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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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Captive of the Wild Hunt (Book One Heart of the Tithriall Series) by A. A. Gordon
(Rattle the Stars ARC Review) Tropes: Stars – 🫖🫖🫖🫖🫖 Genre – Fantasy/Urban Fantasy Published – 23rd September 2023 Length – 524 pages Synopsis – Unseelie rogues have invaded the Vale,plaguing the blissful Summer woodland with their magicof frost and decay. Ornella will protect her king, even if she must facethe infamous Wild Hunt. The cadre… Continue reading
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Louder Than Words (Book 2 of Lyrics from the Heart) by Olivia Tucker
(Rattle the Stars PR ARC Review) Tropes: Stars – 🫖🫖🫖🫖 Spice Level – 🌶️🌶️🌶️🌶️ Genre – Rockstar Romance (Contemporary Romance) Published – 24th February 2026 Length – 299 pages Synopsis – Allie: Three months ago, I crashed into my favorite rock star – literally.And I walked away with more than a bruised ego. I walked… 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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Stardusted (Book One of It’s Definitely Not Aliens) by Elle DeYesso
(Rattle the Stars PR Review) Tropes: Stars – 🫖🫖🫖🫖🫖 Spice Level – 🌶 Genre – Sci-Fi Romcom Published – 28th October 2025 Length – 374 pages Synopsis – It’s definitely not aliens. At least, Raven Barrister’s pretty sure it isn’t. Between double shifts, looming exams, and an embarrassingly intense crush on her way-too-attractive bartender coworker, Sky, she… Continue reading
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How the Fae Stole Midwinter by Ann C. Orlandi
(ARC Review) Tropes: Stars – 🫖🫖🫖🫖🫖 Spice Level – 🌶️🌶️🌶️🌶️ Genre – Romantic Fantasy Published – 11 December 2025 Length – 142 pages Synopsis – When her snowbound village enters its 530th year under a Midwinter curse, plucky schoolteacher Mira decides she’s had enough. Determined to restore joy and song to the season, she climbs… Continue reading
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Our Monstrous Hearts (Book One of the Rose Falls Series) by Delilah Thorne
(ARC Review) Tropes: Stars – 🫖🫖🫖🫖 Spice Level – 🌶️🌶️🌶️🌶️ Genre – Gothic Romance/Erotica Published – 2 January 2026 Length – 123 pages Synopsis – Cassandra – A half-dead monster haunts Rose Falls. They whisper that he is grotesque, that he feasts on bones and defiles women. I was trapped in my husband’s shadow, forced… Continue reading
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Don’t Speak Book 1 of Lyrics from the Heart by Olivia Tucker
(Rattle the Stars PR – ARC Review) Tropes: Stars – 🫖🫖🫖🫖 Spice Level – 🌶️🌶️🌶️🌶️🌶️ Genre – Rockstar Romance (Contemporary Romance) Published – 12th August 2025 Length – 349 pages Synopsis – Allie: I was supposed to be relaxing. After a messy breakup and years of putting myself last, a girls’ trip to Boston with… 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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