Favorite ARCs as of August

Exciting news—I’ve started reviewing ARCs! I add reviews for all of them on my Goodreads (come find me!), but I wanted to share a few of my favorites below. I’ll dp another post in a few months for the next round.

Already out (meaning no excuses, you need to go buy these NOW):

The Jasad Heir by Sara Shashem (4.5 / 5 stars)

• Adult political/epic fantasy

• Really cool worldbuilding based on Egyptian mythology and culture

• Secret Queen with forbidden magic

• The best enemies to lovers tension since Jude and Cardan

• Ragey, “unlikeable” FMC (I am so there for Sylvia)

• Misunderstood morally-gray MMC with tortured past

A Curse of Saints by Kate Dramis (4.5 / 5 stars)

• Adult political/epic fantasy

• Cloak and dagger vibes

• Corruption arcs instead of “improvement” arcs 

• Three POVs and a love triangle

• Move over Will Herondale, there’s a new broody, dark-haired Will to swoon over

• A FMC who can fight her own battles

Coming Soon:

Together We Rot by Skyla Arndt (4 / 5 stars)

• Publishes 29 August

• YA horror/romance (didn’t know this was a thing, but it should be)

• Tough as nails FMC and soft-boy MMC

• Friends to enemies to lovers

• Extremely atmospheric, creepy prose

• Dual-POV

The Hurricane Wars by Thea Guanzon (4.5 / 5 stars)

• Publishes 3 October 

• Adult epic fantasy

• Lush worldbuilding based on SE Asian culture

• Light vs. Dark 

• Enemies to lovers meets Idiots to lovers

• A FMC who takes sh*t from no one, especially not MMC

• Dual-POV

A Fragile Enchantment by Allison Saft (5 / 5 stars)

• Publishes 30 January 2024

• YA romantic fantasy

• World based on Irish fight for independence from UK in 19th/early 20th centuries

• Chronic illness and recovering alcoholism rep

• Swoon-worthy forbidden romance

• Master class in conveying characters’ trauma/emotional baggage in a way you can’t help but feel

• LGBTQIA+ cast (including almost all supporting characters)