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Crowntide by Alex Aster

Rating: 4/5

Spice: 2/5

Plot: 4/5

Primary Genre: Young Adult Fantasy Romance

Blurb: Some worlds deserve to be destroyed . . .

Isla Crown has charted a new destiny and leapt into the unknown, determined to defeat her insi

Grim and Oro by Alex Aster
Rating: 3/5

Spice: 1/5

Plot: 2/5

Primary Genre: Young Adult Fantasy Romance

Blurb:
True love knows no bounds. The first novella—told from Grim’s perspective—gives readers insight into his past: the mot

Skyshade by Alex Aster

Rating: 5/5

Spice: 1/5

Plot: 5/5

Back in Grim’s castle on Nightshade, Isla is reeling in the wake of a brutal battle & the devastating truths it exposed. Her future & the fate of the world now hinge on a heart

Blurb Reveal for the new Kinsley Kincaid Port Canyon novel FMD!!!!

This is when the legacy, legends and responsibilities have defined your entire life.
I was born to fulfill my family’s birthright, to become the town’s resident morticia

Love Brothers #3

Rating: 4/5

Spice: 3/5

Plot: 5/5

Primary Genre: Mafia Romance

Blurb:

Saint Love is reckless, ruthless, and ready for war. When his family is accused of killing a powerful ally, bullets fly and blood spills, leaving one member

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Crowntide by Alex Aster

Lightlark #4

Release Date: 12-02-2025

Rating: 4/5

Spice: 2/5

Plot: 4/5

Primary Genre: Young Adult Fantasy Romance

Blurb: The highly anticipated fourth novel in the #1 New York Times bestselling Lightlark Saga, by acclaimed author and #BookTok sensation Alex Aster

Some worlds deserve to be destroyed . . .

Isla Crown has charted a new destiny and leapt into the unknown, determined to defeat her insidious ancestor, Lark, no matter the cost. But Skyshade is nothing like she anticipated, and she’ll have to use all of her skills just to survive, let alone end Lark for good.

Meanwhile, Grim and Oro would sooner set fire to their own kingdoms than leave Isla stranded on a path toward certain death. But getting her back will involve forging an alliance—if they can find a way to forgive their long history of betrayals.

The key to Isla’s return—and the fate of the realms—lies close to her heart. But in the face of her most powerful enemy yet, will Isla be able to reconcile her past in order to carve a future of her own making?

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Skyshade by Alex Aster

Lightlark #3

Rating: 5/5

Spice: 1/5

Plot: 5/5

Primary Genre: Young Adult Fantasy Romance

Blurb: The pulse-pounding third novel in the #1 New York Times bestselling series, The Lightlark Saga, by acclaimed author and #BookTok sensation Alex Aster

Love kills kingdoms…

Back in Grim’s castle on Nightshade, Isla is reeling in the wake of a brutal battle and the devastating truths it exposed. Her future—and the fate of the world—now hinge on a heart split in two.

Past Isla, who fell in love with the ruler of Nightshade, fights to resist feelings she considers treasonous. The Isla of the present, who has seen the ruin her powers can cause, will do anything to save Lightlark and its king.

As the line between enemy and friend is tested, Isla is more desperate than ever to understand the oracle’s final prophecy and change her heartrending fate. But a storm is coming. And with it, a long-buried evil greater than anything the realms have faced before.

With the clock ticking on her destiny and the survival of two warring kingdoms hinging on her own shattered heart, Isla Crown will either save the world—or destroy it.

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Everything She Does Is Magic by Bridget Morrissey

Rating: 5/5

Spice: 0/5

Plot: 5/5

Primary Genre: YA Sapphic Fantasy Romance

Blurb:

In the charming town of Fableview, every day is Halloween. Get ready to fall under the spell of this bewitching sapphic romance, perfect for fans of Gilmore Girls and Wicked!

Darcy Keller, resident ray of sunshine and town spirit princess, loves every moment of Fableview’s fall festivities. But she’s also really ready to leave for college next year, even though her parents expect her to stay and take over their Halloween empire.

Enter brooding new girl Anya Doyle, a real-life witch and almost a full member of her coven. In order to be initiated, she has to choose a mortal ally to act as her “protector.” But having moved around so much, Anya is completely friendless. So she does what any self-respecting teenage almost-witch would—she lies and tells her coven her secret crush, Darcy, is willing to do the job.

Desperate to solve their personal problems, they agree to help each other out, attending everything from a costume parade to a pumpkin patch party to an apple bobbing contest together. But with Anya’s magical powers and Darcy’s future independence on the line, the last thing they need is the added complication of pesky feelings . . .