Lottie Reads

Evening BookWyrms, The Temple House Vanishing is a murder mystry and a psycological thriller. It is dark, poignant, painful and unnerving. I was scrolling through NetGalley and just happened upon it. Here is the blurb that made me request it: ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Twenty-five years ago, a sixteen-year-old schoolgirl and her charismatic teacher disappeared without trace... In an elite Catholic girls' boarding-school the pupils live under the repressive, watchful gaze of the nuns. Seeking to break from the cloistered atmosphere two of the students - Louisa and Victoria - quickly become infatuated with their young, bohemian art teacher, and act out passionately as a result. That is, until he and Louisa suddenly disappear. Years later, a journalist uncovers the troubled past of the school and determines to resolve the mystery of the missing pair. The search for the truth

Evening BookWyrms, Let's talk about fairytales. Look I love stories that have Princesses, Witches, Princes and a true love's kiss. I love pumpkin carriages, love at first sight, enchanted sleep and daring tower rescues, of course I do. But……... More than that, I love those old school tales. The ones that have twisted, sick, moral messages attached to them and very violent, bloody endings. I like the creepy way we use them to scare children into behaving. I love the magic of them. I love the way we tell them as if they are family stories handed down from generation to generation. Basically I love fairytales. And this includes retellings, reimaginings and modernised versions of them. And let’s be honest the bookshelves of our libraries and our bookstores are full of them at the moment. The Sisters Grimm firmly falls into the latter group of fairytale books - it is dark, let me preface all of the below with that statement. When I saw The Sisters Grimm on NetGalley I kn

Morning BookWyrms, It's day nine of Kelsey Quick's A Violet Fire Virtual Book Tour! And it's my turn to share and promote this fang-tastic (see what I did there?) debut novel! I have been talking about this book on my blog and my insta account since October when I was lucky enough to get an E-Arc of it from NetGalley. My review (spoiler free of course) is on the blog already - go check it out (after you've pre-ordered your copy of the book!) For my stop on the tour I got to interview Kelsey about A Violet Fire - which was so exciting for me as a fan! Can I just note here that Kelsey is as lovely as she is talented! And if you need proof - Kelsey is hosting a giveaway, for those in the US, whilst this tour runs!! Kelsey will be awarding, one lucky winner, a $25 Amazon/BN gift card, chosen at random via rafflecopter. So don't forget to enter for your chance to win here: RAFFLECOPTER: Enter to win a $25 Amazon/BN GC - a Rafflecopter giveaway A Viole

 Evening BookWyrms, I first saw Starve Acre on Readersfirst.com, which, by the way, is a website all book lovers should check out, where I read the first 40 pages or so and did a ' first look ' review. What drew me to the book in the first place was the cover art. The creepy hangman's noose really peaked my interest; I needed to know what Starve Acre was, what the tree symbolised and why on earth was there a noose in the branches! Once I'd read those initial pages I headed straight to NetGalley to see if I could request it, which I could and did. The email granting me an E-ARC came through fairly quickly which I was really grateful for because, after those first few pages, I desperate for more. Before I give you my spoiler free thoughts here is the official blurb: ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ The worst thing possible has happened. Richard and Juliette Willoughby’s son, Ewan, has died suddenly at the age of five. Starve Acre, their house by t

BookWyrms, Whoever said that the Vampire genre was over - was wrong. A Violet Fire by Kelsey Quick is everything I love about a good vampire book and has a refreshingly realistic take on vampires as a species. Moving away from the gentle, peace loving, just trying to 'fit in' vamps of recent books A Violet Fire takes us to a world were Vamps have taken over and rule with iron fists (or fangs). They mongered war until they almost hunted humans out of existence, leading to a blood shortage and then the need for human breeding and blood laws. They maintain their power through manipulation and brainwashing and I am a huge fan of authors that use that as a method for keeping the masses down in their books because it's so true to life! Plus I'd take a blood thirsty, intelligent, manipulative, slightly unhinged vampire overlord over a sparkly, shy, gentle vampire any day of the week. A Violet Fire reads a little like a fan fiction (and this is in no way an insult) i

BookWyrms, I am so excited to bring you this follow up post because it's my interview with the author! Kelly kindly agreed to let me interview her after we got chatting about the giveaway we are running for ARC's of The Last To Die! Head over to my instagram for all the details on how to enter: @lottie.pacey Kelly is currently travelling but set time aside (while at the airport no less) to sit and answer some questions I had about The Last To Die and about Kelly herself. I'd like to take a moment to thank Kelly for the interview and for the giveaway, it really was a pleasure to chat with you! You can follow Kelly at the following places: Instagram: @writerkellygarrett Twitter: @garrett_kelly So wihtout further adue here we go: Questions about The Last To Die: 1. What was your inspiration for your debut novel The Last To Die? The Last To Die was the third YA manuscript I'd finished. In feedback from my first two books, I kept hearing the main character

Watcha BookWyrms, The Last To Die by Kelly Garrett is why I force myself to read outside my wheelhouse of fantasy and sci-fi. I nabbed this ARC at YALC this year and decided to take a break from the fantasy genre and a little over a week ago I opened the first page. I didn't stop until I finished. From the first line I was hooked. What Kelly does in The Last To Die is tell a story that is believable. And believability is key, for me, when I read anything outside of the magical, mystical or otherworldly. If I’m reading about the 'real' world then I want the story, the plot, the characters, the pace of the book to be real. I want to be able to imagine that this could be happening to me, or someone I know. I want it to slide into the world around me without raising too many questions. And Kelly has done this. So let’s get to the review, shall we? Firstly the cover art is perfection! A single house surrounded by water! A metaphoric image for the content of the st

Evening Bookwyrms, Like most hardcore bibliophiles I grew up devouring the 'classics'. Pride & Prejudice, Jane Eyre, Wuthering Heights (my personal favourite), Frankenstein. So, unsurprisingly, I have grown into an adult with a deep love of the uncanny, the macabre, the period piece, the surreal, the gothic, the antihero and the wild willed woman. That's why when I saw the blurb for The Vanished Bride I knew I needed to read it and as quickly as possible. Here is the description that caught my attention: ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Yorkshire, 1845 A young woman has gone missing from her home, Chester Grange, leaving no trace, save a large pool of blood in her bedroom and a slew of dark rumours about her marriage. A few miles away across the moors, the daughters of a humble parson, Charlotte, Emily, and Anne Brontë are horrified, yet intrigued. Desperate to find out more, the sisters visit Chester Grange, where they notice several u