Y’all, I had so much fun with Starside by Alex Aster. It starts with a dying world and a deadly competition, but it becomes an action-packed adventure with a pair of enemies dedicated to their hatred of one another while begrudgingly keeping each other alive. This story is pure escapism, so stop being an intellectual…
And so we’ve reached the end of Evangeline and Jack’s love story in Stephanie Garber’s A Curse for True Love. Will it be a happy ending for the pair? Or will the doomed lovers suffer the curses at work in this tale? Spoilers ahead if you have not started the Once Upon a Broken Heart…
Continue reading ➞ A Curse For True Love – Broken Hearts Unite
Don’t let the descriptions of The Second Death of Locke being a romance scare you away because I promise you it’s more “lady knight ruthlessly survives horrible circumstances” than “Omg. There’s only one bed.” Lay those fears to rest, and instead, read about a not-so-healthy codependent friendship trying to survive a never-ending war that threatens…
Continue reading ➞ The Second Death Of Locke – Hopelessly Devoted
Visit The Little Shop of Grand Curiosities by Iris Lake for a fantasy romance that follows a curious magical shop owner and a heartless man on a mission. It’s bursting with dialogue as the characters lash out at each other, and it’s full of magic and mystery. While I merely window-shopped at this particular establishment,…
Continue reading ➞ The Little Shop of Grand Curiosities – I’ll See Myself Out
Sue Lynn Tan is back with a new story set in her romantic world, the Celestial Kingdom. But this time, we take a cloud down from the heavens and find footing on solid ground among the mortals toiling within the confines of a wall and immortal magic. Tan’s newest standalone novel, Immortal, is a story…
When I initially read the summary of Heartless Hunter by Kristen Ciccarelli, I was not interested. Maybe I was off the heels of a bad book when I first encountered it, but when I rediscovered the book a couple of weeks ago, I decided to give it a go. I was pleasantly surprised to find…
A little side project I have been pursuing is diving into fantasy series from the 70’s, 80’s, and 90’s, to see if I can dredge up some hidden gems to recommend. I don’t often see many series from these decades recommended to me and I thought I might do the generous work of sifting through…
Death never looked so good. Like no joke, he’s actually stunning and is an incredible crime-fighting partner. Signa Farrow can see this life-ending force of a man and uses his powers to solve a murder in Adalyn Grace’s book, Belladonna. Intrigued? Let’s continue. Signa Farrow’s guardians keep dying. The young woman seems like a curse…
This Fatal Kiss by Alicia Jasinska conjured up warm, hazy feelings of when I was an unburdened teenager with an entire summer of opportunities unfolding before me. I may not be a magical being or dutiful exorcist like this story’s characters, but I did go on adventures, discover new things about myself, and create friendships just…
I’ve been meaning to read These Hollow Vows by Lexi Ryan for way too long. It was a story that received some hype, and I anticipated that it would be intriguing based on what I was hearing. I have been in the YA spirit recently, so I finally committed to picking this story up. Unfortunately,…
