A brilliant fantasy to kick off my 2025 reading year. I loved the combination of murder mystery and fantasy, with an apprentice and master investigator duo. Not only were the characters interesting, but the fantasy world also unfolds organically, through the eyes of Dinios Kol, the assistant investigator who has just graduated from his exams. […]
I don’t know about you, but anything a book mentions libraries or bookstores, I’m sold. Especially if they’re in a fantasy setting, like Babel by R.F. Kuang. The Great Library of Tomorrow is no different. It’s a highly imaginative fantasy following Helia, a Sage of Hope guarding the Great Library of Tomorrow, and a young […]
Featuring a librarian with a plant companion, a jam shop and a spell that makes trees grow, The Spellshop is a cozy fantasy that left me with many warm and fuzzy vibes. It was nice just relaxing and reading about Kiela’s life as she moves to an island to take refuge. At first, Kiela takes […]
It’s always refreshing to read a fantasy book about a mother, given I’m one myself, but what really intrigued me about this book is that Amina al-Sirafi is a retired pirate captain. Set in a world inspired by Middle Eastern folklore, The Adventures of Amina al-Sirafi delivers a magical, intriguing and mystical pirate adventure with a twist. […]
It’s such a wonderful treat that we got an epilogue that we didn’t expect, and Kaldoras gave me all of the warm and fuzzy feelings! It definitely made me miss all of the characters of the Medoran Chronicles and it was so wonderful to see our favourite characters living their best lives. It’s been a while […]
In the Atlas Six series, you’ve got 6 powerful magicians with the ability to not only take over the universe, but to form and shape new worlds. In the Atlas Six, we met them. In The Atlas Paradox, we got to know them deeper along with the caretaker. In Atlas Complex, we see their end […]
What do you do when you get kidnapped by a vampire? But even better, what do you do when you get kidnapped by a vampire, befriend them, get protected by them and realise it’s better than the life you had before? That’s basically the premise of The Scarlet Veil. Célie is a female chasseur who is bethrothed […]
Not quite dark academia, not quite fantasy mystery, A Study in Drowning is one of those books that is difficult to define. If I were to call it anything, I would go with a magical realism that fosters the love of books and literature. Through Effy’s perspective, we see the female architecture student accept a task out […]
With a richly evocative, sumptous atmosphere based around a mysterious and magical estate, The Last Tale of the Flower Bride had me captivated. Indigo is a glittering, enchanting woman who almost seems to reside within myths and legends, and we learn about her through two perspectives set at different points in time. The book is beautifully […]