Elspeth Spindle lives with a monster she calls the “Nightmare” trapped in her mind; he protects her, and he keeps her secrets. When Elspeth meets a mysterious highwayman on the forest road, she is thrust into a quest to cure her Kingdom of the dark magic plaguing it. With high stakes, and the true identity…
High school senior Andrew Perrault writes his twisted fairytales for Thomas Rye, the only person who can ground him to reality. But when Andrew needs him the most, Thomas suddenly starts acting strange. When Thomas’ abusive parents mysteriously vanish and he arrives to school with blood on his sleeve, Andrew starts to ask questions. However,…
I have read a lot of really amazing books this year – books that have been on my TBR for a while, re-reads of some of my favourites, and books that I only discovered this year. I rated a good amount of this year’s books 5 stars and if I put them all here then…
It’s coming up to the end of Pride Month and I wanted to give a few LGBTQ+ book recommendations to carry you through the rest of the year, reading queer books is an all-year event and not just for Pride Month after all. Some of these are books I’ve personally read and enjoyed, and some…
Ash first saw the Folk when he was a little boy. Having grown up and moved away to college, Ash is now twenty-one and moving back to his childhood home. Years after he last saw the Folk, he’s managed to convince himself it was all the imagination of his younger self. However, after tragedy strikes…
In honour of Pride Month, I thought I would go through some of my favourite queer characters. This list is not by any means exhaustive, as I have so many beloved LGBTQ+ characters that I could never name them all. However, I wanted this list to include characters of different queer identities. I truly do…
After an encounter at a nightclub turns into a kidnapping, Drusilla Blackthorn finds herself held prisoner by Prince Ash Morgenstern in the land of Faerie. Despite her circumstances, Dru is drawn to Ash and the darkness that seems to surround him. Meanwhile, Kit Herondale and Ty Blackthorn must set aside their past grievances and join…
Although I have a TBR the length of my arm, I constantly seem to be adding new titles to the ever-growing list. I’ve recently been getting back to reading on my kindle; although I usually prefer reading physical books, I jump back and forth occasionally. In the spirit of this, I decided to get Kindle…
I recently saw an Instagram post about Micro-tropes in books and I thought it might be fun to pick out some hyper-specific ones in the books that I have read. As these are very specific to each book, and often the plotline, there will be spoilers if anyone has not read the books mentioned. Frankenstein…
Oliver Marks is set to be released after serving ten years for a murder he may or may not have committed. On the day of his release, Detective Colborne – the detective in charge of the case – asks him one last time to tell him the truth before he retires. If We Were Villains…