This isn't your typical enemies-to-lovers dynamic. It's something better. Solely judging Season of the Witch by its cover, I was fully prepared for a sweet, cozy, Hallmark-style romance with a touch of witchy magic (I mean, just look at the cover). By page two, I realized I had deeply misjud[...]
July was for me. As my birthday month, I wanted to make sure my monthly book theme was something reflective of myself. When I discovered the newest term "thought daughter" from no other but TikTok, I took a deep dive into it's meaning and felt quite the connection. Whatever our souls are made o[...]
Time travel is a book category I hold close to my heart. There’s something in stories that intertwine love and the bending of time that truly tugs at the deepest corners of my nostalgic soul. Its wistful, aching, magical-- the kind of longing that makes anything feel possible. The ache of love[...]
From the first line, The Time Traveler’s Wife tells us what kind of story it is. It's not just about time travel or even love, but about waiting. About the kind of ache that lingers in silence while you wait. It’s hard being left behind. I wait for Henry, not knowing where he is, wonderi[...]
My final dark academia read for May and… I still don’t know what I just read. Bunny by Mona Awad was a fever dream in every sense. It’s part satire, part horror, part MFA cult fantasy nightmare; it's unstable, so feminine and pink, and completely feral. It made me laugh, cringe, spiral, an[...]
Gothic literature has always held a special place in my heart. Some of my all-time favorite classics are gothic, and in my head, dark academia has always felt like a modern parallel. Gothic lit is moody and haunting. It lingers in that space between beauty and dread. Dark academia just takes tha[...]