Shining Bright

Hi, guys! This is very different from my usual blog post format, but I've decided to change it up a bit this time and write about my favorites for 2016. I know it might be a bit too late since we're 13 days into February, but I'm just going to go with it. I just wanted to mention that I have a very peculiar taste in books. My favorite genres are horror, realistic fiction, historical fiction, and supernatural. Also, I've been trying to read more classics lately which has affected some of these choices. I have done reviews on some of these books so I will hyperlink those in the book titles. 16. Crimson Bound By: Rosamund Hodge This book, like Cruel Beauty , is a twist on a fairy tale. In this case, Hodge used the story of Little Red Riding Hood as inspiration. This book has a fairy tale feel but has the energy of an action novel. I really enjoyed reading this book. I have a full, detailed review on this book that I recommend you check out! 15. Cruel Beau...

“They said that love was terrifying and tender, wild and sweet, and none of it made any sense. But now I knew that every mad word was true.”  Rosamund Hodge ,  Cruel Beauty Cruel Beauty is a wonderful retelling of a beauty-and-the-beast-esque story mixed with Greek mythology. This unlikely pairing actually makes for a wonderfully written fairytale. This book is about 17-year-old Nyx who has spent her whole life preparing to be married to and then to assasinate the immortal, evil ruler of her kingdom, the Gentle Lord, all because of a deal that her father made with the dark ruler. The day of her seventeenth birthday, Nyx is taken to the ruler's castle with the quest of finding the four Hearts that reside in his palace in order to kill her husband, who she calls Ignifex. Learning more about her husband, she begins to realize that she might have been wrong about him, and that he isn't the one with authority to rule over the kingdom. Apparently, even the Gentle Lord took ...

"You always have to choose between the path of needles and the path of pins. When a dress is torn, you know, you can just pin it up, or you can take the time to sew it together. That's what it means. The quick and easy way or the painful way that works." - Rosamund Hodge, Crimson Bound Crimson Bound is a fantasy story that has the feel of a fairytale and the energy of an action novel. Set in the fictional country of Gevaudan, which was inspired by 17th-century France. The main character is 18-year-old Rachelle, a bloodbound and protector of the King. Three years earlier, the ferocious kiss of a forestborn -- a non-human creature that has incredible strength and fighting ability -- had turned her into a bloodbound, half-human and half-forestborn and since then, she had killed her aunt and joined the King's bloodbound army in which she quickly climbed the ranks. Now, at the top of the army alongside her friend and pursuer, Erec D'Anjou, she has almost forgotte...