Tag: academic fiction
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My Scholarly Reading Month Debrief
Considering plans went out the window and many DNFs were had during the last month, I figured some of you may be interested in finding out how my Scholarly Reading Month really panned out. What did I not share? How come some of the author names I mentioned in the Scholarly Reading Month post at…
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R.F. Kuang’s Katabasis May Be My Most Disappointing Read of 2025
Katabasis has been the most anticipated release within dark academia fiction in 2025, and honestly it has been one of the most anticipated books of the whole year overall. Unfortunately, R.F. Kuang’s Katabasis completely missed the mark for me, and I might shock you in saying I have DNFed it. Two graduate students must set…
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Olivie Blake’s The Atlas Six Finally Makes an Appearance
I finally read The Atlas Six by Olivie Blake which has been a dark academia staple and book recommendation for years now. It feels like everyone and their dog has read this on bookish social media, which is certainly true among the accounts I follow who read DA, so it was about time I picked…
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Jodi McAlister’s An Academic Affair – A Perfect Academic Romance from Down Under
If you loved Ali Hazelwood’s The Love Hypothesis or Love, Theoretically and need more academic romance in your life, look no further than Jodi McAlister’s An Academic Affair. Not only do we have a truly brilliant academic romance here, but it is a bookish one and you know I couldn’t wait any longer once I…
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Gorgeous Light Academia in India Holton’s The Geographer’s Map to Romance
Attention all light academia enthusiasts, historical romance connoisseurs, and readers of all things whimsical, wacky, and wonderful – India Holton has released another book! The Geographer’s Map to Romance, the second in the Love’s Academic trilogy, is officially out and about. Set in the same beautifully chaotic world as The Ornithologist’s Field Guide to Love,…
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My Brain Hurts After Reading Janice Hallett’s The Examiner
I’m in shock after reading Janice Hallett’s The Examiner, in part due of how creative and immersive it is and in part because of all the layers and how they culminate in a wild, tension-filled conclusion. I didn’t know what to expect when I picked up this dark academia crime novel, but it certainly wasn’t…
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The Cosy Fantasy Continues in Emily Wilde’s Map of the Otherlands
Dipping back into the adorable light fantasy romance world of Heather Fawcett’s Emily Wilde’s Encyclopaedia of Faeries, this time with the sequel Emily Wilde’s Map of the Otherlands. This time the drama is escalating, the tension is rising, and Emily and Wendall are at the centre of not only an iconic mystery, but a discovery…
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Love, Theoretically By Ali Hazelwood Might Be My Favourite
Love, Theoretically shouldn’t have floored me as much as it did, but I was hanging onto every word Ali Hazelwood wrote in this wonderful romance novel of hers. There’s disability rep with our main character Elsie, not just as a character in a novel but in a romance novel at that, we return to the…