Age Category: YA
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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…
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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…
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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…
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Uptown Oracle Reads… The Girl King
One of the things I loved about The Girl King was that it focuses on multiple strong female characters. These characters are also distinct with one another, have different traits, relationships and goals. Each of them has a story, a path to follow, and the fight to lead ahead of them.
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Uptown Oracle Reads… Evermore
After Everless, I was so excited to read Evermore and find out more about the world. I wanted to know more about the backstory and the blood coins and the magical aspects behind them. Evermore was a disappointment.