Paths converge and prophecies unfold as Safi and Iseult―the legendary Cahr Awen―fight their way across the Witchlands to heal the final Origin Well. With ancient figures rising from the past, the R…

A ghost filled caper

WWW Wednesday is a weekly meme hosted by Sam over on Taking on a World of Words The idea is pretty simple, every week you dedicate a post to the three W’s: What are you currently reading? What…

Title: Break Wide the Sea Author: Sara Holland Publisher: Wednesday Books Published: November 11, 2025 Pages: 336 Format: e-arc via Netgalley Goodreads Blurb: "A young woman cursed with a fatal heartbreak-induced sickness must race against time to find a cure and protect her family legacy from the ancient finfolk that would destroy it, the fiancé that would kill her for it, and the boy who would love her if she forsook it.

From Alix E. Harrow, the New York Times bestselling author of Starling House, comes a moving and genre-defying quest about the lady-knight whose legend built a nation, and the cowardly historian se…

Hello, hello! If you’ve been following me for a while, you’ll know that while my heart firmly leans towards fantasy, of late I have been dipping and diving out of that genre a little mo…

The Renegades are a syndicate of prodigies — humans with extraordinary abilities — who emerged from the ruins of a crumbled society and established peace and order where chaos reigned. As champions…

Title: The Nameless Land (The Witch Roads #2) Author: Kate Elliott Publisher: Tor Books Published: November 4, 2025 Pages: 419 Format: e-ARC and Finished Copy. Thank you, Netgalley and Tor!! Goodreads Blurb: "Surprising betrayals, surprising alliances, and surprising discoveries of heritage abound in this energetic sequel to The Witch Roads. When the royal party finds themselves in a land they never believed they could access, it will take all of Prince Gevulin's (admittedly impressive) diplomatic skills to forge a coalition with an unlikely group of would-be allies.

It’s time to look at October’s community posts. I didn’t realise how many reviews I checked out this month, but that explains how my TBR exploded with new titles because all these…

First Lines Fridays is a weekly feature for book lovers hosted by Wandering Words. What if instead of judging a book by its cover, its author or its prestige, we judged it by its opening lines? Pic…

Summer, 1989: ten-year-old Suzanne is drawn like a magnet to her father’s forbidden world of electric guitars and tricked-out cars. When her mother remarries, she jumps at the chance to tag along o…

When Selena travels to the remote desert town of Quartz Creek in search of her estranged Aunt Amelia, she is desperate and short of options. Fleeing an unhappy marriage, she has exactly twenty-seve…

A Literary Escape's October 2025 book blog wrap-up that recaps reviews posted, books read, and other bookish tidbits done during the month.

First Lines Fridays is a weekly feature for book lovers hosted by Wandering Words. What if instead of judging a book by its cover, its author or its prestige, we judged it by its opening lines? Pic…

In the great walled city of Isara, political turmoil ignites a rebellion one hundred years in the making. But when a legionnaire falls in love with a Magistrate’s daughter, their love will th…

Hello! I’ve seen Julie at One Book More do this a few times and haven’t really found the book I wanted to do it with until now… of course it was a Harrow book. But when I was tryi…

A book review on A Literary Escape about The Fairy Bargains of Prospect Hill by Rowenna Miller, a historical fantasy set in the early 1900s.

Jude is a saint with dangerous magic – exiled by the Abbey to live out his days in a decaying estate on the moors alone – until gifted iconographer Maeve is sent to paint his icon. Suspecting she’s…

Hey, I got that nifty little notification congratulating me on another year of blogging! I knew it was coming up, yet that anniversary post I was planning just didn’t happen. At any rate, I&#…