Yellow Brick War, Book 3 in the Dorothy Must Die Series by Danielle Paige Published By: Harper Collins Publication Date: March 15, 2016 Date Read: March 21, 2026 Genre: YA – Retellings Source: Bought Format: Paperback Pages: 270 Add to Goodreads | Add to Storygraph Once upon a time, there was a girl from Kansas named Dorothy. You might know her as the Girl Who Rode the Cyclone. She ended up in Oz, where she became friends with the Tin Woodman, the Scarecrow, and the Cowardly Lion. But the temptation of magic was too much for her. She let it change her. Her friends became twisted versions of their former…

Captain of Fates, Book 4 in the Twin Crowns Series by Katherine Webber Published By: Electric Monkey Publication Date: April 24, 2025 Date Read: March 19, 2026 Genre: YA – Fantasy Source: Bought Format: Audiobook Pages: 384 Add to Goodreads | Add to Storygraph Bestselling author Katherine Webber pens a highly-anticipated and swoonful new spin-off to the Sunday Times bestselling YA romantic fantasy series, Twin Crowns. Bursting with epic adventure, romance and humour on the high seas. Someone is making waves … Captain Marino Pegasi. Wedded to the sea. Immune to love. Until now … Captain Marino Pegasi is never happier than when he’s exploring the oceans. But when his beloved sister,…

And Now, Back To You, Book 2 in the Heartstrings Series by BK Borison Published By: Pan Macmillan Publication Date: February 24, 2026 Date Read: March 17, 2026 Genre: Adult – Romance Source: Bought Format: Paperback Pages: 464 Add to Goodreads | Add to Storygraph Two competing meteorologists are forced to find common ground in this opposites attract, When Harry Met Sally inspired romance, from New York Times bestselling author B.K. Borison. Jackson Clark and Delilah Stewart have had their fair share of run-ins over the years, often ending in disaster. While Jackson thrives on routine and organization from the comfort of his radio booth, Delilah loves the spontaneity and…

Where The Library Hides, Book 2 in the Secrets of the Nile Duology by Isabel Ibanez Published By: Hodderscape Publication Date: November 5, 2024 Date Read: March 10, 2026 Genre: YA – Historical Fantasy Source: Bought Format: Hardback Pages: 395 Add to Goodreads | Add to Storygraph Where the Library Hides is Isabel Ibañez’s stunning conclusion to the story that started in What the River Knows. A lush immersive historical fantasy set in Egypt filled with adventure, and a rivals-to-lovers romance like no other! Inez Olivera traveled across the world to Egypt, seeking answers into her parents’ recent and mysterious deaths. But all her searching led her down a perilous…

Cleopatra by Saara El-Arifi Published By: Harper Collins Publication Date: February 24, 2026 Date Read: March 10, 2026 Genre: Adult – Historical Retelling Source: eARC from Netgalley Format: E-Book / Audiobook Pages: 384 Add to Goodreads | Add to Storygraph Queen, Legend, Cleopatra tells her own story in this evocative and sensuous historical epic Cleopatra, from the bestselling and award-winning author of Faebound and The Final Strife . YOU KNOW MY NAME. BUT YOU DO NOT KNOW ME. Your historians call me seductress, but I was always in love’s thrall. Your playwrights speak of my witchcraft, but I was gifted my talents by the gods. Your poets sing of my blood-lust, but I was…

Our Wicked Gifts by Kathryn Foxfield Published By: Simon and Schuster Publication Date: June 18, 2026 Date Read: February 28, 2026 Genre: YA – Paranormal / Thriller Source: ARC from Simon and Schuster Format: Paperback Pages: 416 Add to Goodreads | Add to Storygraph The daughter of a sinister magical family who made a deal with the devil must stop the man killing them off, one by one, in this deliciously dark fantasy thriller that’s House of Hollow meets Succession, laced with a kiss-or-kill romance. Cicely is the black sheep daughter of the powerful Winter family, who made a deal with the devil in exchange for riches and ruthless magic. Soren is the…

Burning Crowns, Book 3 in the Twin Crowns Series by Catherine Doyle and Katherine Webber Published By: Electric Monkey Publication Date: April 25, 2024 Date Read: February 6, 2026 Genre: YA – Fantasy Source: Bought Format: Audiobook Pages: 457 Add to Goodreads | Add to Storygraph The final book in the swoony and high-stakes fantasy rom-com trilogy that began with Twin Crowns, about twin princesses separated at birth—from bestselling authors Catherine Doyle and Katherine Webber. Twin queens Rose & Wren survived the Battle for Anadawn and brought back magic to their kingdom. But danger lurks in Eana’s shadows. Wren is troubled. Ever since she performed the blood spell on Prince Ansel,…

First-Time Caller, Book 1 in the Heartstrings Series by BK Borison Published By: Macmillan Publication Date: February 11, 2025 Date Read: February 1, 2026 Genre: Adult – Contemporary Romance Source: Bought Format: Paperback Pages: 430 Add to Goodreads | Add to Storygraph Aiden Valentine has a secret: he’s fallen out of love with love. And as the host of Baltimore’s romance hotline, that’s a bit of a problem. But when a young girl calls in to the station asking for dating advice for her mom, the interview goes viral, thrusting Aiden and Heartstrings into the limelight. Lucie Stone thought she was doing just fine. She has a good job; an…

The Shadowglass, Book 3 in The Bone Witch Trilogy by Rin Chupeco Published By: Sourcebooks Fire Publication Date: March 5, 2019 Date Read: January 29, 2026 Genre: YA – Epic Fantasy Source: Bought Format: Audiobook Pages: 449 Add to Goodreads | Add to Storygraph In the highly anticipated finale to the Bone Witch trilogy, Tea’s life—and the fate of the kingdoms—hangs in the balance Tea is a bone witch with the dark magic needed to raise the dead. She has used this magic to breathe life into those she has loved and lost…and those who would join her army against the deceitful royals. But Tea’s quest to conjure a shadowglass—to…

The Phoenix Keeper by SA Maclean Published By: Gollancz Publication Date: August 13, 2024 Date Read: January 17, 2026 Genre: Adult – Cosy Fantasy Source: Bought Format: Audiobook Pages: 400 Add to Goodreads | Add to Storygraph As head phoenix keeper at a world-renowned zoo for magical creatures, Aila’s childhood dream of conserving critically endangered firebirds seems closer than ever. There’s just one glaring caveat: her zoo’s breeding program hasn’t functioned for a decade. When a tragic phoenix heist sabotages the flagship initiative at a neighbouring zoo, Aila must prove her derelict facilities are fit to take the reins. But saving an entire species from extinction requires more than stellar…