Tag: 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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

House of Sky and Breath (Crescent City #2) by Sarah J Maas | Review

Posted June 13, 2022 in Books, Reviews / 0 Comments

I went into the second installment of Sarah J Maas’ urban fantasy series with no real expectations- I enjoyed House of Earth and Blood well enough, but it definitely didn’t hold the same space in my heart that the TOG and ACOTAR series did. You can imagine my surprise when House of Sky and Breath caught me so entirely and utterly off guard with its ending. Screaming, crying, throwing up (not really, but still). Literally shrieking from my bedroom, causing my husband to ask what the heck had possibly happened (and I promptly read him the last two pages, as […]

A Vow So Bold and Deadly by Brigid Kemmerer | Review

Posted March 22, 2021 in Books, Reviews / 0 Comments

This was pretty good! I go back and forth on how much I enjoy this series- at times I really do and at others it doesn’t feel like anything that special- but I really flew through this book! It actually focused much less on Harper (the protagonist from book 1) and much more on the relationship between Rhen and Grey (I love a good brother story- hence my love for the Salvatores in The Vampire Diaries). They had a LOT to figure out after the last book and I think the slow reparation of their relationship was well done and […]

Blog Tour | By a Charm and a Curse by Jaime Questell

Posted February 7, 2018 in Blog Tours, Reviews / 0 Comments

*A HUGE thanks to Entangled Teen for allowing me the opportunity to be on this blog tour and read this unique and magical book in advance! February is off to a great start as my first read, By a Charm and a Curse, was a perfectly charming, quick read that brought to life a vibrant carnival setting amidst the dusty roads and desolate fates of the south. I’m always a little wary of circus/carnival reads because it’s so easy for them to blend together (especially for someone like me, a gal who’s never actually been to a circus), however the […]

The Belles by Dhonielle Clayton | ARC Review

Posted February 5, 2018 in Reviews / 10 Comments

Have you ever gone into a book with little to no expectations and then end up being BLOWN AWAY by how much you adore it? That is what exactly happened to me when I picked up The Belles on one of my last days of my Hawaiian vacation. Feeling burnt out from reading about a book a day, my boyfriend suggested I switch up genres to keep from falling into a reading slump. Having read 3 contemporaries already that week, I decided to pick up my ARC of The Belles that had been waiting for me since last summer’s YALLWest, […]