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Topic: Best Romantasy Books to Read

Romantasy is one of my utter fave genres to read. I mean, enemies-to-lovers, fated mates, forced proximity and morally gray love interests – what more could you want?!

If you’re just getting into romantasy, this is where I would start.

1. A Court of Thorns and Roses by Sarah J. Maas
One of the most popular romantasy series of all time, this book blends fae courts, danger, and a sweeping romance.

2. Fourth Wing by Rebecca Yarros
Set in a deadly dragon-rider academy, this romantasy combines intense training, political intrigue, and a fiery enemies-to-lovers romance.

3. From Blood and Ash by Jennifer L. Armentrout
This series mixes prophecy, forbidden love, and mythology-heavy fantasy elements.

4. The Serpent & the Wings of Night by Carissa Broadbent
A darker romantasy featuring a deadly tournament, vampires, and morally gray love interests.

5. The Cruel Prince by Holly Black
A political fae romantasy filled with manipulation, tension, and enemies-to-lovers chemistry.

6. The Bonds That Tie by J. Bree
A RH series that blends romance, action, supernatural abilities and political conflict…and a mate bond!

7. The Shepherd King by Rachel Gillig
A dark fantasy romance about a cursed young woman sharing her mind with a dangerous ancient spirit, set in a kingdom where magic is forbidden and power comes at a deadly cost.

8. Throne of Glass by Sarah J Maas
A fantasy novel centered on an assassin’s fight for freedom, identity, and power in a corrupt empire.

9. Ironside Academy by Jane Washington
A paranormal academy romance about a powerful young woman entering an elite school for the gifted, where psychic abilities, dangerous bonds, and hidden agendas collide.

10. Zodiac Academy by Caroline Peckham
A dark fantasy-romance book series that blends a magical school with astrology, elemental magic, political intrigue, and complex relationships — often with mature themes like bullying, manipulation, dark romance, and power struggles.

What would you recommend?

Not a book post but something that does involve them because I won’t be buying any (and I’ve skipped my book boxes!!)

No Spend March!

It seems a simple challenge so I want to see if I can do it – my son is doing it too!

I saw this on Tik Tok and it’s basically where you commit to spending money only on essentials and cutting out all non-necessary purchases. Essentials are rent, food shop, petrol, bills etc.


What’s Out…..
❌ Takeaways and eating out
❌ Online shopping
❌ Book boxes
❌ Other book purchases
❌ Impulse buys of anything!

I don’t have any clear goals for saving, I just want to see if I can stick to it. But I am going to keep a tracker of what I am spending on and how much and tick off each day that I make it!

Have you ever done this? How did you get on?

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!

Happy March! 🌸

Some weeks are exciting. Others are….just normal. And I’ve had a ‘just normal’ week of work, the never ending decisions of what to make for dinner each day and I listened to an audiobook!

I don’t know if I’ll have an update next week, I’ve started Alchemised and the audio is 36 hours long, 36 hours!

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🎧 Silver and Smoke by Helen Scheuerer
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️.5

See my review soon!

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Book Review – Agnes Aubert’s Mystical Cat Shelter by Heather Fawcett
Book Review – Enchanting the Fae Queen by Stephanie Burgis
Double Book Review – Forging Silver into Stars books 2&3 Brigid Kemmerer

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Feature – February Storygraph Stats
Feature – Stacking the Shelves: January

What have you read lately?

Hello March!!!

Hope March is great for you!

“Springtime is the land awakening.
The March winds are the morning yawn.”
― Lewis Grizzard

“It was one of those March days when the sun shines hot and the wind blows cold: when it is summer in the light, and winter in the shade.”
― Charles Dickens

Series: Forging Silver into Stars

Author: Brigid Kemmerer

Genre: YA Fantasy

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BOOKS IN THE SERIES

Forging Silver into Stars – my review

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Carving Shadows into Gold

This book picks up where we left off in Forging. Tycho and Jax are together and Callyn is with Lia Mara….but alliances are still fractured and the scravers are looking for blood!

All of our characters are having personal struggles, Tycho with his magic and loyalty, Jax with struggling with being in a foreign land with a language he doesn’t understand with people he doesn’t trust and Callyn hiding her newfound magic.

I loved Jax so much, he is my fave character from this series and him and Tycho together makes my heart sing!

But I did feel like this book hung out the story where it didn’t need it a tad . But don’t get me wrong, I liked this read and I will defo be reading book 3!

⭐ Rating: 4 out of 5

Sparking Fire Out of Fate

Here we are in the conclusion and the scravers are inching closer and closer to takeover.

This book was packed with action and danger — by the final chapters, my heart was in my mouth! I genuinely felt on edge the whole time.

Alec and Callyn were so sweet together, and I completely fell in love with Alec. Honestly, it was a real struggle deciding who I loved more — Alec or Jax. Both of their character arcs were beautifully developed and truly outstanding.

This was such a satisfying conclusion. I’m going to miss this world and these characters… but I’m really hoping we might get a Nora book next!

⭐ Rating: 5 out of 5

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Sound like something you’d like?

Title: Enchanting the Fae Queen

Series: Queens of Villainy #2

Author: Stephanie Burgis

Genre: Romantasy

Year of publication: 2026

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BOOKS IN THE SERIES

Wooing the Witch Queen – review

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QUOTE

A seductive fae queen meets her unexpected match in the enemy empire’s valiant general.

BLURB

Queen Lorelei is a notorious fae seductress, with a trail of broken hearts in her wake. But behind her glamorous lifestyle and sparkling mask lurks a dangerously intelligent woman who’d do anything to keep her people safe, including kidnap the empire’s most famous hero.

The virtuous high general Gerard de Moireul represents all that is moral and true. He has to, after his parents were executed for treason. The last thing he needs is the Queen of Balravia, who showers glitter and rainbow-colored sparkles everywhere she goes without the slightest regard for good taste, decorum, or royal dignity.

They’re opposites in every way, but when they’re swept up together in a grand–and deadly–fae tournament, they discover all of each other’s most hidden truths–and how perfectly they might be suited for each other after all.

I loved Wooing the Witch Queen, so I couldn’t wait to dive into Queen Lorelei’s story and meet her kidnappee!

This book has it all — a tournament, romance, political intrigue, and two slightly broken souls finding their way. It’s fun, witty, and just a little bit steamy.

Lorelei is like a glittery cloud — bright, chaotic, and impossible not to love.

Gerard, the stoic general, is loyal, honorable, and adorably grumpy… and yes, built!!!!!

When Lorelei kidnaps Gerard, they end up thrown into a dangerous Fae tournament where survival depends on teamwork. As they face trials together, trust begins to grow. Despite being complete opposites, they slowly discover who the other truly is — and realize they’re stronger as a pair.

And that ending! With Queen Ailana up next, I absolutely cannot wait.

⭐ Rating: 5 out of 5

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Sound like something you’d like?

Title: Agnes Aubert’s Mystical Cat Shelter

Author: Heather Fawcett

Genre: Cozy Fantasy

Year of publication: 2026

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Agnes Aubert leads a meticulously organized life—and she likes it that way. As the proudly type-A manager of a much-needed cat rescue charity, she has devoted her life to finding forever homes for lost cats.

But after she is forced to move the cat shelter, Agnes learns that her new landlord is using her charity as a front—for an internationally renowned and thoroughly disreputable magic shop. Owned by the disorganized—not to mention self-absorbed, irritating, but also decidedly handsome—Havelock Renard, magician and failed Dark Lord, the shop draws magical clientele from around the world, partly due to the quality of Havelock’s illicit goods as well as their curiosity about his shadowy past and rumors of his incredible powers. Agnes’s charity offers the perfect cover for illegal magics.

Agnes couldn’t care less about the shop—magical intrigue or not, there are cats to be rescued. But when an enemy from Havelock’s past surfaces, the magic shop—and more importantly, the cat shelter—are suddenly in jeopardy. To save the shelter, will Agnes have to set aside her social conscience and protect the man who once tried to bring about the apocalypse—and is now trying to steal her heart?

I’m 100% a cat person, so combine cats with magicians and I was sold!

Agnes is a cat person too. She rescues them, looks after them and pairs them with good owners. After her old shop is blown apart by a magician, she needs a new place to rent. She stumbles across one that also happens to house The Wicked King… aka Havelock Renard — who is very much not what he seems!

With tales of her cats, the police, an evil sister, a good sister, a timid romance and a mysterious object…our story unfolds!

Before I go on……Havelock = all the hearts!

I’ll admit, at the beginning I wasn’t sure I was going to gel with this story. But then I got completely swept up in the cosy comfort of it, the time period, the atmosphere, just all of it! It definitely gave me Howl’s vibes in places, and the cats (and their very distinct personalities) were absolutely fabulous!

The ending wasn’t what I expected, but I’m honestly quite happy filling in the rest in my own head!

⭐ Rating: 4.5 out of 5

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Sound like something you’d like?

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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: Quotes From/Reading Books

Being a reader is more than a hobby, it’s a way of life. So here are some quotes that are perfect for book lovers, bibliophiles, and anyone who believes in the magic of words!

And now…some quotes from books that I enjoyed!