fantasy
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I read a lot of books in 2025 (92). Some were good, some bad, some just okay. A few just voluntary junk food. But here’s a list of some serious sci-fi, fantasy stand-outs. A few of these were new and a few old, but all great picks to check out in 2026 if you haven’t
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Spoiler free review Themes: motherhood as strength, oppression and rebellion, environmental apocalypse, unconventional love, black voices- black characters “Let’s start with the end of the world, why don’t we? Get it over with and move onto more interesting things.” This story (clearly) takes place at the end of the world as we know it. It
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★★★★☆ Vicious and Vengeful were both such fun quick reads. While I can definitely tell that this was some of Schwab’s earlier writing, it was still great- and managed to get me out of a slight reading slump with the fast pace! The story isn’t as rich in prose or emotionally heavy as some of
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★★★★★ Non-spoiler review I’m new to V.E. Schwab, and so happy to realize that the hype around her work is well deserved. I started my journey with Bury Our Bones in the Midnight Soil, which is now a favorite of mine. I recently picked up The Secret Life of Addie LaRue, and while it doesn’t
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I’ve been dying to read this book. I snagged tickets to R.F. Kuang’s Manhattan book tour and tickets came with a signed copy of Katabasis so I was holding out on reading it until then- and let me just say, it was everything I hoped for! I was nervous about it because of the many
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