Legendborn

Magic, King Arthur and a UNC-Chapel Hill setting? I’m not entirely sure that there’s a book more in line with my life and interests than that. Plus, every single review I’ve read has been glowing. So really there was never a chance I didn’t read this one. Expectations were high. And wow – it stood…

The Witch King

I'm getting marginally better at remembering where I get book recommendations from (go me!), so here I'd like to just shout out @trans_cending_literature for being the first person to put this book on my radar/TBR. I added a request for the library where I work to purchase it, but it wasn't happening fast enough for me because it…

The Witcher

Welcome to this continuation of the "my partner and I read books together before bed" series. In very cute timing, because today is our anniversary (8 years)! I'm super proud of us because this is the third series we've read through together - over two years into this tradition and we are holding strong. It's still…

The Burning God

And here it is, the grand finale. After waiting longer than I'd planned to, after finishing The Poppy War, to pick up The Dragon Republic, I got my hands on this final installment as soon as I could because I needed to know how it all wrapped up. With the amount of world and plot building, in physical…

The Empress of Salt and Fortune

So, after reading the Binti trilogy and The Haunting of Tram Car 015, I think I realized that, while novellas are maybe not a favorite genre of mine, I will honestly love a novella that Tor.com publishes. Plus, this one was a Hugo Award nominee for best novella this past year so, I figured it…

Raybearer

There are SO many amazing-looking diverse YA fantasies coming out these days, so many new series are starting, and it's awesome! But also, I feel so behind in getting to them. I cannot keep up! And I'm also a little nervous about starting them all and then not following through on finishing. I have a weird…

Malice

I *think* the first person I saw post about this book was @manicfemme (though I know I later also saw it on @booksnblazers page). So, credit where it needs to be there. But also, I knew the moment I saw it that I wanted to read it. I freaking love a good fairy tale retelling,…

Elatsoe

The title is what originally drew me to this book. And then the cover, which is gorgeous...and I originally thought it was a girl wandering through snow drifts (which made me think of Little Red Riding Hood, for some reason) and actually is a girl walking with/through a crowd of ghost dogs. So I was way…

The Dragon Republic

I LOVED The Poppy War. One of my favorite adult fantasies that I’ve read in a while. I couldn’t wait for the second book to come out so I could see where the story went. And then, of course, I got lost in my TBR and the pub date came and went for The Dragon…

The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue

My bank account and library waitlists being what they are, it took me much longer than I had hoped to read this novel. I have loved everything I’ve ever read by Schwab, from Vicious/Vengeful to the Shades of Magic series (which I read even before starting this blog, so I can’t even link to reviews)…