JANUARY READING WRAP UP 📆 I read some banger new book releases this month, so if you want to go on a spree at Barnes and Noble in February, this is for you! 📚 Books Mentioned: The Phoenix King by Apna Verma Violet Thistlewait is Not a Villain Anymore by Emily Krempholtz Half City by Kate Golden - Out on 2/17 The Poet Empress by Shen Tao Bound by Ali Hazelwood First-Time Caller by BK Borison And Now, Back to You by BK Borison - Out on 2/24 Smoke and Scar by Gretchen Powell Fox A Little Buzzed by Alys Murray - Out on 2/17 Thank you to PRH Audio for providing ALCs for Half City and A Little Buzzed, as well as Berkley and NetGalley for gifting an e-ARC of And Now Back to You in exchange for an honest review. I loved them all so much!! #booktok #booktuber #bookrecs
NOVEMBER READING WRAP UP 📚 I read some great new romantasy releases last month with a little dystopian and contemporary romance thrown in the mix. All in all, my favorite books were the first and last books of the month. (Emotionally, I think I’m still recovering from The Everlasting and wondering if any book will ever compare.) I need to read ten more books to hit my reading goal for the year. Send help. Books Mentioned: The Seconds Death of Locke by VL Bovalino A Love Most Brutal by Kath Richards Halfling by SE Wendel Savage Blooms by ST Gibson To Cage a Wild Bird by Brooke Fast Daddy Issues by Kate Goldbeck Holly by Adalyn Grace Emily Wilde’s Encyclopedia of Faeries by Heather Fawcett As Many Souls as Stars by Natasha Siegel Thank you to @PRH Audio for access to the Daddy Issues audiobook and thank you to @Libro.fm and @William Morrow Books for the audio and physical copies of As Many Souls as Stars respectively! 💕 #romantasybooktok #bookrecs #romancebookrecs #monthlyreadingwrapup #2025books
Emotionally devastating prose, coming right up! The Everlasting is going to destroy me and I’m eating it up. This is a standalone fantasy following a timid historian and a brooding lady knight. There’s dragons and time travel and an epic love story that spans over a millennia and YEARNING. Basically everything you could ever want in a fantasy romance. Alex E Harrow is quickly becoming a favorite author of mine, and I feel so vindicated for making this one of my most anticipated new book releases of 2025. Thank you to @Macmillan Audio and @Tor Publishing Group for gifting me this book in advance! #fantasybooktok #newfantasybook #fantasyromance #newbookrecs
It’s time for my monthly book recap, y’all! I’m honestly pretty satisfied with most of the books I read last month. I feel like I have fewer and fewer duds the more I read and the better I get at deciding whether or not to pick up a new release.
Morally grey shadow MOMMY? Yes, please. If you’re a fan of Holly Black, why haven’t you picked up this duology yet??
LADY KNIGHTS. YEARNING. CHARACTER DRIVEN STORY. DID I MENTION YEARNING? A million thanks to @Hachette Book Group and @Read Forever Pub for sending this amazing package my way! I am fulling expecting this to be one of my new favorite fantasy romances. The Second Death of Locke by VL Bovalino comes out on September 23rd! If anyone is looking for a new fantasy romance book rec, this is for youuuu #bookmail #romantasybooks #newbook #knights #fantasybooktok
This might be the BEST book I’ve read all year ‼️ I was completely immersed from start to finish and I literally cannot wait for the next book. If you listen to any of my book recommendations, let it be this one. This book has everything you could ever want in an epic fantasy. Vivid characters, a fascinating plot, a touching romantic subplot, an ANIMAL SIDEKICK!! And Antonia Hodgson is so funny. I need everyone to read this. I am reminded time and time again why @Orbit Books US is my favorite imprint. 🙏 #fantasybooktok #epicfantasy #bookrecs #theravenscholar
BOOK RECS FOR KNIGHT-LOVERS ⚔️ This really is the year of the lady knight, huh? #knights #romantasybooks #bookrecs #fantasy