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 " "What are we going to do?"

"Something very foolish."

Princess Katherine of Elderhaime is engaged to be married to a man she's never met. Frankly, she's a bit hacked off about it, but things are about to get a whole lot worse.

Katherine finds herself lost in the wilderness of an ancient, war torn world. With only her court Jester for protection, she races through a not-so-magical kingdom populated by swashbuckling heroes, sinister villains, witches, kings, ninja children and nightmarish creatures.

Nothing in this world is as it seems, including her foolish companion.

Pursued by outlaws and monsters, Katherine will be forced to decide between her hopes of true love and the chance for peace for her troubled land. So, y'know, no pressure...

The Princess and the Fool is a thrilling adventure dealing with duty, destiny, desire, danger and derring-do. A fairy tale with an irreverent sense of humour, a heart full of hope and a talking puppet.
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The Princess and The Fool is the debut novel from Paul Neafcy and it's a good'un. We follow the adventures of The Princess and (and as you've probably guessed) her fool. This is a great novel to escape into , theres a bit of everything in there Kings, Queens, Magic, Fantasy, Adventure, Humour and Romance.  I'm hoping the Princess and the fool will be returning so I can continue keeping up with their adventures.  I'd definitely recommend grabbing a copy of this book its currently only 99p on the kindle store, but with the rate at which the £ is losing value this week I'd grab this bargain whilst you can!

Let me know if you have read this novel and what your thoughts are, and of course don't forget to leave me your recommendations !

Thanks For Reading
 Sam 








"When Edie is caught in a compromising position at her colleagues’ wedding, all the blame falls on her – turns out that personal popularity in the office is not that different from your schooldays. Shamed online and ostracised by everyone she knows, Edie’s forced to take an extended sabbatical – ghostwriting an autobiography for hot new acting talent, Elliot Owen. Easy, right?
Wrong. Banished back to her home town of Nottingham, Edie is not only dealing with a man who probably hasn’t heard the word ‘no’ in a decade, but also suffering an excruciating regression to her teenage years as she moves back in with her widowed father and judgy, layabout sister.
When the world is asking who you are, it’s hard not to question yourself. Who’s that girl? Edie is ready to find out."

I have read all of Mhairi McFarlane's books and have enjoyed them all and her newest novel Who's That Girl? definitely disappoint. I honestly didn't out down this book until i'd finished, but then is there a better way to spend a lazy Sunday then reading all day? Mhairi had me laughing, crying and even finding myself getting frustrated and angry with characters as certain points and I think this is something she does really well, making characters seem really "real" so you connect with them and feel for them. Sometimes a good old chick-lit novel is what you need to escape the real world for a bit and this ticks the box. 

Let me know if you have read this book and what you thought of it, and don't forget to leave me your recommendations! 

Thanks For Reading, Sam 




Somewhere within our crowded sky, a crew of wormhole builders hops from planet to planet, on their way to the job of a lifetime. To the galaxy at large, humanity is a minor species, and one patched-up construction vessel is a mere speck on the starchart. This is an everyday sort of ship, just trying to get from here to there. 

But all voyages leave their mark, and even the most ordinary of people have stories worth telling. A young Martian woman, hoping the vastness of space will put some distance between herself and the life she‘s left behind. An alien pilot, navigating life without her own kind. A pacifist captain, awaiting the return of a loved one at war. 

Set against a backdrop of curious cultures and distant worlds, this episodic tale weaves together the adventures of nine eclectic characters, each on a journey of their own.

"When Rosemary Harper joins the crew of the Wayfarer, she isn't expecting much. The Wayfarer, a patched-up ship that's seen better days, offers her everything she could possibly want: a small, quiet spot to call home for a while, adventure in far-off corners of the galaxy, and distance from her troubled past.
But Rosemary gets more than she bargained for with the Wayfarer. The crew is a mishmash of species and personalities, from Sissix, the friendly reptillian pilot, to Kizzy and Jenks, the constantly sparring engineers who keep the ship running. Life on board is chaotic, but more or less peaceful - exactly what Rosemary wants.
Until the crew are offered the job of a lifetime: the chance to build a hyperspace tunnel to a distant planet. They'll earn enough money to live comfortably for years... if they survive the long trip through war-torn interstellar space without endangering any of the fragile alliances that keep the galaxy peaceful.
But Rosemary isn't the only person on board with secrets to hide, and the crew will soon discover that space may be vast, but spaceships are very small indeed."

The Long Way to A Small Angry Planet is the first book in the Wayfarers series by Becky Chambers,  the book follows Rosemary Harper as she is hired as a clerk and joins the crew of the Wayfarer a tunnelling ship that is past its prime. The book was so much fun to read, its been a while since I have read something like this set in outer-space we meet many different species, you find yourself immersed in the different world, a definite page turner! I personally can't wait for the second book in the series which I believe is out in October this year.

Let me know if you have read this book and what you thought of it, and any recommendations you have. 

Thanks for reading, Sam 
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