Tag: fiction
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Book Review: Shadow and Bone by Leigh Bardugo
I’ve come to the Shadow and Bone series very late in comparison to most of the world. Bardugo’s Alex Stern adult fantasy series (see Ninth House and Hell Bent) is what first made me a fan of her work, but as Shadow and Bone is currently an incredibly popular Netflix show, I’ve been seeing promotion…
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Book Review: Legends and Lattes by Travis Baldree
Legends and Lattes was one of the most unique fantasy novels I’ve read in some time. There was, of course, a plot, but what pulls you into the story are the cozy café vibes and the relationship dynamics between the characters. There wasn’t a huge amount of movement or action, but it didn’t matter to…
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Book Review: The Dragon Republic by R.F. Kuang
The Poppy Wars trilogy is one of the darkest, most intense fantasy series that I’m currently reading. The content is incredibly heavy and there are moments where it feels unrelentingly bleak, but as is the case in everything I’ve read by R.F. Kuang, the themes and connections of real historical significance are important, only seeming…
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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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Book Review: People We Meet On Vacation by Emily Henry
I’m typically not much of a romance reader, but Emily Henry has my heart. This is my second novel of hers and I loved it even more than the first. People We Meet On Vacation was beautifully executed, balancing romance and comedy perfectly. I laughed, I cried, it hit me right in the feels and…
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Book Review: Ruthless Fae (Zodiac Academy 2) by Caroline Peckham and Susanne Valenti
I am absolutely loving the Zodiac Academy books. They’re soapy, dramatic, and angsty in all the best ways, with a vibe and feel that makes them like the fantasy equivalent of Gossip Girl. The characters can be a little over the top and the plot takes some wild twists and turns which make for extremely…
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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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February Wrap-Up: Books Read, TBR lists, and What I’m Loving Right Now
I feel like I just wrote my January wrap-up and already, here we are in February. While we’re still in the thick of winter here in Atlantic Canada, the days are at least starting to feel longer and we’ve actually had some sunshine lately! Winter can be absolutely brutal on your brain when it’s nothing…
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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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