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Books I Recommend: Fantasy, Mystery, Romance & Life-Changing Reads
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items These are books I’ve personally read and would recommend for different moods—from magical fantasy worlds and clever murder mysteries to emotional romances and practical real-life growth. Some are longtime favourites I would happily read again, while ...
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Fantasy & Escapist Reads
Mindset, Life & Personal Growth
Mysteries, Thrillers & Historical Secrets
Romance, Relationships & Complicated Love Stories
Books I've Written & Created
Fantasy & Escapist Reads
These are the kinds of books I reach for when I want to completely escape into another world. I love stories that pull you in emotionally, have strong characters, and make it hard to put the book down once you start.
This box set includes all five currently published books in the A Court of Thorns and Roses series: A Court of Thorns and Roses, A Court of Mist and Fury, A Court of Wings and Ruin, A Court of Frost and Starlight and A Court of Silver Flames. I recom...
The Complete ACOTAR Box Set — All Five Published Books Together
Robin McKinley is my all-time favourite author, and Spindle’s End is probably my favourite of all her books. It is a retelling of Sleeping Beauty, but it feels like a completely developed magical world rather than another version of the familiar fair...
Spindle’s End — My Favourite Robin McKinley Fairy-Tale Retelling
The Outlaws of Sherwood is another one of my favourite Robin McKinley books. I love her interpretation of Robin Hood and the way she makes the familiar characters feel human, believable and worth caring about. The story has adventure, friendship and ...
The Outlaws of Sherwood — Robin Hood Retelling
Beauty is Robin McKinley’s retelling of Beauty and the Beast and another book of hers that I remember enjoying. She takes a familiar fairy tale and gives it more depth, creating characters and a magical world that feel complete rather than simply ret...
Beauty — A Beautifully Written Beauty & the Beast
The Blue Sword is one of the Robin McKinley books I read years ago and would love to experience again. It follows a young woman who is pulled away from the life she knows and into a world of unfamiliar customs, danger, magic and adventure. I especial...
The Blue Sword — Immersive Fantasy Adventure
The Hero and the Crown is set in the same world as The Blue Sword and follows Aerin, a young woman who has never felt as though she truly belongs. Her journey takes her from being underestimated to confronting dragons and discovering her own strength...
The Hero and the Crown — Classic Fantasy
Sunshine is one of Robin McKinley’s darker and more unusual fantasy novels. It follows a baker whose ordinary life changes completely after she is abducted by vampires and forms an unexpected connection with one of them. I enjoyed how different this ...
Sunshine — A Dark, Unusual Vampire Fantasy
Rose Daughter is Robin McKinley’s second retelling of Beauty and the Beast, but it is not simply another version of Beauty. This one has a more mature, dreamlike feeling, with a strong focus on family, roses, magic and the choices Beauty must make fo...
Rose Daughter - Grown-Up Beauty and the Beast
Deerskin is one of Robin McKinley’s darkest and most emotionally difficult books. Inspired by an old fairy tale, it follows a young woman surviving terrible abuse and slowly rebuilding her life, identity and sense of safety. This is not a light or co...
Deerskin: Dark Fantasy of Survival & Healing
A Knot in the Grain and Other Stories is a collection of five fantasy stories by Robin McKinley. I enjoyed being able to experience several different worlds and characters while still getting the thoughtful writing and quiet magic that make her work ...
A Knot in the Grain and Other Stories
A Court of Thorns and Roses is the first book in a fantasy series I love getting completely lost in. It begins when Feyre, a human huntress, kills a wolf and is taken into the dangerous faerie lands of Prythian as punishment. What starts with element...
A Court of Thorns and Roses - Fantasy Series
A Court of Mist and Fury is the second book in the ACOTAR series and the point where the story becomes much larger, deeper and more emotional. Feyre is struggling with everything she survived in the first book while discovering more about her powers,...
A Court of Mist and Fury — ACOTAR Story
A Court of Wings and Ruin is the third book in the ACOTAR series, and this is where the conflict grows into a full-scale war. Feyre must navigate dangerous alliances, divided courts and difficult choices as the future of Prythian hangs in the balance...
A Court of Wings and Ruin - Epic Fantasy
A Court of Frost and Starlight is a shorter companion novel that takes place after A Court of Wings and Ruin. It slows the pace down and gives the characters time to recover, rebuild and celebrate the Winter Solstice together after everything they su...
A Court of Frost and Starlight - Cozy Return
A Court of Silver Flames shifts the focus to Nesta and Cassian while continuing the larger ACOTAR story. Nesta is struggling with anger, trauma and everything she has endured, and much of the book follows her difficult journey toward healing and disc...
A Court of Silver Flames — Nesta’s Story
Mindset, Life & Personal Growth
These are the kinds of books I turn to when I want something more practical that I can actually apply to my life. I like books that don’t just give ideas, but help you take real steps toward change in a way that feels manageable.
This is one of those books I recommend if you’re feeling stuck with money or just want a clearer plan. It’s not just something you read—it actually walks you through building better habits step by step with simple, practical exercises. What I like mo...
Book I Recommend When You Want to Take Control of Your Finances
Mysteries, Thrillers & Historical Secrets
The Lost Apothecary was a fantastic read, and I really enjoyed it. The story moves between eighteenth-century London, where a secret apothecary helps women escape the dangerous men in their lives, and the present day, where a woman discovers clues to...
The Lost Apothecary - Historical Mystery
Everyone Is Watching was a good, suspenseful read built around a reality competition called One Lucky Winner. Five contestants are isolated on an estate and compete for ten million dollars while everything is livestreamed to the world. As secrets beg...
Everyone Is Watching - Reality-Show Thriller
I love Agatha Christie, and Death on the Nile is a wonderful example of why. What begins as a luxurious trip along the Nile becomes a murder investigation filled with jealousy, secrets and suspects who all seem to be hiding something. Hercule Poirot ...
Death on the Nile - Classic Murder Mystery
Murder on the Orient Express is one of Agatha Christie’s most memorable mysteries and another reason I love her writing. When the famous train becomes trapped by snow and one of its passengers is murdered, Hercule Poirot realizes the killer must stil...
Murder on the Orient Express - Locked-Room Mystery
The Murder of Roger Ackroyd is one of Agatha Christie’s cleverest and most memorable mysteries. Hercule Poirot has retired to a quiet village, but that peace ends when a wealthy man is found murdered and nearly everyone around him appears to have som...
The Murder of Roger Ackroyd — Agatha Christie Mystery
Romance, Relationships & Complicated Love Stories
Down Home Cowboy — A Heartfelt Small-Town Cowboy Romance
Down Home Cowboy — Small-Town Romance
Ugly Love follows Tate and Miles as they begin a physical relationship with two rules: don’t ask about his past and don’t expect a future. I thought it was an okay read, although it wasn’t one of my favourite romance novels. The story is emotional, c...
Ugly Love — Emotional Romance for Hoover Fans
Books I've Written & Created
I created Cozy Witchy Christmas for anyone who loves the comforting side of Christmas with a little extra magic. It includes 50 colouring pages filled with Christmas baking, festive decorating, cozy winter scenes and witchy seasonal charm. I wanted e...
Cozy Witchy Christmas Colouring Book
I created Cozy Witchy Days as a collection of 50 magical colouring pages inspired by the cozy things I love: baking, books, changing seasons and small everyday moments touched by a little witchy magic. The pages are designed to feel warm, imaginative...
Cozy Witchy Days: Colouring Book of Baking & Magic
I created Cozy Witchy Halloween for anyone who loves Halloween’s cozy, whimsical side as much as its spooky side. It includes 50 magical coloring pages filled with witchy cottages, charming spooky friends and enchanting Halloween scenes. I wanted the...
Cozy Witchy Halloween Coloring Book