Is this viral Booktok Romantasy worth your time? Let’s find out…

It’s possibly an embarrassing admission, but I have to confess, I’ve been on this planet for two score (haha I had to!), and still haven’t read A Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens.

If you read one blog post before updating your TBR for the rest of the year, make it this mid-year favorites reading roundup.

Happy Summer! If reading more books this summer is a priority for you, you love fantasy and sci-fi books, and you’re wanting to make some more book friends, consider this your open invite to join the third annual BAMTP Summer Reading Challenge!

Novellas perfect for when you feel like you have no time to read this summer!

Set as a gothic mystery in an atmospheric fantasy setting, The Knight and the Moth continues to have the beautiful prose Gillig is becoming known for.

After the brutal cliffhanger in book one that Romantasy writer, Danielle L. Jensen, is so fond of writing, I could not wait to read the second installment and conclusion to The Unfated duology

Another highly anticipated Romantasy read of 2025 hit shelves a couple weeks ago, and I finally had a chance to read it. Should you? It depends.

It’s officially Memorial Weekend, and this year has equally felt a gazillion years long, and a blink to get here. What are we reading?

If you’re looking to try a new epic fantasy author, you like lots of action, and you don’t mind some gore, you might love Anji Kills a King by Evan Leikam. Can I convince you with a first line?

Silver Elite by Dani Francis has been taking over the Booktok and Bookstagram feeds, and it’s purported to have to have sold 24,000 copies in its first week. Seems like a resounding success, right?

I went into The Raven Scholar by Antonia Hodgson completely blind, and I’m honestly glad I did. All I knew was this stunning Illumicrate fantasy book showed up in my monthly box, and I dropped everything to read it.

Want to make new book friends while reading and reacting to some of the year’s most anticipated Romantasy reads?! Join a BAMTP casual buddy read!

So I thought it’d be fun to do a Q1 recap of my favorite reads I would absolutely recommend picking up. There’s a mix of older reads and new, and of course, the majority are all fantasy reads.

If you’re looking for a beautifully written novel that will sweep you away with its lush worldbuilding and dreamlike quality, Strange the Dreamer by Laini Taylor is the next book you MUST pick up.

I woke up the morning after finishing Sunrise on the Reaping by Suzanne Collins with a headache…from sobbing non-stop. Am I emotionally devastated? Yes.

So many people on Booktok and Bookstagram were obsessed with The Crimson Moth aka Heartless Hunter when it came out. I, however, was not one of them.

I absolutely devoured this book, and if you loved Babel by R.F. Kuang, you’ll probably love this story too. Think linguistics, translations, and dark academia vibes.

If, like me, you’re reeling after finishing Onyx Storm, perhaps more dragons are the cure for your book hangover.

You know a book is a certified banger when you sell 2.7 million hardbacks in one week. One week. Onyx Storm is the fastest selling adult novel in any category in 20 years, according to The New York Times.