Book Reviews

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,…

Magic, forbidden love, and fate collide in Ravenminder, a dark romantasy of fierce hearts, twin brothers, and vengeful gods. Raven Minder by Lindsay Cummings Rating: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️Spice rating: 🫑 In the war-torn kingdom of Lordach, Ezer has spent two years imprisoned as the Ravenminder of Rendegard, haunted by dreams of her own death and marked by…

Souls in Ruin by Jacqueline White Rating: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️Spice Level: 🌶️🌶️🌶️.5 Check trigger warnings before reading. This book had me in an absolutely chokehold 🙈 I think I devoured this book in under 2 days.  I cannot believe that Jacqueline White is a debut author….this book is darkkkk and I completely devoured it. And that ending…

Magic, revenge, and deadly trials collide in The Ascended, a slow-burn fantasy of betrayal, found family, and fate-shattering secrets. Rating: ♾️⭐️Spice rating: 🌶️🌶️.5 I was super fortunate to have received an ARC via NetGalley, thank you so much to the authors Grenwich and Lennox for my advance reader copy. The Ascended is tied for my favorite…

My Rating: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️Spice Rating: 🌶️Audience: RomantasyLength: 480 pagesAuthor: Stacey McEwanSeries/Stand Alone: Book 1 in the A Forbidden Alchemy seriesPublisher: Atria Australia/Saga PressRelease Date:  July 1, 2025 A Forbidden Alchemy Book Summary From Goodreads This stunning slow-burn romantasy follows a fated pair who uncover a world-changing secret and are thrust into a violent class war, navigating love, loss, and devastating betrayals. Nina…

My Rating: ♾️⭐️ Spice Rating: 🌶️🌶️.5Audience: RomantasyLength: 514Author: JR CathersSeries/Stand Alone: Book 1 of Veils of TerrPublisher:  SB PublicationsRelease Date: October 16, 2025 Child of Shivay Book Summary From Goodreads Two hundred years ago, when mortals hunted the fea toward extinction, the Ancients sundered the veils of Terr, fracturing their world into five realms. Many fled beyond the Veil of…

My Rating: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️Spice Rating: 🌶️🌶️.5Audience: RomantasyLength: 550 pagesAuthor: B.J. WildeSeries/Stand Alone: Book 1 of the Song of Stars trilogyPublisher: Duskae PressRelease Date:  August 7, 2025 The Sky Called Her Home Book Summary From Goodreads She was hiding—waiting—in the shadows of an oppressive kingdom.He was sworn to destroy what she’s destined to become.But fate is rarely so obedient. In the kingdom of…

My Rating: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️Spice Rating: 🌶️🌶️Audience: RomantasyLength: 364 pagesAuthor: Holly ReneeSeries/Stand Alone: Book 1 of The Veiled Kingdom Trilogy Publisher: Self publishedRelease Date:  March 19, 2024 The Veiled Kingdom Book Summary From Goodreads A scorching new fantasy romance that ignites the pages with relentless danger, forbidden passion, and the intoxicating allure of enemies to lovers. Fleeing my father’s cruelty, the wicked king…