Despite being someone who grew up happily reading Meg Cabot’s Mediator and The Princess Diaries series, I realized I hadn’t read any of her books for adults. I stumbled across The Magic We Made,a romantic novel involving witches on NetGalley, and decided there was no time like the present. Like all of Cabot’s books, The Magic We Made has her distinctive blend of humor, quirkiness, and relatability. The novel […]
Whenever I see another entry in Kristy Boyce’s “Gaming and Romance,” I don’t need to roll for initiative—I’m reading it. I have been hooked on this series since the very first one, Dungeons and Drama. So I was really excited to see what kind of new Dungeons and Dragons (D&D) romance Boyce had cooked up, as all of them effortlessly capture the unique charm of the game and the people […]
I’m going to be honest, I’m not sure what I was thinking when I requested Tailored Realities. There are two wolves inside of me: The one that hates short stories and the one that loves Brandon Sanderson and wants to read all of his work. The second wolf came out on top, so I requested the ARC. Was Tailored Realities enjoyable with Brandon’s signature world-building and magic systems? Yes. Did […]
Blood for the Undying Throne is the sequel to one of my favorite books of last year, Blood of the Old Kings. That first novel in The Bleeding Empire series featured one of the most unique magic systems I’ve encountered in a fantasy book in years, where the corpses of sorcerers are used as power generators. Blood for the Undying Throne expands on that idea, exploring the events that led […]
From the title, I expected a feminist take on The Princess Bride. What I got instead—as the author’s note later confirmed—was a Celtic-medieval fantasy version of Legally Blonde that takes itself seriously. It’s an inspired premise, but unfortunately it didn’t quite resonate with me as much as I would have liked. The Princess Knight follows Princess Clía, who, after being jilted by her betrothed, Prince Domhnall, sets out to […]