fantasy fiction, Review, Vampires, YA Fantasy

Here’s the tea…

Review - A Tempest of Tea by Hafsah Faizal 3.5 on the Bookter scale. PSA: Spoilers, big ones, abound, so read with caution. And I promise to keep my SJM mentions to a minimum. https://read.amazon.com/kp/embed?asin=B09JMX14J7&preview=newtab&linkCode=kpe&ref_=cm_sw_r_kb_dp_RGXZQ2MZZWF0WER42A2W I was very much looking forward to this book, I will admit - vampires, plus I really enjoyed the Sands… Continue reading Here’s the tea…

fantasy fiction, Read-along, Reviews, Unpopular Opinion, YA Fantasy

Fourth Wing Read a long – Chapters 6-15

I am weak, and this is bad.... Don't judge me, but I am struggling with this big time. I'm at Chapter 15 and I'm at the point where the only way I can read this is to force myself to physically pick the book up. I have actually started reading other things at the same… Continue reading Fourth Wing Read a long – Chapters 6-15

fantasy fiction, Read-along, YA Fantasy

Fourth Wing Read-along

Chapter 2 Holy shit, so this school condones straight-up actual murder? Sounds like a group I'd really want to be a part of. How do they let someone so obviously mentally unstable (Jack) join this academy? Especially Violet just got done saying that a wing or a group or whatever is only as strong as… Continue reading Fourth Wing Read-along

Long Fucking Post, Theories and Musings, Unpopular Opinion

It’s Okay To Not Like Something.

Please stop internalizing bad book reviews. I feel like this really goes without saying, but as a reader (as a consumer of any art at all), you do not have to like everything you read and it is okay to leave a bad review on your preferred reviewing platform saying as much. In the vast… Continue reading It’s Okay To Not Like Something.

Review, YA Fantasy

The Foxglove King – Review

I finally understand the adage about not judging a book by its cover ★★ Don't judge me too harshly here - In my defense, the cover is extraordinarily pretty, plus the blurb made it sound like this was a story that ticked a ton of boxes for me - magic, fantasy, mystery, romance, etc. The… Continue reading The Foxglove King – Review

Theories and Musings

Not like other YA Fantasy Heroines…

High-school me would be really pissed off over the Caraval series. We are probably in the golden age of Young Adult Fantasy Fiction right now, as much as we can be in the golden age of anything with the world as it is. Man, the kid I was would be so excited to be alive… Continue reading Not like other YA Fantasy Heroines…