Book Reviews & Recommendations
In What the River Knows, Isabel Ibañez transports readers to nineteenth-century Egypt in a tale that blends ancient magic, family secrets, and forbidden love. It is the first installment of a planned duology and has been compared to The Mummy and Indiana […]
Genre: Cozy Fantasy, Romantic Comedy, Domestic MagicRating: ★★★☆☆ (3/5) Delemhach’s The House Witch has become a surprising favorite among readers craving a softer side of fantasy. This first installment in the series blends domestic magic, royal intrigue, and a touch of slow-burn […]
Christopher Buehlman’s The Blacktongue Thief is an exhilarating plunge into a dark, witty, and vividly alive fantasy world. With sharp humor, raw emotion, and cinematic worldbuilding, this novel marks Buehlman’s triumphant transition from horror to high fantasy. It is the first book […]
T. Kingfisher has a rare gift for taking well-worn fairy tales and breathing new life into them, blending charm, humor, and shadow in a way that feels both timeless and entirely her own. Thornhedge is no exception. This novella offers a gentle […]
Rating: ★★★★☆ (4/5) Leigh Bardugo’s Hell Bent, the highly anticipated sequel to Ninth House, dives even deeper into the shadows of Yale’s secret societies, where wealth, power, and the occult collide. Winner of the 2023 Goodreads Choice Award for Fantasy, this dark […]
If you ever wished Hogwarts had teeth, Scholomance will bite. Naomi Novik’s A Deadly Education drops readers into a sentient, teacherless school where students study, scheme, and try not to be eaten on the way to breakfast. It is equal parts dark […]
In Rachel Gillig’s One Dark Window, the mist-locked kingdom of Blunder breathes like a living thing, full of secrets, decay, and shadow. With lyrical prose and gothic undertones, Gillig crafts a story where the line between salvation and damnation blurs and where […]
Margaret Owen’s Little Thieves takes the bones of The Goose Girl and rebuilds them into something clever, propulsive, and emotionally rich. This is a Germanic flavored fantasy with the pulse of a caper and the bite of a character study, anchored by […]
Ann Aguirre’s cozy contemporary fantasy leans hard into found family, queer community, and second chances. It also pairs those warm vibes with a messy heroine and a beta hero who has adored her since childhood. Depending on your taste, that mix will […]
Mai Corland returns to her bloodsoaked playground with Four Ruined Realms, the propulsive sequel to Five Broken Blades. The stakes are bigger, the double crosses are sharper, and the blades are somehow both more fractured and more entangled. If book one was […]