December Wrap Up

Hello, hello awesome nerds and welcome to the final post of 2018.

It was a bittersweet year, with a lot of grief, depression and anxiety, but it also had some amazing, truly memorable moments, like my cousins’ weddings, my trip to France, our Christmas road trip with Apo and the whole preparation for the release day of THE AURAS’ CHEST first instalment, the GUARDIAN OF THE AURAS.

That’s how I’m wrapping up this year: with valuable lessons, hard days and a little voice chirping in my head that I should never let the hard days win!  Because there’s hope and courage and kindness in the world. The last month of the year reminded me that, thanks to the books I read.

*FAIR WARNING! I HAD A LOT OF WORK AND LITTLE SPARE TIME, SO I ONLY MANAGED TO FINISH TWO BOOKS, BUT I’M CURRENTLY READING THREE MORE WITH THE HOPE THAT I’LL MANAGE TO FINISH AT LEAST TWO OF THEM BY THE END OF THE YEAR.*

Without any further ado, let’s get to the books that I read this month!

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1. BLANCA & ROJA, BY ANNA-MARIE MCLEMORE

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To be honest, I didn’t know what to expect considering the fact that I hadn’t read a magical realism novel before, or at least non that I remember of. I also didn’t expect to like it as much as I did because of the multiple POVs. But, at the end of the day, I’m glad that I read this darker retelling of Snow White and Rose Red, combined with the one-of-a-kind Swan Lake.

I liked the representation and the narration, the valuable lessons this book had to teach and those unbreakable bonds that exist and will always exist between the members of a family.

If you guys haven’t read this book and you’re fans of magical realism, I highly recommend you pick BLANCA & ROJA up. Anna-Marie McLemore did wonders in this one!

2. THE CRUEL PRINCE (THE FOLK OF THE AIR, #1), BY HOLLY BLACK

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I was dying to read this book since the day it was released and I finally managed to do so this December, by listening to the audiobook of this PHENOMENAL new series by Holly Black.

I loved how it gets straight into the plot, how eerie and whimsical the Face Court is, how much passion and tension there is between the characters, as well as how well the political schemes and plots intertwine with the romantic interests and the vengeance.