Fairyloot Romantasy – May 2026

Prophecies and Schemes

Perfect for readers that love:
❤️‍🔥 Enemies-to-Lovers
💫 Forbidden Magic
🗡️ Murder and Mystery

Verity Guild by Mai Corland

🖤 An exclusive redesigned cover with foil by @marymetzgr and design by @aeadraws
🖤 A reversible dust jacket featuring a colourway variation of the trade cover
🖤 Character artwork on the hardcover with foil by @rakasademon and design by @aeadraws
🖤 Character artwork on the endpapers by @im_arc with foil by @blanca.design (different front and back)
🖤 Digitally sprayed edges on all three edges by @marymetzgr
🖤 Author letter with a digital signature bound into the book.

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Secrets built this republic; one truth could burn it down.

High Priestess Kerasea Vestal has spent her life hiding the truth―that she’s the last surviving heir of the magical bloodline the republic slaughtered. One wrong step could be fatal. But when a senator is brutally killed and a temple blade is found at the scene, all eyes turn to her.

Praetorian Torren Morvane has made a career of dragging liars into the light, and Kerasea is the one person he’s vowed to ruin. But locked on a mountain with a murderer, scheming senators, and a prophecy of death, he’s forced to work at her side. The closer he gets, the more dangerous the truth―and their attraction―becomes.

With traitors closing in and a nation on the verge of shattering, Kerasea and Torren must risk everything to uncover the real killer…even if it means trusting their sworn enemy.

Sound like something you’d like?

Title: The Faraway Inn

Author: Sarah Beth Durst

Genre: Cozy Fantasy

Year of publication: 2026

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Sixteen-year-old Calisa is desperate for a change of scenery after her lying ex ruins her perfect Brooklyn summer. When her parents suggest she head to rural Vermont to help her great-aunt run her cozy bed and breakfast for a few months, she jumps at the chance.

But when Calisa arrives at the B&B, she’s shocked to find a rundown inn with only a handful of guests. And to make matters worse, upon meeting with her great-aunt it quickly becomes clear that Calisa was not invited. Auntie Zee is determined to keep anyone from messing with her beloved inn…even if it is clear she needs the help.

To earn her keep, Calisa sets to work fixing up the inn, enlisting extra help from the groundskeeper’s (handsome) son. But the longer she stays, the more it becomes evident that there is something strange about the B&B—and its residents. Something almost…otherworldly.

The inn is keeping a magical secret—but to protect the place she’s come to love, Calisa must unravel the truth of it, and her aunt, before it’s too late.

Calisa has suffered a heartbreak so off she trots to her great auntie’s place, The Faraway Inn. There she finds a bit of a dilapidated building, a great aunty who doesn’t want her there, a cute guy and strange goings on.

I love this authors work, not one thing I’ve read by her has disappointed me…and this book was no exception!

We see magical guests, portals, adorable creatures, a mystery to solve….and a place to save.

The blurb says Calisa is 16 but I did get the impression that she was older, or maybe I wished it! I absolutely adored Jack and also Steve, the lizard!

It was cute, fun, cozy and made me smile. Not one to miss!

⭐ Rating: 4.75 out of 5

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Sound like something you’d like?

Top Ten Tuesday is featured by That Artsy Reader Girl. It was born of a love of lists, a love of books, and a desire to bring bookish friends together.

Topic: My Favourite Books by My Favourite Authors

Empire of series by Jay Kristoff
Infernal Devices by Cassandra Clare
Warrior Princess Assassin by Brigid Kemmerer
Great Big Beautiful Life by Emily Henry
One Dark Window by Rachel Gillig

Golden Dynasty by Kristen Ashley
Davina by Tijan
Heir of Fire by SJM
Cash’s Fight by Jamie Begley
The Extraordinairies by TJ Klune

What are yours?

The Sunday Post is a blog news meme hosted by Caffeinated Reviewer  It’s a chance to share news, a post to recap the past week on your blog and showcase books and things we have received.

Hope you’ve had a good week!

I did skip last Sunday as I didn’t read any books! But this week I’ve read 1 and a half books!!!

My son is still taking his GCSE’s and I’ve worked all week. It was hectic and crazy and I cannot wait to have this week off! We don’t have anything planned really apart from I have an eye test and I want to go to Costco!

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One Small Echo by Jane Washington
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️.5

See my review soon!

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Feature – June Book Releases
Book Review – We Burned So Bright by TJ Klune

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Book Review – The Faraway Inn by Sarah Beth Durst
Unboxing – Fairyloot Romantasy: May 26

What have you read lately?

Title: We Burned So Bright

Author: TJ Klune

Genre: Queer Adult Fiction

Year of publication: 2026

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The road stretched out before them. No other cars, just the headlights on the blacktop. Above, the cracked moon in a kaleidoscope sky….

Husbands Don and Rodney have lived a good long life. Together they’ve experienced the highest highs of love and family, and lows so low that they felt like the end of the world.

Now, the world is ending for real. A wandering black hole is coming for Earth and in a month everything and everyone they’ve ever known will be gone.

Suddenly, after 40 years together, Don and Rodney are out of time. They’re in a race against the clock to make it from Maine to Washington State to take care of some unfinished business before it’s all over.

On the road they meet those who refuse to believe death is coming and those who rush to meet it. But there are also people living their final days as best they know how—impromptu weddings, bright burning bonfires, shared meals, and new friends.

And as the black hole draws near, among ball lightning and under a cracked moon in a kaleidoscope sky, Don and Rodney will look back on their lives and ask if their best was good enough.

Is it enough to burn bright if nothing comes from the ashes?

God this book was utterly powerful and totally emotional. It was fabulous. All the stars.

Don and Rodney say goodbye to their friends and hit the road as the end of the world approaches, with one final thing left to do.

What follows is their journey, memorable people they meet along the way and their back story. It was beautiful, heartbreaking, and somehow still full of warmth. Absolute perfection.

⭐ Rating: 5 out of 5

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Sound like something you’d like?

Here are some new books releasing in June 2026 that I’m most excited for…

When I say ‘books’ I mean 1. Believe me, no one is more shocked than I am that there is only 1 book on my list!!!

Light Wielder by Rachel Schneider

Will you be getting any of these?

Top Ten Tuesday is featured by That Artsy Reader Girl. It was born of a love of lists, a love of books, and a desire to bring bookish friends together.

Topic: Favourite Secondary/Minor Characters

I could’ve gone on for years with this topic!!!

• Chauncey (The House in the Cerulean Sea) – love that green blob!
• Liam Mairi (Fourth Wing) – loyal, lovely – say no more 😭
• Manon Blackbeak (Throne of Glass) – ruthless and 100% compelling – I love her!
• Kip (Ashes/Legends of Thezmarr) –  charming, humorous, cunning and loyal.
• Bartholomew (Knight and the Moth) –  gargoyle, funny and utterly sweet.

• Suriel (ACOTAR): knows everything, an unexpected ally – loved.
• Matthew Fairchild (The Last Hours) – broken, fabulous and totally chaotic!
• Lysandra (Throne of Glass) – fierce, loyal and a shape-shifter to boot!
• Kieran (From Blood and Ash) – loyal, witty, protective best friend.
• Sevro (Red Rising) – v strange, fierce and loyal friend.

Who would be your choices?

I try and take part every year…and this year is no exception…20 Books of Summer is back!
This year its being hosted by AnnaBookBel

I will be doing my usual:

📚 10 books
📖 Not picking titles
😉 Enjoying my summer reading!

Here are the details:

• The #20BOS26 challenge runs from Monday June 1st to Monday August 31st
• The first rule of 20 Books is that there are no real rules, other than signing up for 10, 15 or 20 books and trying to read from your TBR. (If you think you’ll only manage 5, that’s fine too.)
• Pick your list in advance, or nominate a bookcase to read from, or pick just at whim from your TBR.
• If you do pick a list, you can change it at any time – swap books in/out.
• Don’t get panicked at not reaching your target, it’s not really a challenge as such.
• Don’t forget to add your posts to the monthly linkys. The final one will stay open till for a week into September to catch the last reviews.

Will you join?

Happy Blogiversary to me!!

Eleven years! Wow! It really only feels like yesterday!

I love seeing your posts, replying to comments and have made some fab online friends! I will admit, however, that I wish I had more time to do more!

Here’s to 11 more years and I am thankful for each and every one of you!