Tag: ya fantasy book recs
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Suzanne Collins is Well and Truly Back With Sunrise on the Reaping
My reread of the The Hunger Games trilogy brought back so many great memories, not to mention a second look at a series that is incredibly well-written, compelling, and knows just how to drum up tension and fear. But when I read The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes, which I didn’t review for this blog,…
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Atmospheric Dark Fantasy in Rachel Gillig’s The Knight and The Moth
After the hype of One Dark Window and Two Twisted Crowns, I knew I needed to keep my eye out for more Rachel Gillig works. Fortunately, time has come for another astounding duology from her and The Knight and The Moth is as atmospheric, dark, and intriguing as promised. It is currently taking bookish social…
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Slow Burn Romantasy Ignites in Penn Cole’s Glow of the Everflame
Glow of the Everflame, the second instalment in Penn Cole’s The Kindred’s Curse series, takes a step up from Spark of the Everflame in not only tension, conflicts, and character relationships, but in its length and story world expansion too. We have stepped into the world of the Descendent and there is a lot more…
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Susan Dennard’s The Whispering Night – The Conclusion to a YA Dark Naturalism Fantasy Wonder
The conclusion to this wonderful YA dark naturalism fantasy has arrived. The Whispering Night by Susan Dennard, third and final of the Luminaries trilogy, brings all the threads together and delivers in an intense, action-packed, quick-paced gut punch of a novel. The magic of The Luminaries and the tensions of The Hunting Party collide in…
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Chain of Thorns – Thank You Cassandra Clare
We’ve had the introduction into this new age of Shadowhunter fantasy in Chain of Gold, then we had the intense and gut-wrenching drama of Chain of Iron, and here it is – the finale, Chain of Thorns. The Last Hours Trilogy is full of amazing characters, new conundrums, conflicts and interactions to make your heart…
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My Yona of the Dawn Manga Series Review
I’m finishing off my month of posts with a manga series recommendation for you all. A few years ago, I started reading Yona of the Dawn by Mizuho Kusanagi and I fell in love. At one point – and I wish I still had the photo to use to show you all – I got…
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Something is Brewing in Penn Cole’s Spark of the Everflame
I was generously gifted Spark of the Everflame by Penn Cole in a book swap earlier this year, and I have finally dug into it and come out the other side thoroughly pleased. This is a four-book romantasy series that has taken BookTok and Bookstagram by storm, competing with other big name romantasies in both…
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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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Chain of Iron – Spare My Heart Cassandra Clare
Chain of Iron is my favourite of The Last Hours trilogy. I don’t know what it is, but there is something about this book that makes my heart sing, sob, and feel like it has been ripped out of my chest and ridden over by a hackney cab. Continuing on from the whirlwind action of…