Genre: Fantasy

Ninth House by Leigh Bardugo | Review

Posted April 22, 2026 in Books, Reviews / 0 Comments

You know that GIF of Lady Gaga where she’s going “Talented, brilliant, incredible, amazing, etc?” That’s literally how I feel after finishing Ninth House not an hour ago. I literally jumped right online to write my review so I can immediately dive into Hell Bent. I haven’t read a book that’s hooked me this much in such a long time. I know I’m late to the party considering it was published *checks notes* 8 years ago, but I’m trying this new thing where I am actually reading the books I want to read (what a concept, right?) that I’ve had […]

Lady Tremaine by Rachel Hochhauser | ARC Review

Posted March 15, 2026 in Books, Reviews / 0 Comments

It’s been a hot minute (e.g. years) since I’ve read a fairy tale retelling (for a while there they were all the rage!) and was surprised to see a fairy tale retelling/villain origin story pop up when I was browsing upcoming 2026 releases on Goodreads. I decided to request an ARC via NetGalley and was thrilled to be approved, but I really had no idea what to expect. I was delighted to find a fiercely compelling story about female strength and motherhood. Lady Tremaine’s life’s work is keeping up a facade that her family is wealthy and influential, but for […]

The Strength of the Few by James Islington | Hierarchy #2

Posted January 12, 2026 in Books, Reviews / 0 Comments

*Warning- this review will contain spoilers for The Will of the Many, book 1 in the Hierarchy series*. Nothing like starting off the new year with an absolute brick of a book, amirite? All jokes aside, I started this a few days before the end of 2025 because I knew I’d need the “head start” for this one (and I’m tired of procrastinating on longer novels on my TBR!) I had read The Will of the Many earlier in 2025 and it was a refreshing change to read straight up Fantasy/Sci-Fi (as I’ve been deep in the Romantasy genre for […]

Two Twisted Crowns by Rachel Gillig | Review

Posted October 14, 2025 in Books, Reviews / 0 Comments

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

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

“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! […]

The Will of the Many by James Islington | Hierarchy #1 | Review

Posted August 11, 2025 in Books, Reviews / 0 Comments

It’s been a while since I’ve read a non-“romantasy” fantasy book and I was in desperate need of a palette cleanser. I had seen some buzz around this book on Youtube and I thought the cover art was intriguing (although they are changing it for book 2, UGH) as it was giving “fantasy, but make it Roman Empire.” So I dove into The Will of the Many with only a vague idea of what it was about, and though it took me a bit to orient myself, I ended up being absolutely captivated by this dark academia tale. While I […]

Quicksilver by Callie Hart | Review

Posted March 3, 2025 in Books, Reviews / 0 Comments

It’s an amazing feeling when you go into a book with high expectations from all of the hype, and they end up being 100% met. That was my experience with Quicksilver, the book that had the romantasy community in a chokehold in 2024. I was eager but also a little dubious considering the recent boom in romantasy titles (it feels like the general population just discovered ACOTAR in the past year or two and I’m like the real ones pre-ordered it ten years ago XD) and with an extreme surge in popularity and mainstream attention can definitely spur many lackluster […]

Fourth Wing by Rebecca Yarros | The Best Book of 2023?

Posted September 18, 2023 in Books, Reviews / 0 Comments

Is it a bold claim to already have my favorite book of the year picked out in July? Definitely. Do I think Fourth Wing might really be that girl? Absolutely. When I tell you I ordered this book on an absolute WHIM, I am not exaggerating. Long story short, I basically had a credit to use on a book and nothing was really calling out to me that I felt the urge to own a physical copy of, but I had heard of the hype surrounding this one and decided to give it a shot. I assumed it was going […]

The Serpent and the Wings of Night (Crowns of Nyaxia #2) by Carissa Broadbent | Review

Posted June 5, 2023 in Books, Reviews / 1 Comment

A few months ago I positively gushed about what’s possibly one of my favorite books I’ve read so far in 2023- The Serpent and the Wings of Night. I was delighted to find out that the sequel was set to release less than 2 months after I finished, so The Ashes and the Star Cursed King shot to the top of my TBR list for April (Kindle Unlimited subscription coming in clutch). While I thoroughly enjoyed the conclusion of the first duology in the Crowns of Nyaxia series (and bought physical copies to add to my personal library, which I […]