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Fantasy Novels & Graphic Novels

Genre: YA Fantasy Publishing date: August 25, 2026 5+ I give + to books I love and I know I will reread on my birthday, on Bilbo's Birthday, All Hallow's Eve, Thanksgiving, Christmas Eve, New Year's Day... St. Valentine's Day... We have one (of these fav celebrations) each year but we still celebrate them full of emotion. A hug we want to repeat to remember favorite memories. I have a few themed books that fit each, will add this one to my Christmas fantasy month and Valenti

📚 #divineoaths 💜 Dark Academy 💜 She sees people's lifelines 💜 Ancient curses 💜 Hight stakes mystery 💜 Compeling romance Ninth House meets Legendborn in this thrilling dark academia debut following a new student fueled by questions about her prestigious university and the haunting answers she uncovers as her heart pulls her in two different, dangerous directions. Westfield University was supposed to be Sianna Adu’s dream school. But just when she’s on the cusp of attendi

Read the series, start here https://amzn.to/4wYevGZ Candidate for Murder 5+ 🐕 THIS volume!!! For those who have no passion for Gnarly because he sometimes makes a few sandwiches or wedding rings disappear... this is the volume we get HIS flashback. ❤️Why i love Gnarly so much when he's naughty? It could be a dog or a spoiled child, it's the love the author has for her dog that gets through her words in this series, with humor. That kind of love makes us forgive naughty act

Book Info: Title: The Dog Heist by Dani Jansen Genre: Middle Grade Publishing Date: September 1, 2026 Review: 4.5 stars 🌟 With the strength of a novel in verse. This is a short literary fiction work for children that is not focused on a fast-paced action plot format to entertain, but more of a quiet, emotional (kinda sad and bleak isolation) and introspection of their lives. Both POVs (Caleb & Val) realize from their coming-of-age difficulties and how they have to grow quick

I also included those that fit the horror vibes, mysteries with paranormal, mental health, and some fantasy with dark themes, in random order.

🥰📚 Just finished... #themysteriousmagicoflighthouselane 5 stars This is a @simonkids book I bought on @librofm for a walk at the beach By author @erin_n_stewart whom I've posted some words before like: Every Borrowed Beat (YA), The Forgetting Magic of Zoe Turner, Scars like Wigs Lucy has big feelings. People say she's too much. I can relate to that. Most of people don't even trust to understand them just get offended, or bully, or disregard that Lucy can't deal with bad new

📚From the creator of series like Cleopatra in Space 🥰🥰🥰🥰 comes... #themoonlitspiral Soooo gorgeous 5 stars , full review soon ...comes a wildly imaginative, enormously thrilling and deeply felt story of treasure-hunting friends Best friends Rion and Zyla live in the fantastic world of Helix, where treasure hunting was once a way of life. Nowadays, though, it seems like people are more concerned with researching the past than looking for real treasure in the present. Life

📚 Review of #Danceoftheowlwoman Early copy provided by @booksparks 4.5 stars A beautiful, lyrical, very well-written YA magic realism book. I just discovered this one (will get book 1 too) The characters are sweet for fans of Ghibli kindness, brave females, and unique sidekicks. I like books that have characters of different ages. The lore is amazing, feels native and full of cultural richness. The author has a great way of writing using all senses, tension and emotional m

Yay I bought the Christmas one after I got the @simonkids Halloween gift, and will get the Leprechaun for the St Patrick's Day as well. These are illustrated by one of my favorite artists @saoirselouscribbles I can never resist her work Interactive gorgeous fun books with cuts #kidlit #boardbooks

Penguin Books For Kids. Pre-order here Gabbi Calabrese https://share.google/FJmxVk2TdhZAwEW67 FANTASY: Little Bookworm: Fantasy Worlds 5 stars Such sweet, vibrant, awesome artwork for this creative, tiny homage to fantasy literature, featuring some of the masters and the core elements of fantasy stories. Although it may be a new world with different creatures, it's just a lot of imagination to tell the stories of the world around us. MYSTERY 5 stars A recipe for mystery books

Thursday Lauren Carr Mac Faraday Mysteries Readathon 3 reviews today ✅️Three Days To Forever 5+ High stakes. Hitman and national security. Great switch, a bit of a departure from the previous Christian themes (only one novel). We're back to a more urban, larger-scale conspiracy, threats, and the past knocking on their doors with trouble. David gets the lead in this book more than Mac in police work, and is entrusted with a protection task to make sure the past doesn't kill Ar

Super excited with the release of this one. Ferec, a streetwise secret agent working in the magical city of Wickhills gets caught on the run while trying to protect a defecting scientist carrying a powerful magical weapon. Forecast works for a Manticore character #fantasy #26reads #arc @torbooks

5 + stars I love stories of pianists or artists going beyond themselves for the sake of their obsession with the art. I was very young when I watched Amadeus, and it made such an impression on me, I still can't play Mozart without feeling a deep loneliness when his music was mostly playful. This novel has many layers, but one is very focused on suicide and on how different it is to be a male in the industry or a woman (classical music or not, it happens a lot). The author gi

Great news, A few volume 2s are getting ready for release, for example: Aku (Battle For Pyra), Open Wide (The I Scream Truck), Spy School (goes East) Mystery James (Digs her own Grave)... 🥰 #simoncrew @simonkids

Genre: Middle Grade, Graphic Novel Published date: February 3, 2025 Goodreads | Amazon | Barnes & Noble | IndieBound Synopsis: Dungeons & Dragons meets Jumanji in a hilarious fantasy adventure where the players are trapped inside the chaotic world they created. Now every bad roll, terrible plan, and overpowered enemy is dangerously real. When a group of tabletop role-playing gamers suddenly find themselves pulled into their own fantasy campaign, the adventure stops being imag

🎧 Audiobooks for August: 2 reviews More choices With @simon.audio #simonaudioinfluencer Some are volumes 2 or 3 and I will need to catch up with previous volumes. #simonbooks #wishyouwell #stayburied With @librofm Possible extra choices :

Daughter of the Underworld 5+ Loved this volume and characters, the level of betrayal is so sad and infuriating. They are all trying to survive. Tyrant king Orpheus has a secret challenge and requests volunteers to go rescue his beloved wife Eurydice from the Underworld in exchange they can be free, slaves no more. Deina a Soul Severer has nothing to lose, it will take years before she can accumulate enough jobs escorting souls of the departed to conquer her freedom. She jump

Genre: YA Fantasy Publishing date: October 13, 2026 Goodreads | Amazon | Barnes & Noble | IndieBound Rep: Black Synopsis: A high-stakes, dark academia fantasy perfect for fans of The Raven Cycle and Legendborn. Deja Freeman comes from a long line of witches, each one ushered into the magical Web by a woman before her—only she was never woven in. After her mother’s death, Deja’s aunt sought to protect her from the complications of magic. But when Deja enrolls at the prestigiou