Tag: fantasy

  • Book Review: The Forest of Dreams and Whispers

    Book Review: The Forest of Dreams and Whispers

    There is something about the “playfully antagonistic but secretly love each other” trope that I love. I’m not sure what it is about it, but I can’t get enough – especially when the story is set in Faerie. Thank you to “Cari can Read” for recommending this book through her Youtube. Here is my book…

  • Book Review: A Harmonious Cycle in The Bronzed Beasts

    Book Review: A Harmonious Cycle in The Bronzed Beasts

    5 GLOWING STARS. I just finished the Bronzed Beasts by Roshani Chokshi, and I am in AWE. This book captured the ethereal feeling of seeing the divine, something we will never understand; it filled me with sadness and grief; it carried me to the peaks of happiness and gave me the ultimate feeling of satisfaction.…

  • Book Review: Faces of Love in The Silvered Serpents

    Book Review: Faces of Love in The Silvered Serpents

    I recently finished The Gilded Wolves (read my review on that here: https://www.readwithpolina.com/2024/06/10/book-review-decadent-magic-in-the-gilded-wolves/ )and fell in love with the characters in that book. After that, I went and picked up the Silvered Serpents straight away. I was excited to be swept away in the wondrous world that Roshani Chokshi crafts with her words. I always…

  • Book Review: Decadent Magic in The Gilded Wolves

    Book Review: Decadent Magic in The Gilded Wolves

    I’m a sucker for found-family fantasy heist books. (It’s a specific niche, but there’s so many amazing books in it). I’ve read and loved Mistborn and Six of Crows. Plus, Roshani Chokshi’s first adult book- The Last Tale of the Flower Bride – haunted me in the best way possible after I finished it. So,…