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Different covers of Circe, book by Madeline Miller

Circe – Book Review

Mel – Published 7 years following ‘The Song of Achilles’, Miller published another Greek retelling… Was it better than TSOA?

Book Blog, Book Review, Circe, Goddess, Greek Goddesses, Greek Myth, Greek retellings, Helios, Madeline Miller, Scylla, Telegonus, Telemachus

A Curse for True Love – Book Review

Mel – It’s the finale of Garber’s fairytale trilogy! How did it go?

Book Blog, Book Review, Books, Evangeline Fox, Fantasy Books, Once Upon a Broken Heart, OUaBH, Prince of Hearts, Stephanie Garber

The Reckoning of Roku – Book Review

Mel – This is the fifth instalment of the Avatar the Last Airbender novel series, featuring the youth of Sozin and Roku.

ATLA, ATLA books, Avatar, avatar roku, Avatar The Last Airbender, Book Blog, Fire Nation, Gyatso, netflix, Prince Sozin, review, Roku, Sozin, television, tv

The Ballad of Never After — Book Review

Mel – The sequel to Once Upon a Broken Heart was a lot of fun!

Book Blog, Book Review, Books, Fantasy, Romance, Stephanie Garber

Once Upon a Broken Heart – Book Review

Mel – I read one of the ‘TikTok sensations’. I mostly enjoyed it a lot!

Book Blog, Book Review, Books, Evangeline Fox, Fantasy, Jacks, Once Upon a Broken Heart, Prince of Hearts, Romance, Stephanie Garber, Valory Arch

Once — Book Review

Mel – One for the 18+ readers…?

18+ Books, book, Book Blog, Book Review, fairies, fantasy book review, Horror novel, James Herbert, Thom Kindred

Blake Eastwood Case 3 – Book Review

Mel – Book 3 of Blake Eastwood released yesterday! How is it?

Blake Eastwood, Blake Eastwood Case 2, Book Blog, Book Review, book-reviews, Books, Fantasy
Repeated cover image for The Song of Achilles

The Song of Achilles – Book Review

Mel – I loved this book. I will read it again one day.

Achilles, Book Review, LGBT book review, LGBT Fantasy, LGBT Fiction, Madeline Miller, Patroclus, The Song of Achilles, The Song Of Achilles Review, TSOA

Is Warbreaker a Standalone – Book Review

Mel – Warbreaker was steamier than I was expecting!

Book Blog, Book Review, Brandon Sanderson, Cosmere, Nalthis, Warbreaker

Blake Eastwood Case 2 – Book Review

Mel – Blake Eastwood Case 2 just dropped and it’s dead cool!

Argo Ashton, Blake Eastwood, Book Blog, Book Review, Detective, Detective Fiction

Yangchen Book 2 Review – The Legacy of Yangchen

Mel – Find out if it was better than Yangchen book one!

Air Bender, Avatar Yangchen, Book Blog, Book Review, F. C. Yee, Kavik, Water Bender

Blake Eastwood Case 1 – Book Review

Mel – An author of this blog wrote a book!? Check it out…

Blake Eastwood, Blake Eastwood Case 1, Book Blog, Book Review

Meet Me in Another Life – Review

Argo – I might have enjoyed this in another life.

Book Blog, Book Review, Reincarnation, Time Shenanigans

The House in the Cerulean Sea – Review

Argo – A story about orphans and bureaucracy, and that sometimes kids are just that, kids.

Antichrist, Book Blog, Book Review, Fantasy, Orphanage, TJ Klune

Yangchen Book 1 Review – The Dawn of Yangchen

Mel – Better or worse than the Kyoshi books? Read on to find out!

Air Bender, ATLA, Avatar, Bin-Er, Book Blog, Book Review, Kavik, Kyoshi, Water Bender, Yangchen

Great Fantasy Reads for Pride Month

Mel – I’ve been reading a few LGBTQ+ positive books this year!

Cosmere, Kyoshi, LGBT books, pride month, skulduggery pleasant, Wolfsong

Legends & Lattes

Argo – D&D meets Full House meets Diner Dash

Book Blog, Book Review, Fantasy, Low Stakes, Travis Baldree

The Frugal Wizard’s Handbook for Surviving Medieval England – Book Review

Mel – Reviewing Sanderson’s latest, hot off the press.

Book Blog, Book Review, Brandon Sanderson, Cliché, Ealstan, Frugal Wizard, Isekai, John West, Medieval England, Runian, Sanderson, Sefawynn, The Frugal Wizard’s Handbook for Surviving Medieval England

Wolfsong – Book Review

Mel – Wolfsong had issues, but if you’re mindful then you can still find an amazing book.

Bennett Pack, Book Blog, Book Review, canine, Fantasy Book, Green Creek, Joe Bennett, Literature, Lore Olympus, Oxnard, Oxnard Matheson, PackBrotherSonLove, Romance, Shifter, shifter romance, TJ Klune, Twilight, Werewolf, wolf
banner image best dog book covers Wolfsong, Call of the Wild, Darkest Powers, The Sight, Well of Ascension

The Best Dogs in Fiction

Mel – I’ve read a lot of stories about dogs, wolves, and their human companions. Here are some of my favourites.

A Song of Ice and Fire, ASOIAF, Book Blog, Book Review, Brandon Sanderson, canine, David Clement-Davies, Dogs, Fantasy, Game of Thrones, Ghost, Ghsot, GRR Martin, GRRM, Hound, Hounds, Jack London, Michelle Paver, Mistborn, Nymeria, T. J. Klune, The Call of the WIld, The Sight, The Well of Ascension, warg, Werewolf, Werewolves, White Fang, Wolfsong

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