The Knight and the Moth by Rachel Gillig is a gothic romantasy featuring a young woman whose entire belief system gets challenged. While the religious traditions are strong and the people reverent, there’s a lot of humor to soften the story. If you fancy a life-altering quest, a divine mystery, romance, and a crude knight,…
Continue reading ➞ The Knight And The Moth – Cocooned Heroine
The dark and alluring cover for a Mistress of Lies by K.M. Enright easily captured my attention, and it won me with its compelling premise. Blood workers have sanctuary in the Kingdom of Aeravin. Ruled by an immortal Bloodworking king, those with the ability can use their powers and flourish under his rule. But only…
Continue reading ➞ Mistress Of Lies – Deceptively Disappointing
Elspeth survived the fever plaguing her kingdom, but she can’t escape the monster in her head. The monstrous voice is one of many secrets that Elspeth is keeping while hiding away at her aunt and uncle’s remote estate. She’s remained unnoticed for several years, but as her father welcomes her back into society, Elspeth’s secrets…
Continue reading ➞ One Dark Window – All Fogged Up And Nowhere To Go
I wanted to DNF The Foxglove King by Hannah Whitten after 200 pages, but I powered through and finished the book for you, dear reader. As someone who highly rated both of Whitten’s previous books, For The Wolf and For The Throne, I am sad to say I forced myself to finish this lackluster tale. …
And so we come to the conclusion of Hannah Whitten’s Wilderwood series. For The Throne switches the main characters, leaves the magic of the Wilderwood behind, and sinks into a nightmare realm trapping long-forgotten gods and treacherous Old Kings. This adventure is wholly different from the events in book one, and it does a fabulous…
After reading one of Tara Sim’s YA books from a couple of years back, I was excited to explore her new adult fantasy, The City of Dusk. However, I am sad to say my experience with this story was not great. I found the story’s lack of world-building, the in-your-face storytelling, and the confusing chaotic…
I saw Hannah Whitten's For the Wolf everywhere leading up to its release, but I never heard much about it. The book was always on my TBR, but it kept falling further and further down my list to accommodate other reads. Now after reading this awesome story, I’m sad it took me this long to…
For someone who gets scared easily, I--perhaps paradoxically--love reading about the monsters and creatures that stalk the pages of SFF. They always fascinate me, and I find them more terrifying than a human villain ever could be. As the veil begins to thin, take a look at this list of monsters I’ve lost sleep over.…
Hi all, and welcome to part 3 of The Quill to Live and Orbit reread of Cibola Burn - the 4th book of one of the best space operas to grace the page, The Expanse. We will break this reread into three parts to discuss the various acts of the book, its themes, and the statements…
Continue reading ➞ Cibola Burn Re-Read Guide: Act 3 – Eye Of An Angry God
Hi all, and welcome to part 2 of The Quill to Live and Orbit reread of Cibola Burn - the 4th book of one of the best space operas to grace the page, The Expanse. We will break this reread into three parts to discuss the various acts of the book, its themes, and the statements…
Continue reading ➞ Cibola Burn Re-Read Guide: Act 2 – Playing With Corpses
