Author: annafromuni
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From Lukov With Love – I’ll Have an Ivan Lukov Please
It must be pretty obvious that I’m not exactly a big fan of book recommendations from Instagram or Tiktok. anyone who has seen what I read will know that, especially this year’s reads so far. I can list genuine recs I’ve followed from social media on one hand. Out of all of them, a contemporary…
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Where It All Started – City of Bones
I remember reading City of Bones back in 2011 for the first time. I must have loved it because I read the entire series via ebooks (I find it very hard to read anything longer than a novella via ebooks thee days) and I was so excited to watch the movie that came out a…
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The Anatomist’s Wife – Good Ol’ Scottish Historical Fiction Murder Mystery
I’m a historical fiction fanatic. More specifically, the murder mystery side of historical fiction. I can and will read other historical fiction books but my heart lies with the slightly gruesome, dark, immersive worlds of sleuthing and investigating while in polite society. The Anatomist’s Wife by Anna Lee Huber ticks so many boxes for me…
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The Fountains of Silence – Harrowing Modern History Within Our Reach
As a self-proclaimed historian, having minored in history in university, I thought I had a rather broad but educated sense of modern history. Surely the most significant events between WWI and now I would’ve heard, right? Wrong. I had absolutely no idea that something like this was going on for decades and that it occurred…
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House of Salt and Sorrows – Erin A. Craig’s Dark Fantasy Must Read
With the sequel on it’s way, I thought now would be a great time to sing my praises to Erin A. Craig and her magnificent dark fantasy fairytale retelling, House of Salt and Sorrows. House of Salt and Sorrows is a dark fantasy retelling of the fairytale The Twelve Dancing Princesses with mild horror elements…
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The Stationery Shop By Marjan Kamali Has My Heart
The Stationery Shop by Marjan Kamali is a masterful piece of life. I don’t even remember what I was expecting before reading this. All I know is that I will never be the same. This book is so beautifully written and the life contained within these covers is rich and inviting and heartbreaking and sombre.…
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If We Were Villains – Shakespeare Has Never Looked So Good
If We Were Villains by M.L. Rio has been big on TikTok for years now, especially within the Dark Academia sphere. This massive cult following and the short-form content style of TikTok compounded to make me hesitant and outright avoidant of this book. I have tried other Dark Academia favourites TikTok recommended and have been…
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The Cinematic Perfection that is Queen of Air and Darkness
A rollercoaster finale for a rollercoaster trilogy. This cast of characters has been through it all and now as a reader we have to bare witness to the absolute heartache that is Queen of Air and Darkness by Cassandra Clare. I cannot even begin to describe how this book had me in a chokehold for…
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Fourth Wing is My New Addiction
Fourth Wing. The shiny new book on everyone’s radar over on bookish social media. Booktok has been showing quotes and edits about Xaden, Violet and Fourth Wing for weeks. Bookstagram is posting about it multiple times a day. The world’s new fictional boyfriend is Xaden Riorson and everyone wants to get in his bed. There…