Tag: book review
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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…
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I Am So Sorry Lord of Shadows
Lord of Shadows and me didn’t have an instant-love relationship. In fact, I DNFed it twice and then (somehow) dragged myself through each page like I was fighting for my sanity. Perhaps it was because I vaguely remember this being in 2020 and I was not thriving – a common sentiment shared, I am sure.…
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My Lady Midnight Reread
My rereads list is vast and full of worlds to be reintroduced to, and one such world is that of the Los Angeles Institute, the Blackthorns and Emma Carstairs. The Dark Artifices trilogy, admittedly, left my late teen/early 20s heart searching for more and at the time I first read through them I wasn’t in…
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The Nature of Witches Supporting My Nature Girlie Mindset
After hearing about The Nature of Witches by Rachel Griffin for months, I finally read this a few days ago to see if it was up to par with the high praise and good ratings readers were giving it. I was convinced by a fellow bookstagramer (love you in_emmas_library) after her review of it and…
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Daisy Darker – The Thrilling Suspense Novel That Threw Me Into 2023
Daisy Darker by Alice Feeney was one of the first books I read this year and I feel confident in saying that it’s been a kick in the right direction for my reading as both a reader searching for new genres to enjoy and a writer wanting to learn new techniques and storytelling methods. I…