Synopsis: Prince Arris knows that marriage means murder. After poorly wording a wish to a sea witch, all one needs to rule the Isle of Malys is the heart and hand in marriage of the kingdom’s heir. Thus, Arris expects that the day of his marriage will be the one of his murdering. His only chance […]
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Review: Carved Amidst the Shadows by MT Fontaine
Synopsis When the gods shaped the continent into five kingdoms to be ruled by their progeny, they did not account for the greed of men. When they created the Order from their god-blessed followers to mediate between realms, they neglected to plan against the hoarding of power. War between the royalists and the godly was […]
Review: Fetty On The Switches by David Simmons
Synopsis: Hallucinatory and darkly comic love stories are set against the gritty backdrop of the city, where guns and drugs collide with tales of paranoia, pursuit, and revenge. Here, a middle school biology class spirals into a surreal vivisection. A man returns home each night to chew the freshly grown fingers off a corpse to […]
Review: The Scholar and the Last Faerie Door by H.G. Parry
Synopsis: All they needed to break the world was a door, and someone to open it. Camford, 1920. Gilded and glittering, England’s secret magical academy is no place for Clover, a commoner with neither connections nor magical blood. She tells herself she has fought her way there only to find a cure for her brother […]
Review: Chromatic Creep (Toothsucker #2) by Kaden Love
Chromatic Creep is full of action, mystery, and unexpected revelations.
Top New Reads – 2025
LitRPG, as a genre, leans heavily towards longer series, as opposed to mainstream Fantasy, where Standalones and Trilogies are the norm. As such, most of my reading has been the latest books in a series, Defiance of the Fall #16, Primal Hunter #14, and the like. Setting that aside, thought I’d highlight some of the […]
Book Review: Reaper’s Bend by Jonah Evarts
TL;DR Review: A shockingly good debut. A dark and beautiful story about hurt people finding healing through healing another. Synopsis: Kairos will stop at nothing to get his revenge. He chases the man who took everything from him deep into the twisted land of death, Reaper’s Bend. Eris refuses to give into the curse that’s […]
Review: The Cyprian (Elemental Masters #18) by Mercedes Lackey
Synopsis: A cozy, cottage-core Regency fantasy perfect for fans of Bridgerton Elena Whitstone and her seven brothers, abandoned by her mother, find themselves with a new stepmother. At first she seems more neglectful than evil, until just after Christmas she proves herself to be worse than evil; she is an actual magician, a Master of […]
Review: War of the God Queen by David Hambling
Synopsis Jessica: a modern woman, thrown back into the bronze age, alone among a strange and violent people. Amir: a nomad warlord, leading a hopeless battle against monstrous invaders, looking for a miracle. To Amir, the beautiful stranger is a sign from heaven. And Jessica, though no warrior, has hidden talents even she does not […]
Review: Chef’s Kiss at the Chalet by Sookie Snow
Sometimes you just need to read a small-town romance, and Chef’s Kiss at the Chalet ticked all the right boxes for me. It was cute, cosy and very low-stakes. I had a wonderful few days reading it, and it made me crave all the festive foods!
Review: Quiet Spells (Spells for Life and Death, 2) by Isa Agajanian
Synopsis A dark academia contemporary fantasy featuring witches, found family and yearning. From TikTok sensation Isa Agajanian, Quiet Spells is perfect for fans of A Discovery of Witches and Divine Rivals. Ghosts passed through the cottage sitting on the peak of Townsend Hill like passengers in a train station. Some, Teddy Ingram knew, stayed longer than others. More than half a […]
Review: Grand Conspiracy (Wars of Light and Shadow #5) by Janny Wurts
Synopsis Where there is light, there must always be shadow… The fifth volume in Janny Wurts’s spectacular epic fantasy, now re-released with a striking new cover design along with the rest of the series. The wars began when two half-brothers, gifted of light and shadow, stood shoulder to shoulder to defeat the Mistwraith. Their foe […]