Genre: High Fantasy

Average Rating: 4.03

The Ring and the Crown by Melissa de la Cruz

I debated against myself for about two months before deciding to read The Ring and the Crown–and really only when a bookish friend said she could get me a copy did I decide to read it. I guess the fact that I was seeing the author a few weeks later helped with my decision! While it did sound enthralling, I was a bit put off by early reviews–mixed early reviews. They went from rave reviews to DNFs to in-betweens and just a ton of […]

Posted 30 December, 2014 by Nikki Wang in 2014, Book Review, Series Start / 2 Comments

Ensnared by A.G. Howard

We all know how much I adore this series, yes? Because I do. I really really do and there are few words to describe how absolutely thrilled I was to get my hands on an early copy. I mean… MORPHEUS. But we’ll get to him later. If there’s something that’s Anita’s trademark, it’s the absolutely haunting harlequin atmosphere she evokes in her books, and that was never more true than it is for Ensnared. While still maintaining that dark atmosphere, Anita creates a […]

Posted 29 December, 2014 by Nikki Wang in 2015, ARC, Book Review, Favorites, sequel / 2 Comments

Forbidden by Kimberly Griffiths Little

Gorgeous and bittersweet. I wasn’t quite sure if I’d love Forbidden, but I decided to try it out after seeing one of my friends just blown away by this book and realizing that I actually loved these kind of desert high fantasy books! So I decided to check it out. And then I fell utterly, utterly, utterly, in love with this book. There’s no magic in the world of Forbidden and it’s highly possible that Little based her world on African tribes–which I think is pretty […]

Posted 1 November, 2014 by Nikki Wang in 2014, ARC, Book Review, Favorites, Seven Stars, Stand-alone / 3 Comments

Stray by Elissa Sussman

Honestly, I wasn’t sure how I’d feel about this book going in. One one hand, I adore high fantasy.–on the other, the word “fairy godmother” sort of put me off. I like my fantasies dark and fairy godmother really just conjured the image of something more light and fluffy than dark and intriguing, but once I started it’s pretty clear these aren’t the fairy godmothers that we grew up with. The world of Stray is definitely one of the best parts of it, […]

Posted 20 October, 2014 by Nikki Wang in 2014, ARC, Book Review, Series Start / 3 Comments

Blog Tour: Snow Like Ashes by Sara Raasch

Click for Tour Schedule Just read it. Slightly rambly review because, WHAT DO I SAY? GUYS. Y’know I’ve been waiting for this one since about…what? September of 2013? So I’ve been waiting over a year to finally post this review. AND HERE IT IS. GOOD LORD THIS BOOK. I adore high fantasy. I adore anything to do with seasons. Anything with a kickass girl. A swoony love interest. A gorgeous cover. Yes. Yes yes and yes. Snow Like Ashes had it all and […]

Posted 13 October, 2014 by Nikki Wang in 2014, ARC, Blog Tour, Book Review, Favorites, Series Start / 4 Comments

Mini Freak Out: Heir of Fire by Sarah J. Maass

OH THE FEELS. Warning: VERY slight spoilers (just about my feelings for characters though.) Beware of CAPSLOCK infection and the few swear words. If you want an actual (though mini) review though, that’ll be at the end of this post. The Freakout 12: Ooooh things are getting INTERESTING Before reading: LOOK WHAT I HAVE IN MY HANDS OHMYGODOHMYGOD 17: Snarky Celaena is the best Celaena 27: Aedion. What a son of a bitch. 34: Manon scares me. But HOLY CRAP THAT WAS AWESOME 49: […]

Posted 13 September, 2014 by Nikki Wang in 2014, ARC, Book Review, Favorites, meme, Mini Freak Out, sequel, Ten Stars / 3 Comments

Deliverance by CJ Redwine

A book that definitely delivered. First of all, I’m sorry, I couldn’t resist the pun. Second of all, DKSFH;LKSDJF;LKJSD;LCKJ;LSDKF;LDKSFJ ALL THE FEELS. On with the review. Going into this, I was a bit nervous. Plenty of final books have let me down in the past and with the awesome that was Deception, I was hoping for something absolutely stunning with Deliverance. And I definitely, 100% got it. I can’t even express my love for this book I’m so awed! I’m not sure how […]

Posted 2 September, 2014 by Nikki Wang in 2014, ARC, Book Review, Favorites, sequel / 1 Comment