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Wrath of the Wild Hunt (Book Three Heart of the Tithriall Series) by A. A. Gordon
(Rattle the Stars ARC Review) Tropes: Stars – 🫖🫖🫖🫖🫖 Spice – 🌶️🌶️🌶️🌶️ Sadness Level – 💔💔💔💔 Genre – Epic Fantasy Published – 31st July 2024 Length – 713 pages Synopsis – Ornella is devastated by the loss of her mate. She will bring him home at any cost, but she cannot do it alone. Not… Continue reading
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City of Shadow & Bone (Book Two Mates of Gods & Fae Series) by M. B. Atkins
(Rattle the Stars PR ARC Review) Tropes: Stars – 🫖🫖🫖🫖🫖 Spice Level – 🌶️🌶️🌶️🌶️ Genre – Dark Fantasy Romance Published – 27th January 2026 Length – 462 pages Synopsis – Bound by a bargain. Haunted by secrets. Destined for death. Sybil Hart’s unknown bloodline may hold the key to everything she desires, and she’ll do… Continue reading
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City of Promise & Light (Book One of Mates of Gods and Fae Series) by M. B. Atkins
(Rattle the Stars PR ARC Review) Tropes: Stars – 🫖🫖🫖🫖🫖 Spice Level – 🌶️🌶️🌶️🌶️ Genre – Dark Fantasy Romance Published – 9th September 2025 Length – 372 pages Synopsis – Sybil Hart’s ordinary life unravels the moment she collides with a silver-hairs stranger, pulling her into a hidden world of fae, ancient gods, and long-buried… Continue reading
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Fated Rebirth (Book One Heretical Gods Series) by Reno R. Mist
(Rattle the Stars PR ARC Review) Tropes: Stars – 🫖🫖🫖🫖🫖 Spice Level – 🌶️🌶️🌶️🌶️ Genre – Dark Urban Fantasy Romance Published – 5th March 2026 Length – 407 pages Synopsis – Death was never the end… it was the design. Violet Shaw remembers being killed. Attending the prestigious Shademore University on an equestrian archery scholarship,… Continue reading
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This Damsel is Not in Distress (Book One of Brothers of Fairwitch Isle Series) by Tee Harlowe
(The Nerd Fam ARC Review) Tropes: Stars – 🫖🫖🫖🫖🫖 Spice Level – 🌶️🌶️🌶️ Genre – Cozy, spicy romantasy Published – 26th March 2026 Length – 298 pages Synopsis – A magical castle. The woman who’s to become queen. And her growing feelings for the bodyguard that might just ruin it all. When Niamh Merridon flees… Continue reading
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Starfalling (Book Two of It’s Definitely Not Aliens) by Elle DeYesso
(Rattle the Stars PR ARC Review) Tropes: Stars – 🫖🫖🫖🫖🫖 Spice Level – 🌶️🌶️🌶️🌶️ Genre -Sci-Fi Romcom Published – 12th February 2026 Length – 330 pages Synopsis – He fell from the stars. Now she’s falling for him. Raven did not sign up for this saving-the-world crap. But after unlocking a galactic map, surviving an attack from… Continue reading
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Ballad of the Blade (Book 1 of A Serenade of Smoke Series) by Andrew P. Meritt
(Physical Review – I was cheeky enough to ask Andrew for a physical ARC of this book… And he said YES!! He’s a legend and now one of my new favourite indie authors!) Tropes: Stars – 🫖🫖🫖🫖🫖 Genre – Dark Fantasy Published – 14th October 2025 Length – 552 pages Synopsis – Magic is dead.… Continue reading
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The Scorned Maiden (Book 0.5 of the Ashes of the Damned Series) by Amaya Jax
(ARC Review) Tropes: Stars – 🫖🫖🫖🫖🫖 Genre – Dark Fantasy Horror Published – 28th November 2025 Length – 100 pages Synopsis – For generations, my family has hunted witches, claiming to protect the world from their dark magic. I was born to follow in their footsteps — the next in line to carry on the… Continue reading
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Reign of Betrayal (Book 1 of The Prince and The Prisoner Series) by Amber L. Bowe
(Rattle the Stars PR ARC Review) Tropes: Stars – 🫖🫖🫖🫖🫖 Spice Level – 🌶️🌶️🌶️ Genre – Dark Romantasy Published – 9th May 2025 Length – 497 pages Synopsis – In a kingdom under a malevolent curse, the rulers turn to the Hollows—an underground prison for dangerous criminals. In a cruel plan to save their land,… Continue reading
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Secrets of a Witch by Steph Ziders
(ARC Review) Tropes: Stars – 🫖🫖🫖🫖🫖 Genre: Paranormal Romance Published: 14th July 2025 Length: 342 pages Synopsis – In the tranquil town of Ipswich, Massachusetts, witches hide in plain sight. Shay Whitley, the resident soulmate finder and psychic, control freak witch, is the last in the powerful Whitley coven. The Whitley legacy is her responsibility.When… Continue reading
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