Publisher: Bloomsbury
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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.
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Uptown Oracle Reads… Havenfall | Secrets Abound at the Inn Between Realms
I picked up Havenfall because I’d read both Everless and Evermore from Sara Holland and was excited to what she would come up with next. From reading both, I think Holland is extemely good at thinking up a unique premise and building that into a book. For the Everless duology it was blood is literally…
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Uptown Oracle Reads… City of Girls
City of GirlsElizabeth Gilbert (Affiliate Links) In 1940, nineteen-year-old Vivian Morris has just been kicked out of Vassar College, owing to her lackluster freshman-year performance. Her affluent parents send her to Manhattan to live with her Aunt Peg, who owns a flamboyant, crumbling midtown theater called the Lily Playhouse. There Vivian is introduced to an…
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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… A Curse so Dark and Lonely
Overall I enjoyed the book, and found that there were a few twists and turns that are different to the original. I also found out that there will be a second book which continues this tale! There’s a slight cliffhanger, but not one that’s too frustrating.
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Uptown Oracle Reads… Party Girls Die In Pearls
Party Girls Die in Pearls is a high class whodunnit murder mystery. Ursula has just started at Oxford University and finds a dead girl in her first week. As she wan’t to be part of the University Newspaper, Ursula must solve the mystery by her deadline Sunday. Alongside this she must make friends, socialise, work…