My Rating: TBRSpice Rating: 🌶️🌶️Audience: Why Choose RomantasyLength: 346 pagesAuthor: Elizabeth HelenSeries/Stand Alone: Book 1 of Beasts of the Briar SeriesPublisher: BloomRelease Date: February 7, 2023 Bonded by Thorns Book Summary From Goodreads Four beastly princes. One awkward bookworm. An enchanted world of fae, magic, and danger. I’ve always loved fairytales. I never imagined I’d actually be in one. When my…
In a marriage forged by politics and power, two necromancers must confront their rising attraction while quietly scheming to topple the corrupt Parliament that controls their lives. Antiletum by Lindsey Willingham ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ I devoured this Dark Gothic Romance. It had me all up in my feels. I was up past 1am reading and balling my…
Wicked and the Damned by Rebecca Robinson ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ WOW. After that ending of The Serpent and the Wolf, we knew book 2 would be full of battles, revenge, hatred, and love, but EXCUSE ME, I did not see that plot twist coming. Rebecca, you got me, you got me good. We also learn way more…
Bloodsinger by Juliette Cross My Rating: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️.25 I absolutely loved Firebird, and I was so ecstatic when I received an ALC of Bloodsinger. Book 2 follows Malina’s sister, Lela and Julian’s best friend Trajan. It tells the story of Lela coming into her powers as a blood singer and her attempts to escape being enslaved…
The Poet Empress, this standalone traumantasy is full of feminine rage, where women are forbidden to read & write and poetry is Magic. The Poet Empress book review Debut author Shen Tao introduces readers to the lush, deadly world of The Poet Empress, a sweeping, epic and intimate fantasy perfect for fans of The Serpent & the Wings…
My Rating: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️Spice Rating: 🌶️Audience: Slow Burn Tarot RomantasyLength: 576 PagesAuthor: Elise KovaSeries/Stand Alone: Book 1 of the Arcana AcademyPublisher: Del ReyRelease Date: July 22, 2025 Arcana Academy Book Summary From Goodreads A woman who wields magical tarot cards lands herself in a false engagement with the headmaster of a mysterious academy in this first installment of an enthralling fantasy romance…
The Serpent and the Wolf Book Review My Rating ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ The way I devoured this book should be criminal 🤣 Definitely one of my favorite books I’ve read this year out of the 27 so far…I have a feeling it’s going to stay at the top all year long. When the FMC brings a knife…
My Rating: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️Spice Rating: 🌶️🌶️.5Audience: RomantasyLength: 488 PagesAuthor: Amy YorkeSeries/Stand Alone: The Shadowbound Duet Book 1Publisher: Glasslook PressRelease Date: November 11, 2025 Alchemy & Ashes Book Summary From Goodreads Perfect for fans of Danielle L. Jensen, Carissa Broadbent, and Sarah J. Maas, Alchemy & Ashes is a high-stakes, enemies-to-lovers romantasy where two sisters’ plan to assassinate the king who killed their father goes awry when one of them…
My Rating: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️.5Spice Rating: 🌶️.5Audience: Dark Gothic Academia RomantasyLength: 424 pagesAuthor: J.L. VampaSeries/Stand Alone: Stand AlonePublisher: Vampa Productions, LLCRelease Date: April 22, 2025 The Exorcism of Faeries Book Summary From Goodreads From the #1 bestselling author of Autumn of the Grimoire, J.L. Vampa, comes a brand new dark academia romance in the vein of Ninth House meets If We Were Villains and Nocticadia. She is the daughter…
My Rating: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️.5Spice Rating: 🌶️Audience: RomantasyLength: 478Author: B. L. LewisSeries/Stand Alone: Book 1 of The Wolf Queen ChroniclesPublisher: Independently Published Release Date: October 2, 2025 The Magicless Mage Book Summary From Goodreads Clutch your broomstick, The Magicless Mage is a dark and twisted Wizard of Oz retelling about a witch finding her way home and wolf who’s lost his heart. It’s especially unhinged,…