Date: July 31, 2025
The Queen of Nothing by Holly Black
I really enjoyed this series. Enemies-to-lovers is one of my favourite tropes and I so rarely see it done well. I think Black did an excellent job of portraying two people who resent, fear, and mistrust each other who are still irrevocably pulled into each others’ orbit. Their relationship is so fraught they are both […]
Continue reading The Queen of Nothing by Holly BlackThe Wicked King by Holly Black
I DID NOT SEE THAT ENDING COMING HOLY SHIT!!! That’s it. That’s the post. OK, starting right with that curve-ball, I have trouble believing that Cardan isn’t banishing Jude in part because it will keep her safe. He saw what shape she was in when she returned from Queen Orlagh’s court. Jude is going to […]
Continue reading The Wicked King by Holly BlackA Reign of Rose by Kate Golden
The book opens with a memory of Arwen as a child following Halden and Ryder into her step-father’s shed. When Halden gets hurt Arwen heals him, the first time she ever uses her power. Ryder sneaks off and abandons them. It does kind of lay the groundwork for who Ryder turned out to be as […]
Continue reading A Reign of Rose by Kate GoldenThe Promise of Peridot by Kate Golden
They finally arrive in Citrine, an enchanted city under the sea. Honestly the place sounds pretty amazing – diverse restaurants, 24-hour night life, everybody dressed to the nines. I love seafood so I might be biased here, but still. They also manage to pick up the human embodiment of a Labrador Retriever, Prince Fedrik. For […]
Continue reading The Promise of Peridot by Kate GoldenThe Alpha’s Concubine by Claudia King
In the days before metal weapons, when spears and arrows were being tipped with pieces of sharpened stone, the world was divided into Sun People and Moon People. The Sun people domesticate animals, the Moon people hunt them. And the Sun people fear and hate the Moon people, because they can turn into wolves. Main […]
Continue reading The Alpha’s Concubine by Claudia KingThe Cruel Prince by Holly Black
When she is seven years old, Jude and her sisters are stolen into the land of fae. Ten years later her older sister is planning to return to the human realm but Jude and her twin Taryn feel anchored to the fairylands – having grown up there, it’s now their home. Both plan to find […]
Continue reading The Cruel Prince by Holly BlackFortuna Sworn by K J Sutton
Fortuna lives in a world where goblins, faeries, werewolves, and vampires are very real and many of them live among humans pretending to be mortal. Fortuna and her brother are nightmares, possibly the last surviving members of her species. At the opening of the book Fortuna is in a cage at the Night Market, kidnapped […]
Continue reading Fortuna Sworn by K J SuttonThe Notebook by Nicholas Sparks
So here is a confession – I’ve never really thought of myself as somebody who enjoys romance before. I read a few of my mother’s Harlequins as a teen and didn’t think much of them. I have always loved science fiction and fantasy. At some point I started reading fan-fiction for my favourite shows and […]
Continue reading The Notebook by Nicholas SparksA Dawn of Onyx by Kate Golden
Arwen Valondale lives in the small town of Abbington in the Kingdom of Amber with her sick mother and younger sister. Her brother Ryder has been drafted to fight in a war against the much larger and richer Kingdom of Onyx – a war that everybody knows was started by Onyx because their King is […]
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