Four years ago, Winnie's life turned upside down when Winnie's father was revealed to be a Diana - an enemy spy. He was banished, and her and her family turned into outcasts. Now 16 years old, she has one goal: pass the three deadly Luminary trials and become a true nightmare hunter like them, restoring her family's status.
Tag: Romance
Book Review: A Story Spun in Scarlet by R. Dugan
When I picked up A Story Spun in Scarlet by R. Dugan, I had no way of knowing this book would have such an emotional pull on me. Initially, I was lured in by the promise of a book about the core of storytelling. But throughout the pages, it turned into the story of two people who love each other so deeply that they will move Heaven and Earth to be with each other.
Book Review: Redsight by Meredith Mooring
Redsight by Meredith Mooring follows three priestesses from different powerful sects as they uncover the truth of their existence and their goddesses. Korinna is a young Redseer trained to be a ship navigator, capable of sensing and moving matter at terrifying speeds and across vast distances. Aster, the last Star Eater, can control gravity and form black holes, a power the pirate readily uses on her mission to tear down the Imperium. Sahar, an engineer turned White Priestess, has the ability to sever any energy and matter, with which she fights the pirate to protect her people.
Book Review: The Shadows Between Us by Tricia Levenseller
The Shadows Between Us Tricia Levenseller delivered everything it promised and more. The romance that blossoms between Kallias and Alessandra is at the perfect pace for me to believe it and get invested. The narrative has feminist themes such as the fight for equal rights for women in a way I can appreciate. While this book doesn't have deep characters, intricate plot, or detailed worldbuilding, it was, simply put, fun. A fairly light read, easy to enjoy and dig into - I found myself picking it up to read at any opportunity I got.
Book Review: The Greenhollow Duology by Emily Tesh
Silver in the Wood and Drowned Country are the first books I've genuinely enjoyed reading in a year, excluding books by my longstanding favourite authors. Once I started reading, I couldn't put the books down, and I read both of them the same evening I started each. The mystery of the old magic, the gay romance, the woodland dream of Fae and enchantingly beautiful forests filled with magical beings had me turning the digital pages until it was deep in the night and I reached the end. These novellas have been the most phenomenal start to my 2024 reading journey I could've wished for. While I did find Drowned Country less strong than the first instalment, I enjoyed both quite a lot.
Book Review: Six Crimson Cranes by Elizabeth Lim
After running away from her arranged marriage, Princess Shiori almost drowns in a lake - only to be rescued by a dragon. The two begin meeting in secret to improve Shiori's forbidden talent: her magic. Until she gets too curious one day and discovers her stepmother is not only a sorceress too, but a demon. Furious, Raikama curses her brothers to turn into were-cranes and Shiori to become mute before teleporting her to the other side of the country.
Book Review: A Winter’s Promise by Christelle Dabos
A Winter's Promise by Christelle Dabos follows the story of Ophelia, a young woman with psychometric abilities, as she is wedded to someone from the Dragon Clan on the Pole. She has to leave her beloved museum and homeland behind to the frozen courts of the Pole, where she quickly gets trapped in a corrupt court filled with intrigue and deceit.
Book Review: The Sisters of the Winter Wood by Rena Rossner
The Sisters of the Winter Wood by Rena Rossner tells the story of the sexual awakening of two sisters, one seventeen and the other fifteen. When their heavily religious parents leave their village, the two girls each find strong sexual desires. Liba, the eldest of the two, falls in love with a village boy of slightly-different faith that her father would never approve of. On the other hand, Laya, the fifteen-year-old, is magically drugged and seduced by fully adult magical beings that seem similar to Fae.
Book Review: The Raven Boys by Maggie Stiefvater
The Raven Boys by Maggie Stiefvater follows the story of a group of unlikely friends on their search for an ancient Welsh king: Blue, the daughter of an all-women family of psychics who has no clairvoyance herself, Gansey, a boy of great privilege desperately looking for the favour the king will give, Ronan, a troubled teen with all sorts of bad habits and dark secrets, Adam, a teen desperately trying to escape his hell of a past, and Noah, a boy who's unnoticeable but strangely eerie.
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