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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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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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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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Oathborn by Ann C. Orlandi
(Advanced Readers Copy (ARC)) Tropes: Stars – 🫖🫖🫖🫖🫖 Genre: Fantasy Length: 467 pages Published: 22nd September 2025 Synopsis – The war against the fae took everything from Zari. Her father, her fiancé, and her future. Now, she works as a nurse, devoting her life to saving others. But when a fae mage claims her father… Continue reading
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Game of Champions (Eternity Island Book 1) by J & J Kellaway
(ARC – New cover re-release) Tropes: Stars – ⭐⭐⭐⭐ Genre: Fantasy Published: 15th November 2022 Synopsis – The 200th Game of Champions is about to begin, an event that echoes through the annals of history as a grand spectacle of valor and skill. For one week, this ancient tournament of magic, strength, and survival challenges… Continue reading
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Phixmery (The Damorleia Chronicles: Book 1) by S.E. Alexander
(Kindle Unlimited book) Tropes: Stars – ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Genre: Fantasy Published: 11th April 2025 Synopsis – When a young princess’ world is torn apart by the murder of her parents, she is forced to hide her identity from the world. Forced to endure torture at the hands of her own people. Forced to forget her past,… Continue reading
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