Dear reader, There is a storm brewing, leaving its mark on the world; much like the opening to Gallant. Today, on the day of Gallant’s release, we’ve collated eight letters for you to learn of the fateful events that took place on Gallant’s estate, on its grounds and beyond, and to the Prior’s. Meet us at the garden wall. You will be safe, as long as you stay away we cannot wait to welcome you. Gallant by V.E. Schwab Gallant by V.E. Schwab Fantasy | New Adult | Horror Length: 310 pages Published on 8th March 2022 by Titan Books * This post uses affiliate links, which if used we may receive a ..read more

The Atlas Six by Olivie Blake The Atlas Six by Olivie Blake Series: The Atlas Six #1 Fantasy | Adult | LGBT Length: 384 pages Published on 1st March 2022 by Tor Books * This post uses affiliate links, which if used I may receive a small commission at no extra cost to you. Purchase*: Amazon | Blackwells | Book Depository | Bookshops | Foyles | Waterstones | WHSmith | Wordery Olivie Blake: Website | Twitter | Storygraph Review copy provided by the publisher, in exchange for an honest review. This doesn’t affect our opinion. Book synopsis: The Alexandrian Society, caretakers of lost knowledge fr ..read more

The many books we started 2022 with Hello and happy very belated New Year! We’re bringing our first post of 2022 to you all today, and we’ll be taking a look at our January wrap-ups. This month was a great reading month for both of us, so we’ll be discussing our favourites, new releases, books we’ve been waiting for for a long time… and of course, not discussing a few books we can’t talk about just yet… P.S. You can all blame Lauren that this didn’t go live in a timely matter, she simply decided to not exist for a little while longer. * This post uses affiliate links on most book titles, whic ..read more

It Took Me Eleven Years to Finish The Lord of the Rings and it took me, Lauren, eleven years to edit this post for you all to read! Gail has written a lovely piece about their experience with The Lord of the Rings. I have a complex and personal history with The Lord of the Rings. My immediate family are all LOTR fans of some kind or another, and I was raised not only on The Hobbit but also on vivid stories of my mother reading the books late at night and being convinced that the trees outside her window, swaying in the wind, were nothing less than Ents, trees come to life in her backyard. I c ..read more

Under the Whispering Door by TJ Klune Under the Whispering Door by TJ Klune Fantasy | Contemporary | Adult | LGBT Length: 384 pages Published on 28th October 2021 by Tor * This post uses affiliate links, which if used I may receive a small commission at no extra cost to you. Purchase*: Amazon | Blackwells | Book Depository | Bookshops | Foyles | Waterstones | WHSmith | Wordery TJ Klune: Website | Twitter | Storygraph Review copy provided by the publisher, in exchange for an honest review. This doesn’t affect our opinion. Book synopsis: When a reaper comes to collect Wallace Price from his own ..read more

Spicy spooky romances for your Halloween reading list So we may have been slightly MIA this spooky season, but today we’re bringing you something a little different from the Queen of smut, Imi! Read on for a list of some spicy spooky romances that she would recommend you pick up on Halloween (or whenever you’re feeling a little spooky). Our Spooks and Tea photo challenge is still ongoing, you can find out more about it here! Some people like their Halloween with spook and some like it with spice, but I’ve spent the last week finding as many Halloween-themed romances as I can on Kindle Unlimit ..read more

Little Thieves by Margaret Owen Little Thieves by Margaret Owen Series: Little Thieves #1 Fantasy | Young Adult | LGBT Length: 512 pages Published on 19th October 2021 by Hodder & Stoughton * This post uses affiliate links, which if used I may receive a small commission at no extra cost to you. Purchase*: Amazon | Blackwells | Book Depository | Bookshops | Foyles | Waterstones | WHSmith | Wordery Author Name: Website | Twitter | Storygraph Review copy provided by the publisher, in exchange for an honest review. This doesn’t affect our opinion. Book synopsis: Once upon a time, there was ..read more

It’s time to kick off our Spooks and Tea posts with a recommendation list from Allie! This year, Allie’s bringing us two recommendation lists in one this year, featuring both books and movies that are perfect for spooky season. Spooooooky Halloween everyone! Long time, no blog. It’s that time of the year where I crawl out of my hidey-hole and throw book and movie recommendations at you, only to retreat back into my hole for another year. This year made it really hard to find new TV shows to suggest, so we’ve decided to cut down the list to just fifty books and twenty-five movies. I hope you f ..read more

Announcing Spooks and Tea 2021 It’s almost October, and you know what that means – Spooks and Tea is back for another year! Whilst we don’t have as much planned as last year, because let’s face it blogging for almost a full month straight kind of burnt us out a little bit, we do still want to celebrate the spooky season. Keep reading to find out how to take part in our reading prompts, photo challenge and join us in our online book club. Overview  [hide] Announcing Spooks and Tea 2021 How to take part? Track your reading progress Share some spooky photographs You want more Spooks ..read more

Baby Teeth by Meg Grehan | Blog tour We’re coming back today with a post from Meg Grehan, who’s sharing a playlist with us inspired by her latest book, Baby Teeth! You all know we love a vampire story, and not only is Baby Teeth just that, but it’s also sapphic and written by an Irish author – two other things that we always love to prioritise in our reading choices. Now, to hand over to Meg! *This post uses affiliate links, which if used we may receive a small commission at no extra cost to you. Baby Teeth*: a playlist Hi! My name is Meg Grehan and my new book, Baby Teeth, is about a v ..read more