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The Jasad Crown

The Jasad Crown (The Scorched Throne #2) by Sara Hashem
  ★ 9.64 / 19

In the thrilling conclusion to the Egyptian-inspired Scorched Throne duology, a fugitive queen must risk everything and everyone she loves for the chance to restore her lost kingdom of Jasad.

Held deep in a mountain refuge, Sylvia has been captured by the Urabi, who believe the Jasad Heir can return their homeland to its former power. But after years of denying her legacy and a forbidden alliance with Jasad’s greatest enemy, Sylvia must win the Urabi’s trust while struggling to hide the dangerous side effects her magic is having on her mind.

In a rival kingdom, Arin must maneuver carefully between his father's desire to put down the brewing rebellion and the sacred edicts Arin is sworn to uphold. He is determined to find Sylvia before it's too late, but Arin's search unravels secrets that threaten the very core of his beliefs about his family and the destruction of Jasad.

War is inevitable, but Sylvia cannot abandon her people again. The Urabi plan to raise the Jasadi fortress, and it will either kill Sylvia or destroy the humanity she's fought so hard to protect. For the first time in her life Sylvia doesn’t just want to survive. She wants to win.

The fugitive queen is ready to reign.


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Category: Fantasy, Romance
Release date: July 15, 2025 (Orbit)

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Tales of Cake And Comfort: A Cozy Fantasy Omnibus (The Galamere Chronicles) by Gabrielle Landi
Tales of Cake And Comfort: A Cozy Fantasy Omnibus
(The Galamere Chronicles)
★★★★★★★★★★ 10 / 10

I had previously read and enjoyed Once Upon A Café but enjoyed the story better as a whole with the extra chapters in this omnibus. Thea & Nathaniel are great characters that I really enjoyed getting to know and I look forward to seeing how things come together for them in Once Upon A Cat: A Cozy Fantasy Frog Prince Retelling. Ginger the cat is also really cute. I look forward to reading about Sophia since her story is still on my TBR List as well as Dietrich in the next book being released.

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Tales of Cake And Comfort: A Cozy Fantasy Omnibus: Thea & Nathaniel
Once Upon An Apple: A Cozy Fantasy Snow White Retelling: Sophia & Lord Caspian Rendon
Once Upon A Rose: Beatrice & Lord Alexander Dunham
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Once Upon A Cat: A Cozy Fantasy Frog Prince Retelling: Thea & Nathaniel

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The River Blade by T. R. Thompson
Publisher: Roundfire Books

Publishing date: June 2025.

About T.R. Thompson

Tom is an Australian speculative fiction writer. He lives in Belgrave on the outskirts of Melbourne with his wife and two young sons.

When not writing or reading he spends too much time gaming and taking long meandering walks through the forest that always seem to end up at a tavern.

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About The River Blade

For Cass, it's a place to escape the dull grind of her lonely life, a place where she can run its twisted laneways and live out her violent fantasies. For Detective Poe, it's a beat to walk, a dark, dangerous environment to hunt down his clues and get closer to whoever, or whatever, is haunting its streets. For Adlai, sitting drunk in a bar on the border between the River and the real world, it's a place to watch his creation transform from a theatre of heroism into, hopefully, something more vital.

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Untapped (The Completionist Chronicles #12) by Dakota Krout
Untapped
The Completionist Chronicles #12
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He came back for some easy wins. Midgard came back with a sucker punch.

Joe the Ritualist has finally found a true community in Vanaheim at the Tower of Ritualists. To his delight, he’s greeted by Masters of his craft, a Grandmaster on the brink of ascension, and a method to fix his most glaring flaws.

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