BOOK REVIEW | MISS PEREGRINE'S HOME FOR PECULIAR CHILDREN BY RANSOM RIGGS

Title: Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children
Author: Ransom Riggs
Published: 2011
Language: English
Pages: 352
Rating: 5/5

I have been doubting that I would ever find a book that would give me the same feeling as I got when reading Harry Potter, but I think I found a new series!

In 'Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children' we follow Jacob. A young boy who always sed to listen to the fairytale-ish stories of his grandfather. After a horrific incident things are shaken up. Jacob soon is discovering a remote island along the coast of Wales, where he discovers the ruins of Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children.

This book was definitely a 5/5 star read for me from beginning until the end. I read that some people had trouble with the fact that the build-up to the action took to long. What I find was that Ransom Riggs really took his time to develop the characters and world building. 

This book contains a lot of fantasy and I was surprised by how much I enjoyed it. 

Of course, I can not, not mention the photo's. The first night I read some chapters it was storming outside and I was home alone, this gave such creepy vibe to the book. I can't wait to read the second and third book in this series but that probably won't be until autumn because I am not allowing myself to purchase anymore books for a little while. 

BOOK REVIEW | REBEL OF THE SANDS BY ALWYN HAMILTON

Title: Rebel of the Sands
Author: Alwyn Hamilton
Published: 2016
Language: English
Pages: 320
Rating: 5/5


























In Rebel of the Sands we meet Amani. Amani is not your stereotypical kind of girl from Dustwalk. She is quite the rebel, who knows how to handle a gun. She wants to get away from Dustwalk and her live there. One day she encounters a boy, things happen, and she is on the run, away from Dustwalk, fleeing the Sultan's army. 

This is the second book for me that I read that is set in the Arabic world. I am enjoying this world so much as well as the fantasy elements that come with it, for example: Djinns. I find them so fascinating and I love the fact that we get to know a lot about Arabic legends (made-up or not). 

The world building and character building in this book is great. I now also have my first book-crush ever, I love Jin!

This book is the first in a new series and I can't wait for the next book to come out. For so far I know 'Traitor to the Throne' will come out the 2nd of February 2017, according to Goodreads. I am also so curious about the cover, it is probably gonna be as beautiful as this one!

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