Tag: #fantasy

  • Review: Shadow and Bone by Leigh Bardugo

    Review: Shadow and Bone by Leigh Bardugo

    ⭐⭐⭐⭐ ~My Thoughts~ I have a confession to make. I started watching the TV show before I read this book 🫣 I thought it wouldn’t matter and that I’d still be able to enjoy all that the book had to offer but I ended up playing the comparison game between the two. And it didn’t…

  • Review: Among the Beasts and Briars by Ashley Poston

    Review: Among the Beasts and Briars by Ashley Poston

    ~Summary~ The Kingdom of Aloriya has long been a safe haven amidst the darkness of the wood that surrounds it. Cerys, who lost her friends and mother to the wood, now carries a small bit of its curse with her, a constant reminder of everything she’s lost. When the encroaching darkness finally spills over on…

  • Review: Waking Fire by Jean Louise

    Review: Waking Fire by Jean Louise

    ~Summary~ Lagusa, a quiet village on the edge of a vast desert, is the only home Naira Khoum has ever known. Nothing exciting ever happens in Lagusa, that is until a woman calling herself the Mistress arrives with a hoard of Dambi, undead monsters under the control of Sothpike, a power hungry warlord. Naira doesn’t…

  • Review: Thorn by Intisar Khanani

    Review: Thorn by Intisar Khanani

    ~Summary~ Alyrra feels trapped. Her family is cruel and it seems her only option for escape is through an arranged marriage to a prince from a neighboring kingdom. However, on the way to her new life, she is robbed of her identity and forced to become a lowly goose girl. Instead of letting this get…

  • Top 5: Fairy-tale Retellings!

    Top 5: Fairy-tale Retellings!

    Hello everyone! Today I’m going to be sharing some of my favorite fairy-tale inspired retellings. Fairy-tales have been retold for centuries now and, whether it be for their morals, creativity or uniqueness, something about them still reaches us today. So here it goes with my top 5! (All covers link to Goodreads 😊) This is…

  • Review: Strike the Zither by Joan He

    Review: Strike the Zither by Joan He

    ~Summary~ Zephyr is a strategist under the leadership of Xin Ren. Their goal is to take down the puppet empress on the throne and restore order to the realm which was broken into three factions when Miasma seized power. But with opposition on every side, will Zephyr be willing to sacrifice everything she has for…

  • Review: The Darkening by Sunya Mara

    Review: The Darkening by Sunya Mara

    ~Summary~ Vesper Vale lives one bad day away from her city being swallowed by the ever encroaching Storm. The Storm her mother chose to walk into instead of facing execution. And now after twelve years, the same people who forced her mother into the Storm have caught up to her father. They’re after the book…

  • Review: Hotel Magnifique by Emily J. Taylor

    Review: Hotel Magnifique by Emily J. Taylor

    ~Summary~ Jani will do anything to keep her sister Zosa safe, so when Zosa earns a job working for the elusive Hotel Magnifique, Jani sees it as an incredible opportunity for them both to escape their poverty stricken lives. At first the hotel is a dream come true and everything that Jani could have hoped…

  • Review: Defy the Night by Brigid Kemmerer

    Review: Defy the Night by Brigid Kemmerer

    ~Summary~ When Harristan became King after the assassination of his parents he was thrust into leadership of a kingdom on the brink of disaster. A disease ravages the land and the only way to keep rebellion at bay is to rule with an iron fist. Meanwhile, Tessa Cade, who is an apprentice apothecary, is watching…

  • Review: Six Crimson Cranes

    Review: Six Crimson Cranes

    ~Summary~ Shiori, Princess of Kiata, holds forbidden magic which hasn’t been seen in her land for centuries. When she loses control on the day of her betrothal ceremony it catches the attention of her stepmother, Raikama, who also possesses magic, but of a darker kind. When Shiori witnesses her practicing her magic, her stepmother banishes…