Fantasy-Romance: Books, Art, and Travel

This book made my scalp prickle. Oh wait—sorry, no, that was Violet’s scalp. Every time that Xaden looked at her. In all seriousness, Fourth Wing is really difficult to rate. There are some things that I did love about this book. But also others that I hated. Let’s start at the beginning—with some vital information […]

Only A Monster Review: This book is one of my surprise favorites of this year. Only A Monster by Vanessa Len tells the story of sixteen-year-old Joan, who learns the truth of her family: they’re secretly all monsters. After uncovering her own terrifying, hidden powers one day, she soon learns that the boy she likes–Nick–also […]

I was expecting to write a better review for Belladonna by Adalyn Grace, but sadly this book just did not live up to my high expectations for it. The synopsis sounds perfect: Nineteen-year-old Signa is unable to die. Instead, she spends her life having close encounters with Death himself every time she befalls an accident […]

The Song of Achilles Review: What can I say other than that this book is one of the most soul-touching books I have ever read in my life? The Song of Achilles by Madeline Miller is a Greek mythological retelling book inspired by Homer’s The Iliad. It retells the story of the Trojan War but […]

The Ballad of Never After Review: Finally a book I can review that I really love! The Ballad of Never After by Stephanie Garber is the second book in the Once Upon A Broken Heart trilogy, which tells the story of Evangeline Fox, who believes in true love and happy endings, and the wicked Prince […]

The House Witch by Delemhach is described as a humorous and heartwarming mix of fantasy, mystery, and romance, following a witch with domestic (rather than mighty) powers and the royal household to whom he serves dinner. It sounds utterly adorable. Sadly I DNF’ed this book somewhere around 40%. Delemhach The House Witch Book Review The […]

I didn’t write a review for Broken Bonds by J. Bree, the first book in this entire series, so I should probably start by saying that I enjoyed that book. Aside from the captivating covers that first initially lured me in to reading, I was entranced by the premise of one woman being bonded to […]

I almost didn’t get to review Legendborn by Tracy Deonn because I almost didn’t read it at all. Although fantasy is my favorite genre of books, I rarely ever read urban fantasies, preferring to devour high fantasy books set in far away, make-believe, magical realms instead. For me, fantasy is an escape from the real […]

I decided to read and write a review for Boyfriend Material by Alexis Hall, despite the fact that I mostly only ever read fantasy books. When a contemporary romance book gains as much hype as this one did, however–and when I’m feeling a little overstimulated by so much sword and sorcery–then sometimes a book like […]

This book review for Untainted by Lilian T. James is mostly a collection of the thoughts I had while reading. I initially wrote down some notes after finishing the first seven chapters and then later returned to write more thoughts after finishing the book. This is a rather unusual organization for a book review, I […]