[How it Works](https://chronicallybookish.binderybooks.com/how-it-works/) [Bookshop](https://chronicallybookish.binderybooks.com/books/bindery/) [Publishing](https://chronicallybookish.binderybooks.com/publishing/) [Team](https://chronicallybookish.binderybooks.com/team/) [Contact](https://chronicallybookish.binderybooks.com/contact/) Log in or Sign up An Honored Vow (The Halfling Saga) Melissa Blair Save to Your Books [Bookshop](https://bookshop.org/a/84500/9781454954941) [Amazon](https://www.amazon.com/dp/1454954949?tag=chronicallybookish-20) 100% of affiliate revenue supports chronicallybookish “Your land is not the one you take, it is the one you die for.” Still reeling over her discovery of a staggering secret about her closest ally, Keera has no time to rest. She and her fellow rebels plan a desperate rescue mission after King Damien takes one of their own hostage. Opening the kingdom’s magical seals has transformed Keera in ways even the wisest Fae elders could not have anticipated. With the kingdom’s Halfling population suddenly posing a risk to the crown, the land is plunged into violence as the king begins a new blood purge. **Keera and her allies gather an army to meet Damien’s forces in a final confrontation of epic, and tragic, proportions.** The epic final installment in the _Halfling Saga_ will thrill fans of Melissa Blair’s lush, action-packed, romantasy series. Show more Get the Bindery app * * * Posts about this title from chronicallybookish [chronicallybookish\\ \\ Kaley\\ \\ • Jul 30 2025](https://chronicallybookish.binderybooks.com/) [Inner Circle Exclusive: Every Book I've Read With Disability Rep in 2025 So Far](https://chronicallybookish.binderybooks.com/item/wXAxzmCmVZJmGMyiPSb5/) Link to Q&A with Leanne: https://youtu.be/cRlU0Jh38FA I actually have a lot less reviews than I thought I did... I need to write reviews more often I guess. Fable for the End of the World Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/7309161033 Unloved Review: https://www.tiktok.com/@chronicallybookish/video/7472960553997192491?is\_from\_webapp=1&sender\_device=pc&web\_id=7482910883225191966 * * * 23 books 1 [1](https://chronicallybookish.binderybooks.com/item/wXAxzmCmVZJmGMyiPSb5/#comments) [chronicallybookish\\ \\ Kaley\\ \\ • Jan 29 2025](https://chronicallybookish.binderybooks.com/) [Hello and welcome to my Bindery! One of the things I am most excited to bring you are monthly round ups of upcoming book releases with disability, chronic illness, and mental illness representation. Disability representation has always been at the heart of my platform, and I thought this would be a great way to get these books onto people's radar.\\ \\ In the future, each round up will come at the end of the month, and will let you know about every book with disability representation that will release in the coming month (or at least all of them I can find! I spent hours scouring for releases, but I'm sure I won't always manage to catch every single one). This first one is a _little_ different, since I didn't want to leave out all of the amazing January releases!\\ \\ That all said--let's get into it!\\ \\ **January Releases**\\ \\ _Title:_ **The Holiday Switch** by Torie Jean\\ \\ _Representation:_ endometriosis and adenomyosis\\ \\ _Genre:_ Contemporary Romance\\ \\ _Release Date:_ January 1, 2025\\ \\ _My Rating:_ 5 stars\\ \\ _Title:_ **An Honored Vow**(The Halfling Saga #4) by Melissa Blair\\ \\ _Representation:_ addiction, PTSD\\ \\ _Genre:_ Romantasy\\ \\ _Release Date:_ January 7, 2025\\ \\ _Title:_ **For One Night Only** by Jessica James\\ \\ _Representation:_ anxiety and panic disorder\\ \\ _Genre:_ Contemporary Romance\\ \\ _Release Date:_ January 7, 2025\\ \\ _Title:_ **Once Smitten, Twice Shy** by Chloe Liese\\ \\ _Representation:_ mixed connective tissue disorder, autism, celiac disease\\ \\ _Genre:_ Contemporary Romance\\ \\ _Release Date:_ January 14, 2025\\ \\ _My Rating: 4.5 stars_\\ \\ _Title:_ **Death of the Author** by Nnedi Okorafor\\ \\ _Representation:_ paraplegia, wheelchair user, PTSD\\ \\ _Genre:_ Literary Fiction\\ \\ _Release Date:_ January 14, 2025\\ \\ _My Rating:_ 4 stars\\ \\ _Title:_ **About the Boy** by Leah Nicole Whitcomb\\ \\ _Representation:_ autism\\ \\ _Genre:_ YA Romance\\ \\ _Release Date:_ January 14, 2025\\ \\ _Title:_ **How to Survive This Fairytale** by S.M. Hallow\\ \\ _Representation:_ mental illness, limb difference\\ \\ _Genre:_ Fantasy Horror\\ \\ _Release Date:_ January 16, 2025\\ \\ _Title:_ **Secret Shadows** by J.J. Otis\\ \\ _Representation:_ vision impairment\\ \\ _Genre:_ Romantasy\\ \\ _Release Date:_ January 17, 2025\\ \\ _Title:_ **The Broposal** by Sonora Reyes\\ \\ _Representation:_ autism\\ \\ _Genre:_ Contemporary Romance\\ \\ _Release Date:_ January 21, 2025\\ \\ _Title:_ **Onyx Storm** by Rebecca Yarros\\ \\ _Representation:_ EDS (ehler's danlos syndrome), POTS (postural orthostatic tachycardia syndrome)\\ \\ _Genre:_ Romatasy\\ \\ _Release Date:_ January 21, 2025\\ \\ _Title:_ **The Man for You** by Nikki Grant\\ \\ _Representation:_ depression, anxiety, reynaud's syndrome\\ \\ _Genre:_ Contemporary Romance\\ \\ _Release Date:_ January 23, 2025\\ \\ _Title:_ **Artifice and Access**(A Disability in Fantasy Anthology) edited by Ella T. Holmes\\ \\ _Representation:_ several\\ \\ _Genre:_ Fantasy\\ \\ _Release Date:_ January 25, 2025\\ \\ _Title:_ **Searching for a Valentine** by Alice Dashwood\\ \\ _Representation:_ anxiety, PTSD\\ \\ _Genre:_ Contemporary Romance\\ \\ _Release Date:_ January 27, 2025\\ \\ _Title:_ **Carving Shadows Into Gold**(Forging Silver into Stars #2)by Brigid Kemmerer\\ \\ _Representation:_ amputee, mobility aid user, PTSD\\ \\ _Genre:_ YA Fantasy\\ \\ _Release Date:_ January 28, 2025\\ \\ _Title:_ **A Merry Murderous Midwinter**(The Skeleton Crew #3) by Dahlia Donovan\\ \\ _Representation:_ autism\\ \\ _Genre:_ Cozy Mystery\\ \\ _Release Date:_ January 31, 2025\\ \\ _Title:_ **So Right** by Abby Millsaps\\ \\ _Representation:_ PMDD (pre-menstrual dysphoric disorder)\\ \\ _Genre:_ Why Choose Romance\\ \\ _Release Date:_ January 31, 2025\\ \\ **February Releases**\\ \\ _Title:_ **Lilith Mason Takes on the Everlore**(Wretched Daughters #2) by Wendolyn Baird\\ \\ _Representation:_ dysautonomia, depression, anxiety, c-PTSD\\ \\ _Genre:_ Fantasy\\ \\ _Release Date:_ February 1, 2025\\ \\ _Title:_ **Unloved** by Peyton Corinne\\ \\ _Representation:_ dyslexia, dyscalculia, ADHD\\ \\ _Genre:_ Contemporary Romance\\ \\ _Release Date:_ February 4, 2025\\ \\ _Title:_ **Bless the Blood**(A Cancer Memoir) by Walela Nehanda\\ \\ _Representation:_ leukemia\\ \\ _Genre:_ YA Poetry and Essay Collection\\ \\ _Release Date:_ February 6, 2025\\ \\ _Title:_ **Can't Help Falling in Love** by Mariah Ankenman\\ \\ _Representation:_ ADHD\\ \\ _Genre:_ Contemporary Romance\\ \\ _Release Date:_ February 13, 2025\\ \\ _Title:_ **Setting Up Love** by Rose Santoriello\\ \\ _Representation:_ endometriosis\\ \\ _Genre:_ Monster Romance\\ \\ _Release Date:_ February 14, 2025\\ \\ _Title:_ **The Incident at Ingleton**(Beau Monde Secrets) by Anne Rollins\\ \\ _Representation:_ migraines\\ \\ _Genre:_ Historical Romance\\ \\ _Release Date:_ February 20, 2025\\ \\ _Title:_ **Guard & Guise**(Faeted Hearts #2) by Laura Winter\\ \\ _Representation:_ chronic pain, chronic fatigue\\ \\ _Genre:_ Romantasy\\ \\ _Release Date:_ February 20, 2025](https://chronicallybookish.binderybooks.com/item/dhk5MCiLL46GG86XEOtS/) [EVERY January and February Release With Disability Representation](https://chronicallybookish.binderybooks.com/item/dhk5MCiLL46GG86XEOtS/) * * * 23 books 2 Posts about this book from across Bindery [The Nerdy Babe Life\\ \\ Brianna \\ \\ • Mar 13](https://thenerdybabelife.binderybooks.com/) Join for free [Poll:\\ \\ What Do You Prefer? \\ \\ I just finished **book three of the Halfling Saga** and I’m about to start the fourth book, and I went down the rabbit hole of reading reviews. A lot of people are upset about the direction of the male lead, saying that in the last book he basically becomes a “lap dog” for the main character and loses his edge.\\ \\ \\ \\ And TBH… I’m confused by that criticism.\\ \\ To me, Riven/Killian never felt like a traditional **shadow daddy** character in the first place. Yes, he’s powerful and mysterious at times, but once you really get to know him he feels much more like a **soft but strong** type of character. Loyal, protective, a little emotionally vulnerable, and very centered around the main character.\\ \\ So seeing people complain that he isn’t dominating the story or acting like the classic morally gray alpha male is interesting to me. I feel like some readers expected one archetype and got another.\\ \\ And i got me to thinking about my own reading preferences.\\ \\ I actually like two very different types of male leads:\\ \\ **Soft & steady** – the loyal, emotionally grounded characters who support the heroine and let her shine. They’re strong but not performative about it. \\ \\ Think: \\ \\ - Peeta from Hunger Games\\ \\ - David from Uglies \\ \\ - River from the Halfling series \\ \\ \\ **Shadow daddies** – the dark, morally gray, intimidating characters who carry power and danger with them.\\ \\ Think: \\ \\ - Xaden from Fourth Wing \\ \\ - Caz from Vicious Bonds \\ \\ \\ Both can be great, but I don’t necessarily think every fantasy series needs the second one.\\ \\ Now I’m curious where everyone else falls.\\ \\ When you’re reading fantasy or romantasy, which type of male character do you prefer?\\ \\ The soft and steady ones…\\ \\ or the shadow daddies?\\ \\ Join for free or login](https://thenerdybabelife.binderybooks.com/item/37H25TXTsU3fr6JBnsLw/) [Hot take: Not every fantasy MMC needs to be a shadow daddy](https://thenerdybabelife.binderybooks.com/item/37H25TXTsU3fr6JBnsLw/) * * * 3 books 3 [chronicallybookish\\ \\ Kaley\\ \\ • Jul 30 2025](https://chronicallybookish.binderybooks.com/) \\ \\ Upgrade for $5 or login](https://chronicallybookish.binderybooks.com/item/wXAxzmCmVZJmGMyiPSb5/) [Inner Circle Exclusive: Every Book I've Read With Disability Rep in 2025 So Far](https://chronicallybookish.binderybooks.com/item/wXAxzmCmVZJmGMyiPSb5/) Link to Q&A with Leanne: https://youtu.be/cRlU0Jh38FA I actually have a lot less reviews than I thought I did... I need to write reviews more often I guess. Fable for the End of the World Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/7309161033 Unloved Review: https://www.tiktok.com/@chronicallybookish/video/7472960553997192491?is\_from\_webapp=1&sender\_device=pc&web\_id=7482910883225191966 * * * 23 books 1 [1](https://chronicallybookish.binderybooks.com/item/wXAxzmCmVZJmGMyiPSb5/#comments) [Wanderland Reads\\ \\ Sayer\\ \\ • Apr 7 2025](https://wanderlandreads.binderybooks.com/) Join for free [Queer Books by Indigenous Authors](https://wanderlandreads.binderybooks.com/item/MpYq3zkTYMBZ5S1juv2F/) 📚✨ Let's get into this list of Indigenous queer books! These stories not only celebrate diverse identities but also challenge cultural narratives and promote understanding. By reading these voices, we honor their experiences and enrich our own perspectives. Let's uplift and amplify Indigenous queer narratives together! ❤️🌈 No one is illegal on stolen land. I post this from Mánu: Yį Įsuwą (Catawba) Territory and Lumbee Land #IndigenousLiterature #QueerVoices #BookRecommendations #Queerlit #readtherainbow #wanderlandreads * * * 20 books [R&R Reads\\ \\ Ebony\\ \\ • Feb 20 2025](https://randrreads.binderybooks.com/) Join for free [✨🍃2025 Anticipated Releases Post](https://randrreads.binderybooks.com/item/Cedlg54EHblKeiBY8Xbl/) ✨🍃2025 Anticipated Releases Post thank goodness they extended this to have 20+ pictures I missed some because covers have not been released yet so there will probably be a part two to this post i am for sure going to get back to posting monthly anticipated releases on here rather than the clock app if the clock app gets deleted #bookstagram #books #romancebooks #fantasybooks #blackauthors #diverseauthors #diversebooks #2025bookreleases * * * 67 books 2 [chronicallybookish\\ \\ Kaley\\ \\ • Jan 29 2025](https://chronicallybookish.binderybooks.com/) [EVERY January and February Release With Disability Representation](https://chronicallybookish.binderybooks.com/item/dhk5MCiLL46GG86XEOtS/) * * * 23 books 2 [Left Unread Books\\ \\ Michael LaBorn\\ \\ • Jan 10 2025](https://leftunreadbooks.binderybooks.com/) Join for free [GIVEAWAY: The Halfling Saga](https://leftunreadbooks.binderybooks.com/item/hL38W7P4ZQnbvYothOUS/) If you haven't read The Halfling Saga by Melissa Blair, you are truly missing out on one of the best series to come out in recent years! Luckily for you, I am giving away two full sets, so check out how to enter!!! * * * 4 books 47 [99](https://leftunreadbooks.binderybooks.com/item/hL38W7P4ZQnbvYothOUS/#comments) [Left Unread Books\\ \\ Michael LaBorn\\ \\ • Jan 5 2025](https://leftunreadbooks.binderybooks.com/) Join for free [Here's what I read this week!](https://leftunreadbooks.binderybooks.com/item/GdDpYU32LKpAqaLmPPxe/) If you've been following me a while, you know reading wrap-ups are not really my thing. But 2025 is about trying new things! So here is our first of the year! Enjoy! * * * 12 books 9 [1](https://leftunreadbooks.binderybooks.com/item/GdDpYU32LKpAqaLmPPxe/#comments) [Boozhoo Books\\ \\ Naomi\\ \\ • Dec 24 2024](https://boozhoo.binderybooks.com/) Join for free [2025 YA and Adult Indigenous Book Releases](https://boozhoo.binderybooks.com/item/3Xcc3hTH3k2FdtBvq3IB/) quick publishing update, 2025 releases, where you can find me online * * * 18 books 7 [1](https://boozhoo.binderybooks.com/item/3Xcc3hTH3k2FdtBvq3IB/#comments) [Left Unread Books\\ \\ Michael LaBorn\\ \\ • Nov 4 2024](https://leftunreadbooks.binderybooks.com/) Join for free [Indigenous Books You NEED To Read This November!](https://leftunreadbooks.binderybooks.com/item/QQC4MWrakXcv60MOb27m/) If you aren't already aware, November is Native American Heritage Month. And while I think you should have Indigenous books moving through your TBR all year round, I thought this would be a good time to tell you about some of my favorites! * * * 10 books 7 [Left Unread Books\\ \\ Michael LaBorn\\ \\ • Nov 4 2024](https://leftunreadbooks.binderybooks.com/) Join for free [November Book Club Pick](https://leftunreadbooks.binderybooks.com/item/N1rWUffx2VFkVomdR0Xd/) We are reading A Broken Blade by Melissa Blair for November! If you want to be a part, make sure you grab a copy and read along! There are several ways you can engage with our community as we read, so check out the information below for details!!! * * * 4 books 4 [Paws, Pages and Brews\\ \\ Sammie\\ \\ • Apr 12 2024](https://pawspagesandbrews.binderybooks.com/) Join for free \\ \\ Upgrade for $12 or login](https://pawspagesandbrews.binderybooks.com/item/04fmrNNiJoDQTm0cMi3u/) [Interview With Author Melissa Blair](https://pawspagesandbrews.binderybooks.com/item/04fmrNNiJoDQTm0cMi3u/) Chatting with Author of the Halfling Saga Melissa Blair! * * * 4 books 1