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Although not to my personal taste I can appreciate the imagination involved in this tale and the...
A beautiful cover and a lovely dedication that made me smile. However I couldn't engage with the...
This isn’t your average every day book about not fitting in or being the anomaly. The author...
The power of this book radiates from the first word. Even the dedication in the beginning is...
Firstly, how freaking gorgeous is that cover?! I am obsessed. Also, Tarisai sounds brilliant!...
An introduction to the main character, a young girl with special skills, born to a powerful woman...
I like the look of this book as I have never read a fantasy based on African culture. This gives...
A Unique Fantasy That Feels Very Different To Your Average YA Book. I'd Love To Learn More About...
This is written like an original and imaginative fairytale. The writing is lyrical and...
Maybe it's because I'm tired but I had to read this several times to understand what was going...
Tarisai has always wanted a family as she has been raised by someone called "The lady" but when...
A story that is sure to get us all us hooked. Not only is this book describing isolation, a story...
This is not a book for me. I don't like the cover, but the blurb sounded interesting....
From the cover to the last sentence of the first look, this book offers a beautifully refreshing...
Fantasy about Tarisai, a half magical 6 year old child who is curious to find her mother and what...
At a first look the cover looks very pretty and attractive to the eye. The story seems so...
Tarisai is a lonely child in a house with only servants and tutors for company, unable, for some...
A lovely illustration and dedication greets the reader, I had high hopes for a feminist tale....
This concept has a really nice twist on the fairytale-esque genre in YA. I really like the idea...
This first impression excited me a lot the world in which this is set seemed very unique and...
This seems like such an interesting and magical book. The plot and the characters seem to be...
Oh no these are the kinds of first impressions I hate the most. The ones that make me love...
First of all, I have to comment on the book cover - absolutely beautiful and definitely attracted...
If I’m honest I didn’t look at the synopsis till today, as it didn’t look interesting, the cover...
I love all the mystical African words, which bring the story to life and give it an unearthly...
I'm so excited for this African fairytale. It's magical from the first sentence, and it will be...
Well firstly I would like to say I really like the front cover of this book it is beautifully...
From the first sentence this book draws you into a magical world, that becomes more intriguing as...
This story has magical and mythical qualities. The language is very visual and the colours jump...
An other-worldly sounding fantasy that includes human relationships, mystical worlds and exotic...
Wow, this cover is lovely! The plot of the book doesn't appeal to me though and I'm not a massive...
This looks like everything I want in a YA fantasy. Mystery and intrigue shroud over it and I just...
Young adult meets mythology/fantasy. First paragraph drew me into the environment quickly, so...
I found this got my attention even though I don’t feel it would be a book I would read. I have...
This looks and sounds like an interesting fantasy novel for young adults. The cover artwork is...
Blimey I read the blurb and the cover and wondered if this would be anything interesting, or just...
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