Today I have another review for you all, and trust me I think this ones going to be getting a bit hot and steamy! The book today is The Den of Iniquity by Annabelle Bryant and once again it was an incredible pick from the Neverland Blog Tour offerings!

Welcome to the most notorious address in London… 

Beneath the airs and graces of the Ton lies The Underworld – London’s most scandalous gambling hall. The only thing darker and more debauched that the hall itself?

The proprietor, Max Sinclair. As mysterious as the corners of the city he stalks, Max has vowed to take revenge against the men who murdered his mother. And The Underworld attracts London’s darkest characters – the perfect partners in crime.

But when Lady Vivienne Beaumont enters The Underworld, Max’s life becomes more dangerous than he ever thought possible. 

Enter a world of lust, lawlessness and obsession with The Den of Iniquity, the first in Anabelle Bryant’s Bastards of London series.

This is the first book in a new series by Anabelle Bryant, filled with lust, danger and despair the book has everything you would want. Set within the era of the Regency, the story features many more parts to it such as breaking the limitations on class and status.

Within the book you meet a collection of interesting characters, with the most focus (and chemistry) between Max and Vivienne. With the two having a background that was well developed to explore and share how they have become the person throughout the book, it really does go to show that these details are crucial. Specifically since their history has a huge factor in how they come together.

However, as much as the characters relationship makes this an inviting romance tale. It also needs to be noted that Vivienne is an enormous asset to the book herself. Throughout the book, the character sticks with her values and stays true to who they were before a love interest. Bryant has developed her as a character that really makes you want to stand up and be your own women- especially in the current world climate.

Another outstanding aspect of the book was the way the environments and setting was described. In novels like these, set in a very specific and historic time period it can be very easy to get things very wrong, however in this case Bryant got this spot on. The writing style gives a breath of air to the book, while the development and pace of the story make it a very easy and quick book to get into.

Overall I think this book and series is definitely one to check out, I know I'm excited and intrigued to see what the second book will bring! Like I usually do here's who I think should read this, I'd recommend checking this out if you enjoy period romances with a spark of darkness. And let me know what you think of it if you check it out in the comments below!


More information
Anabelle Bryant's Website
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*Disclaimer: I was sent this book free of charge in connection with the Neverland blog tours promotion of this book. This does not in any way affect my opinions. All views and thoughts are my own.

Hello! It's been a long time since I last posted anything on this blog… so long In fact that it is not 2017! How mental is that? And it also gets me onto the point of this blog post, today I wanted to speak about something I always try and do on this blog and that is my intentions and goals for the year ahead. So let's get started…

One of my main things this year is to get organised. Yes I know it seems a bit ironic that this post is only getting shared today, when it should have been done like a week ago! But, yes, anyway, I'm trying to be more organised. I've got a diary, a wall calendar, my iPhone, MacBook and brand spanking new iPad Pro now so I have no reason not to be organised!

Continuing on from my last point, I also want to get more organised and create more content on this blog and possibly, on YouTube too! It's pretty obvious I've been slack on here for at least the last year so I really do want to get back into it. I have plenty ideas so there's I just need to sit down and use my time wisely.

As well as my blog and YouTube I want to plan more for the Creative Bloggers community. Last year was so great to have the mini meet up and the Secret Santa Swap so I'd like to try and organise more things like that. Being that I'm up in Scotland it might not be so easy to directly organise more meet ups and in person events but I'd like to try and liaise with some brands to put on more events for #CBloggers. I also have an aim to do something like a Creative Bloggers weekend retreat or possibly a mini conference if possible. And lastly I'd love to do more mail swaps as the first one went really well!

Design more!

Last year I didn't really do all that much design if I'm honest so this year I really do want to get back into doing more work, more often and with more variety! I had thought about doing the Create365 again but because I want to do more actual design pieces I think I'd be better producing work on more of a weekly basis and giving myself the opportunity to experiment with that I'm doing more.

I'd also love to try and create more products for Etsy, so I'm aiming on producing at least one new item a month and/or 12 within the entire year. Although I'd obviously love to do loads more than this too, I think it's a good and realistic aim to start with as it'll be completely new designs I'll be working on but hopefully along a few different products?

Get invested in learning again

Since leaving Uni I have been kind of longing to be sitting down and do some proper learning again. So this year I'm making the intention to do some more learning on a whole- mainly within graphic design, creativity and social media but I'd also love to do some more learning out with this too if the opportunity arises. And so I'd like to read more articles, watch more tutorials/online courses and even better, go to more talks and conferences!

One of my big things this year is to have some proper ‘me’ time. Just now my me time doesn't really consist of much, apart from catching up on YouTube videos or watching Netflix. So this year I want to start having quality me time that would involve the likes of a bath, more reading physical books and generally pampering myself more. In relation to this, I also just want to try and start taking care of myself better. Going to bed and getting up at a decent time. Eating better foods and actually getting the extra vitamins I'm lacking. As well as few other personal health things that need to be sorted.

And lastly, because it's mentioned on the photo at the start, I should probably mention it, I want to do some travelling! I say this every year but this year I need to start actually saving better to be able to go to it!

That's all for my intentions this year, what are some of yours? I'm also stlil trying to think up a ‘word of the year’ so let me know what yours are for that if you have one too.