Let’s Talk Bookish is a weekly meme created by Rukky @Eternity Books and co-hosted by Aria @Book Nook Bits and myself! In this discussion meme, participants get to talk about certain topics, share opinions, and spread the love by visiting each otherโs posts! Learn more about LTB, past topics and future topics HERE.
This week’s topic is:
Following the Reader
Prompts: What makes you want to follow a bookish account on social media? What makes you want to follow a book blog? Are you very discerning, or do you follow back whoever follows you? Do you prefer or find it easier to engage with other readers on one platform over the other (i.e. blogs vs. bookstagram or booktok)?
Hi friends, I’m back for another blog tour today! I’m excited to share my thoughts as part of the blog tour hosted by Toppling Stacks Tours for The Wicked Lies of Habren Faire by Anna Fiteni.
Thanks to Little, Brown Books for Young Readers for providing a digital ARC via NetGalley in exchange for an honest review!
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The Wicked Lies of Habren Faire Publisher: Little, Brown Books for Young Readers Publication Date: 9 September 2025 Genre: Young Adult Fantasy Rep: LGBTQIA+, disability
Rating: (4 pandas)
๐SYNOPSIS
An irresistible dark fae romantasy, inspired by Welsh mythology and perfect for fans of Sarah J. Maas, Faebound, Leigh Bardugo and Holly Blackโs The Cruel Prince.
Ceridwen Parry has run away with the fairies.
But this is not her story.
For Sabrina Parry, the world is tough, cruel and practical. With her father in prison, her aims in life are 1. hold onto her job, 2. hold her tongue and 3. set up her sister Ceridwen with a man rich enough to look after her. Ceridwen is lovely, romantic, timid โ everything that Sabrina isnโt. But then Ceridwen vanishes into the eerie woods leaving only an iron ring behind and Sabrina is drawn into a beautiful but decaying world of fairies and monsters of old. And when an annoyingly handsome fairy prince offers her a dangerous deal, Sabrina is forced to put her own freedom at risk to save her sister.
Imprisonment, blood, gore, dismemberment, violence, death
TL;DR:This is for those who enjoy complex, morally grey, and somewhat unlikeable MCs that will make you work to appreciate them. Itโs for those who enjoy the intertwining of real history with mythological faerie tales and folklore and magic. And itโs for those who enjoy reading about sibling bonds, a taste of a hate-to-love romance, and a coming-of-age story about a bitter, tired, and scared young woman who longs to live as big a life as she possibly can. I feel like Habren has become one of my favourite YA FMCs and I think sheโs going to stick around in my head for a while! Overall, I found The Wicked Lies of Habren Faire a surprisingly touching and heartwarming story, even if at first, I was a bit uncertain about it. I would recommend this to those who enjoyed stories like The Cruel Prince, and darkly whimsical faerie tales centering family and friendship, such as those by Emily Lloyd-Jones (The Bone Houses, The Drowned Woods).
Leslie and I are planning two group reads in the coming months! Find more details on Leslie’s page or at the end of this post!
Hello, hello and welcome back to another episode of WWW Wednesday, a weekly meme hosted by Sam @ Taking On A World of Words, which means I’ll be answering these questions:
โจ Happy Monday, book lovers! I hope you have a great start to the week! โจ
Time is flying so quickly and yet another month has now come and gone, so it’s time to share one of my favourite posts: the community posts! This is a collection of posts I read from bloggers across the book community over the past month. I hope you’ll take the time to visit some of these creators and show them the love they deserve! โจ๐ Happy reading! ๐โจ
We’re back with another Sundays in Bed With… meme! This meme dares to ask you what book has been in your bed this morning and is hosted by Midnight Book Girl. Come share what book you’ve spent your time reading in bed or wish you had time to read today.
I’ll be spending the rest of my Sunday night in bed reading The Wicked Lies of Habren Faire by Anna Fiteni. I’m honestly struggling to really get into it and I’m not 100% sure why. I feel like there’s something about the writing that keeps losing me. I often find myself zoning out which means I’ve read multiple sections multiple times, and I’m making very slow progress. I hope that changes soon!
What book are you spending your Sunday in bed with?
Let’s Talk Bookish is a weekly meme created by Rukky @Eternity Books and co-hosted by Aria @Book Nook Bits and myself! In this discussion meme, participants get to talk about certain topics, share opinions, and spread the love by visiting each otherโs posts! Learn more about LTB, past topics and future topics HERE.
This week’s topic is:
In Which Season Do You Do Your Best Reading?
Suggested by:Jillian @ Jillian the Bookish Butterfly Prompts: Is there a month, quarter or other specific time of year when you do your most reading and why do you think that is? Does this tend to fluctuate every year or is your reading pretty โsteadyโ?
In Daretanaโs greatest mansion, a high imperial officer lies deadโkilled, to all appearances, when a tree erupted from his body. Even here at the Empireโs borders, where contagions abound and the blood of the leviathans works strange magical changes, itโs a death both terrifying and impossible.
Assigned to investigate is Ana Dolabra, a detective whose reputation for brilliance is matched only by her eccentricities. Rumor has it that she wears a blindfold at all times, and that she can solve impossible cases without even stepping outside the walls of her home.
At her side is her new assistant, Dinios Kol, magically altered in ways that make him the perfect aide to Anaโs brilliance. Din is at turns scandalized, perplexed, and utterly infuriated by his new superiorโbut as the case unfolds and he watches Anaโs mind leap from one startling deduction to the next, he must admit that she is, indeed, the Empireโs greatest detective.
As the two close in on a mastermind and uncover a scheme that threatens the Empire itself, Din realizes heโs barely begun to assemble the puzzle that is Ana Dolabraโand wonders how long heโll be able to keep his own secrets safe from her piercing intellect.
โ ๏ธCONTENT/TRIGGER WARNINGS
Body horror, blood depiction & emesis, murder, smoking, animal & human medical experimentation, classism
TL;DR: I haven’t been able to stop thinking about The Tainted Cup since I finished reading it and that was almost 2 weeks ago now. If you enjoy a richly developed fantasy world, quirky, entertaining, and sharp characters, a layered murder mystery, plus a bit of politicking, then there’s a very good chance you’ll enjoy this book. I loved Ana, Din, and their Holmes/Watson dynamic that had me grinning with delight, especially because the witty sharp banter was so much fun to read! The world-building was immersive and complex, the mystery was intriguing and I was so curious to learn more about this world (not because it wasn’t well-developed but because it is and there’s so much more to explore)! Overall, this was a fantastic read and every bit as incredible as everyone says it is.
Leslie and I are planning two group reads in the coming months! Find more details on Leslie’s page or at the end of this post!
Hello, hello and welcome back to another episode of WWW Wednesday, a weekly meme hosted by Sam @ Taking On A World of Words, which means I’ll be answering these questions:
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