Fallen GodsRavenousNightshade Daybreak MatePrincess of Blood BookbinderBonds of Hercules
1 Princess of Blood by Sarah Hawley 2 Bonds of Hercules by Jasmine Mas 3 Nightshade by Autumn Woods 4 Ravenous by Kresley Cole 5 From Blood and Ash by JLA 6 Fallen Gods by Rachel Van Dyken 7 The Book Binder by Helen Scheuerer 8 Mate by Ali Hazelwood 9 Daybreak by Autumn Woods 10 A Witches Guide to Magical Innkeeping by Sangu Mandanna
It’s been seven years since Mallory shot to fame as a literary sensation. But after years of struggling with writer’s block, she’s desperate to resurrect her career before it spirals into obscurity. She needs inspiration to strike – and fast.
GO SAD
Enter Leo – a young struggling addict sleeping under bridges and trading sex for survival. He’s vulnerable. He’s enigmatic. He’s exactly what Mallory has been looking for.
GO DARK
Mallory needs Leo if she wants another bestseller. Authenticity sells, and there’s nothing more authentic than real life. She’s the perfect person to tell Leo’s story. Gay, sad, dark – just what the world needs right now. But as secrets threaten to unravel more than just her career, Mallory must decide: just how far will she go to pen the perfect story?
Wow. Words fail me.
And it’s very good that this didn’t happen to the author in this book because it is SUPERB!!!!
I have read all the books from this author so I shouldn’t be surprised because they are all so good. They all feel so real and so raw.
Mallory – a writer with writers block Leo – addict who can’t get out Ronan – Mallory’s husband Stacey – Mallory’s Mum
Mallory meets Leo and a book idea pops into her head. And what ensues is dark humour, devastation (mine!), anger (again mine!) and made me want to grab Mallory and Leo and crush them with a massive hug.
I don’t even know what more to say apart from please, please, please read this!
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Topic: Authors Who Live In My Country
This week is meant to be Bookish Places I’ve Visited but my mind went blank so I’ve changed it up!!!
VE Schwab SF Williamson Caroline Peckham Genevieve Cogman Josh Silver
I admit I did have issues knowing what authors I’d read who actually live in England….so I’m reaching with the next ones!
Jane Austin Charles Dickens William Shakespeare Mary Shelley Emily Bronte
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What a week! Our 5th heatwave has gone, my overtime has now finished and I’m left feeling mentally exhausted and tired! I was so ready for a relaxing weekend!
My son got his GCSE results and he passed, woohoo!!! Another weight off my mind! He has an interview on Tuesday for an apprenticeship so cross fingers it goes well!
I’ve also got a new visitor in my garden so bought him some walnuts!
🎧 Weavingshaw by Heba Al-Wasity ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
See my review soon!
Book Review – Day Break by Autumn Woods Book Review – A Witches Guide to Magical Innkeeping by Sangu Mandanna
Book Review – Fruit Fly by Josh Silver Challenge – 20 Books of Summer
Once, Sera Swan was one of the most powerful witches in Britain – until she sacrificed most of her magic to resurrect her beloved aunt. Now she runs an enchanted inn in Lancashire, where she deals with her quirky guests’ shenanigans and longs for a future that seems entirely lost.
Then she meets Luke Larsen, the handsome and icy magical historian who could hold the key to restoring her power. Luke has no interest in the inn’s goings-on or letting a certain witch past his walls, so no one is more surprised than he when he agrees to help. Worse, he might actually be thawing.
But as the two work together alongside the family Sera has built, she begins to wonder . . . could love be the best magic of all?
Fifteen years ago, Sera lost most of her magic and was exiled after using forbidden magic but what she got out of it was her Aunt, The Battyhole Inn (the best name ever!) and some pretty spectacular guests if you ask me!
Now, news has turned up about a spell that could replenish the magic Sera lost. Who also turns up at the Inn is Luke and his adorable sister, Posy. So….they set about finding the stuffs that she needs for the spell.
What you have here is a story about redemption, finding yourself but standing up for what’s right and realising what you had all along was just….enough.
~ Cozy fantasy ~ Double grumpy energy! ~ Found family ~ An amazing skeleton animal companion ~ Emotionally darker than the previous book ~ A cute love story
LOVE. LIES. BETRAYAL. WELCOME BACK TO SORROWSONG UNIVERSITY . . .
Alex Corbeau-Green left his heart behind.
Now his world is burning down, and Ophelia Winters is desperate to prove she didn’t strike the match. When she first joined Sorrowsong University, she wanted nothing more than to destroy Alex and his high-powered family. But that was before she knew him – before she fell for the man behind the reputation.
In the face of an unthinkable betrayal and the disappearance of his father, Alex is forced to return to New York, hoping to forget what he had with Ophelia and to undo the damage done to his family.
In Scotland, Ophelia is left reeling, alone . . . and watched. With a new anonymous tormentor threatening them both, the pair find themselves drawn back to one another. But can they rebuild the love and trust between them? And, even if they can, will it be enough to keep them alive?
I came to a realisation as I started this book…..I LOVE ALEX CORBEAU-GREEN!!!
He’s flawed and so intense but he loves his family, his friends and Ophelia more than his own life. His love for her is obsessive but I loved it.
‘Falling in love isn’t the right description. I’ve been plummeting since I met her, haven’t stopped since. Each day when I think I might find the bottom, that my feelings for her couldn’t intensify any more, she does something else that sends the ground flying away from me again.’
The banter, the aching and the longing, there was so much! I gorged on every yearn!!
This book was dark and devastating but incredibly beautiful. It doesn’t shy away from the darker aspects of mental health problems but it does so with care and respect and made the story more powerful and deeply moving.
The epilogue and the bonus chapter made my heart sing, and to put it simply, this duology is pure perfection!
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Topic: Book Series I Want to Catch Up On
I could’ve picked sooooo many!
4th WingAll for the Game FBAARed RisingDefy the NightLegendbornLocked tombMy VampiresSins of the Zodiac Dearly Beloathed
Fourth Wing by Rebecca Yarros All for the Game by Nora Sakavic From Blood and Ash by JLA Red Rising by Pierce Brown Defy the Night by Brigid Kemmerer Legendborn by Tracy Deonn The Locked Tomb by Tamsyn Muir My Vampires by Jenna Levine Sins of the Zodiac by Caroline Peckham Dearly Beloathed by Brigitte Knightley
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Hope you’ve had a good week!
Another week, another heatwave. And it was horrible. Even worse because my quest of finding a portable ac unit failed because they are all sold out!
This week, I started a book. I got halfway through it and realised it just wasn’t for me. Nothing to do with the writing, it was the genre! Sometimes it happens eh!
Here are some new books releasing in September 2026 that I’m most excited for…and yes, I have preordered some and another (I think) is going to be in a book box – gawd, I’m going to be so skint.
The Knave and the Moon by Rachel Gillig Blightfall by Brandon Sanderson Dead Beat by Leigh Bardugo Turncloak by LK Steven Sweetest Fiend by Raven Kennedy Kiss of the Black Flame by Helen Scheuerer
CJRTB Books 