Review: Alia Terra: Stories from the Dragon Realm by Ava Kelly

Alia Terra is a heartwarming queer story collection with gorgeous illustrations and dragons.A collection of three fairy tales for all ages presented in English and Romanian, Alia Terra is a magical read. It centres on kindness, acceptance, friendship, and self-love in beautifully illustrated stories. A dragon discovers why a princess wants to stay in her …

Review: The Book of Living Secrets by Madeleine Roux

The Book of Living Secrets is an atmospheric, spooky read that doesn't quite live up to its exceptional premise.Adelle and Connie's favourite book is an obscure gothic romance called Moira. Adelle was always obsessed over the gorgeous, artistic hero, but Connie was secretly more interested in the titular heroine. When Connie disappoints Adelle by backing …

Review: The Atlas Six by Olivie Blake

The Atlas Six is a gorgeous, character-focused dark academia that'll leave you desperate for the next book in the series.A secret magical society filled with rare and lost knowledge recruits new members every ten years. The Alexandrian Society is a guaranteed pathway to power, and they're only interested in the best. Six talented magicians are …

Review: Bound by Aveda Vice

Bound is a high-heat, high-drama novelette perfect for monster romance lovers.Pheir wants vengeance. Her pack is dead, and the Conclave wants to bind her into a forced marriage to an enemy Alpha. Caius and Aren are tasked with delivering her as high ranking members of the pack. They hate Pheir, and Pheir hates them. They …

Review: The Thousand Eyes by A.K. Larkwood

Today I'm taking part in a blog tour for The Thousand Eyes with Black Crow PR and Tor! Come find out my thoughts on this fantastic read! With unhinged gods, daring time skips, and the best loveable idiots you'll ever read about, The Thousand Eyes is a brilliant end to this truly unforgettable series.Csorwe, Shuthmili, …

Review: Only A Monster by Vanessa Len

Only A Monster is an exciting young adult fantasy that's difficult to put down.Joan is staying with her late mother's family over the summer, working at a historic house with a hot co-worker she has an immediate connection with. Everything seems like it's going right, like it'll be a perfect summer. Then she finds out …

Review: A Lesson In Vengeance by Victoria Lee

A Lesson In Vengeance is a slow-paced, dark academia for people who love goth vibes and unhinged sapphic nerds.Dalloway School stands isolated in the Catskill mountains, a centuries-old, ivy-covered school for the elite. Godwin House is the most selective dormitory, rumoured to be haunted by five witches who died on campus in terrible, strange ways. …

Review: Stars and Bones Review by Gareth L. Powell

Stars and Bones is a sci-fi with intriguing worldbuilding and an action-packed plot, but the characters could have been developed further.Years after humanity are miraculously saved from nuclear war by a powerful extraterrestrial being and uplifted towards the stars, a spaceship makes a dangerous discovery. So dangerous that the entire crew are ripped to shreds. …

Review: Plain Bad Heroines by Emily M. Danforth

Extraordinarily queer and bursting with style and quirky strangeness, Plain Bad Heroines is a sapphic book like no other.In 1902, The Brookhants School for Girls has a series of strange deaths starting with Flo and Clara, two students obsessed with each other and a writer named Mary MacLane. They regularly meet in a nearby apple …

Review: All The White Spaces by Ally Wilkes

All The White Spaces intertwines a tense, Antarctic horror with a trans man's coming of age story.After the death of his brothers in the First World War, Jonathan Morgan stows away on the Antarctic expedition they had always dreamed of. He's soon discovered on the ship but manages to convince the grizzly crew to let …