“Every daughter is born of an element, infused with its own particular powers. Some are born of earth: fertile as soil, strong as stone, steady as the ancient oak. Others of fire: explosive as gunpowder, seductive as light, fierce as an unbound flame. Others of water: calm as a lake, relentless as a wave, unfathomable as an ocean. The Sisters Grimm are daughters of air, born of dreams and prayer, faith and imagination, bright-white wishing and black-edged desire.”

Each girl in ‘The Sisters Grimm’ represents an element and a fairytale character. Goldi (Goldilocks) is earth, Bea (Beauty) is air, Liyana (I read somewhere that she represents Snow White but I cannot confirm this) is water and Scarlet (Red Riding Hood) is fire. Some of the comparisons between the characters and their fairytale equivalent were more obvious than others. While the Grimm connections will likely add to the book’s appeal for a lot of readers I would have been equally invested in the story had this not been included.

Goldie, whose perspective is the only one told in first person, is the sole caregiver for Teddy, her ten year old brother. She cleans rooms at a fancy hotel, liberating items from its rich guests to help support him. Her boss is sleazy and she’s experienced significant trauma in her childhood.

“I’ve been a thief for as long as I can remember, a liar too. I might even be a murderer, though you’ll have to make up your own mind about that.”

Bea was raised in various foster homes while her mother was being treated at St Dymphna’s Psychiatric Hospital. Bea studies philosophy and feels most alive when she’s soaring through the air in a glider.

“For nearly eighteen years her mother has encouraged her to act audaciously and, although Bea relishes nothing more than reckless behaviour, she’s damned if she’ll give her mother the satisfaction of knowing it.”

Liyana (Ana) was on track to be an Olympian before an injury derailed her plans but she remains at home in the water. Ana and her mother moved to London from Ghana when she was a child. Ana is an artist. Her girlfriend, Kumiko, hasn’t met her aunt Nyasha yet.

“At the sight of a blackbird Liyana feels that, ultimately, all is right with the world, no matter how hopeless it might seem at the time.”

Scarlet lives with her grandmother, Esme, whose health is declining. Scarlet now runs the café owned by her family. She lost both her mother, Ruby, and her home a decade ago as a result of fire.

“Strangely, Scarlet finds she wants to immerse her hand in the flame, wants to feel the scorch on her skin. She believes, impossibly, that the fire will be kind to her.”

I saw myself in all of the girls to a certain extent and, although I’d never heard of this author prior to this book and they certainly couldn’t pick me out of a lineup, I am almost always awake at 3:33am so I’m claiming this part of the dedication as my own. I knew from the blurb that one of the four would not survive but I liked them all and hoped against hope that the blurb was faulty. It was not.

This book reminded me of two important bookish things:
1. Why I should not pay too much attention to a book’s star ratings and reviews before I finish reading it myself, and
2. Why I should always give a book a little more time after deciding it’s not for me.

I had really been looking forward to this book so when I saw some unflattering reviews I admit that I allowed them to dampen my enthusiasm and even shuffled my TBR pile, moving a couple up the queue, as the thought of needing to drag myself through so many pages was unappealing. As soon as I began reading I realised the error of my ways - until I began reading from Leo’s perspective. He’s a what? From where? Seriously?

My initial failure to connect with Leo’s character, along with my impatience with the multiple perspectives that changed so frequently I had trouble keeping up for a while, caused me to very nearly write this book off as a DNF. Each sister‘s story is told from two perspectives (now and a decade ago). There are also varying amounts of time dedicated to Leo, Nyasha, Esme and their father. Then there are descriptions of Everwhere.

“It’s a nocturnal place, a place crafted from thoughts and dreams, hope and desire.”

If you count the descriptions of Everwhere as a perspective, which I did, you wind up with a baker’s dozen.

Thankfully I persevered just a little bit longer than I had planned before abandoning the book altogether and I’m so glad I did because I wound up entirely sucked in to this world and these sisters’ lives. I even got used to the rapid changes in perspective, although I still think I’d benefit from a reread to pick up connections I likely missed the first time through. I think this is the first time a potential DNF has suddenly morphed into an ‘I love this book!’ for me and I can’t wait to reread it, soaking up the enjoyment I obviously missed early on.

There’s always this childlike delight that wells up inside of me when I discover illustrations in a book I don’t expect to find them in. I absolutely fell in love with Alastair Meikle’s illustrations and had so much trouble choosing a favourite.

Although I’m not usually interested in Tarot, the descriptions of the cards throughout the book made me want to send a wish to the book’s marketing team in the hope that they’ll commission a set of Tarot cards, illustrated by Alastair Meikle, that have a similar feel to the style used in the book.

The descriptions of Everwhere enchanted me so much I wanted to visit. I yearned to learn everything I could about each of the four sisters. I wondered what element and powers I would most want, if I had the ability to choose. I didn’t want this story to end and it wouldn’t surprise me if this book comes to mind when I think about my favourite reads of the year. I need to inhale more of this author’s words.

“There are hundreds, possibly thousands, of Sisters Grimm on Earth and in Everwhere. You may well be one of them, though you might never know it. You think you’re ordinary. You never suspect that you’re stronger than you seem, braver than you feel or greater than you imagine.”

If anyone needs me I’ll be stalking the internet to see if I can buy a signed copy of this book. My bookcase desperately needs one!

Content warnings include child abuse, mental health, self harm, sexual assault and suicidal ideation.

Thank you so much to NetGalley and Bantam Press, an imprint of Transworld Publishers, Penguin Random House UK, for the opportunity to read this book.

After a strong start I'm so sorry to say I have to DNF this one. I was immediately drawn in by the characters, especially Goldie and Leo, but after a few chapters I started to lose enthusiasm. There was too much jumping from character to character - and as with any multiple viewpoint story, I was more drawn to some then others, then eventually my interest dwindled to not much interest in what happens to any of them. I loved the premise of the story and wanted to love this book so much - the writing style is beautiful - but ultimately it wasn't for me.

This was a really beautifully written book, just what I would expect from Menna van Praag, whose books I have always enjoyed in the past. I have to say though that it wasn't quite what I expected, as it had more of a supernatural/ fantastical tone than some of her other books, although magic always seems to play an integral part.
I was gripped particularly by Goldie's story and I genuinely felt concerned about her and Leo (read it to find out!). This is one of those books that conjures up a world in your imagination and it can be hard to leave once you reach the end.

There was something about this title that drew me in, suggestive of a fairy-tale like kooky tale. To a degree it does deliver this but not quite how I might have foreseen.
It is a fast flowing tale of 4 sisters, linked by having Grimm blood, each representing the four elements of fire, water, earth, air. They don’t in their real lives quite realise they have any sisters, although as they reach their 18th birthday they start to recall via dreams, strange memories of each other in Everwhere. Each has their own power that can be properly used in Everwhere, where they have feel at home and free.
The book’s chapters act as a countdown towards the sisters’ shared birthday, to the time when they will need to fight for good or evil – live or die. Each short chapter tells the situ in succession of each sister and what is happening in their lives, including their awareness of their powers and each other as the inevitable date to meet and fight evil soldiers is getting ever nearer.
It does provide an unusual story that is a bit of an oddity. And whilst due to the short chapters are quick to read, it never quite manages to create any tension, nor provide any riveting text. Though it is reasonably enjoyable to read, the direction of travel is pretty obvious, with just a firmed up detail to the predicted encounters described and delivered. That’s not to say that I did not enjoy it, nor that the sisters themselves were not interesting and diverse characters, but it lacked that spark making it a not bad read as opposed to a great read.

The premises of this book were good but in the end I didn't love it as much as I hoped. The main idea was interesting but after a while the story became repetitive and too slow to my liking, focusing mostly on the characters and worldbuilding. Only towards the end we have more action and suspense but that's not enough for me.

Unfortunately, after reading 15%, I'm having to DNF this book. I usually like being thrown into a story, being confused at first, but this was just too much. The POV changes so rapidly (I usually love multi-POVs) so there was no time to connect with any of the characters. I kept getting the four main female protagonists muddled up, and the writing didn't grab me.

I've previously read and reviewed two of the author's other books, and for me this book whilst an epic masterpiece deviated from what I was expecting. It's certainly more far reaching in terms of themes and the spectrum of the previous books I read.

Some of the themes touched upon are child abuse, rape and self harming. Whilst the book is set both in the real world and a world called Everwhere the events in the real world could be a little alarming for some if not warned about.

The book features four sisters about to turn 18 years of age, and yet none of the know they have a sister. They had previously known one another but due to what happens to Grimm sisters they forgot each other as they turned 13 years old. Intriguing......

At first I got a little confused with which sister was which - although clearly labelled in the book, I do like to keep track in my own head. Then the timeline jumped around and I got confused again. However, I did stick with it as I really wanted to know how this was all going to work out.

The last quarter of the book was really good and the sisters embraced the strong women they were but had maybe for one reason or another hidden. The story line became unputdownable and I was glad I had stuck with it. I was also surprised by the ending as it didn't turn out as I thought it would.

Beautifully descriptive writing, but I do think it could have been edited down. There were long passages where I thought it repeated itself a little.

This was a bit of a let down. I found this too long to get started and it wasn't so much a slow burn as a bit of an unlit fire. I thought the premise sounded so promising but this book was not for me at all. I wanted to like it but it just did not deliver what i wanted from it.

The Sisters Grimm by Menna Van Prag is a fairytale retelling that follows four girls with magic that will need to fight men to survive. I honestly don't think I'm explaining this right, but that probably shows how confused I was. I'm not going to lie, the story had potential, I just feel like if it's being hyped too much and, for me, the book is not living up to the hype. I had a hard time connecting to the characters and there was a lot going on with the world building. Overall this book is not for me. I'm giving it 2 stars because the story idea was a good one, I just wished I had liked it more.


Thank you Netgalley for the opportunity to review.

I am afraid that I just couldn't get in to this book. I read a few chapters but found I just couldn't make sense of it. Consequently I gave up. Not a book for me.

I really wanted to like this book more than I did. It has a lot going for it including great world building and four vibrant young woman just starting to recognise their own strengths. I enjoyed the writer's imagination and in places the story is beautiful. However, the timelines were often difficult to follow with the background fragmented and repetitive such that the pacing was too slow for most of the book with the ending very rushed when more detail would have been good.

This is story of four women who first meet as children in their dreams in a fantasy world called Everwhere from which they are excluded when they turn thirteen. They learn that they are Grimm sisters and on the night they turn eighteen they will be permitted to re-enter this world but must fight male soldiers for their lives. Each of the women has a special magical gift using the power of Earth, Fire, Water or Air, which they must learn to develop to to use in their fight to survive in Everwhere.

I was enchanted by the premise of the book and the stories of the four women and I enjoyed the women's stories and the empowerment they each found within themselves. However the timelines were confusing with each of the women narrating events from their childhood as well as the current time so that it wasn't always clear what time period we were in (adding indicators such as 'then' and 'now' would have been helpful). So while I really enjoyed the mythology of the novel and the writer's vision for her fantasy world and it's inhabitants, the novel really would have benefited from more focus and streamlining of the plot.

The Sisters Grimm

This book was received from the Author, and Publisher, in exchange for an honest review. Opinions and thoughts expressed in this review are completely my own

The Sisters Grimm, is the first fantasy novel by Menna van Praag,
A lovely darkish magical realism tale!

The Sisters Grimm, by Menna van Praag, Is beautifully written with lyrical prose and that pulls you in deeply within its immersive pages. This book is both incredible and captivating in its rich detailed, atmospheric world building.

Menna van Praag, delivers well a enchanting storyline, along with the perfect urban amount of magical realism. Some books come into your life and leave a lasting impression. This is one of the rare finds for me.

Menna van Praag book is delicious darkish fantasy of four Sisters with magical capabilities. Goldie, Liyana, Scarlet, and Bea. All four posses very distinct different aspects of elemental magic.

The Sisters Grimm, daughters born to different mothers on the same day, each with their own distinct elemental magic. Light and dark
They found each other at eight years old. Separated again at thirteen, it’s imperative that they find each other now that they are nearing a day of reckoning with their eighteen fast approaching. They will make the choice between light and dark, between good and evil in the mystical land of Everwhere. Yet they don’t remember that this is their mission. The sisters must return to the land of their childhood dreams. Everwhere can only be accessed through certain gates at the time of 3:33 A.M. on the night of a new moon. The gradually the return of their memories and dreams pull them together as they realize the choice they will eventually have to make.
The Sisters only have thirty three days to try and discover who they are and their magical capabilities.

Menna van Praag’s stunning ability to meticulously weave multiple POV’s and timelines.
A intriguing well developed plot line that is compelling and multi layered.
This is a spellbinding tale about the strength of women, and the power of unity.
A brilliant execution, of a storyline weaved intricately within an epic fantasy world. Ultimately a breathtaking book on female empowerment, and the importance of discovering ones own inter most magic.
A captivating storyline within an urban fantasy mystical realism
The book is creative with diverse fleshed complex characters. I personally enjoyed the author’s focus on the strength and bonds of the women in the novel
Wonderful lyrical prose with seamless writing, with multiple POV’s.
A great spellbinding and vibrant fantasy rewarding read,

Atmospheric, riveting and intensely entertaining, I recommend this book for anyone who enjoys reading richly textured epic fantasy books. This book delivers the perfect amount of dark emmental fantasy, that immersives the reader within its pages. From start to finish I was sucked into it’s pages.

This is one of those books that you just have to read to know what feeling I’m getting at. It sucks you in and keeps you hungry for more. It’s a unique and unforgettable storyline that is solid. Cleverly told through a brilliant narration.
I highly recommend this book to my family and friends !

I Thoroughly enjoyed this book!

The world created by the author was up there with one of my other works of YA fiction, the daughter of smoke and bone. I would say I enjoyed this book just as much !

The book is written from the P.OV of five characters, each one with their own distinct voice. My favourite was definitely Scarlet! I loved how the author interwove Grimm fairy tales into the story, and also how the story moved flawlessly from past to present.

A wonderful piece of Y.A Fiction!

--DISCLAIMER: I received an eARC of this book via NetGalley in exchange for my honest review.--
This book had an incredibly unique concept and gave new life to the fairy-tales of the Brothers Grimm. Sadly, it was at times lacking in execution, and lost its momentum in tangents, posing more questions than it answered and leaving many strands unraveled. It is the story of four girls told in fragments, and two timelines - I read this as an eARC, so I'm not sure quite how fast the viewpoints change on paper, but I would estimate once every couple of pages on average. Therefore, it will likely confuse many readers, and take quite a bit of time to get into for most people. This is not something I mind too much, but in this case, it led to a loss of urgency.
Every time it felt like one of the girls was heading towards growth or confrontation, the PoV switched, and by the time it returned, the situation had changed. This also meant that it was hard to empathize with them, and choices that were made/things that were revealed towards the end had me scratching my head, as it felt rather clichéd. Nevertheless, it was a very well-paced read that kept one glued to the page and provided a great and unique concept. It is worth picking up and making up your mind about yourself.

First thing’s first, some Content Warnings: child abuse, sexual assault, rape, self harm, abusive relationships.

I loved the idea for this book! A dark, twisty fantasy with magic?! Yes please.

I loved the feminist message of sisterhood and friendship, and the POC and LGBTQIA+ representation. Throughout the book, each girls’ powers are hinted at and are shown to have caused and shaped certain events in their lives which was an interesting way to bring Everywhere into the real world.

I enjoyed that each girl had their own element which reflected their personality, which were different enough to stand out, but they share a fierce independence and determination. The girls all face troubles in their real world life and come from all walks of life, showing that despite being set in only two cities, no two people have the same experiences.

Each girl had a POV in the present and one in the past, plus another character’s past and present POVS, adding up to 10 separate storylines. This lead to a lot of confusion in the timelines, and I often had to re read sections to figure out whether they were set in the past or present. Due to the chapters being split into days, there weren’t any clear indicators of where the time jumps were happening. All of this lead to each storyline feeling quite jumpy and what should have been serious matters losing most of their impact due to being cut into small sections rather than one long piece of prose. I think the story would have flowed better if it was split into characters with past/present sections in each so each section melded and connected.

I found the constant repetition of the upcoming battle took away from the tension that the chapter titles counting down built up from the beginning. One problem with knowing what will happen at the end is that the mystery of what happens is largely lost. Due to this, the end scenes with the final battle seemed incredibly lacklustre, despite the fates of several characters. Even though these events were meant to be a turning point for the other characters, it felt flat rather than shocking or sad.

I had quite a large problem with the addition of the sexual assault, especially as a device to strengthen the character it happens to. I get very uncomfortable with the idea that women need to be violated and hurt physically and emotionally to become strong people and it is a completely overused trope. The self harm also seemed to come out of nowhere without much explanation for its inclusion which again, was quite uncomfortable to read.

Overall, I gave this book 3 stars. The writing was beautiful and I liked the overarching message, the representation and the girls’ characterisation. However, I felt that the structure of the plot ended up making the story less powerful and coherent and the assault felt unnecessary and could have been left out.

I received this book for free from NetGalley in exchange for an honest review.

I was drawn to this story straight away from the blurb as I thought it sounded really intriguing. Plus, there is the small similarity to umbrella academy with siblings being born on the same day and having to come together for a higher purpose which I loved.

In this story we follow four sisters – Goldie, Bea, Liyana and Scarlet – who are each interesting and complex characters. They all have their own problems and difficulties which are expanded on in the book.
I liked how each of the sisters were connected to an element, I thought that was a really nice touch. Additionally, I enjoyed the representation throughout the book as it had characters of colour and characters in the LGBTQIA+ community.

The format of the book is very similar to One of Us is Lying with the multiple POV’s in one chapter. Unfortunately, I don’t get on with this format just because it makes things a little jumpy/confusing for me but other than that it is a good book. It has an interesting storyline, beautiful lyrical writing, a lot of mystery and intrigue and a good build up.

2.5
Warnings: Mentions of child abuse and rape (past), sexual assault
I had high expectations for this book but unfortunately it just wasn't for me. First off, what I did like. I loved the fairy tales that reflected the 4 sisters. They were written in a lovely fairy tale way with a good feminist twist and message. The pictures that go with them are stunning and I wish that there could have been more fairy tales and pictures. The writing was beautiful for the rest of the story but I found it a bit distant and I couldn't connect to the characters even the one told in first person which I normally prefer.
Now to the things I wasn't so keen on. The villain is really one dimensional and I didn't get why he did all he did except that he was just pure evil. The character's relationships with both the love interests and each other were quite flat and dull. I didn't root for any of them which is not normal for me, I normally can latch onto at least one character that I could root and care for. The first 80% was all set up and nothing much happened except the characters getting to know their love interests and having flashbacks to when they meet as children. It wasn't until the last 20% that the plot actually started to happen but the big show down at the end was a bit of a let down.
Am I the only one who thinks that Goldie is a 'special snowflake'? Other characters were all saying she's beautiful but doesn't know it, was really powerful but didn't know it. I didn't see that, she started off being compelling because of her little brother and how she needed to take care of him but once she meets her love interest she just became a usual flat YA female main character and no amount of tragic backstory will make me interested at that point. Bea was the most interesting character even though she was pretty horrible for a lot of the book, I was intrigued by her relationship with her mother since it was completely different from the others and was the most complex relationship in the book. Ana and Scarlet I tended to get mixed up, they didn't really have much of a interesting plot or backstory, any relationships they had were pretty boring, which was a shame since we were suppose to care about all the sisters and their relationship. I did quite like trying to figure out what guy who was showing interest in the sisters would end up being a bad guy but it didn't take that long to do it.
Overall this wasn't my type of story in the end but I think if you are more into romance and beautiful writing you might enjoy this more than me. Sorry if this sounded more negative than my normal review but I really struggled to get though this and it disappointed me that I didn't enjoy this as much as I thought I would.

Nope! What started off as a interesting spin on a fairytale retelling quickly developed into an incoherent mess. It was trying to cram too much in:

Let's take some fairytale princesses...
and they live in modern day England...
but they're sassy and have kickass powers ...
oh let's give them .... ELEMENTAL POWERS!!!!
Oh and they're "sisters" too ...
but their dad is a demon ...
and some of their mothers may also be their sisters ... eww....
cause y'know, heroes need to be damaged.
The sisters use to hang out in a mystical secret garden ....
but when they reach a certain age they are banned from the garden, because REASONS ...
and then when they reach another age, they're allowed back in, but only to battle to the death ... because more REASONS ...
But before they battle each other they need to fight some guys ...
but not just any guys ...
oh wait... could these guys possibly be ...
the fairy-tale princes!!
Yes!
No!
Oh so, only some of them are ...
but these guys aren't normal guys ...
they're stars!!! FALLEN STARS!!!
And Fallen Stars need to feed on the life force of Grimm Sisters to survive...
oh but some of them do it for revenge... Grrr!! [flails fist at sky]
Oh and there is a countdown to fighting-to-the-death ...
but that won't make any sense without context ... sooo...
we need flashbacks!!!
Flashback for you. Flashback for you. Flashback for you. FLASHBACKS FOR EVERYONE!!
and ..... [takes a breath]

It was just too much. Who would have thought a story that had soooo much in it would be such a snoozefest.

Well, I'm glad this is over. I tried and tried and tried hoping I would start to enjoy the story the longer I read, and finally understand but nope. After 496 pages I mostly feel confused. Most of this world doesn't make any sense and worse, it's not even explained. I waited and waited and waited for explanations about how this universe works and all, but we just don't get them. Or we get them, but like, little tiny bits there and there, the rest? You have to understand by yourself. It is HARD to enjoy a book where you're so lost by the world within.

When I read the prologue I thought "oh this is going to be good" but it's the only time I thought that. I started feeling confused right at the beginning when in the first chapter we got Goldie's narration first, and it was a first person pov. Then Leo, and it was a third person pov. And the other sisters too a third person pov. Why the distinction for Goldie? To show she's special, the main character of the main characters? I mostly found it annoying.

Then every time one of the girls meets a guy around her age it's "omgs so handsome!!!" and, please. I had to read this speech at least three times in just the first few chapters I have a limit. The romance also??? didn't make sense??? It's the "she's a girl, he's guy, can I make this more obvious" and uuuuugh. Kisses happened at some point and I was "what lead to this??" Also I'm sorry but a 28 years old dude asking out a not yet 18 eighteen girl made me feel reaaally uncomfortable, like yikes. Please don't. And the "I'm going to seduce her so I can kill her better" I'm just????? Why did I have to read that. And then some chapters later "I can't remember a time I didn't love you" ok but dude 1) you met barely a month ago and 2) till a few days (weeks? the timeline confused me too) ago you wanted to kill her. Another point: how the loyalties of everybody just changed all the time in just a second for nothing? Please make up your mind.

I talked about the timeline which confused me because it was kind of weird. Each chapter was one day (so from time to time we'd have just a few lines from a pov before changing) and then between chapters we had some "ten years ago" that didn't make more sense. because it just raised more questions. Honestly it took me so much time to understand the rule of the going-to-Everwhere-from-8-to-13 and then forgetting everything till 18 when you had a choice to make but I'm still not 100% sure I got it right. So at 18 you go back to Everwhere where you have to choose between go dark or go light. Go dark, yeah for you you live, go light, oops your dad wants to kill you you probably won't survive. But why did the dad sent his soldiers to the girls BEFORE their choice? So there's only the most powerful? Also if the Grimm girls are his daughters and the soldiers his sons (who were previously stars??? It's a point I never completely understood) what's the point of sending each against the other? Also it's said the soldiers goes to Everwhere once every month to kill Grimm girls but how are there so many to kill? It's said so few survived the choosing at 18 and I'm just ?? this doesn"t make sense.

I would have so much prefered if the book focused on the girls and their powers and their relationship between each other rather than some romance and "oh no their life sucks boo hoo"

Trigger warnings (which would have been much appreciated at the beginning of the book) for sexual assault, self harm, incest, suicide thoughts, child abuse, and probably more I forgot.

Last thing that truly annoyed me. You don't need to tell me a character is fat every few lines. Like seriously. It's like his only personality trait was being fat with how much I read it....

I was very keen to get this book. Its cover is beautiful and with its connections to fairy tales and magic I was sure I would love it.
Turned out that I liked it, but it lacked a vital spark for me.
I did enjoy each character, but collecting and cataloguing information about them from the narrative was a slog. Their stories jump about in time and between all of them and there was no signposting of where in their particular timeline you had travelled to, so I was constantly trying to collate what I already knew to create some sort of order! The pacing was slow, with many repetitive scenes covering much of the background. I was tempted at least twice to abandon it. I kept going and towards the end it got very interesting...but then, sadly, I felt that the ending was incredibly rushed. Here was the moment we’d been counting down towards throughout the story, and suddenly it was all over.

There is some beautiful writing in here and the idea is fabulous. If you’re not the sort of person who likes to keep a strong grasp on who, what, where and when then the flow of this may suit you. Ultimately, I was left disappointed by this aspect and by the hurried ending. 2.5 * rounded up

My thanks go to the publishers and NetGalley for the advanced copy in return for an honest review.