Book Porn Tuesday!

Hey guys! sorry for lack of posts this month it's still exam season and honestly I'm running out of inspiration on what to post on this blog. Anyway, this week's gorgeous over is...

The Winner's Kiss by Marie Rutkoski
Genre: YA Fantasy
Release Date: Sometime in 2016

This is the final installment in The Winner's trilogy. It is centered around The General's daughter called Kestrel who one day on an outing decides to buy a slave called Arin. Yes, it's that kind of book. The series explores Kestrel's conflicting relationship with Arin and while I'd normally be against books depicting romantic relationships between a slaver and slave due to the power imbalance, for some strange reason, this one works. There are so many interesting themes interwoven in the story: Politics, Love and Justice to name but a few. Both preceding books end on a cliffhanger so while I do encourage you to read this series, I'd also recommend you save it for next year so you don' have to painfully wait for the finale.

Book Porn Tuesday

This week's gorgeous cover is...

What You Left Behind by Jessica Vardi
Genre: YA Contemporary
Release Date: August 4th 2015

I was scrolling through Goodreads looking for some new/not really known books to read and I came across this one. I haven't read it yet, so I'm not too sure what it's about (it was the cover that drew me in to be honest) but it's basically about a teenage boy who gets his girlfriend pregnant, incidentally she is also diagnosed with cancer, she decides to sacrifice her life in order to save the baby by refusing treatment. The story takes place I think after she dies and the father has to look after the baby. Usually I'm not into 'death' books because they're very depressing for me, but this sounds really interesting. Because, you always hear about maternal instincts, and being a mum, but it's very rare to really hear the emotional side of being a dad particularly in book form. Especially a teenage boy, also the fact that he has to cope with  his girlfriend's death is something I'm very much looking forward to reading and exploring in August