Esmé Bonner
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Esmé Bonner
@esmebonner.bsky.social
Aspiring author, English grad., archive assistant at PRH UK

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A strikingly well-penned debut inspired by Irish folklore, The Princess Knight is a love letter to Legally Blonde and high fantasy alike

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Review : The Princess Knight by Cait Jacobs
A strikingly well-penned debut inspired by Irish folklore, The Princess Knight is a love letter to Legally Blonde and high fantasy alike.
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October 16, 2025 at 11:28 AM
Compelling, romantic, shot through with humour, heaving with yearning, and suffuse with heartfelt emotion, Camilla Raines has mastered the complex YA paranormal mystery with The Forsaken and the Fated

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Review : The Forsaken and the Fated by Camilla Raines
The Forsaken and the Fated is the second, and final, book in The Hollow and the Haunted duology, and my God was it worth waiting for! Compelling, romantic, shot through with humour, heaving with yearning, and suffuse with heartfelt emotion, Camilla Raines has mastered the complex YA paranormal mystery.
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September 29, 2025 at 9:23 AM
Thirsty is a sweet, not overly spicy paranormal romance for vampire lovers everywhere! A solid 3 star read, perfect for an October getaway!

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Review : Thirsty by Lucy Lehane
A sweet, not overly spicy paranormal romance for vampire lovers everywhere.
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September 16, 2025 at 10:39 AM
The latest in C.K. McDonnell's hilarious, fantasy fuelled Stranger Times series, Ring the Bells is a unique Christmas-time instalment, running the gamut of series regulars with all of McDonnell's trade-mark irreverence and humour

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Review : Ring the Bells by C.K. McDonnell
The latest in C.K. McDonnell's hilarious, fantasy fuelled Stranger Times series, Ring the Bells is a unique Christmas-time instalment, running the gamut of series regulars with all of McDonnell's trade-mark irreverence and humour.
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September 15, 2025 at 8:53 AM
If there's one thing KJ Charles knows how to write, it is hopelessly devoted historical men. In All of Us Murderers, Charles turns her attention to the early Edwardian era, and tries her hand at the Gothic thriller

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Review : All of Us Murderers by KJ Charles
If there's one thing KJ Charles knows how to write, it is hopelessly devoted historical men. In All of Us Murderers, Charles turns her attention to the early Edwardian era, and tries her hand at the Gothic thriller
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September 3, 2025 at 8:37 AM
Final Destination meets The Monkey in the long-shadow of Eldritch horror in this darkly humorous, unapologetically queer, and bitingly human offering from Chuck Tingle.

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Review : Lucky Day by Chuck Tingle
Final Destination meets The Monkey in the long-shadow of Eldritch horror in this darkly humorous, unapologetically queer, and bitingly human offering from Chuck Tingle.
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August 26, 2025 at 8:59 AM
Humorous, and sufficiently romantic, El-Fassi has penned another very readable romance novel, with memorable characters, and a dash of magic.

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Review : Love at First Fright by Nadia El-Fassi
Humorous, and sufficiently romantic, El-Fassi has penned another very readable romance novel, with memorable characters, and a dash of magic.
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August 11, 2025 at 8:49 AM
Skilfully written, brilliantly executed, and satisfyingly completed, The Second Death of Locke is the first in a series that, I suspect, will remain a genre-defining title for years to come.

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Review : The Second Death of Locke by V.L. Bovalino
Skilfully written, brilliantly executed, and satisfyingly completed, The Second Death of Locke is the first in a series that, I suspect, will remain a genre-defining title for years to come.
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August 1, 2025 at 8:34 AM
Silvercloak is an unusual kind of Romantasy, with a unique magic system, and strong sense of place. Dark, romantic, and unique, Silvercloak is unlike anything else!

See a full review of L.K. Steven's thrilling romantasy on my blog!

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Review : Silvercloak by L.K. Steven
Silvercloak is an unusual kind of Romantasy-thriller, with a unique magic system, and strong sense of place. The core story here is interesting. This is not a short book, and I made it through to the end, but I didn't experience that rush of excitement to pick it up again.
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July 9, 2025 at 9:03 AM
Funny, flirty, and full of chemistry, Pitcher Perfect is a hot, moderately-spicy romance, perfect romcom fans. Bailey's latest sees womanising NHL rookie Robbie fall head over skates for softball pitcher Skylar.

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Review : Pitcher Perfect by Tessa Bailey
Pitcher Perfect is a dual POV, third-person sports romance between All American Softball Pitcher Skylar Paige and NHL rookie Robbie Corrigan. Funny, flirty, and full of chemistry, this is a hot, moderately-spicy romance, perfect for fans of the romcom, and the rom-drama alike.
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July 7, 2025 at 8:51 AM
Holly Black meets Emily Henry in the shadow of the Brothers Grimm in How to Find a Nameless Fae, a cosy, heart-flutteringly romantic take on the Rumpelstiltskin story by A.J. Lancaster.

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Review : How to Find a Nameless Fae by A.J. Lancaster
Holly Black meets Emily Henry in the shadow of the Brothers Grimm in this cosy, heart-flutteringly romantic take on the Rumpelstiltskin story.
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June 16, 2025 at 11:06 AM
I have to prefaces to this review: 1) it will not be spoiler free, 2) it won't be positive. As much as I dislike giving poor reviews, I am also not willing to fib. How to Survive a Horror Story started well...

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Review : How to Survive a Horror Story by Mallory Arnold
I have to prefaces to this review: 1) it will not be spoiler free, 2) it won't be positive. As much as I dislike giving poor reviews, I am also not willing to fib. How to Survive a Horror Story started well...
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June 9, 2025 at 11:10 AM
Although it started life as fanfiction, Knightley's The Irresistible Urge to Fall For Your Enemy, part one of the Dearly Beloathed duology, has done what few fan-fic-to-trad-fic works has managed: it has become a well written book in its own right

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Review : The Irresistible Urge to Fall For Your Enemy by Brigitte Knightley
Although it started life as fanfiction, Knightley's The Irresistible Urge to Fall For Your Enemy, part one of the Dearly Beloathed duology, has done what few fan-fic-to-trad-fic works has managed: it has become a well written book in its own right.
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June 2, 2025 at 9:23 AM
He's to Die For is by Erin Dunn is the melding of two worlds, on the one hand a boy-meets-rock-God romance story, on the other a twisty murder investigation: in short, exactly what I was hoping it would be!

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Review : He’s To Die For by Erin Dunn
He's to Die For is by Erin Dunn is the melding of two worlds, on the one hand a boy-meets-rock-God romance story, on the other a twisty murder investigation: in short, exactly what I was hoping it would be.
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May 30, 2025 at 9:20 AM
The Listeners is delightful and compelling, in her interview with The Bookseller Maggie referred to this not as fantasy, or historical fiction, but 'Wonder' a new genre she was pioneering, and I understand now what she meant. Full review below!

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Review : The Listeners by Maggie Stiefvater
The Listeners is delightful and compelling, in her interview with The Bookseller Maggie referred to this not as fantasy, or historical fiction, but 'Wonder' a new genre she was pioneering, and I understand now what she meant. This is unlike anything you have read before
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May 27, 2025 at 9:14 AM
A Queer Case was an unusual kind of novel. I am forever in pursuit of the viscerally human. In A Queer Case, Holtom does not shy away from these opportunities for real, simply stated, linguistically stark human moments. He embraces them.

Full review below!

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Review : A Queer Case by Robert Holtom
A Queer Case was an unusual kind of novel. I am forever in pursuit of the viscerally human. It is a quality you rarely find in books, because a moment of (let's be honest) gross, simply put, un-tip-toed-around bodily reality can undermine scenes of emotional import, it is distracting, sudden, like a jump scare. In A Queer Case, Holtom does not shy away from these opportunities for real, simply stated, linguistically stark human moments
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May 19, 2025 at 10:57 AM
Summer of Love is a fun, funny, whistle-stop romcom set in a sunny reality TV villa filled with sexy singles, and managed by eagle eyed producers. Filled with humour, mad-cap challenges, yearning, sexuality crises, personal development, and drama, Summer of Love is one for the Love Island fans
Review : Summer of Love by Lily Easton
Summer of Love is a fun, funny, whistle-stop romcom set in a sunny reality TV villa filled with sexy singles, and managed by eagle eyed producers.
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May 14, 2025 at 9:03 AM
The Grimoire Grammar School Parent Teacher Association is a subversive anti-trope fantasy, which is unexpected, vibrant, detailed, and emotive. With bitchy magical PTA mums, and the looming spectre of a prophecy, GGSPTA is everything you want in a humorous urban fantasy, but with added Rozakis flair
Review : The Grimoire Grammar School Parent Teacher Association
The Grimoire Grammar School Parent Teacher Association has the same heart of subversive anti-trope fantasy, unexpected, vibrant, detailed, and emotive. With bitchy magical PTA mums, and the looming spectre of a prophecy, GGSPTA is everything you want in a humorous urban fantasy, but with added Rozakis emotional flair that makes her characters, and stories, so compelling.
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May 12, 2025 at 9:58 AM
In an alternate America, where colonialism was never realised, and magic never died out, a Knight Maiden of the Order of Joan, the beautiful, keen, and secretive Bernie Chandler, is tasked with solving a series of brutal murders.
Review : First-Degree Magic by J.M. Linkhart
In an alternate America, where colonialism was never realised, and magic never died out, a Knight Maiden of the Order of Joan, the beautiful, keen, and secretive Bernie Chandler, is tasked with solving a series of brutal murders.
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May 6, 2025 at 9:10 AM