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Author Interview: Hazel McBride and A Fate Forged in Fire
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Author Interview: Hazel McBride and A Fate Forged in Fire
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Learn more about Bookishh’s featured Author of the Month, Hazel McBride and her new release, A Fate Forged in Fire - A fantasy romance novel with dragons, intrinsic magic systems and plot twists that will leave your head spinning.

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Wild Dark Shores
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Wild Dark Shores
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A Review of Wild Dark Shore, a novel by Charlotte McConaghy

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The Ashes & The Star Cursed King
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The Ashes & The Star Cursed King
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Raihn & Oraya’s journey continues in book 2 of the Nightborn Duet…

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Indie Author Spotlight: Jess Layne
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Indie Author Spotlight: Jess Layne
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Learn more about Bookishh’s featured Indie Author, Jess Layne, and her debut fantasy novel In Beds of Flowers through a detailed Q&A interview.

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Six Scorched Roses
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Six Scorched Roses
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Sunrise on the Reaping
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Sunrise on the Reaping
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The Serpent and The Wings of Night
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The Serpent and The Wings of Night
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View fullsize Had a blast bedazzling this book at one of my absolute favorite local bookstores, @dustyshelfbooks! Have you customized your books at all? 👀
View fullsize Onto ✨Glow ✨ I go
View fullsize Some of my favorite quotes of the first two books in the Plated Prisoner Series by @ravenkennedybooks I’m just starting book four, Glow and literally need to make an entire post just about Gleam (book three) because it literally might be one
View fullsize Switching things up and posting about historical fiction because it’s been over a year since I’ve read this, and I still can’t stop thinking about it. I don’t think this book will ever leave me. The Women by Kristin Hannah is
View fullsize ✨Book Mail ✨ I’m so excited to have the deluxe, first print run of The Heartbreaker by Marni Mann 💛 Thank you so much @entangled_publishing for gifting me this beautiful copy! #entangledpublishing #ad #bookmail #booksta #bookstagram #bookr
View fullsize We might not have gotten an announcement of the next ACOTAR book, but I spent ACOTEN with this beautiful cookbook gifted to me by @chel.seacole ❤️‍🔥 Don’t mind me while I make every recipe in here to feel a little closer to my favorite c
View fullsize On to book two- I went in with basically no idea what this series was about and omfg 😅😅😅 This series is 100% going on the blog- how should I review it? 🏷️ #gild #glint #platedprisonerseries #romantasy #darkfantasy #fantasy #booksta #booktok #bo
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View fullsize Finally starting Gild because enough of you told me this should get me out of my slump, and you were ✨ correct ✨ I’m 150 pages in and absolutely loving it! Have you read it yet?
View fullsize April was a wildddd month for me. Between having family from out of state visit, getting pneumonia, my son being diagnosed with another chronic condition, and two birthdays, I AM EXHAUSTED. I finished The Ever King by LJ Andrews and Wild Dark Shore b
View fullsize I feel like as a community, this conversation just keeps popping up and I continue to see people argue on whether or not we are truly part of the book community. We are. I can't speak for anyone else, but I know I absolutely attach my soul to the
View fullsize Bookstagram has been such an unbelievable community, and I am grateful every day for all of you. I literally thought reaching one thousand of you was a pipe dream, and sitting here at four thousand is genuinely mind blowing. Thank you all for the way
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View fullsize THIS. BOOK. A perfect read, truly, for earth day. @charlottemcconaghy does a fantastic job of writing such a vivid, multi-POV story that follows five different characters and not only their interpersonal drama, but also the collapse of the island th
View fullsize As a fellow creator, I think World Creativity Day is a wonderful opportunity to re-introduce myself and start a following train! I'll go first: I'm Brooke, a mom of four (one being medically complex), who finds her escape in fictional worlds. I am
View fullsize I found this stunning hardcover of The Paper Palace by Miranda Cowley Heller at my local Goodwill (amongst a few other finds!) and literally could not leave without it. I've been trying to read more contemporary fiction in between my fantasy reads, a
View fullsize I have heard PHENOMENAL things about The Poppy War by R.F. Kuang, and after seeing the special edition at Barnes & Noble, I couldn't help myself. If you've read it, tell me why I this should be my next read below (outside of it being STUNNINGGG)
View fullsize Swipe through for an unwrapping of my new favorite signed book 👀 ➡️ What’s your favorite quote from the Crowns of Nyaxia series? If you haven’t read it, WHY?
View fullsize Blood of Hercules was one of my book clubs reads these last few months, but I never got to it 🫣 Now that the collectors edition is out, I couldn’t help but preemptively buy a shelf trophy for when I read it! What recent special edition have
View fullsize Just a collection of things that constantly make me sob like a baby 😭😭😭 Which one resonates most with you?? #acotar #acotarseries #acomaf #acowar #sjm #hungergames #sunriseonthereaping #suzannecollins #thrserpentandthewingsofnight #crownsofnyax

“what if we go on” he said, “only to more pain and despair?

What if we go on, only to find a horrible end waiting for us?”

Aelin looked northward, as if she could see all the way to Terrasen. 

“Then it is not the end.”