fantasy
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Some weeks demand an escape hatch—preferably one lined with pages, portals, and plots that dissolve the world around you. Lucky for us, yesterday’s Reader’s Choice poll delivered a delicious theme: Take Me Somewhere Else. And honestly? I couldn’t wait to dig in. So today, we’re diving into stories that don’t just entertain… they transport. Books
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⭐️⭐️⭐️✨ (3.5 stars) If the first Dungeon Crawler Carl was a chaotic banquet of absurdity and adrenaline, Carl’s Doomsday Scenario feels like the morning-after buffet—still satisfying, still wild, but a bit slower to refill the trays. Dinniman continues his unhinged blend of humor, brutality, and heart, throwing Carl and his cat companion back into the
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Rated:⭐⭐⭐⭐ Neal Shusterman’s Thunderhead, the second book in the Arc of a Scythe trilogy, doesn’t just continue the story—it escalates it. If Scythe was a philosophical dance with death, Thunderhead is a storm that questions the very meaning of control, morality, and what happens when humanity decides it’s outgrown its gods. Shusterman’s world remains one
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There’s something intoxicating about the idea of a crumbling castle tucked in mist, a forbidden university where the walls remember their ghosts, and a brooding professor whose secrets are as thick as the fog rolling off the cliffs. Gothikana promises all of that—a romance draped in mystery, laced with melancholy—but the execution left me adrift
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Rating: ⭐️⭐️⭐️ (3/5) Some books start like a promise whispered in the dark—sharp, intoxicating, full of danger. Born of Blood and Ash had all the ingredients for a feast: a forbidden romance, a kingdom steeped in secrets, and a heroine caught between duty and desire. But instead of devouring it in one sitting, I found
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It’s Series Saturday here at Literary Gluttony, and I couldn’t resist sinking my teeth into one of the most talked-about romantasy sagas of recent years—Jennifer L. Armentrout’s Blood and Ash series. If you’ve been following my reviews, you know I’ve been devouring the books from the prequel series, Flesh and Fire, one by one, savoring
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There’s something addictive about diving back into Jennifer L. Armentrout’s worlds—like curling up with a decadent dessert you know you shouldn’t binge, but you can’t help yourself anyway. A Fire in the Flesh, the third book in the Flesh and Fire series, delivers exactly that kind of indulgence. We’re dropped back into Sera and Nyktos’s
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Lit up my Goodreads notifications, this one did—because when I open Armentrout’s pages I expect fireworks, gasp-worthy moments, and characters I ache for. A Light in the Flame gives you all that, mostly. It’s gorgeous at times, compelling, even haunting. But: I never quite surrendered to it fully. What grabbed me: Sera and Nyktos are
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⭐️⭐️⭐️✨ (3.5 stars) There’s something endlessly comforting about stepping back into Jennifer L. Armentrout’s fantasy universe. It’s like sliding into a favorite chair in a beloved bookshop: the setting familiar, the air buzzing with stories, and the promise of adventure waiting at every turn. A Shadow in the Ember delivered that exact sensation. I loved
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A Darker Bite of Fairytales Marissa Meyer always knows how to serve up a fairytale with a twist, and Gilded is no exception. This isn’t your childhood Rumpelstiltskin—it’s darker, moodier, and decadent, like biting into chocolate that’s just a little too bitter, yet somehow addictive. The Atmosphere: Rich but Heavy Meyer crafts a world dripping
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