August 2025 Book Releases

It's that time of the month! August has some really exciting titles coming out - and happily, I'm travelling to Edinburgh this month and will catch some of the Edinburgh Book Festival (I'll try to remember to take some pictures to share!) Let's take a look at what we can adorn our shelves with this month.

The Black Gryphon by Mercedes Lackey | book review

The Black Gryphon by Mercedes Lackey book review

This was everything and more that I hoped it would be. Being my first (!) Mercedes Lackey book, I was apprehensive that this wouldn't live up to my ever-increasingly high expectations, but it so did. And here I am, 100% ready to commit to the whole Valdemar universe.

House of Dragons by Jessica Cluess | book review

House of Dragons by Jessica Cluess book review

This was alright, but has sadly fallen into my not-quite-the-epic-story I'd hope for, that so often seems to happen with dragon books.

Jade City by Fonda Lee | DNF book review

Jade City by Fonda Lee book review

I gave this one a real hot go, but I just couldn't click with it. I'm sad that I couldn't get into it, though, because it seems like almost every review is a very enthusiastic 5 stars. But for me, this was dense, hard-going and lacked a plot that truly sucked me in.

July 2025 Book Releases

July 2025 book releases

It's that time again! Writing these posts has turned out to be quite lethal, because since getting back into scouring the web for upcoming releases, my bookshelves have had quite a few extra additions to them ... the pre-order game is strong, friends.

Crystal Crowned by Elise Kova | book review

Crystal Crowned by Elise Kova book review

The epic conclusion to the Air Awakens series!

Water’s Wrath by Elise Kova | book review

Water's Wrath by Elise Kova book review

This series is so much fun! Book four had the most 'filler' vibe so far out of all of them, but it's set everything up really excitingly for the fifth and final book.

Earth’s End by Elise Kova | book review

Earth's End by Elise Kova book review

Another great instalment to this series - things have only become bigger and more serious (and more exciting!) I think this is also my favourite of the books so far. I really have nothing to complain about for this one.

Fire Falling by Elise Kova | book review

Okay, either I've been listening to the audiobook performance for long enough that I'm desensitised or miracles do happen, because this audiobook performance was so much better than for the first book.

Air Awakens by Elise Kova | book review

Air Awakens by Elise Kova book review

This was fun and more or less everything I expected it to be. I've been wanting to read this series for such a long time and finally managed to get my hands on it in the form of an audiobook.