2020 Book Releases in the UK. From Publishers such as Bloomsbury, Penguin, Random House and Orion.
Uptown Oracle Reads… City of Bastards

After reading Royal Bastards I immediately emailed to be asked to be on City of Bastards review list because I loved it so much. I just felt like I had to know what happened – and this was at a time where a lot of the books I was reading weren’t making me feel this…
Uptown Oracle Reads… 7 1/2 Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle

Tonight, Evelyn Hardcastle will be killed… again. It is meant to be a celebration but it ends in tragedy. As fireworks explode overhead, Evelyn Hardcastle, the young and beautiful daughter of the house, is killed.
Uptown Oracle Reads… The Silver Queen

As with The Gilded King and her other books, Jaffrey continues writing her unique take on vampires and zombies. The Silver Queen is no different. Her wonderfully written supernatural world expands on the lore and differences of these creatures to the ones we often see in media.
Uptown Oracle Reads… Through the White Wood

This book encapsulates Slavic folklore and is done in a way which shows off these creatures and stories in a still familiar way. Whilst we’re introduced to lesser known folklore like Rusalka, they’re woven in with enough detail for you as a reader to understand them, without too much info dumping.
Uptown Oracle Reads… Big Bones

Although for most of Big Bones, I wasn’t sure where it was heading – I really enjoyed the focus on this specific time in a person’s life. I find that I rarely read books about UK teens who are making their big life decisions, and I found this to be so realistic to mine and…