 Hey guys, it's Tilly. I haven't really been filming anything lately because I have been sick, so my voice might sound a little bit rough at the moment, but I've had some more books arrive that I had pre-ordered, plus some that I picked up at the Dimix YA book club, so I want to talk about some of the new books that I've got and I'm excited to read quite a few of them. So the first one that I've got is the second book in the King of Scars duology, and that is Rule of Wolves by Leigh Bardugo. The book itself was pretty average compared to some of the other books set in the Grishaverse, however I absolutely enjoyed going back into the Grishaverse and going back to these characters that give you so many good feelings, and I really enjoyed the ending of this book as well, especially because it opens up two more possible books in this universe, which is really exciting. I also have watched the New Shadow and Bone TV series, so it was really exciting to kind of go back to the books after watching the TV series, so I really enjoyed that. I mean the story itself was kind of average, I found that some of it really dragged out and there were parts for the characters I was just like. It doesn't seem much like them, but I still really really enjoyed it, and my cat Terry has decided to make an appearance. Come here Leigh, let me say hi to you. This is my cat Terry, and she's very obsessive. She also has one eye, she had it that way since she was adopted as a kitten, so I'm not too sure what happened to her, but she's a hundred percent adaptive and very attention seeking. The next book that I picked up was Threadneedle. This one is by Carrie Thomas. Thanks Terry. This is the YA Book Club book of the month. I ordinarily probably wouldn't have picked this book up if it wasn't for the Book Club book. I have tried to start reading this one and I have struggled to get into it. I was probably about one quarter of the way through and I have currently put this book down to read something else that interests me more. I'm hoping I can go back to it and read a bit more. It kind of reminds me of the book The Binding, but I didn't enjoy that one either, so I think that might be putting me off a little bit. Essentially in this world your magic is considered a curse. Her auntie is very strict with her and essentially says that magic is bad and that's all she's known her entire life until these other characters come along and she starts to learn that maybe her magic is actually a gift and that things are very different to what they seem. I've mentioned before in some of my other videos that I am trying to step away from some certain YA books because they're not targeted at me as an adult and I don't enjoy them as much as I used to and I think that I struggle with this book a bit because I can't really relate to the character and so I don't really feel any need to kind of be drawn into the story either but as I said I will give another shot but at the moment there are other books that I'd rather prioritize over it. The next one I've got is Sirena. This one is by Ellen Alston. This one is a fiction novel but it is based on a true story and I really really enjoyed this one. I'm currently reading the second one which is the Sirena's daughter. These covers are also amazing. I really really love them. I really like historical fiction which made me pick these books up and these books aren't for the faint hearted. It's very brutal and very dark in places but it was really really well written. This book is based in 1699 and it follows a girl called Marta who was sold into labour at the age of 15. It follows her story as she goes through a different path that eventually lead her to becoming the Sirena. Like I said it is very brutal and very dark in some points. A lot of accurate history for women is very very rough and this one doesn't shy away from that in the book. Then you also have the Sirena's daughter which is my current read. This one follows along from the first book and proceeds with the Sirena's daughter. I've been enjoying them both quite a lot. I would probably give them about four or four and a half stars out of five so far. Definitely one of my top reads recently. I have found a way to stop the cat from bothering me. I've put an empty box on the floor so if you hear any scratching it's because the cat is sitting inside the box. Next up we have Got For The Wolf by Hannah Witton. This one I've heard a lot of good things about. I've also seen it in quite a lot of places so I was really excited to finally get my copy of this one. It is a red riding hood retelling. I haven't read very many retellings lately but I tend to always enjoy them. So this one is the first daughter is born for the throne and the second daughter is born for the wolf. So this follows the second daughter who basically is going to be sacrificed to the wolf. Red in this book also has a power and because of that she also is kind of a little bit happy to go to the wolf and be sacrificed for her town. Don't know if I'd feel the same way but props to her. However when she discusses that the wolf is a man things change and she needs to learn to harness her terrible power. I don't really know what to expect from this book but I'm super excited for it. It sounds like I can be right on my alley and I'm really hoping that I will get a five star read soon because I have found that all the books I have read recently have either been pretty average or just missing something. The next book that I've got is after story. This book is by Larissa Berent. So this book follows an indigenous lawyer called Jasmine and she's trying to rekindle her relationship with her mother, Della. So she takes her to England on a tour of literary sites which sounds really fun. However there is a darker side to the story that is 25 years before her older sister went missing and is presumed murdered. So as Jasmine immerses herself into the literary world of Jane Austen, the Bronte sisters, Virginia Wolfe, her mother is inspired to discover the wisdom of her own culture and storytelling. But sometimes the stories that are not told can become too great to bear. I am really intrigued by this one. When they talked about at the book club these stories sounds like it can be really really good. I'm really hoping that this will be my next read after I finish Sasari and her daughter and I'm really looking forward to it. And my final book is The Last Bookshop by Emma Young. This one's really exciting because it's based in Perth which is my home city. It's also published by Fremantle Press which is really great. This book follows Kate Cooper whose best friends is Books which I'm sure a lot of us can relate to as she opens up her own bookstore called Bookfind in the middle of the city. There is also a bit of a love story entangled into this book but Kate has to basically face quite a few problems that her life now revolves around which is the relationship she has with this mysterious book shopper, her friends and of course the bookstore being in the middle of a city which is quite a competitive shop space I would say. I've worked in a bookstore which makes me really excited to read this book. I'm hoping it'd be quite relatable at some points and of course it's about books which are some of the greatest stories to read. So there you guys have some of my books that I have picked up recently. I still am waiting on a few orders to come through which I'm very excited about but I will just put them into my next book haul video as I'm sure I will be buying more books. I don't have a TBR for this month so far, purely because I haven't really had time to sit down and think about what books I do want to read. The ones that I have been reading are kind of just picked up without thinking about it and just trusting the covers. So I will be back next month with a TBR and if you guys have any book recommendations for that please leave comments down below. Thank you guys for watching and hopefully you guys have a lovely bookish day. Bye!