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158 reviews

Blood Over Bright Haven by M.L. Wang

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adventurous challenging emotional medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

5.0

A work of art that will stay in your heart forever. 

# Blood Over Bright Haven
# 11/18/2024 ~ 12/30/2024
# 5.0 / 5.0
A Dark and Drowning Tide by Allison Saft

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It’s sapphic, gothic, academia, and adventure within a fantasy world. If these sound like you then this maybe your next 5star. 


My Darling Dreadful Thing by Johanna van Veen

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challenging dark mysterious sad tense slow-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? It's complicated
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

5.0

Gothic historical paranormal sapphic horror at its finest. I ate this up and loved every moment. The twists and turns are fantastic. The ending is beautiful. I love that everything was tied up neatly with a perfectly black and rotten bow. 

# My Darling Dreadful Thing
# 11/5/2024 ~ 12/24/2024
# 5.0 / 5.0
A Very Irish Christmas by Debbie Johnson

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funny hopeful lighthearted relaxing medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

Destination contemporary rom-com with a huge bit of found family and friends. It’s cute feel good closed door romance. 

# A Very Irish Christmas
# 12/19/2024 ~ 12/20/2024
# 5.0 / 5.0
The Witch of Colchis by Rosie Hewlett

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adventurous dark emotional mysterious reflective medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

Circe but for Medea. Feminine rage, magic, tragedy, and let’s not forget a not so flattering view of Jason of the Argonauts. 

# The Witch of Colchis
# 12/16/2024 ~ 12/19/2024
# 5.0 / 5.0
The Half King by Melissa Landers

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adventurous emotional hopeful lighthearted mysterious fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

5.0

Fast paced romantasy adventure with political intrigue. This is a great time and you need to check it out. 

# The Half King
# 12/14/2024 ~ 12/16/2024
# 5.0 / 5.0
The Cautious Traveller's Guide to the Wastelands by Sarah Brooks

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adventurous mysterious slow-paced

4.0

Do you like train car mysteries, historical fiction, and/or gothic fantasy bordering horror? Are you okay with slow pacing? Are you willing to think while reading and work to earn the story? If you answered yes to these then this is 100% something you will Love. 

# The Cautious Traveller's Guide to the Wastelands
# ? ~ 12/9/2024
# 4.0 / 5.0
The Crimson Crown by Heather Walter

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adventurous challenging dark mysterious medium-paced

5.0

Magical, sapphic, dark reimagining of Snow White. If you are looking for witch hunts with life or death stakes for the FMC all in a fairytale look no further. 

# The Crimson Crown
# 12/2/2024 ~ 12/4/2024
# 5.0 / 5.0
Knives, Seasoning, and a Dash of Love by Katrina Kwan

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medium-paced

5.0

Workplace romance but with great plot. The spice is there. The heat of the kitchen is there. 

# Knives, Seasoning, and a Dash of Love
# 12/4/2024 ~ 12/4/2024
# 5.0 / 5.0
We Shall Be Monsters by Alyssa Wees

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adventurous challenging dark mysterious medium-paced

5.0

I love escaping into a great dark fairytale. There isn’t any spice at all but there are wonderful adventures and trials. If you enjoy fairytales or dark fantasy you will enjoy this. I would recommend this for anyone 13yr and up that wants some fairytale experience. 

# We Shall Be Monsters
# 11/30/2024 ~ 12/2/2024
# 5.0 / 5.0