Book Review | The Girl Of Ink And Stars by Kiran Millwood Hargrave

I picked up 'The Girl Of Ink And Stars' in the bookshop without even knowing what it was. I was instantly drawn to it as the physical book itself is just absolutely beautiful from the cover to mapped end-pages to the illustrated borders of every page inside. Side-note – I'm so glad to have a British copy of this book, the American name is different for some reason and 'The Cartographer's Daughter' sounds nowhere near as magical. Also the book design is completely different too and way less pretty IMO.

Book Review | The Lie Tree by Frances Hardinge

I actually picked up my copy of 'The Lie Tree' in a supermarket when I was home in February. I'd heard the title a few times and had seen it around quite a bit, but I had no idea what it was about. 

Set in the Victorian era, fourteen year old Faith has grown up admiring the world of science through watching her father, Reverend Erasmus' work. More than anything Faith wants to follow in his footsteps, but of course it is not right for a young lady to be a scientist. However, the family have been forced to move out of the country due to a huge scandal surrounding her father and one night he decides to share with her with his biggest secret, the Lie Tree. Soon after, he dies under extremely suspicious circumstances. Faith, convinced that the reverend has in fact been murdered, finds herself on a path of both discovery and deceit in order to bring justice to the person who caused her fathers demise.