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⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Stars: Love - “I absolutely loved this book! It's a must-read, and I highly recommend it to everyone who enjoys this genre.”
⭐⭐⭐⭐ Stars: Enjoyed - “I really enjoyed this book. It's a great read, and I would recommend it to fans of the genre.”
⭐⭐⭐ Stars: Like - “I liked this book. It had some great moments, but it wasn't perfect. I would recommend it with reservations.”
⭐⭐ Stars: Fine - “This was readable with some good points, but not a standout I'd recommend.”
⭐ Star: Not for Me - “I didn't enjoy this book. It wasn't a good fit for me, but it might be for someone else.”
“I only post reviews for books I've rated 3 stars or higher. Meaning books I liked, enjoyed, or loved and feel are worth recommending.”
Crowned By Roses By Elizabeth Helen
Rating: ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ (5/5 Stars: Love) Spice: 🌶️🌶️🌶️🌶️ (4/5 Peppers: Spicey) Troupes: Enemies to Lovers, Friends to Lovers, Reverse Harem Genre: Fantasy, Fantasy Romance, Paranormal Romance, Romance, Urban Fantasy Tags: Beauty and the Beast, Fae, Fairies, Fairy Tale Retelling, Fairy Tales, Magic, Shapeshifters, Book Review Series: Beasts of the Briar Book 7 Rosalina has fled back to the human world with her mates, mother, and sister. They have failed to save Castletree and Geor
3 hours ago3 min read
Meet Cute Magic By Morgan Elizabeth
Rating: ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ (5/5 Stars: Love) Spice: 🌶️🌶️🌶️🌶️ (4/5 Peppers: Spicy) Tropes: Bookish Female X Gamer Male, Grumpy X Sunshine, Enemies to Lovers, Forced Proximity, Small Town Genre: Fantasy, Fantasy Romance, Paranormal Romance, Romance Tags: Cozy, Witches, Magic, Ghosts, Vampires, Book Review Series: Heartwood Hollow Book 1 Rosie is a witch who uses her magic to help people find their person using books that she sells in her bookstore. Only she has never found that for he
4 days ago3 min read
Heir Of Prophecy By Analeigh Sbarana
Rating: ⭐⭐⭐⭐ (4/5 Stars: Enjoyed) Spice: 🌶️🌶️ (2/5 Peppers: Mild+) Tropes: Enemies To Lovers, Forbidden Romance, Slow Burn, Found Family, Morally Gray, Chosen One Genre: Fantasy, Fantasy Romance, Romance Tags: Dark, Academia, Academy, Demons, Fae, Magic, Prophecy, Book Review Series: The Clash of Prophecies Duet Book 1 Audra has been raised in a small village by her parents that just wanted to create a place for travelers to come to. She once had dreams of leaving and seei
Oct 133 min read
The Giver by Lois Lowry
Rating: ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ (5/5 Stars: Love) Spice: 🌶️ (1/5 Peppers: Mild) Tropes: Found Family, The Chosen One, Coming of Age Genre: Fantasy, Science Fiction, Young Adult Tags: Utopia, Dystopia, Book Review Series: Giver Quartet Jonas has grown up in a world that has specific rules. There is no choice only placements in all things in life. Jonas is coming of age and is to start his training in what he will do for his community. He is chosen to be the next Receiver of Memories. But as h
Oct 92 min read
Reap And Sow By Charlotte B. Plumb
Rating: ⭐⭐⭐⭐ (4/5 Stars: Enjoyed) Spice: 🌶️🌶️ (2/5 Peppers: Mild+) Tropes: Slow Burn, Forbidden Love, Forced Proximity, Found Family Genre: Fantasy, Fantasy Romance, Gothic, Romance Tags: Demons, Dark, Magic, Bargains, Shapeshifting, Book Review Series: Reap & Sow Duology Eda and her brothers, Ben and Lawrie have been indebted to a demon they call Mr. Night because of a pact that their father made. They are so close to being done, then everything goes wrong. Her brothers ar
Oct 62 min read
Threshing Day By Rebecca Yarros
Rating: ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ (5/5 Stars: Love) Spice: 🌶️ (1/5 Peppers: Mild) Tropes: Found Family Genre: Fantasy, Fantasy Romance, Romance Tags: Academy, Dragons, Dragon Riders, Griffins, Magic, Dragon Bonding, Book Review Series: Related to The Empyrean These are compilations of Threshing Day stories. They are all from the perspective of the riders on that day. It includes Brennan, Mira, Xaden, Garrick, Dain, Bodhi, Imogen, Rhiannon, Sawyer, Ridoc, Liam, Sloane, and Aaric. This is consid
Oct 22 min read
The Damned By Harper L. Woods
Rating: ⭐⭐⭐⭐ (4/5 Stars: Enjoyed) Adult - Spice: 🌶️🌶️ (2/5 Peppers: Mild+) Tropes: Reluctant Allies to Lovers, Forced Proximity, Slow Burn Genre: Fantasy, Fantasy Romance, Gothic, Paranormal Romance, Romance Tags: Dark, Demons, Devils, Magic, Witches, Book Review Series: The Coven of Bones book 3 Margot is a Red Witch who hates to be touched due to what was done to her as a child. While trying to release some of her magic by singing to the flowers, the demon Beelzebub, Lor
Sep 292 min read
The Halls of the Vanished By Emilia D'Arcy
Rating: ⭐⭐⭐⭐ (4/5 Stars: Enjoyed) Spice: 🌶️🌶️🌶️🌶️ (4/5 Peppers: Spicy) Tropes: Slow Burn, Fated Mates Genre: Fantasy, Fantasy Romance, Romance Tags: Dark Academia, Academia, Witches, Magic, Book Review Series: The Arcania Academy Book 1 Ivy lost her best friend, Briar a year ago. She has been told that she died, but everything in her tells her that is not true. When she finally is admitted into Arcania Academy along with her paperwork, she also receives a letter from Bria
Sep 253 min read
Kiss of the Black Flame By Helen Scheuerer
Rating: ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ (5/5 Stars: Love) Spice: 🌶️🌶️🌶️ (3/4 Spice: Moderate) Trope: Enemies to Lovers, Found Family Genre: Fantasy, Fantasy Romance, Romance Tags: Magic, Immortals, Book Review Series: The Bookbinder’s Bargain Book 1 Saige is a bookbinder but do to an unknown illness she has racked up significant debts. Then the one who holds her debts sells her where she ends up in a cell next to Acher, the General Azkari. Only she must compleate a bargain sealed with a kiss. Will
Sep 222 min read
Grim Tidings By B. K. Borison
Rating: 5 stars Adult - Spice: Enemies to Lovers, Soul Mates Genre: Fantasy, Fantasy Romance, Paranormal Romance, Romance Tags: Angel, Grim Reaper, Magic, Book Review Ghosted Book 2 Darcy has been a grim reaper for a long time, and she just wants something different. She feels like all she is doing is taking from others by doing her job. When she gets her next job, she ends up in a small town and in a bar run by Gabriel, a guardian angel. The two are like oil and water. Then
Sep 182 min read
Broken Ties: A Broken Bonds POV By J. Bree
Rating: 5 stars Adult - Spice: Enemies to Lovers, Friends to Lovers Genre: Fantasy, Fantasy Romance, Paranormal Romance, Reverse Harem, Romance, Science Fiction, Urban Romance Tags: Gods, People with Abilities, Magic, Shapeshifters, Mind Control, Abuse, Book Review The Bonds That Tie Book 7 They have been looking for their Bond, Oleander. No one knows where she has been, all they know is she ran from them. Now that they have her, they will never let her go. But things are not
Sep 152 min read
The Dark In Her Veins By M. K. Lobb
Rating: 5 stars Adult - Spice: Enemies and Lovers, Forbidden Romance Genre: Fantasy, Fantasy Romance, Horror, Romance Tags: Dark, Assassins, Sinners, Immortals, Book Review Divine Villains Book 1 Talin has been the Prophet’s sinner for years filling her veins with Bloodrot. But after a chance encounter with the Warden she must find a way to save herself. Thinking on her feet she comes up with a plan but if it goes wrong she will end up dead. The only problem is that she’s beg
Sep 112 min read
Fall of Ruin and Wrath By Jennifer L. Armentrout
Rating: 4 stars Adult - Spice: Enemies to Lovers, Forbidden Love, Fated Mates Genre: Fantasy, Fantasy Romance, Paranormal Romance, Romance Tags: Dark, Celestials, Angels, Demigods, Magic, Book Review Awakening Book 1 Calista has been living in the home of the Barron Claude. She has been using her gifts to help guide his choices. When one of the Hyhborn Princes Thorne, from her past shows up, she is drawn to him but also wants to keep her independents and her secrets. But thin
Sep 82 min read
Beauty: A Retelling of the Story of Beauty and the Beast By Robin McKinley
Rating: 5 stars Young Adult Genre: Fantasy, Fantasy Romance, Romance Tags: Beauty and the Beast, Fairy Tale, Retelling, Magic, Book Review Beauty does not feel that she is anything like her nickname. She feels like the ugly duckling in a home with two beautiful sisters. But she loves her family so much. When her father comes home with a strange tale of a Beast in a castle and someone must go and choose to become a prisoner. Beauty knows that she is really the only person that
Sep 42 min read
Shadows and Light By Anne Bishop
Rating: 5 stars Adult - Spice: Enemies to Lovers, Friends To Lovers, Love Triangle Genre: Fantasy, Fantasy Romance, Mythology, Romance Tags: Fae, Fairies, Witches, Magic, Book Review Tir Alainn Trilogy Book 2 Two of the Fae know that they need help to be able to save the Fae world and the witches. Aiden and Lyrra are trying to out run the darkness that is coming across the land. With looking for the people who have left the Fae behind hoping to find the Gatherer of Souls. Wil
Sep 12 min read
Verity Guild By Mai Corland
Rating: 4 stars Adult - Spice: Enemies to Lovers, Slow Burn Genre: Fantasy, Fantasy Romance, Mystery, Romance Tags: Magic, Political, Book Review Verity Guild Book 1 Kerasea is the High Priestess but she also has her own secrets. This is her first conclave since she became the High Priestess and she is just trying to do what her father would have wanted. Only there is a senator is brutally killed. Torren has never liked the faith after his father was killed as a traitor. He e
Aug 282 min read
Bookwyrm Deceptions By Constance Lopez
Rating: 5 stars Adult - Spice: Slow Burn, Found Family, Clean Genre: Fantasy, Fantasy Romance, Mystery, Paranormal Romance, Romance, Urban Fantasy Tags: Shapeshifters, Dragon Shifters, Dragons, Vampires, Magic, Fae, Fairies, Book Review The Book Hoard Collective Book 2 Cammie is no longer working for Nic but still a part of his house hold in his castle. She is working on connecting with her new hoard. When suddenly she wakes to searing pain in her heart, and finds that she is
Aug 252 min read
Once Written In Gilded Blood By K. M. Moronova
Rating: 4 stars Adult - Spice: Enemies to Lovers, Knotting Genre: Fantasy, Fantasy Romance, Mythology, Romance Tags: Demi-Gods, Demons, Gods, Goddesses, War, Magic, Book Review Cruel Fates Duet Book 2 Alira is learning about her new home beyond the veil. Nothing is as she was expecting, but they do have some odd rules, like don’t pick the flowers. But Kalel seems to be hiding things from her. The war is over, so why is the king calling Kalel to the castle all the time? Though
Aug 212 min read
The Queen's Bodyguard By Lauren Blackwood
Rating: 3 stars Adult - Spice: Fake Marriage Genre: Fantasy, Fantasy Romance, Romance Tags: Magic, Book Review Theora is a queen and is heading into peace talks, but she needs a bodyguard, but no one can know he’s there for that reason. So she comes up with a plan. She would take one of her Warrior’s, Argos, and pretend to be married. Only the Argos thinks of this as a genuine marriage even if it’s not forever. Will they be able to work together to get through the peace talks
Aug 182 min read
City of Gods and Monsters By Kayla Edwards
Rating: 4 stars Adult - Spice: Slow Burn Genre: Fantasy, Fantasy Romance, Paranormal Romance, Romance, Urban Fantasy Tags: Fae, Werewolves, Vampires, Demons, Devils, Supernaturals, Magic, Dark, Book Review House of Devils Book 1 Loren is human, growing up in Angelthene, where all types of paranormal and supernatural creatures live. When a close friend is taken only because they couldn’t get to her, she starts to question, why her? Then, when another supernatural bounty hunter
Aug 142 min read
Walk of the Spirits by Richie Tankersley Cusick
Rating: 5 stars Young Adult Genre: Fantasy, Horror, Mystery, Paranormal, Romance, Urban Fantasy, Tags: Ghosts, Book Review Walk Book 1 Miranda has just moved to Louisiana. She’s the new girl, but is from a very historic family that has lived here for years. When she finally meets her family, it changes how everyone around her treats her. But things are not what they seem. There are times that Miranda is hearing voices when no one is there. And the family seems to be watching
Aug 112 min read
Steelborn By Taylor J. LaRue
Rating: 5 stars Adult - Spice: Enemies to Lovers, Slow-Burn, Forced Proximity Genre: Fantasy, Fantasy Romance, Romance Tags: Deadly Curses, Thieves, Pirates, Immortals, Secret Identity, Found Family, Magic, Book Review The Steelborn Saga Book 1 Reya is a notorious thief known as the Crimson Dagger. She is sent on one last job. Only it happens to be a magic-born Sage woman. She may be a thief, but she isn't into dealing with people's lives. Now she has to pay off an enormous d
Aug 72 min read
Vow of Eternal Night By Lily Crozier
Rating: 4 stars Adult - Spice: Enemies to Lovers, Slow Burn Genre: Fantasy, Fantasy Romance, Gothic, Paranormal Romance, Romance Tags: Vampires, Magic, Vampire Hunters, Dhampir, Book Review Clara has spent the last 15 years watching her town slowly die. Living as though she might be killed by starvation or by the vampire prince, Raleigh. She has been in love with her childhood sweetheart, Yann. On the eve of their finally getting her father’s blessing to wed, the prince arriv
Aug 42 min read
The Mirror by Marlys Millhiser
Rating: 5 stars Adult - Spice: Strangers to Lovers Genre: Fantasy, Fantasy Romance, Romance, Science Fiction Tags: Time Travel, Boulder, Colorado, Book Review It is 1978 and Shay is preparing to get married. Her mother tells her that she left her a present in her room, a family heirloom mirror. On the eve of her wedding, she and her grandmother lock eyes in the mirror. Suddenly Shay opens her eyes in a slightly different room facing the same mirror, only her face is different
Jul 312 min read
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