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• Absurdly Funny Fantasy in Oliver Darkshire’s Isabella Nagg and the Pot of Basil

  Isabella Nagg and the Pot of Basil by Oliver Darkshire was recommended to me by a new member to my PhD Book Club, and with its description of cosy, witty, hilarious fantasy, I knew I needed to pick it up. I was quite surprised to find out this was only published in 2025, and I…

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  December 10, 2025

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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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  April 23, 2025

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• A Happily Ever After in Emily Wilde’s Compendium of Lost Tales

  A charming conclusion in the joyous, sweet, cosy fantasy that is Heather Fawcett’s Emily Wildes Compendium of Lost Tales. There is magic on ever page, conflicts that muddy the waters, and interactions that leave you guessing what Emily will do. Emily Wilde’s Compendium of Lost Tales is a fitting conclusion to this light academia series…

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  April 8, 2025

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• Historical Romance and Magical Birds in India Holton’s The Ornithologist’s Field Guide to Love

  India Holton has such a likeable writing style, and her new release, The Ornithologist’s Field Guide to Love has breathed fresh life into my reading. With such lovely landscape description, loveable characters, gorgeous birds and no small amount of innuendos and bantering, The Ornithologist’s Field Guide to Love is the kind of read you need…

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  September 12, 2024

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• India Holton’s The Secret Service of Tea and Treason is a Treat

  India Hilton returns with her beloved characters and witty plotting, bringing forth a novel so genius and tantalising that you’ll be just like the agents fawning over Alice and Bixby. The Secret Service of Tea and Treason is a delight to read and a perfect way to spend an afternoon in bed. I appreciate the…

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  March 16, 2024

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• The League of Gentlewomen Witches – Wonderful and Witty

  India Holton does it again in The League of Gentlewomen Witches, the follow-up to The Wisteria Society of Lady Scoundrels. Not only are we given some new characters to laugh over, a female main character similar to the beloved Cecelia in both wit and predicament, but we also are welcoming the faces from the Wisteria…

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  January 25, 2024

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• Howl’s Moving Castle and The Princess Diaries Collide in The Wisteria Society of Lady Scoundrels

  This novel had me grinning from ear to ear and I haven’t felt this way about a book in a long time. The Wisteria Society of Lady Scoundrels by India Holton is an absolute gem of a find and I am so glad I picked it up because it is hilarious. Flying houses captained by…

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  December 8, 2023

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