Jennifer L. Armentrout has always been the queen of paranormal romance. The Obsidian series remains as one of the wittiest and additive series in existence and with the From Blood and Ash series, the author continues to prove that you don’t need to sacrifice an intricate plot and worldbuilding for the romance to also take centre stage. The latest series from Armentrout is the new adult fantasy pitched as 'Game of Thrones with vampires', set in a fictional world where Poppy is

If you’re captivated by the court politics in The Cruel Prince by Holly Black and the heist adventures from Netflix’s Shadow and Bone, These Hollow Vows by Lexi Ryan will keep you up at night. When Abriella makes a deal with a menacing Unseelie King to save her sister, she enters a world of two warring fae courts and faces moral crises. Tasked with stealing various magical objects, Brie is swept into a fantasy land rife with betrayals and lies.  Upon hearing this premise, we

After a day of fabric sourcing for a new project, Sarah Arthur jumps into her car and picks up the phone. She enthusiastically dives into a story about how a cancelled order of silver embroidered fabric became the basis for one of Diana Bishop’s iconic dresses on A Discovery of Witches. The costume designer, renowned for her Emmy-nominated work on Sherlock, brought to life Elizabethan garments worn by its lead stars, Teresa Palmer and Matthew Goode. Set in 1590, season two of

Genre: Adult Fantasy Mystery Themes: Crime, Family, Witchcraft Rating: 5/5 For Fans Of: Peter Grant Series, Big Little Lies, The Craft POV: Multiple The new adult contemporary fantasy from V.V. James, author of the Dark Gifts trilogy (as Vic James), brings fictionalised witchcraft practices into real life social issues and blends them into an ideal crime thriller tale to add to your summer reading list. Sanctuary follows a small town, where the star quarterback dies at a hous

When Newton Faulkner started songwriting, he was told that happy songs are the hardest to create. But that’s exactly why he gravitated towards them. That’s a recurring theme for the upcoming album —Interference (Of Light) — set for release on 20 August; Newton threw out the rule book, doing the stark opposite of easy. The self-imposed challenge paid off as the result is a bright and dynamic record. It is the product of “sitting in a room alone and looking out of the window in

Turning off all connections to the outside world, Asher Monroe embarked on a three-month mission to complete his upcoming album, Windows of Time, on a boat in Croatia. While that may sound intimidating to some, for Asher it was a creative haven that transformed his approach to songwriting.  “I immersed myself into the whole project. I put my phone away for a few months, I jumped into the water every day. It was really fun to use that beautiful scenery and the whole environmen