I wasn't expecting to love this book because I heard so many people complaining that it had been miss-marketed as a Mulan retelling and no it's not exactly the same but who wants a total retread out of a retelling? Like Mulan, Mariko's family want to marry her off to improve their prospects, but aim … Continue reading Flame in the Mist Review
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Circe Recap and Review
I kept getting psyched out by boats and the prophecy about Odysseus arriving as I did GCSE Classics and read the Odyssey. Odysseus surmises his very lengthy and wordy journey into only a few passages! I was quite glad this didn’t have all those repetitive descriptions of the sun! It made the weird sounding things … Continue reading Circe Recap and Review

