Month: October 2025

Two Twisted Crowns by Rachel Gillig | Review

Posted October 14, 2025 in Books, Reviews / 0 Comments
Two Twisted Crowns by Rachel Gillig | Review

The vibes were immaculate in One Dark Window, so I decided to immediately jump into the sequel and finale to the duology, Two Twisted Crowns, which I’d often heard was even better the its predecessor. Unfortunately, while not bad by any means, I found that it dragged quite a bit in comparison to the first book. Picking up shortly after where One Dark Window ends, Two Twisted Crowns has a significant change from the previous book, as it follows multiple other POV narrators (which makes sense, given Elspeth’s…situation…at the end of the last book). However, I found their POVs to […]


Curious Tides by Pascale Lacelle | ARC Review

Posted October 6, 2025 in ARCs, Books, Reviews / 0 Comments
Curious Tides by Pascale Lacelle | ARC Review

In a world over-saturated with YA fantasy novels, it’s hard to stand out from the crowd these days. However, Curious Tides brings a really unique spin to the genre, with a magic system dictated by the phases of the moon and a seaside, college setting. This dark academia novel perfectly fit the vibe I was looking for in an October read. Told in alternating POV chapters the story follows Emory and Baz, who attend Aldryn College for Lunar Magics and are in two separate houses, with Baz being in the highly controversial Eclipse house. Each house has certain powers that […]


One Dark Window by Rachel Gillig | Review

Posted October 3, 2025 in Books, Reviews / 0 Comments
One Dark Window by Rachel Gillig | Review

“He came for the girl… And got the monster instead.” I feel like I am the last person in the world to read this book, but I was finally lured in by wanting to read something seemingly darker for spooky season + some really pretty special editions coming out. I was thrilled to see it on Kindle Unlimited and downloaded it to see if I enjoyed it enough to purchase the pretty physical copies (these days I usually only buy books AFTER I’ve read them and know I enjoy them). I can confirm that this book lived up the hype! […]