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The Raven Scholar by Antonia Hodgson: Imperial Intrigue, Murder Mysteries and Cutthroat Competitions

💜🐦‍⬛ The Raven Scholar 🐦‍⬛💜 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ ‘Win the throne. Destroy an empire. Either way, it begins with murder.’ Every twenty-four years, a competition for a new ruler begins. The current emperor or empress must stand down when their successor becomes apparent. Now, as Bersun the Brusque’s celebrated reign draws to an end, the competitors assemble. […]

January Wrap-Up: Binging Fantasy Series and Learning More About Greek Myth

Hello and welcome to my January reading wrap-up! One of my goals in 2026 was actually to read less, believe it or not. I wanted to spend more time with some of my other hobbies – writing, embroidering and music. I definitely achieved that in January, with only four books read. But boy, were they […]

My 26 Most Anticipated Books for 2026

Hello and welcome to my list of the 26 new book releases I’m excited for in 2026! This is going to be a loooong list – they keep getting longer every year (yes, I know that is the nature of time. I think by 2030, I’m going to have to stop with the symmetry, even […]

Graceless Heart by Isabel Ibanez: A Lush Romantic Fantasy Set in Renaissance Italy

💜🌙 Graceless Heart 🌙💜 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ If there’s one thing I love, it’s a historical romantic fantasy. In the vein of Wild Reverence or The Infernal Devices, the genre combines my two loves – reading and history. Graceless Heart absolutely won me over with its world full of art, feuding families and (less historically accurate) magic. […]

Winter TBR: Mermaids, Murder and Mystery

I wanted to share more of my TBRs on this blog in 2026, but I’m very much a mood reader! I’ll have a selection that I know I wanted to get to that I usually pick from – but other than that, I go wherever the fancy takes me! For example, one book on this […]

My Top Ten Favourite Reads from 2025!

As the end of 2025 draws near (which feels crazy to say because where has this year gone 🤯), here is the obligatory wrap-up post! This is by far my favourite time on blogs, bookstagram and booktube, seeing everyone’s favourites. Of the 137 books I read this year (yikes), these were the cream of the […]