Review: Oath of the Wolf by Elisabeth Wheatley

Title: Oath of the Wolf
Author: Elisabeth Wheatley
Series: Wrath and Weeping #2
Genre: Fantasy Romance
Publisher: Book Goblin Books
Publication Date: October 20, 2025
Edition: Kindle, 351 pages
Source: Library
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Synopsis:

   Against all odds, Brynn and Cenric have made a life for themselves in the rugged land of Ombra. The young lovers are thriving, and the shire is flourishing under their rule, but kings do not forget the favors owed to them.
   Years ago, Cenric was given the warriors to retake his ancestral homeland by the warlord who united the fractured Valdari islands into a single kingdom. Claiming friendship, the warlord turned king now invites Cenric and Brynn to Valdar as his guests for the largest gathering of the year.
   Not wishing to offend him, Cenric and Brynn accept, but quickly realize that it is not mere friendship that the Valdari king wants. Caught in a web of ambition, lies, and tangled oaths, Brynn and Cenric soon realize that all is not well in Valdar and there are secrets even its king does not know.
   When new intrigue awakens an ancient evil, Brynn and Cenric must fight to protect the things they have come to love and the very existence of not one, but two kingdoms.
   The much-anticipated sequel to Tears of the Wolf from Elisabeth Wheatley.

 

 

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ARC Review: The Wolf and the Crown of Blood by Elizabeth May

Title: The Wolf and the Crown of Blood
Author: Elizabeth May 
Series: The Broken Accords #1
Genre: Dark Fantasy/ Romance/ Adult
Publisher: Bloomsbury USA / Aria
Publication Date: January 27, 2026
Edition: Ebook
Source: NetGalley
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Synopsis:

   A princess and a war-weary god met in the ashes of a broken city, forging a pact in blood and sacrifice. Now, centuries of fragile peace are on the brink of collapse…
   Bryony Devaliant was born to die — again and again. In Vartena, royal blood is the currency of peace, with every monarch sacrificed and resurrected to appease the gods. But when rebellion stirs, the god-king sends his deadliest weapon to restore order: an immortal assassin known only as the Wolf.
   Evander has perfected the art of killing over centuries — until his latest target becomes the one person he cannot destroy. When forbidden desire burns between the assassin and the sacrificial princess, their connection threatens the fragile boundary between gods and mortals. And when that boundary shatters, empires crumble. Because when gods fall in love with mortals, mortals are always the ones to break.

A thrilling and incredibly sexy new dark romantasy series from Sunday Times bestselling author Elizabeth May. Inspired by Beauty and the Beast and Eros and Psyche.

 

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ARC Review: I, Medusa by Ayana Gray

Title: I, Medusa
Author: Ayana Gray
Series: Standalone
Genre: Fantasy/Mythology/Retelling
Publisher: Random House
Publication Date: November 18, 2025
Edition: Ebook
Source: NetGalley
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 Synopsis:

    Meddy has spent her whole life as a footnote in someone else’s story. Out of place next to her beautiful, immortal sisters and her parents—both gods, albeit minor ones—she dreams of leaving her family’s island for a life of adventure. So when she catches the eye of the goddess Athena, who invites her to train as an esteemed priestess in her temple, Meddy leaps at the chance to see the world beyond her home.
   In Athens’ colorful market streets and the clandestine chambers of the temple, Meddy flourishes in her role as Athena’s favored acolyte, getting her first tastes of purpose and power. But when she is noticed by another Olympian, Poseidon, a drunken night between girl and god ends in violence, and the course of Meddy’s promising future is suddenly and irrevocably altered.
   Her locs transformed into snakes as punishment for a crime she did not commit, Medusa must embrace a new identity—not as a victim, but as a vigilante—and with it, the chance to write her own story as mortal, martyr, and myth.

   Exploding with rage, heartbreak, and love, I, Medusa portrays a young woman caught in the cross currents between her heart’s deepest desires and the cruel, careless games the Olympian gods play.

  

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ARC Review: Last of His Blood by Melissa Cave

Title: Last of His Blood
Author: Melissa Cave
Series: Empire of Stars #3
Genre: Fantasy Romance/Cozy
Publisher: Owl and Bear, LLC
Publication Date: November 1, 2025
Edition: Ebook
Source: NetGalley
Purchase: Amazon US 

 

Synopsis:

They have survived the war, the devils, and each other. Now they face the long cold of winter…and the clamoring ghosts of a bloody legacy.
   It began with a summer of devils.
No. It began with seven years of war, and a valley left in ruins after a century of violence.
   Or perhaps even earlier, with the first life Remin took at thirteen years old, because he was determined to live when the Divine Emperor commanded he should die.
   But as the ragged survivors of his outlying villages begin to arrive, Remin is forced to reckon with the cost of his own life, even as threats grow against the people he loves. And as the coils of Imperial intrigue tighten, a virulent fever sweeps through Tresingale. Among the first to fall: Remin himself.
   It leaves his young wife Ophele to take command of a town under siege, testing her fragile strength against fever, fear, and worse foes that lurk unseen. Family secrets stretch beyond the grave, threatening to detonate everything they have, and a knife from the capital seeks the very heart of Tresingale.
Even for those who survive the winter, their lives will never be the same.

Last of His Blood is the third book in Empire of the Stars, a romantic epic fantasy of enduring love, dangerous secrets, and deathless loyalty. Begin the series with Traitor Son, and discover a love that could redeem an Empire.

 

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Review: Children of Fallen Gods by Carissa Broadbent

Title: Children of Fallen Gods
Author: Carissa Broadbent 
Series: The War of Lost Hearts #2
Genre: Fantasy/War/Romance
Publisher: Self-publish
Publication Date: March 30, 2021
Edition: 636 pages, Kindle Edition
Source: Purchased 
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Synopsis:

  No war can be fought with clean hands. Not even the ones waged for the right reasons. Not even the ones you win. 

  Tisaanah bargained away her own freedom to save those she left behind in slavery. Now, bound by her blood pact, she must fight the Orders’ war -- and Max is determined to protect her at all costs. But when a betrayal tears apart Ara, Max and Tisaanah are pushed into an even bloodier conflict. Tisaanah must gamble with Reshaye’s power to claim an impossible victory.

  And Max, forced into leadership, must confront everything he hoped to forget: his past, and his own mysterious magic. All the while, darker forces loom -- far darker, even, than the Orders’ secrets. As Tisaanah and Max are ensnared in a web of ancient magic and twisted secrets, one question remains: what are they willing to sacrifice for victory? For power? For love? 

 

 

 

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