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Let the Christmas reading begin ❤️💚🎄

Happy reading this Halloween 🎃🎇🧡

Thank you @Readergrrl
I cant wait to read em. #mws

Brought some reading on a little getaway to Virginia ❤️ I‘ve heard nothing but praise for this series, so nothing to it but to do it!

Next up - another awsome cover
A gothic fantasy - I have only heard good things about this duology
I am about a quarter of the way in - there is a lot of world building in the beginning so the pace has been a little slow - it‘s starting to pick up

Surprisingly easy to read. Took some time to get into but enjoyed it a lot, loved the poems and the vibe of this book in general ✨

I‘m glad the wait at my library for book 2 is short; I need to know what happens!

Not the best first book in a fantasy series I‘ve read, but it was good. The magic system uses cards for powers, there is a small town trapped and isolated by an enchanted mist, and the main character has a Nightmare living in her head.

I‘m not sure if this is going to be a duology or trilogy, I haven‘t looked it up. But I‘m ready for more of the story.

I really enjoyed this and understand why I‘ve been seeing recommendations for it. I loved the world building, the magic cards are really intriguing. The relationship between Elspeth and Ravyn is just sufficient to call this a fantasy romance.

Available on kindle unlimited too! (And the sequel is out, guess what I‘m reading next…)

Such a cool take on a fantasy novel and magic! Was so pleased with this one! The land is plagued with a cursed mist and a magic infection in the city of Blunder. The only acceptable magic is the use of the Providence Cards which can give the user dexterity to mind reading to time travel. The city can be freed from plague and mist if all the cards are united but this hasn‘t happened in over four hundred years…

3✨I struggled with this one because of all the cards and magic associated with it, but I really enjoyed this. I found it interesting that the “nightmare” protected, but was also slowly killing her through the book. I‘m interested to see what happens in the next book. #HTBookClub

Okay so I liked this but don‘t see how so much hype was put into it I enjoyed the read and look forward to the sequel but it hit middle ground for me it‘s not a great read but an enjoyable one

This is my reading line up it happens when I‘m reading a book and think of another book I want to read so I switch to that book and then the next thing you know is you have four books your reading at the same time 👀🤪📚📖

5⭐️ this book was amazing. When we talk about dark, Gothic fantasy, this book checked all the boxes. It was so good and gave me chills. The world building, character development, the twist and the heart aches were all there. I had meant to read this book last month, started it on Friday and just got a finish today. So I‘m definitely counting it for June and it‘s my first five star of the month. If dark fantasy is your genre, please read this book.

I‘m really enjoying this gothic fantasy novel I checked out on Libby. It took me a few chapters to get into it and now I can‘t stop listening. 🎧📖🏰🃏

#gothic #fantasy #onedarkwindow #romance #magic

Bailing at 50% The Magic system is interesting, but the main character isn‘t very interesting and this is just a bunch of typical YA tropes. Also, I was 50% in and virtually nothing had happened.

Sometimes it‘s not the book it‘s you the reader and where you are , this started well pacey page turner but I just felt like the last 150 pages was like walking through mud , not enough action and not enough tension or chemistry between elspeth and ravyn a decent fantasy but doesn‘t interest me enough to buy the 2nd in the series . Sorry about that , I will pick it up in my local library if they get it

Page 📄 55 & hello Ravyn yew giving me games of thrones vibes 😆in a good way

Can you say CLIFFHANGE?!? Book Two is in my near future... I just gotta know... Fantasy, mystery and Gothic charm; Elspeth has a demon in her head, but he protects her and may lead her to collect the fateful deck of Providence Cards. Cards that hold the cure to the mist and infection that claim the land. His help comes with a steep price and Ravyn fears losing the woman he loves to the Nightmare.

This popular gothic fantasy has some killer cards to play, with a unique card-based magic system, a steamy enemies-to-lovers romance, and a fantastically sinister monster living inside our heroine‘s head. While the YA/New Adult prose didn‘t always work for me and the first half is very slow to start, the world-building and plot made up for it. That said, I think I‘ll wait till October to read the sequel for all the spooky gothic vibes.

Picked this up not knowing much about it. Liked how the tale spun out and you learned more and more about the monster. On a bit of a fantasy reading kick recently and this fit the bill. Really enjoyed it.

#fantasy #fantasyfiction #fantasyfan #fantasyreader

Overall, a good reading month. I finished 8 books, and have two in-progress carrying over to March. Higher than average ratings for me, which means I read a lot of good books in February! My top read of February is the tagged; I finished it in 2 days and immediately started the sequel. According to Goodreads and Storygraph, I am 6 books ahead on my 2024 reading goal (75 books).

It took me a while to get into the MTG card thing.

Very like a fairytale. There‘s a sex scene.

I liked the premise. A girl who has magic which is considered an illegal infection/illness & should not be allowed to live. On top of this she has a monster in her head. She is taken in by rebels looking for a cure. Plan is to pretend engagement. Fake fiancé can enter her mind but promises not to until an emergency. Stay tuned for book 2.

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

#cozy #cosy

I've had to look up 5 different plants in the first 15 pages, wasn't expecting that.

„Be wary the green,
Be wary the trees.
Be wary the song of the wood on your sleeves.
You‘ll step off the path—
To blessing and wrath.
Be wary the song of the wood on your sleeves.“

I once told myself that I would never read YA again but this book changed my mind, it was absolutely worth reading.I loved the characters from the beginning especially Ravyn with his touch her and you die attitude.

„When the shadows grow long, when our names turn to dust, what we loved, what we hated, will spoil to rust. All will be forgotten, save one truth, unshaken…“
#onedarkwindow#nightmare

A good fantasy story that I'm on the fence about because of it's YA eye roll themes. But! If you press on, the plot is pretty good and it goes well beyond the immediate characters and the inevitable romance element. I enjoyed the deep mysticism and dark forces at play aspect, that's a pretty big hook for me.

„Tell them. Tell them the truth. When your children ask, do not lie—do not hide the risk of magic. Children are strongest when their eyes are clear. Only then can they make their own choices. Only then are they truly free.
Tell them. Tell them the truth.“

Yep, The nightmare told us the truth, what a manipulative monster he is👹.

#OneDarkWindow

2024: 5
Entertaining audio book for a lazy rainy Sunday. Good enough to make me want to pick up book 2 of the duology.

I don‘t read a lot of fantasy but I really enjoyed this one! It reminded me a lot of both the Once Upon a Broken Heart and Caraval series and it definitely was an interesting escape of an audiobook. I will say the romance aspect didn‘t appeal to me (I‘d love to read a fantasy story without that having to be a component) but I am intrigued to see where the story takes us in the next installment! 🌟🌟🌟🌟

"The girl, the King... and the monster they became."
#onedarkwindow#nightmare#elspeth

I had 15 5⭐️ reads in 2023

Missed a day in the #12booksof2023 so this is my favourites of June and July! ##bestof2023 @Andrew65

Looking for some good fairytales or retellings for winter reading... something about snow and magic always feels right to me. Especially dark ones, but I like em all! Any faves out there? Tagged will probably be my January pick.

Legend says the Shepherd King tricked the Spirit of the Woods to give him magic, with which he created 12 types of Providence cards. In revenge the Spirit surrounded the country of Blunder with mist. Children caught in the mist run the risk of infection which gives them magic; they're rounded up by Destriers & Physicians. 11 years ago Elspeth, eldest child of the Destriers' Captain was infected and survived - but only her family know her secret.

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Fantastic story, unique magic system, moving plot, dark and creepy atmosphere, romance 😍 I get the hype! Highly recommend! #onedarkwindow

#Window 🪟 #HumbleHarvest 🍂☕️🧣🍁🥧🕯🍎

#BookNerd 🤓📚💙

I discovered this book through TikTok and I thought since everyone loved it so much I would give it a shot even though I‘m not a huge fantasy fan. I loved this book. This was definitely one of those fantasy novels that just sucks you into the story. I definitely need the second book as soon as possible!

A complex, twisty fantasy, with a dark streak running through it like a shadow on pointed claws. Elspeth, the MC, is a sympathetic character, fighting for her survival with everything she has, finding new allies and perhaps even love along the way. Her enemies are strong, though, particularly the one that lies within… This one was a great read, and kept me guessing right til the end. Will definitely be picking up the sequel.

This is a fun and quick read! But I feel like I've read this story before, a few times? I'm looking forward to seeing how the duology ends in Two Twisted Crowns, which I have up next. And these covers 😍

And with the end of VenCo, I‘m back to one paper book and one Kindle. Gotta say, my brain is kind of relieved — it‘s been a wild@month with so many on the go! 😅

Another #spookyseason read! I probably shouldn‘t have started this on my lunch hour, bc it is very hard to put down, even right at the beginning…

On balance I enjoyed this one but I found the magic system —a system in which rhyming was a common occurrence (though it often fell flat)—to be overly complicated & borderline nonsensical which was a distraction more often than not BUT, it was dark, had some great characters with complicated families & it kept me turning the pages which is all I can really ask for. I‘ll read the sequel but don‘t feel in a rush to do so.

Very cool cover though!

Diving into the pages of this one next…

I snatched up this ebook for $2.99 today.

#ScarathlonPhotoChallenge @Clwojick
#SpookyGhostClub
#Dark

“Be wary. Be clever. Be good.”

I really, really loved this book! I‘m so very thankful that I picked it up when the sequel comes out next month. So glad I don‘t have to wait long for it. I‘m not usually much of a fantasy reader in years past, but I sure am enjoying dipping my toes into these waters. Especially the magical, gothic fantasy of this book. And the romance. I‘m here for it all! Definitely excited for the next!

This was a interesting dark fantasy about magic ,I enjoyed it but the ending makes you have to go to the next book to really enjoy the whole story
My only book read for #20in4 readathon but I was glad to have finished in about six hours or so

I really enjoyed this magical fantasy novel. Set in a world where anyone who becomes infected with magic is taken away and killed. There is a deck of cards that give the owner magical abilities, and the King is trying to find all the cards. But a renegade bunch of people are trying to collect the cards themselves and lift the deadly mist to save the infected people. The second book comes out in October.