Tag: fantasy
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January 2025 Reading Wrap-Up: Books Read, TBR lists, and What I’m Loving Right Now
January felt like it lasted for five full years, but we’re finally through it now and in retrospect, it was a great month for reading. My little one is now into a more routine nap schedule and during these pauses (of which most are still on me), I’ve been propping up a book to read…
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Book Series Review: The Elements of Cadence Duology by Rebecca Ross
Over the past year, I fell completely in love with Rebecca Ross’ writing through the Letters of Enchantment Duology. Iris and Roman might be one of my favourite fantasy couples ever, and I was keen to relive the feeling of seeing them come together once I’d finished the series. The Elements of Cadence duology was…
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Book Review: The Mime Order by Samantha Shannon
Whenever you dive into a new series and book one blows you away, there’s always some trepidation before you jump into the second book. Will it live up to the experience of the first? Could it possibly be as good? The Bone Season by Samantha Shannon was my favourite book of 2024, so this was…
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Best Books Read in 2024
2024 was a huge year for me, so it’s a challenge to reflect back to January when it feels like I’ve come so far. Heading into the year, I knew it would be a big one, but nothing quite prepared me for the seismic shifts that would take place.
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Book Review: Emily Wilde’s Map of the Otherlands
I loved Emily Wilde’s Encyclopedia of Faeries for so many different reasons, but it did feel very much like a self-contained story. As a result, I wasn’t sure where exactly the second book would go, but was I ever pleasantly surprised.
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Book Review: Spice Road by Maiya Ibrahim
When I saw Shannon Chakraborty recommend Spice Road by Maiya Ibrahim, I immediately added it to my TBR list. Chakraborty has written some of my favourite fantasy novels of all time and if she says something is good, I will take her word for it. That was the right call, since this book was superb.
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Book Review: The Queen of Nothing by Holly Black
Now that I’ve finished this original trilogy in the Folk of the Air series, I can officially say that this is one of my favourite young adult fantasy series that I’ve read yet. Black is such a master world-builder and storyteller, and to me, this was the perfect conclusion to a superbly executed story. There…
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Book Review: The Familiar by Leigh Bardugo
I’ve proudly read nearly everything Leigh Bardugo has written and loved every book, so when I learned about The Familiar, I knew it was an automatic must-read even before I knew anything about it. That said, I wasn’t expecting just how far of a departure this novel would be from her other fantasy works, and…
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Book Review: The Bone Season by Samantha Shannon
You know that feeling when you pick up a book and you can tell within the first chapter that it’s going to become an all-time favourite? That’s how I felt about The Bone Season. From the beginning of this book, I was completely hooked on the premise, the magic, the universe, and the characters, and…
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Book Review: The Wicked King by Holly Black
This series is quickly becoming one of my favourite young adult fantasies. It has such an enjoyable plot full of political machinations and plot twists and the characters have grown on me to an incredible degree. In The Cruel Prince, I felt like Black set up a promising series start and in The Wicked King,…
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