Genre: Fantasy

Uptown Oracle Reads… Royal Bastards

Action, magic, betrayal, romance… What more could you ask for from a YA fantasy? Royal Bastards not only delivers, but manages to pull it off as unpredictable. Starting this book I didn’t really get into it straight away. I didn’t really like Tilla, our main protagonist. Consequently, it’s in her POV, so I wasn’t quite…
Uptown Oracle Reads… City of Lost Souls

City of Lost Souls is the penultimate book in The Mortal Instruments Series. It was also the first book in the series where I just couldn’t put it down. I finished this book in one day because I was just constantly wanting to know more. City of Lost Souls* lacks many action scenes which were…
Uptown Oracle Reads… City of Fallen Angels

Going back into a story which has been ‘finished’ was strange so City of Fallen Angels took me the longest to read. This was because I put it down after 3 or 4 chapters, and then didn’t pick it back up for a while. By that I mean I read three other books in that…
Uptown Oracle Reads… City of Glass

The third book of The Mortal Instruments is City of Glass, which acts as the finale for the first trilogy. Thankfully, City of Glass if full of answers. Plus, with the two previous books, it wraps up nicely into a trilogy. I did read the second trilogy in the series as well. But I enjoyed having…
Uptown Oracle Reads… City of Ashes

The second book of The Mortal Instruments Series, The City of Ashes, was my least favourite book of the original trilogy. This review will be non-spoilers except for the end (which I will tell you when) where I will discuss a particular plot point. This point was what made me dislike this book over the…
Uptown Oracle Reads… Desolate

Desolate begins with a foreword, warning about elements of a sensitive nature. As this is classed as YA, this was definitely needed. Desolate is not for younger readers due to graphic violence and abuse. I researched a bit before reading, learning that Desolate is a prequel for the Arotas Trilogy. This is an in depth…
Uptown Oracle Reads… City of Bones

The Mortal Instruments Series has been popular for quite a while. Especially when I was around 12 or 13 years old. I just never read them. Probably because no one gave me the books as a gift. The reason I am now reading them is because I watched the TV show on Netflix. Yes, it is…
Uptown Oracle Reads… Legion

Legion is the penultimate book of the Talon series by Julia Kagawa, and it’s really bringing the action. I feel like so much is packed into this book. It’s made me excited to read the final one when it’s released. We finally get to see dragon action in the war-setting that the previous books set…
Uptown Oracle Reads… Soldier

The third book of the Talon Series, Soldier, has exceeded the previous two books in my eyes. Although smaller than the previous installments, it’s faster paced and full of action. It’s so much more enthralling and I just wanted to rush through it. The plot of Soldier seemed a lot more like the ‘war’ promised…