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Her legend lives on in songs and stories, in children’s books and recruiting posters—but her life as it truly happened has been forgotten. Centuries later, Owen Mallory—failed soldier, struggling scholar—falls in love with the tale of Una Everlasting. Her story takes him to war, to the archives—and then into the past itself. Una and Owen are tangled together in time, bound to retell the same story over and over again, no matter what it costs. But that story always ends the same way. If they want to rewrite Una’s legend—if they want to tell a different story—they’ll have to rewrite history itself. > “Alix E. Harrow is an exceptional, undeniable talent.” —Olivie Blake, New York Times bestselling author of _The Atlas Six_ > “An utter masterpiece… I loved every single page.” —Rachel Gillig, New York Times and USA Today bestselling author of _One Dark Window_ At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied. 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This week, I talk about a series I finished, some of the most recent books I added to "want to read," and some wintry fantasy books. \\ \\ * * *\\ \\ **Reading Updates** ****Audiobook \| Finished:** _Ancillary Mercy_** \\ \\ **Rating**: ⭐⭐⭐⭐\\ \\ **Thoughts:** It has been a long time since I binge-read a series, but I just couldn't stop listening to the audiobooks for the Imperial Radch trilogy. I found this last installment to be an odd continuation on the overarching plot. I'm surprised that the scope ended up being this narrow, given everything that happened in the first book. I can see why it happened the way that it did, but it didn't really feel like a finale. I loved the series as a whole. The characters are incredible, and I loved the detailed world-building. I plan to read the other books in the series soon, but I needed a little break from SciFi. \\ \\ ****Ebook \| Finished:** _The Sacred Space Between_** \\ \\ **Rating:** ⭐⭐⭐⭐\\ \\ **Thoughts:** The YEARNING in this book! Absolutely incredible. I loved the romance between Jude and Maeve so much. As a devout iconographer and an exiled saint they start off very ideologically opposed. I loved watching them form a bond of trust and mutual understanding as they learned to work together and help each other heal bit by bit. The slow building tension between them was perfect. I also love how this book explores themes of religion, faith, and devotion. A stunning debut!\\ \\ ****Hardcover \| Currently Reading:** _The Everlasting_** \\ \\ **Thoughts:** I am literally 15 pages into this book, I have no thoughts yet lol. The writing styles has me very intrigued. I'm also a little scared because the reviews for this book as so overwhelmingly positive I feel like its impossible not to go into it with crazy high expectations. \\ \\ * * *\\ \\ **Books on My Radar** \\ \\ Rather than repeating the same books that I've been mentioning in my recent future reading plans updates, I thought I would share the last five books I added as "want to read" on Goodreads and what caught my interest. \\ \\ \\ \\ _The Trident and the Pearl_: Orbit. I pretty much automatically add any fantasy book Orbit publishes to my want to read list. The cover is also very interesting to me. A romantasy with gods and a seaside setting, I'm definitely keeping my eye on this one. \\ \\ \\ \\ _Endless Blue Beneath_: Another Orbit watery fantasy book that caught my eye on Instagram. This one a dark romantic fantasy with sapphic mermaids!\\ \\ \\ \\ _One Yellow Eye_: The cover caught my attention while I was watching a bookstore vlog on TikTok. "A brilliant scientist desperately searches for a cure after a devastating epidemic while also hiding a monumental secret—her undead husband." Torn between this sounding really interesting and the fact that I don't like reading about zombies. \\ \\ \\ \\ _Weavingshaw_: A very successful TikTok ad won me over even though the cover is really boring. A gothic romantasy about a young woman who can see the dead and strikes a deal with a dark, deadly stranger. \\ \\ \\ \\ _Habits of the Sea_: I am a sucker for the neon text on moody, painting-like covers trend. I find the aesthetic so appealing and it makes me want to be the kind of person who reads books like this. This is a 2026 release that follows a woman who rediscovers the fabled island where she went missing for a week when she was a child. Early reviews make me think this one might be a little too sad for me, but I will keep my eye on it. \\ \\ * * *\\ \\ **Book Recommendations** \\ \\ It recently snowed a lot where I live so I think it is officially time to recommend some fantasy books with cold, wintry settings. Though my reading mood isn't heavily influenced by the season, I love to put together lists of seasonal book recommendations. \\ \\ \\ \\ **_Dark Water Daughter_**: This is a dark, wintry pirate story that follows Mary, a stormsinger who is captured by pirates and forced to help them find a mysterious treasure. We also follow disgraced naval officer Samuel whose connection to reality is slipping as his magic is corrupted. The cold winter setting is so well written, creating the perfect atmosphere to compliment the tense pirate story. The unique magic and magical creatures further enhance the setting. \\ \\ \\ \\ **_Emily Wilde's Encyclopaedia of Faeries_**: The first book in the Emily Wilde series takes place in a remote northern village in the middle of winter as scholar of the fae, Emily Wilde, travels to this village to document an elusive specieis of fae. She is joined by her academic rival, the lazy professor Wendall Bambleby. The two reluctantly team up to discover the secrets lurking in the snow and fend off the dark fae forces threatening the village. The snowy setting, cozy romance, and slightly dark magical elements make this a fantastic read for the winter months. \\ \\ \\ \\ **_Daughter of Redwinter_**: In this book we follow a young girl at a remote military outpost that is hiding a deadly secret. She can see the dead, a power that could get her killed as it means she has access to a forbidden level of magic. 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There’s dragons and time travel and an epic love story that spans over a millennia and YEARNING. Basically everything you could ever want in a fantasy romance. Alex E Harrow is quickly becoming a favorite author of mine, and I feel so vindicated for making this one of my most anticipated new book releases of 2025. Thank you to @Macmillan Audio and @Tor Publishing Group for gifting me this book in advance! #fantasybooktok #newfantasybook #fantasyromance #newbookrecs * * * 1 book [Ladybug Books\\ \\ Samantha\\ \\ • Oct 26 2025](https://ladybug-books.binderybooks.com/) Join for free [Hello friends, and welcome back to my weekly newsletter! This week, I finished two more books on my priority TBR and started a highly anticipated release. I also have some recommendations for fantasy books perfect for the spooky season\\ \\ * * *\\ \\ **Reading Updates:** ****Audiobook \| Finished:** _Goddess of the River_** \\ \\ **Rating:** ⭐⭐⭐⭐\\ \\ **Thoughts:** _Goddess of the River_ is a beautiful and emotional story. This is my first book by Vaishnavi Patel, and I was absolutely swept away by her writing. Ganga's journey of godhood was incredibly interesting. I loved seeing her growth as she learned to accept and care for the humans that depended on her waters. I really struggled with Bhisma's chapters at times. There were a lot of interesting ideas about responsibility, goodness, and justice. But it was really difficult to follow all of the different characters and plot lines, especially with the timeline jumping around. I will definitely need to check out _Kaikeyi_ soon. \\ \\ ****Hardcover \| Finished:** _Moonbound_** \\ \\ **Rating:** ⭐⭐⭐⭐\\ \\ **Thoughts:** _Moonbound_ is a charmingly strange story that pulls together elements of far future SciFi with some classic fantasy vibes to create a truly unique and intriguing story. I LOVE a story that plays with perspective and unique narrators. This story is told from the perspective of a sentient AI that is woken when a young boy stumbles across the remnants of a civilization that has been dead for 11,000 years. I was immediately intrigued by the narrator and its role as a chronicler and witness to the young boys great destiny. Humanity has fallen and come back as something both completely new and oddly familiar. The world is this really interesting blend of quirky classical fantasy elements—wizards, talking animals, dragons on the moon—and extremely advanced technologies. I will say that it lost me a bit in the middle as the story became a bit too focused on exploring the quirky nature of the world. With a story like this, I want the story to lean into the strange narrator, the secrets, the technologies, and do something interesting with the concept. Though it kind of gets there at the end, the middle is less concerned with the parts of the story that I found most compelling which caused my interest to wane a bit. \\ \\ ****Currently reading \| Paperback (ARC):** _To Bargain with Mortals_** \\ \\ **Progress:** 35%\\ \\ **Thoughts:** I am finally reading _To Bargain with Mortals_!!! I already know that I am going to eat this up. The writing is engaging, the world building is strong, and I am so invested in the characters' lives. One thing I'm really appreciating is how realistically complex the two main characters have been so far. Poppy in particular manages to walk the very fine line of being realistically naive for her situation without being insufferable to read about. She feels real and I can't help but root for her growth as a character. I am also really looking forward to seeing more of the magic. \\ \\ * * *\\ \\ **Future Reading Plans:** \\ \\ Once I finish _To Bargain with Mortals_ I need to start another highly anticipated release: _The Sacred Space Between_. This story is about an exiled saint and the devout iconographer sent to paint him. I just know the gothic atmosphere and romance are going to be perfect.\\ \\ \\ \\ I only recently found myself really excited to read _The Everlasting_. After being so disappointed by _The Second Death of Locke_, I think I have transferred all of my hopes onto _The Everlasting_ instead. I will definitely be at the bookstore this week to pick up a copy!\\ \\ \\ \\ The most recent addition to my physical TBR is _Kill the Beast_ by Serra Swift. A friend told me personally that she thought I would love it and that is all that I needed to know. A fairy-tale story of revenge, redemption, and friendship. \\ \\ * * *\\ \\ **Fantasy Books Perfect for the Spooky Season** \\ \\ With Halloween quickly approaching I thought I would share some books with magic systems or atmospheres that are perfect for the spooky season. \\ \\ \\ \\ **_Asunder_**: You should know by now that I am going to take any opportunity to recommend _Asunder._ This dark, gritty fantasy has a world that I think is best described as "horror Studio Ghibli." With elements that could almost have been cozy, this broken world is creepy, unsettling, and sometimes magical. In this book we follow a girl who has made a bond with an eldritch god that left her with the ability to see the dead. While on a job she stumbles across a dying mysterious stranger. In order to save him she binds his soul to her shadow, accidentally creating a bond that threatens to destroy them both. The two of them go on a quest to break the bond and pick up a ragtag group of reluctatnt allies along the way. \\ \\ \\ \\ **_House of Salt and Sorrows_**: This YA gothic horror retelling of the twelve dancing princesses also contains some of the most unsettling scenes I have ever read. That is not to say that it is particulary scary, but the sense of atmosphere is so rich and consuming that I got swept away in the nightmare. I loved the cold, stormy seaside setting and I was so invested in the mysterious curse haunting the young girls. _House of Salt and Sorrows_ makes for the perfect gloomy fall read.\\ \\ \\ \\ **_Silver Under Nightfall_**: Would it be a spooky season recommendation list if I didn't include my favorite vampire book? _Silver Under Nightfall_ follows disgraced vampire hunter Remy who lives in the shadow of his mother's disgraceful death despite his talent as a hunter. When two mysterious vampires come to the kingdom, Remy is recruited to help them uncover the mystery between the dangerous monsters threatening the kingdom. The gothic vampire setting makes this the perfect spooky season read. There is also an incredible vampire x vampire hunter romance to add even more tension to the story. Might I also suggest treating this as a standalone and pretending that _Court of Wanderers_ doesn't exist lol. \\ \\ * * *\\ \\ Have you been saving any particular books for the spooky season? 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