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A mixed bag of a reading month with 10 books, a few standout favourites, and a couple of disappointments. From mythology retellings to dark fantasy and ARCs, here’s everything I read in February—plus my stats, current reads, and what’s next on my TBR.
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A strong, classic fantasy start to The Bound and The Broken series, Of Blood and Fire delivers immersive worldbuilding, stunning illustrations, and serious The Lord of the Rings vibes—just don’t expect it to reinvent the genre.
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A feminist Medusa retelling should have been an automatic five-star read for me — instead Stone Blind left me weirdly unmoved. Between the distant audiobook narration, the endless rotating perspectives, and the fact that Medusa feels like a guest star in her own story, this was one myth retelling that never quite turned me to…