Tag: high fantasy
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Strange the Dreamer – Beautiful but I have DNFed it
I have seen Strange the Dreamer by Laini Taylor mentioned many times across all bookish social media platforms and I can see why it’s so popular. The world is incredible rich and lush and beautiful, however, I have read 180 pages and I have no interest in continuing this book. Why is that? Let me…
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A Court of Frost and Starlight is my Breaking Point
This book is the one that solidified my stance on the ACOTAR series. A Court of Frost and Starlight is the novella set after the war and as novellas are, it is a short read. Unfortunately, there are several issues such as word choice, poor sentence structure and repetition of detail and phrases that makes…
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Kristin Cashore’s Fire – The Perfect High Fantasy, Rainy Day Read
There’s a keen sense of nostalgia I get with reading this series and I only first read it a year ago. Kristin Cashore’s Graceling Realm series continues with this immaculate tale, Fire. It truly felt like I was drifting into this read without any reservations or hiccups – within the first few pages, it was…
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Graceling – A Fantasy Like No Other
With how large of a genre fantasy is and given how themes and tropes often lead to similar stories sharing the limelight I cannot help but think about this book. Graceling by Kristin Cashore is something unique, standing its ground in an environment where inspiration and retellings have become commonplace. There’s just something about the…
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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…