Review: The Raven Boys by Maggie Stiefvater

Review: Confessions of a Forty-Something Fuck Up by Alexandra Potter

Nell is 40-something, just broken up from her husband-to-be, and her business is in financial ruin. She's on the edge, and, feeling sorry for herself, begins a podcast called 'The Confessions of a 40-Something Fuck Up'. She also meets Cricket, an 80-something widow who helps to her look at life differently, and Nell begins to realise that maybe 40-something isn't so bad after all.

I'm 24, and I loved this. It was light-hearted, it was funny, and it was just a really enjoyable read. I really like Nell's character - she was interesting and relatable, and I LOVED Cricket. Everyone could learn something from her and her laid-back attitude. I really liked the way this ended - it was satisfying and tied everything up nicely, leaving Nell with a new outlook on life.

Highly recommend!

Review: Thorn by Intisar Khanani

Alyrra is a princess due to be married off to a foreign prince for political advantage. But on the way, her maid steals her identity and Alyrra is given the rare opportunity to start over. But she finds that she can't walk away from the mysterious prince...

This book is not for me at all. So much so that I can't even bring myself to finish it, which I hate doing. I'm halfway through and I'm just not interested in the story at all - not much has happened and I can't see it getting any better, to be honest.

Looking at other reviews, it seems to be based on a fairytale of some kind? I don't know whether knowing this beforehand would have helped or not, but I was certainly confused at some of the elements of this book. Not knowing about the fairytale aspect makes them seem totally random - like the talking horse, for example.

Yeah, had high hopes for it, but not for me, unfortunately.