Category: Fantasy

Review: Tides Wait for No Witch by Natalie Summers

Tides Wait for No Witch (Spelltide Bay Magic Mysteries #1) by Natalie Summers My Rating: 4 stars Genre: Paranormal Cozy Mystery Age Category: Adult Type of romance: m/f Blurb: A magical island. A mysterious relative. A family she didn’t know existed. Inheriting a house from a dead great-aunt she’s never met should’ve been Sara Rivers’ first clue that things were about to get weird. The talking sea otter? That was clue number two. Sara’s plan was simple: stay the six months to get her inheritance, sell the house, and figure out what comes next. What she didn’t plan on was […]

Posted August 17, 2026 by Lola in Fantasy, Mystery, Review / 5 Comments

Review: Love and Lab Extractions by Mary Stephenson Su

Love and Lab Extractions (The “Love and” Duology #1) by Mary Su My Rating: 3 stars Genre: Cozy Fantasy Romance Age Category: Young Adult Type of romance: m/f Blurb: Lab Partners, Love, and Visions of the Future Strailer is a young elf who loves friends and fun. When the lab instructor pairs him off with Lilliana “The Ice Queen,” he hopes his charms can melt her icy exterior. Lilliana is a young elf who likes things just so-her hair, her stuff, and her assignments. She realizes Strailer is as handsome as he is funny, but she knows he’s not the […]

Posted August 14, 2026 by Lola in Fantasy, Review, Romance / 4 Comments

Review: A Demon Chef’s Recipe For Tasty Tapas by Ariana Jade

A Demon Chef’s Recipe For Tasty Tapas (The Forked Tail Restaurant #2) by Ariana Jade My Rating: 4 stars Genre: Cozy Fantasy Romance Age Category: Adult Type of romance: f/f Blurb: And we’re going live in 3… 2… 1! Welcome to the first round of the DemonChef competition where multiple teams of excellent demon chefs battle it out to be crowned the winner. For our first challenge, we’ll be asking for dishes that highlight the most versatile of sins, envy! Can our teams figure out how to make this sour flavour shine? There’s only one way to find out and […]

Posted August 7, 2026 by Lola in Fantasy, Review, Romance / 6 Comments

Review: The Enchanted Greenhouse by Sarah Beth Durst

The Enchanted Greenhouse (Spellshop #2) by Sarah Beth Durst My Rating: 4 stars Genre: Cozy Fantasy Age Category: Adult Type of romance: m/f Blurb: #1 New York Times bestselling author Sarah Beth Durst invites you to her new standalone novel set in the world of The Spellshop! Follow her to The Enchanted Greenhouse, a cozy fantasy nestled on a far-away island brimming with singing flowers, honey cakes, and honeyed love. Terlu Perna broke the law because she was lonely. She cast a spell and created a magically sentient spider plant. As punishment, she was turned into a wooden statue and […]

Posted August 5, 2026 by Lola in Fantasy, Review / 4 Comments

Review: Goblin Fruit by Celia Lake

Goblin Fruit (Mysterious Charm #2) by Celia Lake My Rating: 3 stars Genre: Cozy Historical Fantasy Romance Age Category: Adult Type of romance: m/f Blurb: Enjoy this kind and gentle 1920s historical fantasy romance series set in the magical community of Great Britain. Lizzie loves her sister. After their father and uncle were lost in a diastrous expedition, Lizzie has done her best to keep everything together. Her younger sister Laura survived tubeculosis, but a decade in and out of treatment has left her stubbornly insistent on doing for herself. When Lizzie gets hired by a private agency, she thinks […]

Posted August 3, 2026 by Lola in Fantasy, Historical, Review, Romance / 6 Comments

Review: Second Chance with Bastet by Laura Greenwood

Second Chance with Bastet (Jinx Paranormal Dating Agency #15) by Laura Greenwood My Rating: 4 stars Genre: Paranormal Romance/ Mythology Age Category: Adult Type of romance: m/f Blurb: Bastet knows better than to fall for her ex, and yet she can’t seem to help herself. The last person Bastet expects to connect with while at a speed dating event is her ancient ex, but as soon as they cross paths, it seems inevitable that she’ll fall for his charms all over again. Even after thousands of years apart, Ptah is still not over Bastet, and now he has a chance […]

Posted July 31, 2026 by Lola in Fantasy, Mythology, Review, Romance / 6 Comments

Review: Fates & Family by Toni Binns

Fates & Family (Meow: Magical Emporium of Wares #3) by Toni Binns My Rating: 5 stars Genre: Cozy Fantasy Age Category: Adult Type of romance: no romance Blurb: Welcome to the Magical Emporium of Wares, a bookshop that appears only to those who need to find it. Sable’s life is colliding in strange ways. As the steady heart of the Magical Emporium of Wares, she thought she’d finally mastered the art of brewing magical lattes and managing interdimensional foot traffic. But as the shop’s foundations begin to hum with a restless energy, the role of Shopkeeper and the long-buried secrets […]

Posted July 27, 2026 by Lola in Fantasy, Review / 2 Comments