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24/09/2026

QOTD: When was the last time a series completely blew you away? 🖤

I genuinely can’t remember the last time I fell this hard for a series.

The Ninth House trilogy by Leigh Bardugo has completely taken over my mind. I loved Ninth House, Hell Bent kept the bar high, and now I’m currently reading Dead Beat, and I just don’t want this story to end.

The series follows Alex Stern, an unlikely Yale student who is given a second chance at life, with one rather unusual condition: she has to monitor Yale’s secret societies and the very real, very dangerous occult magic they practise. What starts with secret societies, ghosts and murder only gets darker and bigger as the trilogy continues.

There’s just something about this world that has me completely hooked. The dark academia atmosphere, the occult magic, the mysteries, the morally complicated characters, but especially Alex. I love following her through this increasingly dark and strange world.

And knowing that Dead Beat is the conclusion makes reading it very bittersweet. I desperately want to know how everything ends, but I’m also really not ready to leave these characters behind. 🥲

And a little thank you to 𝙎𝙖𝙣𝙙𝙧𝙖 𝙎𝙤𝙛𝙞𝙚 | Bookstagram | Booksta 🥀🕯️🖤📜 and Gollancz for these gorgeous paperback copies of Ninth House and Hell Bent, which I was lucky enough to win in their giveaway. 🖤

15/09/2026

If you’re heading into darker reading season and looking for something a little more unusual, this might be one to add to your list. The Red Sacrament is not a beautiful, romantic vampire story. It’s decadent, theatrical and deeply unsettling.🩸🎭

Paris, 1869. Arnault and his clan of vampires live and perform at the mysterious Théâtre Saint-Siméon, taking just enough victims from their audience to survive without attracting attention. But their carefully controlled existence begins to unravel with the arrival of a witch, two unfamiliar vampires and the growing threat of revolt and revolution outside the theatre.

And this was such a strange reading experience, in a way I actually appreciated. The atmosphere is easily its greatest strength: vivid, gothic and decadent, but also grotesque and deliberately uncomfortable. A troupe of vampires performing in 19th-century Paris while everything around them slowly falls apart is such a fascinating setting.

I didn’t understand every aspect of the story, especially when it came to Arnault and Béatrice and the increasingly blurred lines between reality, memory and symbolism. But strangely, that uncertainty also became part of what made the book so memorable.

Definitely not a conventional vampire novel, and not always an easy one to read, but unlike almost any vampire story I’ve encountered before.

⭐ 3.5/5

14/09/2026

QOTD: What book completely hooked you within the first few chapters? 🖤

There are some books you feel inexplicably drawn to long before you ever read them and Mothsblood by Lynn D. Jung has been one of those for me.

I’ve had my eye on this book for MONTHS, so I genuinely couldn’t believe my luck when I was able to get my hands on this beautiful proof. And now that I’ve actually started reading it? I think my instincts were onto something.

Mothsblood is a dark academia fantasy following an ambitious alchemist whose world begins to unravel when an immortal professor is murdered, forcing her to dig into the secrets of her university while confronting a past she would much rather leave buried.

I’m only partway through, but I’m already completely absorbed. The writing, the level of detail, the alchemy and actual academic side of the story, the mystery slowly unfolding around it all… there’s so much here that fascinates me. It feels intelligent and intricate without losing that addictive feeling.

This is one I don’t want to rush. I just want to sink into it and absorb every detail. 🥹

08/09/2026

QOTD: Which duology has a permanent place on your favourites shelf?

One Dark Window and Two Twisted Crowns by Rachel Gillig are still one of my favourite fantasy duologies.

The Shepherd King duology takes us to the mist locked kingdom of Blunder, where magic comes at a dangerous price. Elspeth carries a secret of her own: a mysterious ancient spirit called the Nightmare has been trapped inside her mind for years. When she meets a highwayman on a dangerous quest, she’s drawn into the search for twelve magical Providence Cards and into a world of dark magic, secrets and a kingdom desperate to break its curse.

Dark, gothic and atmospheric, with one of the coolest magic systems I’ve come across in fantasy. And the Nightmare is easily one of the best parts of this duology.

04/09/2026

✨ September book releases on my radar ✨

A new month, a new stack of releases I’m excited about. From sci-fi and fantasy to literary fiction and dark academia, these are some of the September books currently on my radar, including a few I’ve already been lucky enough to receive early.

Swipe through for release dates, publishers & a little more about each book ✨

Blightfall — Brandon Sanderson & Janci Patterson
📚 Gollancz · 01.09.
A new Skyward adventure with deadly missions, strange worlds and long-buried secrets.

⚡ Scion — James Islington
📚 Gollancz · 01.09.
Cyberpunk sci-fi packed with assassins, dangerous technology and very high stakes.

🔪 The Sisterhood of Invisible Murderers — Alexia Casale
📚 Penguin · 03.09.
A darkly funny mystery about missing women, secrets and a rather unusual sisterhood.

☁️ An Empire in the Clouds — Ai Jiang
📚 Titan Books · 08.09.
Chinese inspired science fantasy blending royal intrigue, rebellion, climate collapse and futuristic technology.

🌆 Taipei Story — R.F. Kuang
📚 The Borough Press · 08.09.
A literary coming of age story about language, grief, heritage and one transformative summer in Taipei.

🖤 Dead Beat — Leigh Bardugo
📚 Gollancz · 15.09.
The explosive conclusion to the Ninth House trilogy: demons, Yale and Alex Stern facing the consequences of leaving Hell open.

🩸 Turncloak — L. K. Steven
📚 Del Rey · 17.09.
The Silvercloak sequel brings rival mages, gang warfare, prophecy and time magic back into play.

🌌 Massif — Garth Nix
📚 Gollancz · 17.09.
Military space opera where humanity travels between star systems aboard enormous sentient mountain ranges.

⚔️ Empire — Sabaa Tahir
📚 Atom · 22.09.
The conclusion to the Heir duology, with rebellion, war and the fate of the Martial Empire at stake.

❄️ Winterveil — Ava Reid
📚 Electric Monkey · 24.09.
Dystopian dark academia with elite students, war simulations, political power games and a sinister conspiracy.

🗡️ The Thief and the Traitor Bride — V. L. Bovalino
📚 Orbit · 29.09.
A spy, her estranged thief husband and a deadly mission requiring them to pretend they’re happily married.

Which September release are you most excited about? And is there o

02/09/2026

Not your typical Greek mythology retelling. 🌙✨

Born on the losing side of the war between the Titans and Olympians, young Hekate is taken to the Underworld, where Styx and Hades raise her. Growing up among gods, ghosts and the dead, she searches for her place in the world and slowly discovers the power that will transform her into the Goddess of witchcraft and necromancy.

What makes Hekate so distinctive is that Nikita Gill tells her story entirely in verse. It reads almost like one long poem, exploring womanhood, motherhood, identity, power and the complicated bonds between women.

As someone who loves Greek mythology, I found this such an interesting interpretation of Hekate and especially enjoyed the focus on mothers and daughters. The writing is beautiful and incredibly distinctive, although I never quite formed the emotional connection to the story that I hoped for. I admired the book and everything it was trying to do more than I personally loved it.

Still, this is such a unique approach to a mythology retelling and definitely one that gave me plenty to think about.

⭐ 3.5/5

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