Romance. Fantasy. Reader culture. Honest thoughts.
Plot Fairytales are for the naive. Princess Assassin Gray Monroe is ordered by her father to kill the villainous prince responsible for starting a war that threw the world into a post-apocalyptic society. In a decrepit landscape where two magical species war with one another, while a human militia hunts them all, Gray has only one … Continue reading [Book Review] A Touch of Gold and Madness
Welcome to Friday Five! 🎉 I've been thinking about adding another regular feature to the blog, and I wanted it to be something fun, easy to read, and even easier to join in with. So, welcome to The Friday Five! Every Friday, I'll be sharing five recommendations, favourites, or bookish picks around a different theme. … Continue reading The Friday Five: Books That Broke My Heart
Not every reader has a single “gateway book.” In this post, I reflect on my lifelong reading journey and how genres often evolve through slow discovery rather than one defining moment.
Plot I want someone with a soul as black as night. Someone who would burn the world down for me and not lose a single minute of sleep over it. Trauma nurse Aly Cappellucci doesn’t need any more kinks. She likes the one she’s landed on just fine. To her, nothing could top the masked … Continue reading [Book Review] Lights Out by Navessa Allen
Elle Kennedy's debut YA thriller, that follows the daughter of a serial killer navigating her senior year in the town where the murders took place. The Setup 📖 Thornbird tells the story of Ryan. 10 years ago she left town after her father confessed to killing multiple women. Ryan, now 17 is back in her … Continue reading Thornbird by E. Kennedy – Book Review
🎧 Podcasts I’ve Been Listening To This month has been a bit of a podcast personality split. On one side: Heart Starts Pounding, a newer listen for me that blends true crime, mystery, supernatural stories, and generally darker, spookier themes. It’s eerie in that “I shouldn’t listen to this before bed” kind of way… so … Continue reading Other Pursuits | Life Beyond the Books (June 2026)
A weekly catch-up from my reading life — what I’m reading, buying, obsessing over, abandoning, annotating, and generally spiralling about. Think of it as part reading journal, part life update, part chaotic book club chat. This Week’s Goal: Get Back into Fantasy 📖 Current Read: Thorn Bird by E. Kennedy 🎧 Currently Listening: Kingdom of … Continue reading The Reading Diaries: My Latest Reads (#3)
An unexpected spark between a hockey player and the coach’s daughter might cause them to cross the line in the next Dalton University book from international bestselling author Bal Khabra. Kian Ishida is all about parties, hockey, and living in the moment. But when he realizes he’s headed to the NHL without his degree, his … Continue reading [Book Review] Embrace by Bal Khabra
I used to love doing tags when I first started blogging and seeing as its my Birthday today its seems like the perfect one to come back with. Lets get into it. 🎈1. The Birthday Candle A book you read years ago that has never quite left you. I know I have mentioned this book … Continue reading The Birthday Book Tag! 🥳
Small town. Big secrets. And one ridiculously hot mistake she doesn’t regret. Everyone in the smalltown of Red Bridge, Vermont, knows Tad Hanson, the hot sheep farmer who can’t control his flock. He doesn’t believe in forever, but he’ll be the best time you’ve ever had—right now. What they don’t know is why. He’s too … Continue reading [Book Review]Where I Should’ve Been by Max Monroe
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