Tag: Nerdy Hero/Heroine

Katabasis | R. F Kuang

Posted 10/03/2025 by Hilarye in Book Reviews / 0 Comments

Katabasis | R. F KuangKatabasis by R.F. Kuang
Star Rating: 3.5 Stars
Spice Level: 1.5 Flames
Published by Harper Voyager on 08/26/2025
Genres: Fiction, Fantasy, Magical Realism, Romance, Dark Romance, Romantasy
Format: Kindle (567 Pages) πŸ“– Purchased
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Katabasis, noun, Ancient Greek:

The story of a hero’s descent to the underworld

Alice Law has only ever had one goal: to become one of the brightest minds in the field of Magick. She has sacrificed everything to make that a reality: her pride, her health, her love life, and most definitely her sanity. All to work with Professor Jacob Grimes at Cambridge, the greatest magician in the world.

That is, until he dies in a magical accident that could possibly be her fault.

Grimes is now in Hell, and she’s going in after him. Because his recommendation could hold her very future in his now incorporeal hands and even death is not going to stop the pursuit of her dreams….

Nor will the fact that her rival, Peter Murdoch, has come to the very same conclusion.

With nothing but the tales of Orpheus and Dante to guide them, enough chalk to draw the Pentagrams necessary for their spells, and the burning desire to make all the academic trauma mean anything, they set off across Hell to save a man they don’t even like.

But Hell is not like the storybooks say, Magick isn’t always the answer, and there’s something in Alice and Peter’s past that could forge them into the perfect allies…or lead to their doom.



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Scythe & Sparrow | Brynne Weaver

Posted 03/07/2025 by Hilarye in Book Reviews / 0 Comments
Scythe & Sparrow | Brynne Weaver
Star Rating: 5 Stars
Spice Level: 4 Flames
All-Time Favorite
Series: Ruinous Love #3
Published by Zando on 02/11/2025
Format: Kindle (416 Pages) πŸ“– Purchased
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Rose is a quirky motorcycle-riding, tarot card-reading circus performer who helps abused women escape their dangerous partners by ANY means necessary. Fionn is a sexy doctor with two serial killer brothers, two badass serial killer sisters-in-law, and a hefty dose of childhood trauma he’s desperately trying to escape. Together, Fionn and Rose crochet a sex swing with the Suture Sisters (a hilarious group of crocheting octogenarians), unalive a handful of abusive dudes (who REALLY deserved it), and experience some seriously fucked up stuff (The Phantom and David). They make cotton candy undeniably sexy (IYKYK), redefine sexy clowns (I’m […]