Tag: paranormal

Grim Tidings by B.K. Borison | Ghosted #2

Posted October 19, 2026 in Books, Reviews / 0 Comments

I absolutely adore the premise of the Ghosted series, but for some reason they just haven’t seemed to hit for me in the way some of B.K. Borison’s other books have. I felt really “meh” about Good Spirits but I heard this was Grim Reaper x Guardian Angel and how could I not give that combo a shot?!?! Unfortunately, this book ended up just being fine as well. Following Grim Reaper Darcy who is tired of taking souls, she goes rogue on her latest assignment in a coastal East Coast town. She runs into Gabriel (not a surprising name for […]

Dead Beat by Leigh Bardugo | (Alex Stern #3) | Why can’t all books be like this???

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

I cannot for the life of me remember the last time I read a series that was a 5 star run (if ever???) But the Alex Stern trilogy by Leigh Bardugo has permanently rewired my brain chemistry. I binged Ninth House and Hell Bent back to back earlier this year and I think it’s single handedly responsible for how bad of a reading slump I’ve been in during the year of our lord 2026, because once I binged those everything else I tried to pick up what devastatingly mid (I finished them in April and it’s now October and have […]

Hell Bent by Leigh Bardugo (Alex Stern #2) | Review

Posted October 5, 2026 in Books, Reviews / 0 Comments

This book gave me the book hangover of all book hangovers. I was lucky enough to be able to binge this immediately after finishing Ninth House (truly, I think I started it the same day) and I forgot how phenomenal it is to be able to continuously stay in a world you are obsessed with. And obsessed I am. This series has quickly shot to the top of my all-time faves list, and I am seated for the final installment, Dead Beat, to release later this year. Picking up a while after Ninth House leaves off, Hell-Bent follows a similar […]

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 […]

Enchanted to Meet You by Meg Cabot | Witches of West Harbor #1

Posted October 7, 2024 in Books, Reviews / 0 Comments

I have been reading Meg Cabot’s books for over 20 years, and she’s an auto-read author for me at this point. I don’t even bother reading the synopsis most of the time, I just know a new release is going to make it onto my TBR, regardless of the subject matter. Despite the fact that I would have read Enchanted to Meet You no matter what, I was THRILLED to see that Meg was getting in on the witchy rom-com trend. I loooooove witchy stories, movies, aesthetic, etc. and the cover + premise + title (please don’t be in love […]

Chain of Gold by Cassandra Clare | The Last Hours #1

Posted July 27, 2020 in Books, Reviews / 6 Comments

I have to admit, I’ve been on a huge Shadowhunters kick this year. It all began when I decided to reread the TID trilogy in order to go into Chain of Gold fully prepared, which then led to reading all of the short stories and novellas I could that chronologically came before Chain of Gold (huge shout out to Dedra from A Book Wanderer for this handy list of what to read!) When I finally picked up Chain of Gold, my expectations were sky high, and I’m pleased to state that *most* of them were met! I love all of […]

Haunting the Deep (How to Hang a Witch #2) by Adriana Mather | ARC Review

Posted August 30, 2017 in Reviews / 8 Comments

One of my favorite things in the YA genre has always been paranormal stories, especially ones focusing on good, old fashioned witches. It seems like the genre has moved passed paranormal in many ways after the “Twilight” years, so I was excited last year when I found out about How to Hang a Witch, which focused on a witch and ghost story set in the infamous Salem and inspired by the Salem Witch Trials. The book gave me so many Halloween-town esque vibes (albeit much darker). When I found out that the author was writing a companion novel about the […]

The Raven King by Maggie Stiefvater | Review

Posted December 21, 2016 in Reviews / 4 Comments

Oh dear oh dear oh deer (no pun intended.) There seems to be something peculiar about my relationship with this series, which is that I absolutely love and am consumed by the odd numbered installments, but the even numbered volumes are a bit harder for me to get through. I’ll admit I held off on reading this book for months because 1) I have to be in the right mood to appreciate Maggie Stiefvater’s paranormalcy and magical realism, and 2) because I was scared it wouldn’t live up to how much I adored Blue Lily, Lily Blue. I finally decided […]

Proposal (Mediator #6.5) & Remembrance (Mediator #7) by Meg Cabot | Review

Posted April 18, 2016 in Reviews / 3 Comments

After the success of Royal Wedding (the adult sequel to the YA Princess Diaries series) I have been beyond excited for the new Mediator books. I ordered this novella as a physical paperback (it’s tiny!) and it reminded me of the days I used to buy the Princess Diaries novellas at the bookstore, before e-readers were really a common thing. I had been seriously slumping since I finished Queen of Shadows, so switching up genres to paranormal and revisiting some of my favorite characters from the past (not to mention one of my first book boyfriends) seemed like the perfect […]

Blue Lily, Lily Blue by Maggie Stiefvater | Review

Posted February 1, 2016 in Reviews / 10 Comments

“You can be just friends with people, you know,” Orla said. “I think it’s crazy how you’re in love with all those raven boys.” I think I am about as short as Blue and this makes me identify with her on a spiritual level (no pun intended). That’s the beauty of this series: Maggie makes you feel so intricately connected to the characters in small, intimate ways, and sometimes silly ways, whether it’s through a Ronan’s cynicism and snarky remarks, Gansey’s obsessive behavior and paralyzing fear of bees, or Adam’s deep and dark desire to be better, stronger, to matter. While […]