Wednesday 25 March 2020

The Perfect Fight (Skin Trials Series, book 0.5)

By S.Y. Humphrey


Blurb: 
My name is Galilee Bartlett. I'm from Liberty, Texas.

It's the year 2031, and though I'm only seventeen, I guess you can say I'm already at my wit's end.

My father, the former mayor of Liberty, an honorable farmer and a veteran who fought for his country, is dying. He's got a rare, untreatable disease. The doctors have stopped seeing him. In our new genetic-based government of Perfect Society, a computer algorithm has determined that my family doesn't have enough "value" to justify keeping my dad alive.

That's because every member of my house is either dead or disabled. The only one left to keep our farm afloat is me. Now our longtime enemy Larry Ledbetter is gunning for everything we have.

The weight of surviving practically alone is crushing me.

Until a covert group of my classmates make me a dangerous offer. They tell me of a cure for Dad's cancer. But it comes wrapped in a vicious scheme. Not only could we shut down Ledbetter and his greedy friends, we could ultimately destroy the oppressive Perfect Society.

Would you accept defeat and simply walk away? Or take off the gloves and put up a fight?

A dystopian suspense must-read in the Skin Trials series.

Review: 
I really wish this book was longer. That's the only bad point about this book.

The characters are really quite lovely and I don't think I actually dislike any of them. I feel like they did lack development though and I think we would have got the development if the book was a touch longer.

Same as the story really, it was a really good plot but I just wish it was developed a bit more. And by development I mean just a bit more detail about the heists and an input on how she met these characters that are helping her. Maybe a point of view from one of them to see how these heists made them feel. I would have also loved to read more details about how she lost both her brothers and how her family has developed from the start.

The setting of the book was good and I loved every bit about it; the farms, the suffering, the drought, the flooding. It just seems to all fit with our current environment, and you know what really annoys me in 5 years time that is normal just like the book and people still think Global Warming is not happening.

I can't wait for the next book.

Favourite Character: Galilee


Read: 12/03/20 - 13/03/20


5 stars out of 5

written by Sammie
Check out Sammie's review of Book 1: Skin Trials

The Perfect Fight (Skin Trials Series, book 0.5)

By S.Y. Humphrey


Blurb: 
My name is Galilee Bartlett. I'm from Liberty, Texas.

It's the year 2031, and though I'm only seventeen, I guess you can say I'm already at my wit's end.

My father, the former mayor of Liberty, an honorable farmer and a veteran who fought for his country, is dying. He's got a rare, untreatable disease. The doctors have stopped seeing him. In our new genetic-based government of Perfect Society, a computer algorithm has determined that my family doesn't have enough "value" to justify keeping my dad alive.

That's because every member of my house is either dead or disabled. The only one left to keep our farm afloat is me. Now our longtime enemy Larry Ledbetter is gunning for everything we have.

The weight of surviving practically alone is crushing me.

Until a covert group of my classmates make me a dangerous offer. They tell me of a cure for Dad's cancer. But it comes wrapped in a vicious scheme. Not only could we shut down Ledbetter and his greedy friends, we could ultimately destroy the oppressive Perfect Society.

Would you accept defeat and simply walk away? Or take off the gloves and put up a fight?

A dystopian suspense must-read in the Skin Trials series.

Review: 
I really wish this book was longer. That's the only bad point about this book.

The characters are really quite lovely and I don't think I actually dislike any of them. I feel like they did lack development though and I think we would have got the development if the book was a touch longer.

Same as the story really, it was a really good plot but I just wish it was developed a bit more. And by development I mean just a bit more detail about the heists and an input on how she met these characters that are helping her. Maybe a point of view from one of them to see how these heists made them feel. I would have also loved to read more details about how she lost both her brothers and how her family has developed from the start.

The setting of the book was good and I loved every bit about it; the farms, the suffering, the drought, the flooding. It just seems to all fit with our current environment, and you know what really annoys me in 5 years time that is normal just like the book and people still think Global Warming is not happening.

I can't wait for the next book.

Favourite Character: Galilee


Read: 12/03/20 - 13/03/20


5 stars out of 5

written by Sammie
Check out Sammie's review of Book 1: Skin Trials

Saturday 21 March 2020

And The Stars Were Burning Brightly (And The Stars Were Burning Brightly Series, book 1)

By Danielle Jawando


Blurb:
An emotionally rich and current story of suicide, mental health, bullying, grief and growing up around social media.

When fifteen-year-old Nathan discovers that his older brother Al has taken his own life, his whole world is torn apart.
Al was special.
Al was talented.
Al was full of passion and light…so why did he do it?
Convinced that his brother was in trouble, Nathan begins to retrace his footsteps. And along the way, he meets Megan. Al’s former classmate, who burns with the same fire and hope, who is determined to keep Al’s memory alive. But when Nathan learns the horrifying truth behind his brother’s suicide, one question remains – how do you survive, when you’re growing up in the age of social media? 

Review: 
I received this book as an ARC within Book Box Club. I got really excited about it when I received it because I'd heard good things about it. But now after reading this book and writing the review, I'm not too sure on whether my excitement for this book was worth it.

I'd say this book only just meets 4 star criteria in my opinion. There is also a trigger warning for this book of suicide, depression, grief and bullying.


This book is wrote in two points of views, one is female (Megan) and one is male (Nathan). So it is quite nice to see these two characters views on the events that happen within the book.


It starts off with this black family who live in the rough/run down part of Manchester (I'm not being racist it's how Nathan describes his family). Nathan and his brothers sometimes get stopped in the streets as the police accuse them of the crimes that happen in the area. Al is a boy who stands out and doesn't fit in at school. He is the one who commits suicide at the start and Nathan his brother comes home to discover his body.

Throughout this book Nathan is fighting guilt and grief for his brother, he is struggling to believe that something was wrong with Al and that someone else was the cause of all this drama.

Megan was friends with Al because they had art class together and they were starting to become quite close together but then the suicide happens. She wasn't aware of him feeling like this so the grief for Al and her dad becomes strong again.

The grief between these two characters is what fetches them close together. I feel that throughout the book there was huge character development and we got to see how both of them actually felt and their feelings towards other people. We also go to see how they reacted to their friends and family throughout this difficult time.

Everyone deals with grief differently and this 100% slows this.

The plot of this book was really good, I loved learning different things out about Al's life and how he had those inputs at the start of each chapter just made you feel like their was a third persons view to read but knowing his parts were a small insight to the chapter that was following. It was really well planned out and the style of book was just perfect.

It was fast paced all the way through, the only thing that sort of annoyed me was the ending. But then knowing that there is going to be a book two, I can sort of forgive that. The only other thing that annoyed me was Tara but then that is what some people are like. a hell of a lot of two faced people around. When you lose someone close to you, you soon find out who your true friends are in a bad time.

I'd recommend this book if you don't mind the trigger topics, interested in a sort of discovery story, friendships developing in difficult times, and a hint of romance. 

Favourite Character: Megan
Read: 12/02/20 - 06/03/20

4 stars out of 5


Written by Sammie

And The Stars Were Burning Brightly (And The Stars Were Burning Brightly Series, book 1)

By Danielle Jawando


Blurb:
An emotionally rich and current story of suicide, mental health, bullying, grief and growing up around social media.

When fifteen-year-old Nathan discovers that his older brother Al has taken his own life, his whole world is torn apart.
Al was special.
Al was talented.
Al was full of passion and light…so why did he do it?
Convinced that his brother was in trouble, Nathan begins to retrace his footsteps. And along the way, he meets Megan. Al’s former classmate, who burns with the same fire and hope, who is determined to keep Al’s memory alive. But when Nathan learns the horrifying truth behind his brother’s suicide, one question remains – how do you survive, when you’re growing up in the age of social media? 

Review: 
I received this book as an ARC within Book Box Club. I got really excited about it when I received it because I'd heard good things about it. But now after reading this book and writing the review, I'm not too sure on whether my excitement for this book was worth it.

I'd say this book only just meets 4 star criteria in my opinion. There is also a trigger warning for this book of suicide, depression, grief and bullying.


This book is wrote in two points of views, one is female (Megan) and one is male (Nathan). So it is quite nice to see these two characters views on the events that happen within the book.


It starts off with this black family who live in the rough/run down part of Manchester (I'm not being racist it's how Nathan describes his family). Nathan and his brothers sometimes get stopped in the streets as the police accuse them of the crimes that happen in the area. Al is a boy who stands out and doesn't fit in at school. He is the one who commits suicide at the start and Nathan his brother comes home to discover his body.

Throughout this book Nathan is fighting guilt and grief for his brother, he is struggling to believe that something was wrong with Al and that someone else was the cause of all this drama.

Megan was friends with Al because they had art class together and they were starting to become quite close together but then the suicide happens. She wasn't aware of him feeling like this so the grief for Al and her dad becomes strong again.

The grief between these two characters is what fetches them close together. I feel that throughout the book there was huge character development and we got to see how both of them actually felt and their feelings towards other people. We also go to see how they reacted to their friends and family throughout this difficult time.

Everyone deals with grief differently and this 100% slows this.

The plot of this book was really good, I loved learning different things out about Al's life and how he had those inputs at the start of each chapter just made you feel like their was a third persons view to read but knowing his parts were a small insight to the chapter that was following. It was really well planned out and the style of book was just perfect.

It was fast paced all the way through, the only thing that sort of annoyed me was the ending. But then knowing that there is going to be a book two, I can sort of forgive that. The only other thing that annoyed me was Tara but then that is what some people are like. a hell of a lot of two faced people around. When you lose someone close to you, you soon find out who your true friends are in a bad time.

I'd recommend this book if you don't mind the trigger topics, interested in a sort of discovery story, friendships developing in difficult times, and a hint of romance. 

Favourite Character: Megan
Read: 12/02/20 - 06/03/20

4 stars out of 5


Written by Sammie

Tuesday 17 March 2020

Rose Under Fire (Code Name Verity Series, book 2)

By Elizabeth Wein


Blurb: 
While flying an Allied fighter plane from Paris to England, American ATA pilot and amateur poet, Rose Justice, is captured by the Nazis and sent to Ravensbrück, the notorious women's concentration camp. Trapped in horrific circumstances, Rose finds hope in the impossible through the loyalty, bravery and friendship of her fellow prisoners. But will that be enough to endure the fate that's in store for her?

Elizabeth Wein, author of the critically-acclaimed and best-selling Code Name Verity, delivers another stunning WWII thriller. The unforgettable story of Rose Justice is forged from heart-wrenching courage, resolve, and the slim, bright chance of survival.

Review: 
This is the second book in the trilogy, I first read book one back in secondary school and I remember I absolutely loved the book. I only just discovered that it was an actual trilogy back last year when I moved house and visited my library for the first time. 

This book is not a true story as it says at the back of the book, most of the events and the details are true they are based on the experiences of the people who survived. But there are added details and the book is only from September to March so the events are quite constricted. The author also made some of the details slightly different by keeping all the rabbits within the same block. Where as in real life they were moved from block to block.

This is not my usual read, I don't read historic fiction but I liked the change. I loved Lear, I got to know about the different details and the things that actually happened within World War II.

The main character in this book is called Rose and I loved experiencing the different events she went rough. Especially, how she developed and how she managed to change how her friends were feeling about certain tasks. I loved how she wrote poetry while she was within the concentration camp and became a writer after the war. Reading the poems throughout the main part of the story made the book go that much quicker and the story line seemed to pull together.

I loved the friendships within the book and how Rose became friends with different people and how she actually let different parts of her personality start to show to different people. Until she had full control of her actual body and who she wants to associate with. And by full control of her body, I mean she understood what was happening and wanted to tell the people she cared about the true things she was learning and how she was helping other people because she cared about them just like family.

If you are interested in World War II and reading part truth about what actually happened within the woman's concentration camp. Then this book is for you. The friendships within this book are 100% true and are such a great read.


Favourite Character: Rose
Read: 13/02/20 - 04/03/20


4 stars out of 5


Written by Sammie.
Check out Sammie's review of book 3: The Pearl Thief

Rose Under Fire (Code Name Verity Series, book 2)

By Elizabeth Wein


Blurb: 
While flying an Allied fighter plane from Paris to England, American ATA pilot and amateur poet, Rose Justice, is captured by the Nazis and sent to Ravensbrück, the notorious women's concentration camp. Trapped in horrific circumstances, Rose finds hope in the impossible through the loyalty, bravery and friendship of her fellow prisoners. But will that be enough to endure the fate that's in store for her?

Elizabeth Wein, author of the critically-acclaimed and best-selling Code Name Verity, delivers another stunning WWII thriller. The unforgettable story of Rose Justice is forged from heart-wrenching courage, resolve, and the slim, bright chance of survival.

Review: 
This is the second book in the trilogy, I first read book one back in secondary school and I remember I absolutely loved the book. I only just discovered that it was an actual trilogy back last year when I moved house and visited my library for the first time. 

This book is not a true story as it says at the back of the book, most of the events and the details are true they are based on the experiences of the people who survived. But there are added details and the book is only from September to March so the events are quite constricted. The author also made some of the details slightly different by keeping all the rabbits within the same block. Where as in real life they were moved from block to block.

This is not my usual read, I don't read historic fiction but I liked the change. I loved Lear, I got to know about the different details and the things that actually happened within World War II.

The main character in this book is called Rose and I loved experiencing the different events she went rough. Especially, how she developed and how she managed to change how her friends were feeling about certain tasks. I loved how she wrote poetry while she was within the concentration camp and became a writer after the war. Reading the poems throughout the main part of the story made the book go that much quicker and the story line seemed to pull together.

I loved the friendships within the book and how Rose became friends with different people and how she actually let different parts of her personality start to show to different people. Until she had full control of her actual body and who she wants to associate with. And by full control of her body, I mean she understood what was happening and wanted to tell the people she cared about the true things she was learning and how she was helping other people because she cared about them just like family.

If you are interested in World War II and reading part truth about what actually happened within the woman's concentration camp. Then this book is for you. The friendships within this book are 100% true and are such a great read.


Favourite Character: Rose
Read: 13/02/20 - 04/03/20


4 stars out of 5


Written by Sammie.
Check out Sammie's review of book 3: The Pearl Thief

Thursday 12 March 2020

Lord Loss (The Demonata, book 1)

By Darren Shan


Blurb: 
Grubbs Grady has stiff red hair and is a little big for his age, which means he can get into R-rated movies. He hates history and loves bacon, rats, and playing tricks on his squeamish older sister. When he opts out of a family weekend trip, he never guesses that he is about to take a terrifying journey into darkness. Hungry demons and howling werewolves haunt his waking nightmares... and threaten his life.

Review: 
After loving The Darren Shan Saga by Darren Shan, I decided to explore his other series, next on my list was The Demonata. This series is 10 books long but it’s a bit different to the usual series. Each book is one of three perspectives: Grubbs, Kernal and Bec. They are all separate timelines and stories that somewhat come together. It certainly sounds interesting. 

The first book in the series is Lord Loss, with the perspective being Grubbs Grady. The first thing I noticed with this book compared to The Darren Shan Saga was that the chapters were longer. I do prefer shorter chapters, however still not as long as some other books I read. 

I am aware the books are for a younger audience and you can tell. This made it sometimes a struggle to enjoy as it was quite childish, especially at the beginning. Also the character names. However, as the book went on it did get more interesting and more mature. I know plenty of older people who have read the series and loved it. So it’s probably just a matter of getting use to the language style. 

Now I admit despite the names being quite childish, Ma Spleen is a great name. Made me giggle every time I read it. 

Everyone seems to really really love Bec, so that’s the book I’m looking forward to the most I must say. Darren Shan books from what I’ve seen usually get better as the series goes on. Maybe with some poorer middle books but the endings are always worth it. So I’m not too concerned that I was too in love with this one. I will see the series through to the end.

*SPOILERS*
The book starts out with Grubbs pulling a prank on his sister with a dead animal. Which I can understand the reaction. It's quite brutal. But all of the sudden everyone starts being really nice to him which makes him quite suspicious. One night they send him to his aunties but he sneaks back home and discovers his home infested by demons and his parents and sister are dead. I think Darren Shan does a good job to describe this scene as it is quite horrifying and disgusting. His horror elements are always older than the book’s target audience. Which is why older people like me end up reading them.

Usually, in books you don’t really see a breakdown. The characters just sort of move on and deal with the task at hand. But what was really interesting about this book was Grubbs did breakdown. He had a mental breakdown after seeing a bunch of demons kill his family and rightly so. Grubbs ends up in a mental hospital for a while to deal with it. I really enjoyed this part and I think it’s really good to expose kids to mental health and how it’s okay to not cope with everything instantly.

Eventually, Grubbs gets let out to go live with his Uncle Dervish. An odd man that lives in a mansion alone. Grubbs starts to get suspicious with Dervish of being a werewolf because his suspected cousin Bill-E Spleen puts that thought in his head. Grubbs investigates Dervish and in the madness discovers it’s actually Bill-E who is the werewolf. I was expecting a twist, maybe Grubbs being the werewolf but no it was unexpectedly Bill-E. I love a good twist.

At that point all of the mystery and unanswered questions just start coming together. We find out his sister had the same curse and his parents took on a head demon named Lord Loss in a game of chess in the hope to get him to remove the curse. However, they failed which is why they were killed. I didn’t think Dervish was Bill-E’s father and was correct but I didn’t expect Grubbs father to have had an affair and ended up being Bill-E’s father. That was mad, did not expect that at all. 

Then Grubbs had to help Dervish fight demons and play chess to relieve Bill-E of his curse. They succeeded. But Lord Loss set a target on Grubbs. Good ending. However, the very end of the book is what I loved. Everything was back to normal but Grubbs still could turn into a werewolf. Dervish was still in the demon world fighting the demons, so his body was in a weird coma like state. Grubbs was basically living by himself checking each morning for blood in his fingernails to make sure he isn’t a werewolf. Then one morning, he wakes up and sees the blood. You’d think the book was going to end there but no another twist. Dervish is out of his coma state holding red paint. He just did the prank of a lifetime. I liked that light-hearted funny panicky twist. 

Overall, I did enjoy the book but I struggled with the lower target audience of the book causing the writing style to not be a favourite of mine. For this I’ll give it 3.5 stars. I do suspect the other books getting higher ratings though.

Rating: 3.5 runes out of 5

written by Lauren

Lord Loss (The Demonata, book 1)

By Darren Shan


Blurb: 
Grubbs Grady has stiff red hair and is a little big for his age, which means he can get into R-rated movies. He hates history and loves bacon, rats, and playing tricks on his squeamish older sister. When he opts out of a family weekend trip, he never guesses that he is about to take a terrifying journey into darkness. Hungry demons and howling werewolves haunt his waking nightmares... and threaten his life.

Review: 
After loving The Darren Shan Saga by Darren Shan, I decided to explore his other series, next on my list was The Demonata. This series is 10 books long but it’s a bit different to the usual series. Each book is one of three perspectives: Grubbs, Kernal and Bec. They are all separate timelines and stories that somewhat come together. It certainly sounds interesting. 

The first book in the series is Lord Loss, with the perspective being Grubbs Grady. The first thing I noticed with this book compared to The Darren Shan Saga was that the chapters were longer. I do prefer shorter chapters, however still not as long as some other books I read. 

I am aware the books are for a younger audience and you can tell. This made it sometimes a struggle to enjoy as it was quite childish, especially at the beginning. Also the character names. However, as the book went on it did get more interesting and more mature. I know plenty of older people who have read the series and loved it. So it’s probably just a matter of getting use to the language style. 

Now I admit despite the names being quite childish, Ma Spleen is a great name. Made me giggle every time I read it. 

Everyone seems to really really love Bec, so that’s the book I’m looking forward to the most I must say. Darren Shan books from what I’ve seen usually get better as the series goes on. Maybe with some poorer middle books but the endings are always worth it. So I’m not too concerned that I was too in love with this one. I will see the series through to the end.

*SPOILERS*
The book starts out with Grubbs pulling a prank on his sister with a dead animal. Which I can understand the reaction. It's quite brutal. But all of the sudden everyone starts being really nice to him which makes him quite suspicious. One night they send him to his aunties but he sneaks back home and discovers his home infested by demons and his parents and sister are dead. I think Darren Shan does a good job to describe this scene as it is quite horrifying and disgusting. His horror elements are always older than the book’s target audience. Which is why older people like me end up reading them.

Usually, in books you don’t really see a breakdown. The characters just sort of move on and deal with the task at hand. But what was really interesting about this book was Grubbs did breakdown. He had a mental breakdown after seeing a bunch of demons kill his family and rightly so. Grubbs ends up in a mental hospital for a while to deal with it. I really enjoyed this part and I think it’s really good to expose kids to mental health and how it’s okay to not cope with everything instantly.

Eventually, Grubbs gets let out to go live with his Uncle Dervish. An odd man that lives in a mansion alone. Grubbs starts to get suspicious with Dervish of being a werewolf because his suspected cousin Bill-E Spleen puts that thought in his head. Grubbs investigates Dervish and in the madness discovers it’s actually Bill-E who is the werewolf. I was expecting a twist, maybe Grubbs being the werewolf but no it was unexpectedly Bill-E. I love a good twist.

At that point all of the mystery and unanswered questions just start coming together. We find out his sister had the same curse and his parents took on a head demon named Lord Loss in a game of chess in the hope to get him to remove the curse. However, they failed which is why they were killed. I didn’t think Dervish was Bill-E’s father and was correct but I didn’t expect Grubbs father to have had an affair and ended up being Bill-E’s father. That was mad, did not expect that at all. 

Then Grubbs had to help Dervish fight demons and play chess to relieve Bill-E of his curse. They succeeded. But Lord Loss set a target on Grubbs. Good ending. However, the very end of the book is what I loved. Everything was back to normal but Grubbs still could turn into a werewolf. Dervish was still in the demon world fighting the demons, so his body was in a weird coma like state. Grubbs was basically living by himself checking each morning for blood in his fingernails to make sure he isn’t a werewolf. Then one morning, he wakes up and sees the blood. You’d think the book was going to end there but no another twist. Dervish is out of his coma state holding red paint. He just did the prank of a lifetime. I liked that light-hearted funny panicky twist. 

Overall, I did enjoy the book but I struggled with the lower target audience of the book causing the writing style to not be a favourite of mine. For this I’ll give it 3.5 stars. I do suspect the other books getting higher ratings though.

Rating: 3.5 runes out of 5

written by Lauren

Wednesday 11 March 2020

FairyLoot - February 2020

Theme: Rulebreakers


Items: 
  • Bookish Lip Balm by Little Heart Gifts
  • Foiled Scarf by @taratjah
  • Serpent & Dove Mug by @merwildandco and @taratjah 
  • Art Print by @noverantale 
  • Luggage Tag by @bookmarkd.tattoos and @loveyoumorestudio
  • Foil Bookmarks and Stickers by @noverantale
  • Tarot Cards by @gabriella.bujdoso
  • The Shadow Between Us by Tricia Levenseller

Review: 
Check out Sammie's first impressions in the video:



I got this box thinking that it was going to be the last set of An Ember in the Ashes tarot cards, but it turns out it was a new fandom. So oh well, I have a box for no reason.

The first item on the card is the lip balm, this was strawberry prosecco flavour. I absoloutely love prosecco, so this smelt amazing to me. I hadn't read the fandom it was based off which was Wicked Saints, it isn't on my to be read list, so I honestly don't get the connection but someone will who is part of this fandom.

The next item on the card was a foiled scarf, I originally thought this was from The Cruel Prince as it gave those vibes. But it is actually based on The Sorcery of Thorns. It is a beautiful scarf and the pattern is pretty cute and cool, it's a cat sat on books with thorns going around it.

A mug was the main item in the box in my opinion apart from the book. It was based on Serpent and Dove. I never actually connected the two main characters in the book to be Serpent and Dove. Not sure if i did when I read it but I actually really can't remember. The design on the cup was actually really pretty but I did find it was a bit dark.

The next item was an art print based on the book We Hunt the Flame. I've not read this book and it's not on my TBR, so I can't really have an opinion on it apart from that I really don't like art work unless it is Harry Potter.

A luggage tag from the Lord of the Rings was in the box too, I'm actually really pleased about this item because we now have 2 luggage tags for our suitcases when we go away. So I'm super excited to use them. The design is pretty cool too and it's bright and colourful. Only thing I think it lacks is a name and address section in case it goes missing.

The next set of items was based on the Nevernight series by Jay Kristoff. It was two foil bookmarks and a sticker these were pretty cool. I didn't realise that they were a set until I read the spoiler card. I loved how they all matched together. The colours were quite bold so it made the patterns stand out.

The final item in the box was the tarot cards, these were based on Strange the Dreamer and it was Lazlo and Sarai. They looked pretty awesome but I'm not a fan of this duology. I managed book one but I could not finish Muse of Nightmares, I just felt like the series wasn't for me sadly.

The book this month came with a set of post cards, art work of the two main characters, the dust jacket had art work on the back which was pretty amazing and there was a nice foil design on the actual book under the dust jacket. The book also came signed, it just didn't have any sprayed edges or stenciled edges. But with all the other things it made it just as special. The book does sound interesting but I'm not entirely sure when I will get round to reading it as I'm so behind on books.



Written by Sammie.