It took me a while to finally pick up this book due to it being a BookTok ‘enemies-to-lovers’ sensation—but I had to see what the hype was about! In the end, I’m glad I did. While not being the best book I’ve ever read, the first book in ACOTR opened the door to a series that is easy to lose yourself in.
Tag Archives: Fantasy
Book Review: Lonely Castle in the Mirror by Mizuki Tsuijimura (Penguin Paperback Edition 2022)
Lonely Castle in the Mirror follows the story of Kokoro, a girl in Junior High at Fukushima No. 5 School, Tokyo. Because of the bullying Kokoro experiences at school, she is unable to attend her classes and instead spends her days at home, watching television and feeling guilty about not being able to do better. One day, the mirror in her room begins to shine, and she finds it opening up to a world beyond – the castle.
Book Review: Paper Forests by Tegan Anderson (Kindle Edition)
A book worth reading that deals with important themes of identity, addiction, loss, and the meaning of masculinity in a world that still forces unrealistic expectations onto young men.
Book Review – Mythago Wood by Robert Holdstock (1984, Kindle Edition)
Mythago Wood follows the story of Steven Huxley, who returns to Oak Lodge, his family home, after being injured in the war in 1945. Steven’s brother, Christian, now lives at the lodge after their father, George Huxley, died. George had spent most of his life obsessively studying Ryhope Wood, a ‘wildwood’ or ‘primary oak wood’ situated on the outskirts of the lodge in Herefordshire. Steven makes it clear from the beginning of the story that he believes his father’s obsession with the wood tore apart the family and drove his father mad.
The King Of The Wild
A poem by Katherine Hunter The invisible people wander aroundthrough tales of birds and hollows unfoundThey serve copper dishes and twitter to ghoststhey scamper on roofs built by their hostsThe boy sits upon his thronewhere the wind swirls and howls, and cuts through boneAs the mighty thorned giant stares aheadits gaze follows the striped KingContinue reading “The King Of The Wild”
Maan Atelier 