Esmay Rosalyne
@esmayrosalyne.bsky.social
23 || Dutch || She/Her || 🌈 || (SFF) Indie/Self-Pub Enthusiast || Book reviewer at https://www.grimdarkmagazine.com/ & https://beforewegoblog.com
☀️ JULY WRAP-UP ☀️
No new 5-star faves, but easily one of my strongest reading months this year 🔥
BOTM is definitely Only a Grave Will Do by @jamesldulin.bsky.social , closely followed by Sorcery & Small Magics, The Six Deaths of the Saint and The Crystal Heir!
How was your July? ❤️
No new 5-star faves, but easily one of my strongest reading months this year 🔥
BOTM is definitely Only a Grave Will Do by @jamesldulin.bsky.social , closely followed by Sorcery & Small Magics, The Six Deaths of the Saint and The Crystal Heir!
How was your July? ❤️
August 1, 2025 at 3:33 PM
☀️ JULY WRAP-UP ☀️
No new 5-star faves, but easily one of my strongest reading months this year 🔥
BOTM is definitely Only a Grave Will Do by @jamesldulin.bsky.social , closely followed by Sorcery & Small Magics, The Six Deaths of the Saint and The Crystal Heir!
How was your July? ❤️
No new 5-star faves, but easily one of my strongest reading months this year 🔥
BOTM is definitely Only a Grave Will Do by @jamesldulin.bsky.social , closely followed by Sorcery & Small Magics, The Six Deaths of the Saint and The Crystal Heir!
How was your July? ❤️
🌈 June Wrap-Up 🌈
My June reading was so damn queer, and I love that for me. Found some amazing hidden gems! 🤩
BotM would be Compound Fracture, closely followed by Yield Under Great Persuasion and One Day, Everyone Will Have Always Been Against This.
How was your June? 💜
My June reading was so damn queer, and I love that for me. Found some amazing hidden gems! 🤩
BotM would be Compound Fracture, closely followed by Yield Under Great Persuasion and One Day, Everyone Will Have Always Been Against This.
How was your June? 💜
July 1, 2025 at 6:22 PM
🌈 June Wrap-Up 🌈
My June reading was so damn queer, and I love that for me. Found some amazing hidden gems! 🤩
BotM would be Compound Fracture, closely followed by Yield Under Great Persuasion and One Day, Everyone Will Have Always Been Against This.
How was your June? 💜
My June reading was so damn queer, and I love that for me. Found some amazing hidden gems! 🤩
BotM would be Compound Fracture, closely followed by Yield Under Great Persuasion and One Day, Everyone Will Have Always Been Against This.
How was your June? 💜
Happy Book Birthday to The Forgotten Dawn by @lauraablake.bsky.social 🔥💜
Available now on KU, paperback and hardcover! 😍
Available now on KU, paperback and hardcover! 😍
June 5, 2025 at 5:24 PM
Happy Book Birthday to The Forgotten Dawn by @lauraablake.bsky.social 🔥💜
Available now on KU, paperback and hardcover! 😍
Available now on KU, paperback and hardcover! 😍
⚡️ MAY WRAP-UP ⚡️
Grateful for the books that brought me some comfort & distraction over the past few weeks :)
My book of the month is a toss-up between Parallax by Amber Toro and When the Wolf Comes Home by Nat Cassidy!
How did your May go? 💖
Grateful for the books that brought me some comfort & distraction over the past few weeks :)
My book of the month is a toss-up between Parallax by Amber Toro and When the Wolf Comes Home by Nat Cassidy!
How did your May go? 💖
June 1, 2025 at 12:37 PM
⚡️ MAY WRAP-UP ⚡️
Grateful for the books that brought me some comfort & distraction over the past few weeks :)
My book of the month is a toss-up between Parallax by Amber Toro and When the Wolf Comes Home by Nat Cassidy!
How did your May go? 💖
Grateful for the books that brought me some comfort & distraction over the past few weeks :)
My book of the month is a toss-up between Parallax by Amber Toro and When the Wolf Comes Home by Nat Cassidy!
How did your May go? 💖
🎈 APRIL WRAP-UP 🎈
I went full-on mood reading mode in April & found lots of great reads!
Also, imagine finding one of your new all-time favourite trilogies in your bday month... Age of Madness = perfection 🔥
What were your highlights? Anything I need to add to the TBR?
I went full-on mood reading mode in April & found lots of great reads!
Also, imagine finding one of your new all-time favourite trilogies in your bday month... Age of Madness = perfection 🔥
What were your highlights? Anything I need to add to the TBR?
May 1, 2025 at 1:19 PM
🎈 APRIL WRAP-UP 🎈
I went full-on mood reading mode in April & found lots of great reads!
Also, imagine finding one of your new all-time favourite trilogies in your bday month... Age of Madness = perfection 🔥
What were your highlights? Anything I need to add to the TBR?
I went full-on mood reading mode in April & found lots of great reads!
Also, imagine finding one of your new all-time favourite trilogies in your bday month... Age of Madness = perfection 🔥
What were your highlights? Anything I need to add to the TBR?
It's my birthday!! 🥳
Twenty-three, show me what you’ve got ❤️🔥
Twenty-three, show me what you’ve got ❤️🔥
April 24, 2025 at 10:12 AM
It's my birthday!! 🥳
Twenty-three, show me what you’ve got ❤️🔥
Twenty-three, show me what you’ve got ❤️🔥
Okay so it's not like I have been reading bad books... BUT I'm currently reading A Little Hatred by Joe Abercrombie & listening to The Hobbit narrated by Andy Serkis and I swear this storytelling/performance is just on another level friends 😍
I LOVE READING SO MUCH 🔥
I LOVE READING SO MUCH 🔥
April 15, 2025 at 3:04 PM
Okay so it's not like I have been reading bad books... BUT I'm currently reading A Little Hatred by Joe Abercrombie & listening to The Hobbit narrated by Andy Serkis and I swear this storytelling/performance is just on another level friends 😍
I LOVE READING SO MUCH 🔥
I LOVE READING SO MUCH 🔥
🔥 Q1 FAVOURITES 🔥
Whew, 2025 has been crazyyy so far, but luckily I've had some amazing reads to give me joy, comfort & escape this first quarter!
Out of the 75 books I read in Jan, Feb & March, these 10 are my standouts! 🔗⬇️
What are your top reads of 2025 so far? 🤍
Whew, 2025 has been crazyyy so far, but luckily I've had some amazing reads to give me joy, comfort & escape this first quarter!
Out of the 75 books I read in Jan, Feb & March, these 10 are my standouts! 🔗⬇️
What are your top reads of 2025 so far? 🤍
April 6, 2025 at 6:02 PM
🔥 Q1 FAVOURITES 🔥
Whew, 2025 has been crazyyy so far, but luckily I've had some amazing reads to give me joy, comfort & escape this first quarter!
Out of the 75 books I read in Jan, Feb & March, these 10 are my standouts! 🔗⬇️
What are your top reads of 2025 so far? 🤍
Whew, 2025 has been crazyyy so far, but luckily I've had some amazing reads to give me joy, comfort & escape this first quarter!
Out of the 75 books I read in Jan, Feb & March, these 10 are my standouts! 🔗⬇️
What are your top reads of 2025 so far? 🤍
💫 MARCH WRAP UP 💫
Talk about a strong reading month!! I needed all the escape and these books delivered 🔥
My BotM is 100% The Raven Scholar, closely followed by The Forgotten Dawn, Whispers of the Storm & Sunrise on the Reaping.
How was your March? 🥰
Talk about a strong reading month!! I needed all the escape and these books delivered 🔥
My BotM is 100% The Raven Scholar, closely followed by The Forgotten Dawn, Whispers of the Storm & Sunrise on the Reaping.
How was your March? 🥰
April 1, 2025 at 1:26 PM
💫 MARCH WRAP UP 💫
Talk about a strong reading month!! I needed all the escape and these books delivered 🔥
My BotM is 100% The Raven Scholar, closely followed by The Forgotten Dawn, Whispers of the Storm & Sunrise on the Reaping.
How was your March? 🥰
Talk about a strong reading month!! I needed all the escape and these books delivered 🔥
My BotM is 100% The Raven Scholar, closely followed by The Forgotten Dawn, Whispers of the Storm & Sunrise on the Reaping.
How was your March? 🥰
That feeling when you are absolutely LOVING both of your current reads 😍
Cello's Gate @mauriceafrich.bsky.social - a fun sci-fantasy with skypirates and Indiana Jones vibes 🏴☠️
The Raven Scholar - a political murder mystery with a competition for the crown
Needless to say, ADD THESE TO YOUR TBR!
Cello's Gate @mauriceafrich.bsky.social - a fun sci-fantasy with skypirates and Indiana Jones vibes 🏴☠️
The Raven Scholar - a political murder mystery with a competition for the crown
Needless to say, ADD THESE TO YOUR TBR!
March 24, 2025 at 6:16 PM
That feeling when you are absolutely LOVING both of your current reads 😍
Cello's Gate @mauriceafrich.bsky.social - a fun sci-fantasy with skypirates and Indiana Jones vibes 🏴☠️
The Raven Scholar - a political murder mystery with a competition for the crown
Needless to say, ADD THESE TO YOUR TBR!
Cello's Gate @mauriceafrich.bsky.social - a fun sci-fantasy with skypirates and Indiana Jones vibes 🏴☠️
The Raven Scholar - a political murder mystery with a competition for the crown
Needless to say, ADD THESE TO YOUR TBR!
Well would you look at that, I actually completed the r/fantasy bingo board right before the deadline at the end of this month!! 🥳
Tried my best to use as much indie/self-pub titles as possible, and only missed out on 2 hard mode prompts.
Have you done this challenge? ❤️
Tried my best to use as much indie/self-pub titles as possible, and only missed out on 2 hard mode prompts.
Have you done this challenge? ❤️
March 23, 2025 at 4:41 PM
Well would you look at that, I actually completed the r/fantasy bingo board right before the deadline at the end of this month!! 🥳
Tried my best to use as much indie/self-pub titles as possible, and only missed out on 2 hard mode prompts.
Have you done this challenge? ❤️
Tried my best to use as much indie/self-pub titles as possible, and only missed out on 2 hard mode prompts.
Have you done this challenge? ❤️
💘 FEBRUARY WRAP UP 💘
The month of love was a bit of a mixed bag for me, but ultimately the highs outweighed the lows :)
My book of the month is a toss-up between Voyage of the Damned and Mists of Memory by @scrimscribes.bsky.social 💙 Hello book hangovers 👀
What did you get up to in February? 🔥
The month of love was a bit of a mixed bag for me, but ultimately the highs outweighed the lows :)
My book of the month is a toss-up between Voyage of the Damned and Mists of Memory by @scrimscribes.bsky.social 💙 Hello book hangovers 👀
What did you get up to in February? 🔥
March 1, 2025 at 4:27 PM
💘 FEBRUARY WRAP UP 💘
The month of love was a bit of a mixed bag for me, but ultimately the highs outweighed the lows :)
My book of the month is a toss-up between Voyage of the Damned and Mists of Memory by @scrimscribes.bsky.social 💙 Hello book hangovers 👀
What did you get up to in February? 🔥
The month of love was a bit of a mixed bag for me, but ultimately the highs outweighed the lows :)
My book of the month is a toss-up between Voyage of the Damned and Mists of Memory by @scrimscribes.bsky.social 💙 Hello book hangovers 👀
What did you get up to in February? 🔥
It finally happened... I have officially succumbed to the DCC hype. Let's see what all the buzz is about 🍩
February 25, 2025 at 9:09 PM
It finally happened... I have officially succumbed to the DCC hype. Let's see what all the buzz is about 🍩
HAPPY BOOK BIRTHDAY TO MY CURRENT FAVOURITE BOOK OF 2025!!! 🔥
The Diplomacy of the Knife by @cmcaplanwrites.bsky.social gave me everything I didn’t even know I needed from this sequel, and it’s just about as perfect as a book is going to get for my dark and twisted soul 👌
GO BUY IT BABESSSS!!!
The Diplomacy of the Knife by @cmcaplanwrites.bsky.social gave me everything I didn’t even know I needed from this sequel, and it’s just about as perfect as a book is going to get for my dark and twisted soul 👌
GO BUY IT BABESSSS!!!
February 20, 2025 at 4:23 PM
HAPPY BOOK BIRTHDAY TO MY CURRENT FAVOURITE BOOK OF 2025!!! 🔥
The Diplomacy of the Knife by @cmcaplanwrites.bsky.social gave me everything I didn’t even know I needed from this sequel, and it’s just about as perfect as a book is going to get for my dark and twisted soul 👌
GO BUY IT BABESSSS!!!
The Diplomacy of the Knife by @cmcaplanwrites.bsky.social gave me everything I didn’t even know I needed from this sequel, and it’s just about as perfect as a book is going to get for my dark and twisted soul 👌
GO BUY IT BABESSSS!!!
Don't mind me kicking myself for not picking up Sea of Souls by @scrimscribes.bsky.social earlier... I am LOVING this one even more than I thought I would 😍
Have you read this dark folkloric high seas fantasy adventure yet? 🖤
Have you read this dark folkloric high seas fantasy adventure yet? 🖤
February 4, 2025 at 2:14 PM
Don't mind me kicking myself for not picking up Sea of Souls by @scrimscribes.bsky.social earlier... I am LOVING this one even more than I thought I would 😍
Have you read this dark folkloric high seas fantasy adventure yet? 🖤
Have you read this dark folkloric high seas fantasy adventure yet? 🖤
❄️ JANUARY WRAP-UP ❄️
A bit of a mixed bag for me, but at least I found my first 5-star read of 2025 in Diplomacy of the Knife by @cmcaplanwrites.bsky.social 🔥
Also loved Discovery by @jajminton.bsky.social , The Travelling Cat Chronicles & my reread of Age of Myth 🤍
How was your January?
A bit of a mixed bag for me, but at least I found my first 5-star read of 2025 in Diplomacy of the Knife by @cmcaplanwrites.bsky.social 🔥
Also loved Discovery by @jajminton.bsky.social , The Travelling Cat Chronicles & my reread of Age of Myth 🤍
How was your January?
February 1, 2025 at 2:38 PM
❄️ JANUARY WRAP-UP ❄️
A bit of a mixed bag for me, but at least I found my first 5-star read of 2025 in Diplomacy of the Knife by @cmcaplanwrites.bsky.social 🔥
Also loved Discovery by @jajminton.bsky.social , The Travelling Cat Chronicles & my reread of Age of Myth 🤍
How was your January?
A bit of a mixed bag for me, but at least I found my first 5-star read of 2025 in Diplomacy of the Knife by @cmcaplanwrites.bsky.social 🔥
Also loved Discovery by @jajminton.bsky.social , The Travelling Cat Chronicles & my reread of Age of Myth 🤍
How was your January?
In case we didn't already know, @kayshiddenshelf.bsky.social has the absolute best recs!! 🔥
I picked up The Travelling Cat Chronicles because of her gushing and finished it in two sittings... MY HEART!!❤️
Check out Kay's review (🔗⬇️) , she captures its beauty better than I ever could.
I picked up The Travelling Cat Chronicles because of her gushing and finished it in two sittings... MY HEART!!❤️
Check out Kay's review (🔗⬇️) , she captures its beauty better than I ever could.
January 31, 2025 at 6:18 PM
In case we didn't already know, @kayshiddenshelf.bsky.social has the absolute best recs!! 🔥
I picked up The Travelling Cat Chronicles because of her gushing and finished it in two sittings... MY HEART!!❤️
Check out Kay's review (🔗⬇️) , she captures its beauty better than I ever could.
I picked up The Travelling Cat Chronicles because of her gushing and finished it in two sittings... MY HEART!!❤️
Check out Kay's review (🔗⬇️) , she captures its beauty better than I ever could.
I think I started about 10+ books and nothing was grabbing me, and then I remembered I still have a new Hybrid Helix book still waiting for me to read.
30% in and loving it, Rohan saves the day yet again! Excited to see all that @jcmberne.bsky.social has in store for us in Suppression of Powers 🔥
30% in and loving it, Rohan saves the day yet again! Excited to see all that @jcmberne.bsky.social has in store for us in Suppression of Powers 🔥
January 21, 2025 at 2:31 PM
I think I started about 10+ books and nothing was grabbing me, and then I remembered I still have a new Hybrid Helix book still waiting for me to read.
30% in and loving it, Rohan saves the day yet again! Excited to see all that @jcmberne.bsky.social has in store for us in Suppression of Powers 🔥
30% in and loving it, Rohan saves the day yet again! Excited to see all that @jcmberne.bsky.social has in store for us in Suppression of Powers 🔥
Happy book birthday to The Way Up is Death by @danhanks.bsky.social 🔥
"In turns brutally disturbing, hysterically funny and soul-stirringly poignant, this extraordinarily bizarre acid trip of a survival adventure will melt your brain and crush your soul without remorse"
Go get it NOW! 🖤
"In turns brutally disturbing, hysterically funny and soul-stirringly poignant, this extraordinarily bizarre acid trip of a survival adventure will melt your brain and crush your soul without remorse"
Go get it NOW! 🖤
January 14, 2025 at 4:40 PM
Happy book birthday to The Way Up is Death by @danhanks.bsky.social 🔥
"In turns brutally disturbing, hysterically funny and soul-stirringly poignant, this extraordinarily bizarre acid trip of a survival adventure will melt your brain and crush your soul without remorse"
Go get it NOW! 🖤
"In turns brutally disturbing, hysterically funny and soul-stirringly poignant, this extraordinarily bizarre acid trip of a survival adventure will melt your brain and crush your soul without remorse"
Go get it NOW! 🖤
🔥 NON-SFF FAVES & HONOURABLE MENTIONS 🔥
January 1, 2025 at 8:59 PM
🔥 NON-SFF FAVES & HONOURABLE MENTIONS 🔥
🔥 SFF FAVES - TRAD & INDIE 🔥
January 1, 2025 at 8:59 PM
🔥 SFF FAVES - TRAD & INDIE 🔥
✨ 2024 FAVOURITES & STATS ✨
Thank you to all the authors & bookish friends who brought me so much joy and comfort over the past year, you all mean the world to me ❤️
Let's rock 2025 together, cheers🥂
Discover my Top 30 Books (best 10%) & honourable mentions in thread ⬇️
Thank you to all the authors & bookish friends who brought me so much joy and comfort over the past year, you all mean the world to me ❤️
Let's rock 2025 together, cheers🥂
Discover my Top 30 Books (best 10%) & honourable mentions in thread ⬇️
January 1, 2025 at 8:59 PM
✨ 2024 FAVOURITES & STATS ✨
Thank you to all the authors & bookish friends who brought me so much joy and comfort over the past year, you all mean the world to me ❤️
Let's rock 2025 together, cheers🥂
Discover my Top 30 Books (best 10%) & honourable mentions in thread ⬇️
Thank you to all the authors & bookish friends who brought me so much joy and comfort over the past year, you all mean the world to me ❤️
Let's rock 2025 together, cheers🥂
Discover my Top 30 Books (best 10%) & honourable mentions in thread ⬇️
Before wrapping up 2024 (keep your eyes peeled for my faves list asap!), we've got to do the December wrap-up first!
My mood drifted all over the place this month, but I definitely ended the year on a high note 🔥
How did you close out 2024? Any last-minute faves? ❤️
My mood drifted all over the place this month, but I definitely ended the year on a high note 🔥
How did you close out 2024? Any last-minute faves? ❤️
December 31, 2024 at 7:05 PM
Before wrapping up 2024 (keep your eyes peeled for my faves list asap!), we've got to do the December wrap-up first!
My mood drifted all over the place this month, but I definitely ended the year on a high note 🔥
How did you close out 2024? Any last-minute faves? ❤️
My mood drifted all over the place this month, but I definitely ended the year on a high note 🔥
How did you close out 2024? Any last-minute faves? ❤️