It’s been a sad, tough week. My beloved cat passed away unexpectedly about a week ago, and I’ve been having a hard time adjusting to her absence. I picked up Water Moon by Samantha Sotta Yambao this past Tuesday in a half-hearted attempt to try and distract myself from my sadness, but I wasn’t overly…
In February of 2023, I picked up Piranesi by Susanna Clarke to read on the plane ride home from a vacation. It was so good that not only did the whole plane ride go by in the blink of an eye, but I read the whole book in one sitting. When I heard that Susanna…
For me, 2024 has been a year full of the acclaimed bestselling author, Brandon Sanderson. I spent a good chunk of 2024 binging all his Cosmere series, during which time he became my favorite author. And so, I spent the last several months being insanely excited (and nervous) for Wind and Truth, book five of…
I’m somewhat ashamed to admit this, but prior to last week, I had never read anything by Leigh Bardugo. Best known for the Shadow and Bone trilogy and the Six of Crows duology, Bardugo is one of the most popular fantasy writers of the decade. But although all her books have been on my TBR…
Since I started scrolling through BookTok for fantasy books to read about two years ago, I have heard nothing but rave reviews about this book. After all, it was the 2016 winner of the Hugo Awards and also the only fantasy novel to make The New York Times’s best 100 books of the 21st century….
I’m not as big a fan of the fantasy romance subgenre as I am of epic and/or dark academia, but now and then I like to read something a little more light-hearted and fun with some swoon-worthy romance. I heard that Quicksilver by Callie Hart was one such fantasy book, and seeing as it is…
After I finished reading all the Cosmere books I could get my hands on, I was desperately in search of my next epic fantasy read. I kept coming across the Farseer Trilogy by Robin Hobb on BookTok, but I shied away from it because the series is nearly 30 years old and I thought the…
I absolutely love a dark academia fantasy novel. Something about the combination of dark mystery and magical schools just resonates with me in a way that other adult fantasy books don’t. And so when I heard that M.L. Wang had written one called Blood Over Bright Haven, I was practically tripping over myself to read…
As an avid fantasy reader and aspiring author, I love checking out debut authors and their novels. When I heard about The Dollmakers by Lynn Buchanan through Brandon Sanderson’s endorsement, my interest was immediately piqued. This dark fantasy promises a unique blend of Studio Ghibli-esque whimsy with a sinister edge, making it a must-read in…
After discovering Brandon Sanderson last year, I was desperate to find more authors who could write complex rich worlds with great character development. Checking through the book forums and BookTok led me to discover that Robin Hobb was one of the fantasy writers who paved the way for contemporary fantasy in the 90s and that…