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Nightshade by Autumn Woods: If Maxton Hall Had Murders and Dark Academia

🪻🖋️ Nightshade 🖋️🪻 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ I was so lucky to take part in BookBreak’s readalong this week, and it’s been so fun to chat with everyone on StoryGraph as we progressed! Nightshade follows Ophelia Winters, a scholarship student who has been accepted into the prestigious Sorrowsong University. Located in the isolated Scottish highlands, it’s where the […]

A Treachery Of Swans by A.B. Prank: Swan Lake Reimagined in 17th Century France

🖤🤍🦢 A Treachery Of Swans 🦢🤍🖤 -A.B. Poranek ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ A Treachery of Swans is a sapphic retelling of Swan Lake, set in 17th Century France. Odile, the adoptive daughter of the theatre master Regnault, has spent years preparing for this mission. She will impersonate the future princess Marie d’Odette, infiltrating the royal palace. She will […]

Private Revolutions by Yuan Yang: A Portrait of Social Mobility in China’s New Age

🌆🌳 Private Revolutions 🌳🌆 I was so kindly sent this by Bloomsbury Creator Circle. It’s not the type of book I’d immediately gravitate towards in a bookstore, but one of my goals at the beginning of this year was to read more non-fiction. Penned by a Chinese-born British MP, Private Revolutions is the story of […]

Looooooots of Fantasy, Sequels and New 5 Star Reads: My April Reading Wrap-Up 💫

Looooooots of Fantasy, Sequels, and New 5 Stars; My April Reading Wrap-Up First-Time Caller (Heartstrings #1) – B.K. Borison Starting the month off strong with this romance that has been going very viral recently! If you’ve been anywhere in the BookTok or Bookstagram space, you’ll doubtless have seen this most recent romance from B.K. Borison. […]

Nightshade by Autumn Woods Readalong with BookBreak!

🪻🖋️ Nightshade 🖋️🪻 I’m so so excited to be joining @bookbreakuk in their Nightshade readalong. They sent me the most gorgeous package with some goodies including a crossword (perfect for a big nerd like me) and some STUNNING fanart! I’m only 50 pages in so far, and trying my best to go slowly and savour […]

One Golden Summer by Carley Fortune: A Bucket List of Summer Fun

☀️🌊One Golden Summer 🌊☀️ ⭐️⭐️⭐️ This was my first of Carley Fortune’s work, so I haven’t read the first in this series, Every Summer After. This was my first venture to the world of Barry’s Bay. We follow photographer Alice, who, after seventeen years, is returning to the spot where she fell in love with […]