Tag: fantasy

  • Book Review #34: Divine Rivals by Rebecca Ross

    Book Review #34: Divine Rivals by Rebecca Ross

    And I’m back at it again with a YA/NA fantasy book review. Overview Divine Rivals by Rebecca Ross is a fantasy novel (the first of a duology) set in a 1920s-esque world that’s torn apart by war. The protagonist, Iris Winnow, is an aspiring journalist whose brother has recently left to join the fight. By…

  • Limited Edition Six of Crows & Crooked Kingdom Litjoy Review

    Limited Edition Six of Crows & Crooked Kingdom Litjoy Review

    Hello! I am so excited to finally make this post! During April of 2023, I pre-ordered the Six of Crows and Crooked Kingdom special edition volumes that were put out by Litjoy. This special edition set was slated to ship in the Fall of 2023, and includes all of the following: Yes, I did copy…

  • Book Review #30: Storm Glass by Jeff Wheeler

    Book Review #30: Storm Glass by Jeff Wheeler

    My second book (audiobook) of the year, Storm Glass by Jeff Wheeler, is a young adult fantasy that took me by surprise. First and foremost, I didn’t realize it was a young adult novel. I skimmed the blurb before purchasing it on audible (it was on sale, so it didn’t take much to rope me…

  • Why Do We Keep Using Minority Languages to Spice Up Fantasy Books?

    Why Do We Keep Using Minority Languages to Spice Up Fantasy Books?

    By now, if you’re a fantasy-lover who’s on TikTok, you’ve probably seen this stitch. In the above link, a Scottish BookTocker named Muireann (username: ceartguleabhar) tears Fourth Wing author Rebecca Yarros a new one for her pronunciation of the Gaelic names used throughout her book. If you haven’t heard of Fourth Wing, it is a…

  • The “Spicification” of YA Novels

    The “Spicification” of YA Novels

    If you’ve been on Goodreads lately (or any other book-reviewing website), you may have seen a lot of reviews mentioning a book’s “spice level.” Most commonly seen in YA or romance novel reviews, the “spice level” is the amount of sexy or erotic scenes in the book. Essentially, the spice level lets you know if…

  • Standalone Fantasy Novels (for When You Don’t Want to Read a Full Series)

    Standalone Fantasy Novels (for When You Don’t Want to Read a Full Series)

    I can’t begin to recount the amount of times I’ve picked up a book, hoping to dive into a one and done fantasy novel, only to realize it’s the first book in a series. There’s nothing wrong with this, of course, and sometimes it’s exciting to realize there’s only more of the story to come.…

  • My Personal Favorite Books

    My Personal Favorite Books

    Note: I ended up skipping last week because this post is so egregiously long, and I didn’t have anything to post in its place. My apologies to the five people who consistently read my blog. Recently I’ve been thinking about an argument I had with my boyfriend. He claims that the story told in The…

  • Book Review #23: One Dark Window by Rachel Gillig

    Book Review #23: One Dark Window by Rachel Gillig

    Today I’m reviewing a recent book! It’s quite rare that I stumble upon a recently published book because my TBR list is SO backed-up, but I managed to snag this 2022 release from the library last week. One Dark Window is about a young woman with a secret. Taking place in a mystical Victorian setting,…

  • Book Review #21: Ninth House & Hell Bent by Leigh Bardugo

    Book Review #21: Ninth House & Hell Bent by Leigh Bardugo

    By now, I think it’s safe to say that you all know I’m a pretty big Leigh Bardugo fan. The Six of Crows duology is one of my favorite YA book series (that feels more “adult” than YA anyway), and I am always excited to read anything Bardugo puts out. Because of this, I was…

  • Book Review #16: Into the Drowning Deep by Mira Grant

    Book Review #16: Into the Drowning Deep by Mira Grant

    A sci-fi/horror novel with mermaids as the main antagonist? Count me in. The novel, Into the Drowning Deep, follows the main protagonist, Tory, as she searches for answers about the Atargatis ship attack and her sister’s subsequent death. After the Atargatis is found floating above the Mariana Trench with no one left aboard, a video…