Fantastic Worlds book reviews

Sybil Delling has spent nine years dreaming of having no dreams at all. Like the other foundling girls who traded a decade of service for a home in the great cathedral, Sybil is a Diviner. In her dreams she receives visions from six unearthly figures known as Omens. From them, she can predict terrible things before they occur, and lords and common folk alike travel across the kingdom of Traum’s windswept moors to learn their futures by her dreams. 

In this riveting dark fantasy debut, a woman with missing memories fights to survive a war-torn world of necromancy and alchemy—and the man tasked with unearthing the deepest secrets of her past.

Paranormal arranged-mating romance: A young shifter woman is forced into a political mating with a new alpha, navigating pack politics, secrecy from humans, and a slow-building internal threat—while struggling to communicate with her new mate.

Fantasy portal MF romance: A woman wakes up in a fairytale-like world and believes she’s dreaming—until her actions trigger a centuries-old curse that could devastate the land. Now she must rely on a grumpy warrior who doesn’t trust her to keep her safe from a powerful enemy, even as the longer they travel together, the harder it becomes for her not to fall for him.

Fantasy MF romance (barbarian king + unwilling queen): Circe wakes up in a corral of women dressed for sacrifice and is taken to a barren land, where she’s unwillingly placed as queen beside King Dax Lahn. With a language barrier, brutal customs, and no clear way home, she has to survive, adapt, and find her footing in a harsh world that slowly becomes something she can love.

Fantasy MF romance (arranged marriage): Finnie crosses into a parallel universe to see her parents again, only to land in Lunwyn and be tricked into marrying The Drakkar—locking her into his frozen world.

MM paranormal murder mystery with a side of romance: Jon’s team investigates a vanishing corpse at a supposedly haunted mansion—while Jon’s estranged father crashes the case, forcing messy family drama alongside psychic clues, and the series’ familiar, comforting formula.

MM workplace paranormal romance: When a virgin human assistant accidentally ends up in a very compromising position with his grumpy incubus CEO, a professional “feeder” contract seems like the logical solution. They agree to keep it strictly business—but we all know how that’s going to go.

Wholesome MF fantasy romance (arranged marriage, interspecies/“alien” vibes): A human noblewoman is married off to a non-human spare prince for political peace, and their “we’re hideous to each other” match turns into a funny, tender, medium-burn friends-to-lovers bond with strong world building, low plot, and emotion-first intimacy.

Second-chance supersoldier romance: After betrayal and disappearance, Eden and Shylah reunite fourteen months later, burdened by mistrust, secrets, and unresolved love tied to Project Arma.