Stand-Alone Books
Do you love reading fantasy books, but don't always want to commit to a whole series? I'm on a hunt to find stand-alone fantasy books and invite you to come on this journey with me!
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Book Review: The Song of Achilles by Madeline Miller
Genres: Fantasy, Mythology, Fiction, Pages: 408 Format: Ebook Rating: Goodreads summary: Achilles, “the best of all the Greeks,” son of the cruel sea goddess Thetis and the legendary king Peleus, is strong, swift, and beautiful, irresistible to all who meet him. Patroclus is an awkward young prince, exiled from his homeland after an act of shocking violence. Brought together by chance, they forge an inseparable bond, despite risking the gods’ wrath. They are trained by the centaur Chiron in the arts of war and medicine, but when word comes that Helen of Sparta has been kidnapped, all the heroes of Greece are called upon to lay siege to Troy in…
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Book Review: Final Girls by Riley Sager
Genres: Mystery, Thriller, Fiction, Adult, Horror Pages: 352 Format: Ebook Rating: Goodreads summary: Ten years ago, college student Quincy Carpenter went on vacation with five friends and came back alone, the only survivor of a horror movie–scale massacre. In an instant, she became a member of a club no one wants to belong to—a group of similar survivors known in the press as the Final Girls. Lisa, who lost nine sorority sisters to a college dropout’s knife; Sam, who went up against the Sack Man during her shift at the Nightlight Inn; and now Quincy, who ran bleeding through the woods to escape Pine Cottage and the man she refers…
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Book Review: The Island by Natasha Preston
Genres: YA, Mystery, Thriller, Fiction Pages: 303 Format: Ebook Rating: Goodreads summary: They said goodbye to their friends and family for the weekend. They weren’t counting on forever. Jagged Island: a private amusement park for the very rich—or the very influential. Liam, James, Will, Ava, Harper, and Paisley—social media influencers with millions of followers—have been invited for an exclusive weekend before the park opens. They’ll make posts and videos for their channels and report every second of their VIP treatment. When the teens arrive, they’re stunned: the resort is even better than they’d imagined. Their hotel rooms are unreal, the park’s themed rides are incredible, and the island is hauntingly…
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Book Review: The Darkness Within Us by Tricia Levenseller
Genres: Fantasy, Romance, Young AdultPages: 336 Format: Physical bookRating: Goodreads summary: Chrysantha Stathos has won.By hiding her intelligence and ambition behind the mask of a beautiful air-headed girl, she has gathered important secrets, earned her father’s constant care, and become a wealthy duchess—all by age nineteen. Now, she is only one elderly, dying duke away from having all the freedom, money, and safety she’s ever wanted.Or so she thought.Turns out her little sister somehow snatched the true victory away from her: Alessandra is wedding the Shadow King, the most powerful man in the world. Meanwhile, after the death of Chrysantha’s no-good, lecherous husband, a man claiming to be the duke’s…
