Lizzie's Reading Nook

  Book Review Title               Pride & Prejudice & Potions: Lizzy's Story Author          Laura M. Drake Read Dates     30th December 2025 Rating               3.5 / 5 Format               E-Book Blurb It is a truth universally acknowledged that Austen Heights is a sleepy little town—until a murder wakes it up. Elizabeth Bennet’s life is exactly what you’d expect for a half-witch, half-fae in a small town. She shares a cozy apartment with roommates, writes about social events for the local newspaper, and helps out in her family’s bakery—famous for its love potions, gossip, and her mother’s poor nerves. But when her mom becomes a suspect in a murder case, the predictable headlines of Lizzy’s life take a chilling turn. Determined to clear her mother’s name, Lizzy throws herself into the investigation. While chasing a lea...

  Book Review Title               Starlight and Shadows Author          Layla J. Nickel Read Dates     19th December 2025 - 28th December 2025 Rating               4.5 / 5 Format               E-Book Blurb She was taught to fear the darkness. He was born from it. Monsters. That's what unicorns are—capable only of murder and malice… or so Luna is taught to believe. Trapped within the palace grounds, she follows the king's rules to stay alive—warned that even a single scratch could mean her death. But her world unravels when a shadow unicorn shatters everything she knows and holds dear. She is left questioning why she's drawn to this supposed enemy… and if he truly is one, why does he keep saving her? Thrust into a world of magic where safety and freedom are fleeting, Luna must face who she is and choose her allies carefully, all w...

Book Review Title            Breeders Author          Faye Knightly Read Dates    5th February 2024 - 16th February 2024 Rating            4.5 / 5 Format            E-Book Blurb To serve the pack, I must touch the untouchable girl. Cassie.  Shrouded in darkness, I watched her when we were children, helplessly drawn to her light. She’s always been the one woman I could lose myself in. It’s an obsession I’m only able to shake when we’re separated at puberty, and I find new purpose guarding the pack borders. But I’m not prepared when I’m selected for the breeding program and find Cassie in a heat-induced-lust-state begging me to take her. Behind the ram’s mask, my identity is secure, and I’m free to let loose the beast within. It’s part of the program. Natural. Expected. I just have to find a way to make sure it ends there. Pack abo...

Book Review Title            Fourth Wing  Author         Rebecca Yarros Read Dates        2nd February 2024 - 10th February 2024 Rating                5 / 5 Format                Paperback Blurb Welcome to the brutal and elite world of Basgiath War College . . . Twenty-year-old Violet Sorrengail was supposed to enter the Scribe Quadrant, living a quiet life among books and history. Now, the commanding general - also known as her tough-as-talons mother - has ordered Violet to join the hundreds of candidates striving to become the elite of Navarre:  dragon riders . But when you're smaller than everyone else and your body is brittle, death is only a heartbeat away . . . because dragons don't bond to 'fragile' humans. They incinerate them. With fewer dragons willing to bond than cadet...

 Book Review Title             Zodiac Academy: The Awakening Author         Caroline Peckham & Susanne Valenti Read Dates         30th January 2024 - 4th February 2024 Rating                 4.5 / 5 Format                 E-Book Blurb I’m a Gemini. Impulsive. Curious. Headstrong. A twin. Heir to a throne I know nothing about. And it turns out, I’m Fae. But of course there’s a catch - all I have to do to claim my birth right is prove that I’m the most powerful supernatural in the whole of Solaria. And sure, technically that’s true as I’m the daughter of the Savage King. But the bit they didn’t put in the brochure was that every single Fae in this Kingdom would claim my throne if they could. The school they’ve sent me to is both dangerous as sh*t and one helluva party. Vampires...

Book Review Title                     Say Goodbye Author                Karen Rose Read Dates           1st December 2023 - 30th January 2024 Rating                     5 / 5 Format                Paperback Blurb The closer you get to the truth, the more dangerous it gets. FBI Agent Tom Hunter has been chasing down leads to find the brutal cult that damaged some of his closest friends. They managed to escape to tell their stories, but Eden's location has always remained a mystery. Liza Barkley is struggling with her feelings for Tom and wonders if their friendship can survive the secrets they've kept from one another. But they may be forced to confront the truth when a chance to help the investigation puts Liza directly in the line of fire. ...