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Hello! I’m Charlie, a twenty-three-year-old law graduate from the UK. I am currently studying an MA in Terrorism, International Crime and Global Security.
You’ll often find me with my head in a book, or with a Word document open – editing, editing, editing away.
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A mini review of Shadows by R.J. Furness is now up on my blog! 🌟3.5 stars!🌟

I recently got a new header for The Book Reviewer - made by the incredibly brilliant @artbylenashop! ☕ 🖌️🎨This photograph is HERS; I just wanted to share her original illustrations because I think she is just so talented!🖌️🎨

🎁🎁🎁[GIVEAWAY (NOW CLOSED)] 🎁🎁🎁 To celebrate turning the big old 23, I am hosting another book giveaway. I am giving away a hardback of The Whisper Man by Alex North, one of my favourite reads of 2019! To enter, all you have to do is follow this account and like this post 🙂 extra entries will be counted for those who share this to their story (don't forget to tag me so I can add a second entry) 🤗 Winner will be messaged October 20th! [UK only]

A mini-review of Ghost and Ragman Roll by Pete Adams is now up on my blog (link in bio) 👮 Thank you again to #damppebblesblogtours! 🙂 🌟🌟🌟 3.5 stars!

⚔️An interview with @elizabeth_tammi, the author of The Weight of a Soul, is now up on my blog (link in bio). Set for release Dec 3rd, Two a is a Norse-steeped story about two sisters who will do anything for each other.⚔️ I previously rated TWoaS 🌟🌟🌟🌟 stars for it's dark and impeccable execution. #TWoaS #bookreview #authorinterview

A review for The Gilded King by @josiejaffrey is now up on my blog! 3.5 🌟🌟🌟 stars for this post-apocalyptic vampire series. Thank you again to @thewritereads for setting up another brilliant tour. For those interested: 'In the Blue, the world’s last city, all is not well. Julia is stuck within its walls. She serves the nobility from a distance until she meets Lucas, a boy who believes in fairytales that Julia’s world can’t accommodate. The Blue is her prison, not her castle, and she’d escape into the trees if she didn’t know that contamination and death awaited humanity outside. But not everyone in the Blue is human, and not everyone can be contained. Beyond the city’s boundaries, in the wild forests of the Red, Cameron has precious little humanity left to lose. As he searches for a lost queen, he finds an enemy rising that he thought long dead. An enemy that the humans have forgotten how to fight. One way or another, the walls of the Blue are coming down. The only question is what side you’ll be on when they do.'

My review for The Willow Woman by Laurence Westwood is now up on my blog (link in bio), and, guess what? It's my favourite read of the year! For anyone interested in the Chinese criminal justice system, cults, and crime novels ft apparitions / a bit of the supernatural, I highly recommend this book!!!! 🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟 stars! #bookreview #bookishfeature #mybookfeatures #bookstagram

I am currently writing a review for The Willow Woman by Laurence Westwood! And I've given this Chinese crime / mystery 🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟stars. Finishing this book means I have completed my reading goal of 30 books since June!!! For those interested: 'Philip Ye, half English, half Chinese, is a homicide detective with the Chengdu Public Security Bureau who suffers his own anguish from a life blighted by tragedy and the unsettling appearance of ghosts that often intrude in on his investigations. On a misty grey morning one such apparition leads him to a busy street corner during the rush hour where he bears witness to a shocking event. Against his better judgment, Phillip is drawn into the search for a missing, vulnerable boy. His investigation brings him into contact with Xu Ya, a brilliant and beautiful public prosecutor. She is new to Chengdu, determined not only to make her mark but to also leave behind her own personal heartbreak. They have crossed paths before. He has no memory of her, but she remembers him very well indeed…. Soon enough Philip Ye has a vicious murder on his hands, and then another – the boy’s disappearance seemingly sparking a chain of violent events. With the help of Xu Ya – dedicated to upholding făzhì, the Rule of Law, in China ‒ and her indefatigable and worldly-wise assistant Fatty Deng, Phillip Ye is quickly on the trail of a mysterious figure known as The Willow Woman. But, unbeknownst to them all, there are secretive and subversive forces at work within the dark heart of the city and tremendous danger awaits....'

My review of The Gingerbread Houses by Benedict J Jones is now up on The Book Reviewer (link in bio) 🙂 🌟🌟🌟🌟 stars for this gritty and dark crime fiction. 'Charlie Bars is back in London and has taken on a missing persons case. Easy money –or so he thinks. The man he is looking for is inextricably linked to the evil perpetrated in the Gingerbread Houses and as Charlie’s search progresses, he finds himself drawn into the seedy underbelly of the capital; a world of abuse, exploitation and deviancy that threatens to destroy his soul. Others are looking for the missing man too and hunter soon becomes hunted as Charlie finds himself the target of an insane torturer haunted by the ghosts of his military past. As he descends into the darkest depths of human depravity, Charlie desperately tries to stay out of prison, on the right side of his morality and, most importantly, alive as he seeks to uncover the buried secrets of the Gingerbread Houses.' #mybookfeatures #bookblogger #bookreview

A review of The Weight of a Soul by @elizabeth_tammi is now up on my blog (link in bio!) 🌟 A solid 4/5 🌟 - a wonderful read full of Norse mythology! ⚔️publication date is december 3rd 2019⚔️ for those interested, here is a synopsis: 'when lena's younger sister fressa is found dead, their whole viking clan mourns - but it is lena alone who never recovers. fressa is the sister that should've loved, and lena cannot rest until she knows exactly what killed fressa and why - and how to bring her back. she strikes a dark deal with hela, the norse goddess of death, and begins a new double like to save her sister. but as lena gets closer to bringing fressa back, she dredges up dangerous discoveries about her own family, and finds herself in the middle of a devastating plan to spur ragnarök - a deadly chain of events leading to total world destruction.'

What is everyone else reading this weekend?

📼My review for #ADifferentTime by Michael K. Hill is now up on The Book Reviewer (link in bio)! It is my first Book Tour experience (thank you @thewritereads), and I really enjoyed it 📼 🌟I rated A Different Time 3/5 stars🌟 For those interested in this romantic / sci-fi adventure, here is the synopsis: 'Keith Nolan falls in love with a remarkable young woman from the past, talking to him on a home video she recorded in 1989. To keep their conversation going, he must find more of her tapes—while forces work against them both, and time is running out.'

goodbye marble print, there's a new background in town! and boy does it look a lot nicer 🙂 does my new blog background look ok? it's bookcase wallpaper, and I love it! in the next few weeks, i'm going to be replacing all previous photographs with updated versions. it feels a lot more #bookstagram now 🙂

A review of Sleepless Flame is now up on my blog! (✳️Link in bio ✳️) Odin Oxthorn is an LGBT author, who loves all things scifi. This is Oxthorn's debut book, and its sequel (Mourning Ember) is available from October 31st 🙂 For lovers of sci-fi, here is the synopsis: If your biggest payout was from your worst enemy, would you still take the deal? After thirty years living in exile from her homeworld, Nara grew weary of the monotony of mercenary life: Do job for Company A, anger Company B, then diffuse the inevitable retaliation. Repeat ad nauseam. Most importantly, try hard not to piss off the ruthless Galavantier Corp again. A task easy enough – until the unconscious body of the Biotech’s heir lands at her feet. Thrown in the midst of a cutthroat power shift within the heart of cybernetic conglomerate, Nara must now decide: return to the safety of her hermetic lifestyle, or aid her strange bedfellow – and hope to survive the aftermath. Sleepless Flame is a faced-paced action-packed scifi story that features a nonbinary protagonist. Enter a vibrant cyberpunk world full of corporate intrigue while using fascinating automated combat technology and computer skills.

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