fantasy
-
Imagine this: you’ve read 481,103 words across three books that many people do not dare to even open. You’ve traveled thousands of miles over 5 kingdoms, with a very limited lunch and a questionable companion. You’ve laughed and cried and thrown the book across the room (a true story, but one for another time). You’ve…
-
BOOK- The Rose Bargain AUTHOR- Sasha Peyton Smith GENRE- alternate history, romance, fantasy, faeries RATING- 3.5/5 I can’t remember the last time a book left me this breathless. I also can’t remember the last time a book left me this confused. Me and the Rose Bargain have a very love-hate relationship. At times, I adored…
-
SERIES- Defy the Night trilogy AUTHOR- Brigid Kemmerer GENRE- romance, fantasy, dystopian elements RATING- 4.5/5 Believe it or not, A Curse so Dark and Lonely wasn’t the beginning of the romantasy obsession, or even my Brigid Kemmerer obsession. Before my current phase, when my bookcase was stocked not with fantasy but with crime drama and…
-
BOOK- Cursed (Gilded Duology #2) AUTHOR- Marissa Meyer GENRE- fantasy, legend retelling RATING- 2.5/5 Reading Cursed almost made Gilded look like a masterpiece. Almost. If I hadn’t been desperately clinging to the faint hope that the ending might be good, I would have DNF’d Cursed. But I’d promised you guys a sequel review and, despite…
-
BOOK- Gilded AUTHOR- Marissa Meyer GENRE- Romance, Fantasy, legend retelling RATING- 3.5/5 The last time I read Gilded by Marissa Meyer, I DNF’d it half way through. I realize that that might have been a wise choice, because now, after finally reaching the end, I have to read the sequel. PLOT Gilded by Marissa Meyer…
-
BOOKS- Captain of Fates and King of Beasts AUTHORS- Katherine Webber and Catherine Doyle GENRE- Romance, Fantasy RATING- 3.5/5 I have to admit, I didn’t have the highest expectations for these Twin Crowns spin offs. In my experience, novels like these are never as good as the original- and I’m sure many of you will…
-
get you into fantasy! I was recently asked by someone I know for book recommendations after saying I liked reading fantasy. This person hadn’t really read any fantasy novels before, and I just went completely blank. I’m not the kind of person who can spring recommendations off the top of their head. So I thought,…
-
This post contains spoilers. Do not read on if you haven’t read the book. You have been warned… BOOK- Sparking Fire out of Fate AUTHOR- Brigid Kemmerer GENRE- Romance, Fantasy SERIES- Forging Silver into Stars #3 (A Curse so Dark and Lonely spin off) RATING- 5/5 *A quick note on acronyms: ACSDAL- A Curse so…
-
Warning! This post contains spoilers for the previous books, Falling Kingdoms and Rebel Spring BOOK- Gathering Darkness AUTHOR- Morgan Rhodes SERIES- Falling Kingdoms #3 RATING- 3/5 Gathering Darkness by Morgan Rhodes is the third novel in the young adult fantasy series Falling Kingdoms. In my opinion, Gathering Darkness is where the Falling Kingdoms series begins…
-
Warning! This post contains spoilers for the previous book, Falling Kingdoms. BOOK- Rebel Spring AUTHOR- Morgan Rhodes SERIES- Falling Kingdoms #2 RATING- 3/5 Magnus, Cleo, Jonas and Lucia are back for the exciting second novel in the Falling Kingdoms series by Morgan Rhodes. The return to Mytica sees rebels, immortals and royals locked in a…
Once Upon a Bibliophile 