Category: Fantasy

The Half Blood Prince is the sixth and penultimate book in the Harry Potter series. To jump straight to my thoughts on it - I feel like it doesn't really move a lot on, has a lot of unnecessary filler and only satisfies the reader with a few important elements to help build up to the final book in the series and the finale we're all waiting for. This article contains affiliate links. This means if you choose to purchase any products via the links below, I may receive a small commission at no extra cost to you. These affiliate links do not affect my final opinion of the product. Before reading this review, make sure you're up to date with the books and read my review of The Order…

The Light That Blinds Us is a debut young adult fantasy from Andy Darcy Theo, which I picked up because I follow Andy on socials and enjoyed his content and his character! The book also grabbed my attention with its unique blend of elemental magic and mystery. This article contains affiliate links. This means if you choose to purchase any products via the links below, I may receive a small commission at no extra cost to you. These affiliate links do not affect my final opinion of the product. Right from the start, the story manages to balance tension with emotional beats so your investment only grows as you move through the pages. There’s a real sense of weight and urgency to the story that kept me hooked throughout, too.…

The fifth book in the Harry Potter series is where the whole series takes a whole new tone. After the dramatic events of the ending of the Goblet of Fire, the whole wizarding world is thrown into question and only a select few know how truly scary it’s about to become out there. This article contains affiliate links. This means if you choose to purchase any products via the links below, I may receive a small commission at no extra cost to you. These affiliate links do not affect my final opinion of the product. Please note, this review will likely contain minor spoilers from the previous books in the series, so if you haven’t read my review of Goblet of Fire yet, please do that first. Also not, this…

I'd seen Dungeon Crawler Carl all over the internet before picking it up. A lot of people had picked it up as their first LitRPG and were raving about it, so I knew I had to pick it up at some point. After an internal dilemma about spending £20+ on a book I wasn't sure if I was going to enjoy yet, I bought it from Amazon and began to read it quite quickly after it arrived, as I was excited to get into it. This article contains affiliate links. This means if you choose to purchase any products via the links below, I may receive a small commission at no extra cost to you. These affiliate links do not affect my final opinion of the product. Dungeon Crawler Carl…

The Lies of Locke Lamora has been a book that's been on both my virtual and physical TBR for what feels like years now. It's a book that whenever anybody talks about the best fantasy books, is one that often appears on people's lists. So I thought it was about time I finally picked it up and formed my own opinion on it. This article contains affiliate links. This means if you choose to purchase any products via the links below, I may receive a small commission at no extra cost to you. These affiliate links do not affect my final opinion of the product. The Lies of Locke Lamora predominantly follows the rise of our main protagonist Locke Lamora. I say predominantly because it does heavily feature a cast…

When you discuss legends of the fantasy genre names like J.R.R. Tolkien, Stephen King, Robert Jordan are often names suggested but Anne McCaffrey has written a series of over 20 books which were first published in 1968 - an under-heard of OG of the fantasy genre. Dragonflight is the first in the grand series that McCaffrey is known for. It's not that long, it does have some issues but overally there's a great basis here. So let's get into it. This article contains affiliate links. This means if you choose to purchase any products via the links below, I may receive a small commission at no extra cost to you. These affiliate links do not affect my final opinion of the product. Dragonflight follows Lessa, a young woman who discovers…

A Deadly Education was the first book I picked up from the selection of books my partner bought me leading up to Christmas (there were ten and I got to open up one a day leading up to Christmas - sort of like an advent calendar). It's a book that I'd wishlisted too and was looking forward to it. The idea of a young girl with strong magical abilities in a school reminded me very much of a certain other relatively popular magical book. This article contains affiliate links. This means if you choose to purchase any products via the links below, I may receive a small commission at no extra cost to you. These affiliate links do not affect my final opinion of the product. A Deadly Education is…

If anyone ever asks me who my favourite author is, I more often than not tell them Brandon Sanderson simply because I don’t think I’ve ever read a book by him that I didn’t enjoy. This article contains affiliate links. This means if you choose to purchase any products via the links below, I may receive a small commission at no extra cost to you. These affiliate links do not affect my final opinion of the product  Rhythm of War is the fourth and penultimate book in the initial phase of the Stormlight Archive. And, unfortunately, despite still my admiration for his ability to carry such a huge world and cast of characters, there was something about Rhythm of War that didn’t feel quite peak Sanderson for me. So Rhythm…