Published: August 26, 2025 Publisher: Harper Voyager Series: N/A Genre: Fantasy, Dark Academia Pages: 541 (Hardcover) My Rating: 3 Stars Synopsis:Two graduate students must set aside their rivalry and journey to Hell to save their professor’s soul, perhaps at the cost of their own. Alice Law has only ever had one goal: to become one... Continue Reading →
Can’t Wait Wednesday: An Arcane Study of Stars by Sydney J. Shields
Can’t-Wait Wednesday is a weekly meme hosted by Wishful Endings to share upcoming book releases that we’re excited about! This meme is based on Waiting on Wednesday, which was created and hosted by Jill at Breaking the Spine. I feel like the witchy, dark academia, romantasy books are at their peak popularity and despite the overwhelming number of them,... Continue Reading →
Can’t Wait Wednesday: Half City by Kate Golden
Can’t-Wait Wednesday is a weekly meme hosted by Wishful Endings to share upcoming book releases that we’re excited about! This meme is based on Waiting on Wednesday, which was created and hosted by Jill at Breaking the Spine. This cover is quite the stunner and immediately caught my eye! I've never read anything by Kate Golden, so what better... Continue Reading →
Can’t Wait Wednesday: An Arcane Inheritance by Kamilah Cole
Can’t-Wait Wednesday is a weekly meme hosted by Wishful Endings to share upcoming book releases that we’re excited about! This meme is based on Waiting on Wednesday, which was created and hosted by Jill at Breaking the Spine. First of all, I love the cover for An Arcane Inheritance - it reminds me of linocut prints. Second, this is... Continue Reading →
Top Ten Tuesday: 2025 Dark Academia Books
Top Ten Tuesday is a weekly themed post first created by The Broke and the Bookish in 2010 and is now hosted by That Artsy Reader Girl. I'm going rogue on this week's theme since I just recently shared a list of series I was DNF'ing. Instead I'm sharing a list of 2025 dark academia releases that I... Continue Reading →
Can’t Wait Wednesday: Katabasis by R.F. Kuang
Can’t-Wait Wednesday is a weekly meme hosted by Wishful Endings to share upcoming book releases that we’re excited about! This meme is based on Waiting on Wednesday, which was created and hosted by Jill at Breaking the Spine. Katabasis is definitely one of my most anticipated 2025 book releases and I'm so excited to see a cover for it!... Continue Reading →
An Academy for Liars by Alexis Henderson – Review
Published: September 17, 2024 Publisher: Ace Series: N/A Genre: Fantasy Pages: 464 (Kindle) My Rating: 4.5 Stars A copy of this book was provided by the publisher in exchange for an honest review. Synopsis:A student will find that the hardest lessons sometimes come outside the classroom in this stunning dark academia novel from the acclaimed... Continue Reading →
The Secret History by Donna Tartt – Review
Published: September 16, 1992 Publisher: Vintage Series: N/A Genre: Fiction Pages: 578 (Kindle) My Rating: 3.5 Stars Synopsis:Under the influence of their charismatic classics professor, a group of clever, eccentric misfits at an elite New England college discover a way of thinking and living that is a world away from the humdrum existence of their... Continue Reading →
Currently Reading: 9/2/24
An Academy for Liars by Alexis HendersonI'm so excited to finally begin reading An Academy for Liars! This is a magical dark academia where the main character is headed off to a magic college to learn how to control her abilities and hopefully not embrace her darker nature. Chosen by Benedict JackaIt's time to continue... Continue Reading →
If We Were Villains by M.L. Rio – Review
Published: April 11, 2017 Publisher: Flatiron Books Series: N/A Genre: Fiction, Mystery Pages: 370 (Kindle) My Rating: 4 Stars Synopsis:On the day Oliver Marks is released from jail, the man who put him there is waiting at the door. Detective Colborne wants to know the truth, and after ten years, Oliver is finally ready to... Continue Reading →
