Category: fiction
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March Wrap-Up: Books Read, TBR lists, and What I’m Loving Right Now
Even though we’re now headed into April, most of March felt like the dead of winter here on the Canadian east coast. We had several snow storms, and every time it felt like spring might be peeking around the corner, we were battered with more terrible weather. Each year, I start to get particularly stir-crazy…
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6 Completed Fantasy Series That You Can Binge Right Now
I’ll be the first to admit that there’s no better feeling than driving to the bookstore on release day to get your hands on a brand-new book in a series you’re part-way through. I get SO excited to pick up a new installment, but then simultaneously dread coming to the end of the book, knowing…
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Book Review: Hell Bent by Leigh Bardugo
Hell Bent was one of my most anticipated releases of 2022 and WOW. It was everything I wanted in a sequel. It’s been days since I finished and I’m still thinking about how everything unfolded and how much I enjoyed it. It was one of those books for me where I originally sat down to…
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Book Review: Daughter of No Worlds by Carissa Broadbent
One of my favourite aspects of the book corner of social media is that I feel like I’m never short on recommendations for new books. A lot of the bookstagrammers that I follow have been recommending Daughter of No Worlds for months now, so I finally ordered a copy from Amazon to give the series…
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Book Review: A Light in the Flame by Jennifer Armentrout
A Light in the Flame was the second book in the Flesh and Fire series, which serves as a prequel/companion to the Blood and Ash series. The book came out in 2022 but I only managed to get it off of my TBR this month and I was pleasantly surprised by how much I liked…
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Book Review: Gild by Raven Kennedy
The Plated Prisoner series is one of my most anticipated series of this year. I’ve seen it just about everywhere, with most people telling me that it only gets better as the books go on, so I finally took the first book, Gild, off of my TBR and started it last week. I wasn’t sure…
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Book Review: The Marriage Portrait by Maggie O’Farrell
I don’t typically read a lot of historical fiction, but I’d heard some really great things about The Marriage Portrait. The story follows Lucrezia de Medici, the third daughter of the Grand Duke of Florence in the 1550s-1560s and her short, tumultuous marriage to the Duke of Ferrara before her untimely death at just 16…
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Book Review: The Kingdom of Copper by S.A. Chakraborty
The City of Brass was one of my favourite reads of 2022 and while I initially thought it would be hard for The Kingdom of Copper to live up to my expectations, it proved me wrong. This book was a wonderful build on the unique mythical middle eastern world that Chakraborty built in book one.…
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Book Review: How To Be Eaten by Maria Adelmann
How To Be Eaten began showing up in various areas of the top-picks sections at my local bookstore some time in late 2022 and the premise was so unique I was instantly intrigued. It took a few months before I moved it up my list of priority books to purchase, but I’m glad I finally…
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Book Review: The Poppy War by R.F. Kuang
R.F. Kuang is an incredible writer. She’s someone who is able to weave complex, flawed characters that you really care about through difficult but important narratives that encompass topics like racism, colonialism, and discrimination. While The Poppy War is certainly fantasy and contains interesting and unique magic elements, her use of historical context for inspiration…
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