ashleyholstrom's Reviews (1.38k)

Helen Ellis is such a delight.

Under a friend’s guidance, I dove into this series and didn’t come up for air until I was finished with the fifth book a month later. And then I started them again on audio.

If you’re intrigued by fantasy but intimidated by it, A Court of Thorns and Roses is the perfect introductory book. It’s the story of Feyre, a human who finds herself in the faerie lands after killing one disguised as a wolf. A beast takes her to his home as punishment for the crime. Soon, she falls in love with her captor and learns of a darkness coming over the continent, which she must help to fight. It’s spicy and adventurous and seriously unputdownable.

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The TikTok hype for Fourth Wing is so real.

Violet was supposed to be a Scribe, but her mother insists on her being a rider. A dragon rider. She’s small and definitely not a fighter, and as the general’s daughter, she’s marked as a target by her classmates immediately. To become a rider, cadets must go through a series of extreme trials where the only ways out are graduate or die. Meanwhile, the war outside the college is brewing, leadership is being suspicious, and the dark and brooding wing leader Xaden can’t stop glaring at Violet.

✨ From Romantasy Books That are Worth the Hype at Crooked Reads.

When Bryn gets a free trip to a fancy hotel and casino in Vegas, it’s just what she needs after losing her job. Except when she wakes up the next morning, she’s married to Caiden, the hot billionaire who owns the hotel and the city. Turns out, he’s the fae king of the Night Court, and Bryn can’t tear herself away from this surprising new world—and not just because of the lust and money and danger.

The Dark King is so very deliciously spicy.

✨ From Romantasy Books That are Worth the Hype at Crooked Reads.

This emotional rollercoaster is too damn much for my heart.