The Introvert's Book Club

Purchase on Amazon   🖉 Rating:  5/5 🖉 Spice:  0/5 🖉 Plot:  5/5 🖉 Primary Genre:  Fantasy Romance 🖉 Blurb:  She can hop into any novel, she just can’t stay there. Come along with the book witch in this magical and inspiring love letter to reading from the USA Today bestselling author of The Wishing Game. Rainy March is a proud third-generation book witch, sworn to defend works of fiction from all foes real and imaginary. With her magical umbrella and feline familiar, she jumps into and out of novels to fix malicious alterations and rogue heroes.  Book witches live by a strict Real people belong in the real word; fictional characters belong in works of fiction…. Do not eat, drink, or sleep inside a fictional world, lest you become part of the story. Falling in love with a fictional character? Don’t even think about it. Which is why Rainy has been forbidden from seeing the Duke of Chicago, the dashing British detective who stars in her favorite myste...

Purchase On Amazon 🖉 Rating:  5/5 🖉 Spice:  0/5 🖉 Plot: 5/5 🖉 Primary Genre:  YA Cozy Fantasy 🖉 Blurb:  After a devastating heartbreak, a teen girl decides to spend her summer helping her eccentric great aunt manage her quaint Vermont inn--but this fixer-upper is hiding a magical secret--in this cozy and irresistable new fantasy from the New York Times bestselling author of The Spellshop. Sixteen-year-old Calisa is desperate for a change of scenery after her lying ex ruins her perfect Brooklyn summer. When her parents suggest she head to rural Vermont to help her great-aunt run her cozy bed and breakfast for a few months, she jumps at the chance. But when Calisa arrives at the B&B, she's shocked to find a rundown inn with only a handful of guests. And to make matters worse, upon meeting with her great-aunt it quickly becomes clear that Calisa was not invited. Auntie Zee is determined to keep anyone from messing with her beloved inn…even if it is clear she ne...

  Purchase here Once Upon A Broken Heart #1 🖉 Rating:  4/5 🖉 Spice:  0/5 🖉 Plot: 0/5 🖉 Primary Genre:  YA Romantasy 🖉 Blurb:  Goodreads Choice Award Nominee for Readers' Favorite Young Adult Fantasy & Science Fiction (2021) How far would you go for happily ever after? For as long as she can remember, Evangeline Fox has believed in true love and happy endings... until she learns that the love of her life will marry another. Desperate to stop the wedding and to heal her wounded heart, Evangeline strikes a deal with the charismatic but wicked Prince of Hearts. In exchange for his help, he asks for three kisses, to be given at the time and place of his choosing. But after Evangeline’s first promised kiss, she learns that bargaining with an immortal is a dangerous game—and that the Prince of Hearts wants far more from her than she’d pledged. He has plans for Evangeline, plans that will either end in the greatest happily ever after or the most exquisite trag...

  Purchase Spectacular by Stephanie Garber Caraval #3.5 🖉 Rating:  4/5 🖉 Spice:  0/5 🖉 Plot:  5/5 🖉 Primary Genre:  YA   Romantasy 🖉 Blurb:  Welcome, welcome back to the mysteriously enchanting world of CARAVAL! Return to the legendary magic and the whimsical wonder with this beautifully illustrated holiday novella. Snowflakes are falling. Invitations are arriving. And holiday magic is swirling in the capital city of the Meridian Empire. It’s Great Holiday Eve Eve. Scarlett Dragna is planning a spectacular Holiday celebration for the city. Donatella is searching for the perfect gift. Julian is looking ridiculously handsome in green. And Legend... Well, sadly Legend is not fond of the Great Holiday. Tella is hoping her perfect gift will change his mind. Unfortunately, she hasn’t found this perfect gift just yet. But it is Great Holiday Eve Eve . . . surely there’s some holiday magic swirling around. Welcome, welcome back to the world of Caraval, wh...

Purchase Finale by Stephanie Garber Caraval #3 🖉 Rating:  4/5 🖉 Spice:  0/5 🖉 Plot: 5/5 🖉 Primary Genre:  YA   Romantasy 🖉 Blurb:  Goodreads Choice Award Nominee for Readers' Favorite Young Adult Fantasy & Science Fiction (2019) Welcome, welcome to  Finale , the third and final book in the #1  New York Times  bestselling Caraval series! A ll games must come to an end... It’s been two months since the last Caraval concluded, two months since the Fates were freed from an enchanted deck of cards, two months since Tella saw Legend, and two months since Legend claimed the empire’s throne as his own. Now, Legend is preparing for his official coronation and Tella is determined to stop it. She believes her own mother, who still remains in an enchanted sleep, is the rightful heir to the throne. Meanwhile, Scarlett has started a game of her own. She’s challenged Julian and her former fiancé, Count Nicolas d’Arcy, to a competition where the winner ...

Buy Legendary on Amazon Caraval #2 🖉 Rating:  4/5 🖉 Spice:  0/5 🖉 Plot:  5/5 🖉 Primary Genre:  YA   Romantasy 🖉 Blurb:  Goodreads Choice Award Nominee for Readers' Favorite Young Adult Fantasy & Science Fiction (2018) A heart to protect. A debt to repay. A game to win. After being swept up in the magical world of Caraval, Donatella Dragna has finally escaped her father and saved her sister, Scarlett, from a disastrous arranged marriage. The girls should be celebrating, but Tella isn’t yet free. She made a desperate bargain with a mysterious criminal, and what Tella owes him no one has ever been able to deliver: Caraval Master Legend’s true name. The only chance of uncovering Legend’s identity is to win Caraval, so Tella throws herself into the legendary competition once more—and into the path of the murderous heir to the throne, a doomed love story, and a web of secrets…including her sister's. Caraval has always demanded bravery, cunning, and sacr...

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...

Purchase Caraval #1 🖉 Rating: 5/5 🖉 Spice: 0/5 🖉 Plot: 5/5 🖉 Primary Genre: Young Adult Fantasy Romance 🖉 Blurb: A legendary competition. A mesmerizing romance. An unbreakable bond between two sisters.Scarlett Dragna has never left the tiny island where she and her sister, Tella, live with their powerful, and cruel, father. Now Scarlett’s father has arranged a marriage for her, and Scarlett thinks her dreams of seeing Caraval—the faraway, once-a-year performance where the audience participates in the show—are over. But this year, Scarlett’s long-dreamt-of invitation finally arrives. With the help of a mysterious sailor, Tella whisks Scarlett away to the show. Only, as soon as they arrive, Tella is kidnapped by Caraval’s mastermind organizer, Legend. It turns out that this season’s Caraval revolves around Tella, and whoever finds her first is the winner. Scarlett has been told that everything that happens during Caraval is only an elaborate performance. Nevertheless she becomes ...

Purchase Throne of Glass #7 My Rating: 5/5 Stars Primary Genre: Fantasy Romance Blurb: Goodreads Choice AwardWinner for Readers' Favorite Young Adult Fantasy & Science Fiction (2018) Aelin Galathynius has vowed to save her people ― but at a tremendous cost. Locked within an iron coffin by the Queen of the Fae, Aelin must draw upon her fiery will as she endures months of torture. The knowledge that yielding to Maeve will doom those she loves keeps her from breaking, but her resolve is unraveling with each passing day… With Aelin captured, friends and allies are scattered to different fates. Some bonds will grow even deeper, while others will be severed forever. As destinies weave together at last, all must fight if Erilea is to have any hope of salvation. Years in the making, Sarah J. Maas's New York Times bestselling Throne of Glass series draws to an explosive conclusion as Aelin fights to save herself―and the promise of a better world. My Thoughts: Gotta admit, I’ve never...

Purchase Throne of Glass #6 My Rating: 5/5 Stars Primary Genre: Fantasy Romance Blurb: Goodreads Choice AwardNominee for Readers' Favorite Young Adult Fantasy & Science Fiction (2017) Chaol Westfall and Nesryn Faliq have arrived in the shining city of Antica to forge an alliance with the Khagan of the Southern Continent, whose vast armies are Erilea's last hope. But they have also come to Antica for another purpose: to seek healing at the famed Torre Cesme for the wounds Chaol received in Rifthold. After enduring unspeakable horrors as a child, Yrene Towers has no desire to help the young lord from Adarlan, let alone heal him. Yet she has sworn an oath to assist those in need—and will honor it. But Lord Westfall carries shadows from his own past, and Yrene soon comes to realize they could engulf them both. In this sweeping parallel novel to the New York Times bestselling Empire of Storms, Chaol, Nesryn, and Yrene will have to draw on every scrap of their resilience if they ...

Purchase Letters of Enchantment #1 My Rating:  4 of 5 stars Primary Genre: Fantasy Romance Blurb: Goodreads Choice AwardWinner for Readers' Favorite Young Adult Fantasy & Science Fiction (2023) After centuries of sleep, the gods are warring again… All eighteen-year-old Iris Winnow wants to do is hold her family together. With a brother on the frontline forced to fight on behalf of the Gods now missing from the frontline and a mother drowning her sorrows, Iris’s best bet is winning the columnist promotion at the Oath Gazette. But when Iris’s letters to her brother fall into the wrong hands – that of the handsome but cold Roman Kitt, her rival at the paper – an unlikely magical connection forms. Expelled into the middle of a mystical war, magical typewriters in tow, can their bond withstand the fight for the fate of mankind and, most importantly, love? An epic enemies-to-lovers fantasy novel filled with hope and heartbreak, and the unparalleled power of love. My Thoughts: I ...

Purchase Throne of Glass #1 My Rating:  3 of 5 stars Primary Genre: Fantasy Romance Blurb: Goodreads Choice AwardNominee for Readers' Favorite Young Adult Fantasy & Science Fiction (2012) In a land without magic, where the king rules with an iron hand, an assassin is summoned to the castle. She comes not to kill the king, but to win her freedom. If she defeats twenty-three killers, thieves, and warriors in a competition, she is released from prison to serve as the king's champion. Her name is Celaena Sardothien. The Crown Prince will provoke her. The Captain of the Guard will protect her. But something evil dwells in the castle of glass—and it's there to kill. When her competitors start dying one by one, Celaena's fight for freedom becomes a fight for survival, and a desperate quest to root out the evil before it destroys her world. My Thoughts: Coming out of finishing the ACOTAR series last month this felt a little slow but it wasn't bad. It just felt like ever...