The Cruel Prince by Holly Black Short Review

The Cruel Prince by Holly Black
My rating: 4 of 5 stars

This is a great start to an intriguing story. I hope the rest of the series will hold up to this opener.
I especially liked the lore building that Black has weaved through the plot. I am not familiar with all the traditional lore of the fae but it felt like she drew on it rather than creating a new tradition that made this new tale feel like it was set in a familiar and loved world. Really enjoyed this and will be recommending it to others.

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April Book Photo Challenge Day 8 Nostalgic

I have quite a few of these books that I used to look at a lot as a really little kid. The second picture here is the key to why I did that.

I had/have a bit of a thing for books that have dust covers when the hard cover underneath has something different on it to the dust cover. Its like a secret world only you know about, or so I thought when I was little. I still, to this day check under dust covers to find hidden pictures but they are few and far between. 

This particualar book is one of my favorites. It Faeries illustrated by Brian Froud. Never actually read it (it is not a story book but and art book with anotations) but the pictures are so familar that they are like old familiar friends.

Day 4. Book Photo Challenge: First Book I Ever Loved

This is more of a representation of the first books I loved to get off the shelf as a child and look through. I have a couple of different series of Faeries and Elves and Dragons and things (my favorites are by Brian Froud).

Several reasons I love these. They have dust covers so i loved taking them off and seeing the embossed lettering and illustration underneath. I was always so excited when the pictures underneath the dust cover were completely different from the cover itself. Secondly, when flicking through these books for the photo challenge I realised  this was the reason I still attempt to draw. I copied so many of the drawing in these books, with hope of one day being as good as Brian Froud