“She belongs in the forest. She belongs as a Luminary. She belongs as a hunter.”

Meet Winnie Wednesday (AKA kickass monster hunter) in The Luminaries by New York Times bestselling author Susan Dennard—available now.

The Witcher meets Riverdale in The Luminaries by New York Times bestselling author Susan Dennard—a haunting and high-octane contemporary fantasy about a nightmare-filled forest, monster hunters, and the secrets hiding in the dark corners of your own family.

The highly-anticipated finale in Susan Dennard's New York Times bestselling Witchlands series. Paths converge and prophecies unfold as Safi and Iseult—the legendary Cahr Awen—fight their way across the Witchlands to heal the final Origin Well. With ancient figures rising from the past, the Raider King’s armies gathering for war, and the magic at the heart of everything dying too fast, the entire world is now on the brink of collapse. But when Safi and Iseult reach the Air Well with the Bloodwitch Aeduan at their side, they discover too late that Eridysi's Lament is not the prophecy they thought it was—and their journeys are only just beginning.

The Luminaries - Susan Dennard

Today's review is for the YA fantast novel The Luminaries, by @stdennard #BookReview #BookBlogger #Fantasy #YA #TheLuminaries #SusanDennard #FictionCafeBookClub #NetGalley #Reading

Today I am reviewing The Luminaries, the YA fantasy novel by Susan Dennard. Many thanks to Susan and Daphne Press for my copy of the book, which I received via NetGalley. BLURB: Hemlock Falls isn’t like other towns. You won’t find it on a map, your phone won’t work here, and the forest outside town might just kill you… Winnie Wednesday wants nothing more than to join the Luminaries, the ancient…

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🔥 Books to Read After Watching Avatar the Last Airbender

🦇 Good afternoon, my beloved bookish bats! Are you a fan of Avatar: The Last Airbender? We're watching the live-action adaptation this weekend! Here are a few books to add to your TBR if you're an Avatar fan!

❓ What's your element?

⚡ I've been holding onto this post since BEFORE casting was announced, and I'm so glad I can finally post it!

🔥 An Ember in the Ashes by Sabaa Tahir @sabaatahir 💧 Set Fire to the Gods by Sara Raasch @sara_raasch and Kristen Simmons @kris10writes ⛰️ A Song of Wraiths and Ruin by Roseanne A. Brown @rosiesrambles ⚡ The Prison Healer by Lynette Noni @lynettenoni 🌪️ Infinity Son by Adam Silvera @adamsilvera 🔥 The Tiger at Midnight by Swati Teerdhala @swatiteerdhala 💧 The Rise of Kyoshi by F.C. Yee @yeebookauthor ⛰️ Three Dark Crowns by Kendare Blake @kendareblake ⚡ Red Queen by Victoria Aveyard @victoriaaveyard 🌪️ Child of Blood and Bone by Tomi Adeyemi @tomiadeyemi 🔥 Nocturna by Maya Motayne @mayamotayne 💧 Furyborn by Claire Legrand @clairelegrandbooks ⛰️ Guardians of Dawn: Zhara by S. Jae-Jones @sjaejones ⚡ Kingdom of Souls by Rena Barron @renathedreamer 🌪️ We Hunt the Flame by Hafsah Faizal @hafsahfaizal 🔥 Truthwitch by Susan Dennard @stdennard 💧 Serpent & Dove by Shelby Mahurin @shelbymahurin ⛰️ Ash Princess by Laura Sebastian @lauraksebastian

Just finished Ninth Rain yesterday afternoon and I need to say something.

This book is sooooo good, but I also got a very subtle vibes of Witchlands by @stdennard . Now, I don’t know if @sennydreadful has read those books but I have to make some parallels for y’all.

Witch from a nomadic people group and is exiled from her people because of an incident: Iseult and Noon.

Guy with big ego and hates that he’s crushing on said witch: Tor and Aeduan.

Mountain bats: Blueberry and Fulcor

Evil people who are returning from the past: Jure’lia and the Paladin

Starving, dying country that needs help: Ebora and Nubrevna

Witch who hears someone inside her head: Noon and Iseult

Noble woman that is trying to help but making everything worse: Safi and Hestillion

All I’m saying is that if you want to read a fantasy series that is like Witchlands or that is like Winnowing Flame, then this one just might be for you!

I asked you on Twitter and Instagram what i should draw more often this year. Some of you have written me on Instagram that they would like to see more book related art. So I decided to make small artworks for every book I will read this year. 💪🏽

I’m currently reading The Luminaries by @stdennard .

I love to make character designs for fictional characters, so I made a design for Winnie.

(You can always use my book-character design as reference for your own art. 🤗 credits would be nice)

★ Have you read anything by Susan Dennard yet? I have read @stdennard’s Witchlands series, aside from Witchshadow (🙈), but haven’t read anything else by her (yet!). I did however, have so much fun on Twitter in 2019, participating in the first #SoozYourOwnAdventure that grew to eventually be #TheLuminaries! And to see this book now, as this quite beautiful @illumicrate edition no less, is really something else! The whole aesthetic of this cover and book design … can I live in it? I want to live in it. Also, please jump over to @stdennard’s post today, featuring an annotated copy of Truthwitch, as it is being auctioned off to support disaster aid for victims of the recent earthquake in Turkey and Syria! The Luminaries was featured in Illumicrate’s November box and if you’re keen to add editions like this to your shelves, jump on the waistlist and use LIBRARY5 when you snag a spot! 😘 ★ HASHTAGS // #bookstagram #fantasybooks #coverlove #prettybooks #totalbooknerd #becauseofreading #bookshelf #bookboxes #bookaesthetic #myfavoritethings #quietandstill #illumicratenov2022 #illumicrate #susandennard #yabooks https://www.instagram.com/p/CoV-1PIrTQE/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

It’s time to unbox @owlcrate’s November box The Dark Heart of the Forest! Inside was: •——————————————————————————• 🌙 A reusable hand warmer with quotes from Among the Beasts and Briars and Lakesedge designed by @livelyghosts 🌙 A travel soap dish with a quote from The Bear and The Nightingale and designed by @azura.arts 🌙 A Raven Boys inspired bamboo toothbrush and wheat traveling case designed by @brioandbrandish 🌙 The final bowl in the LOTR collection designed by @janinelecour. It features Gondor style and one of my favorites quotes from the series! 🌙 A new reading planner designed by @paperbackbones 🌙 The literary luggage pin is from From Blood and Ashes designed by @heyatlascreative 🌙 The book pick for November is The Luminaries by @stdennard! It features an exclusive cover, art on the dust jacket by @annashoeart, sprayed edges, exclusive foil design on the hardcover by @paperbackbones, exclusive end pages designed by @rhymes.y and an exclusive deleted scene is included at the end of the book! My favorite items are the LOTR bowl and the reading planner! I’m also so excited for the book, it’s one of my highly anticipated releases of the year! December’s boxes have already shipped but you can still get yours if you missed out! January’s theme is Courting the Fae and will go on sale soon! Use my code TAYLOR15 to save on your first box! •——————————————————————————• #owlcrate #owlcrateunboxing #subscriptionbox #subscriptionaddiction #subscriptionboxaddict #yalit #yabooks #youngadultbooks #reader #readerlife #readersofig #readersgonnaread #bibliophile #bibliophilelife #bookish #bookishmerch #bookcommunity #bookmerch https://www.instagram.com/p/CmWvfBjgd4L/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

It's been a while, friends! Lots of things happened this past spring and summer, and social media took a back seat. I got super behind in my reviewing, and felt so overwhelmed that I just shut down. However, one of the highlights of my summer was meeting @stdennard at ALA Annual. I got to know her books thanks in huge part to @thenerdaily and I feel so lucky now because I have this beauty in my hands. I cannot wait to hop back into this world, and it's amazing to see this book go from a Twitter thread to a fully fleshed world. #booksofinstagram #booksbooksbooks #bookgram #booksofig #ilovereading #bookphotography #theluminaries #dennerds booklove #igreads #fallreading #spookyseason https://www.instagram.com/p/Cjl-ZElrJMq/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

the luminaries from @owlcrate is my seventh book and my current read. i'm a sims player on the side and while i'm reading this, it's making me inspired to either build the different estates and/or even write a legacy challenge based on it. needless to say, i am very much enjoying this read. though it is still fantasy, i am totally loving how modern life is weaved through the story. 📖 the luminaries by @stdennard #bookrecommendations #owlcrate #owlcratebooks #books #bookstagram #bookstagrammers #booklover #theluminaries #contemporaryfantasy #yabooks #youngadultbooks https://www.instagram.com/p/ComiVsxJ7Nm/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

“You'll want to get lost in the world of The Luminaries again and again.”—Leigh Bardugo, #1 New York Times bestselling author

The Witcher meets Riverdale in The Luminaries by Susan Dennard, a haunting and high-octane contemporary fantasy about a nightmare-filled forest, monster hunters, and the secrets hiding in the dark corners of your own family—available now.

Not all monsters can be slain, and not all nightmares are confined to the dark.

The Luminaries, Susan Dennard

The Luminaries by Susan Dennard - ARC Review!

Today on my blog I have a review for #TheLuminaries by @stdennard. A fast paced story filled with adventure, amazing characters, romance and plenty of creepy monsters! #BookReview

Hemlock Falls isn’t like other towns. You won’t find it on a map, your phone won’t work here, and the forest outside town might just kill you. Only the Luminaries, a society of ancient guardians, stand between humanity and the nightmares of the forest that rise each night. Winnie Wednesday, an exile from the Luminaries, is determined to restore her family’s good name by taking the deadly hunter…

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Young Adult Book Releases - November 2023

🦇 Good morning, my bookish bats. I hope you're bundled up with a fur baby, hot bev, and good book as you ward off this (lovely) chilly weather. No TBR is complete without a few young adult novels, and plenty were released in November! Here are a few YA releases to consider adding to your shelves.

✨ Artifacts of An Ex by Jennifer Chen @jchenwriter ✨ The Queer Girl is Going to Be Okay by Dale Walls @dalewallsauthor ✨ Emmett by Lev A.C. Rosen @levacrosen ✨ Check & Mate by Ali Hazelwood @alihazelwood ✨ Gorgeous Gruesome Faces by Linda Cheng @lychengwrites ✨ Powerless by Lauren Roberts @laurens1ibrary ✨ Swarm by Jennifer D. Lyle @jenniferdlyle ✨ Nightbane by Alex Aster @alexaster ✨ Vengeance of the Pirate Queen by Tricia Levenseller @tricialevenseller ✨ Wish of the Wicked by Danielle Paige @daniellempaige ✨ What the River Knows by Isabel Ibañez @isabelwriter09 ✨ The Hunting Moon by Susan Dennard @stdennard ✨ Defiant by Brandon Sanderson @brandsanderson ✨ Murtagh by Christopher Paolini @christopher_paolini ✨ Dawnbreaker by Jodi Meadows @unicornwarlord

✨ The Way I Am Now by Amber Smith @ambersmithauthor ✨ With or Without You by Eric Smith @ericsmithrocks ✨ Loveboat Forever by Abigail Hing Wen @abigailhingwen ✨ The Revenge Game by Jordyn Taylor @jordynhtaylor ✨ Didn't See That Coming by Jesse Q. Sutanto @jesseqsutanto ✨ No One Left But You by Tash McAdam @tashmcadam ✨ To Kill a Shadow by Katherin Quinn @katherinequinnwrites ✨ Godly Heathens by H. E. Edgmon @heedgmon ✨ Wren Martin Ruins It All by Amanda DeWitt @am.dewitt ✨ Last Girl Breathing by Court Stevens @quartland ✨ Betting on You by Lynn Painter @lynnpainterbooks ✨ The Crimson Fortress by Akshaya Raman @akshraman ✨ War Widow by Deborah Falaye @deborahfalaye ✨ Where He Can't Find You by Darcy Coates @darcybooks ✨ Finding My Elf by David Valdes @davidvaldeswrites

I love how when @stdennard wrote Witchlands she put her whole soul into making Aeduan like Ezio from AC. I applaud her for that because Ezio was one of my fictional crush I had as a ten year old and now I’m rereading Witchlands as a 16 year old and my god I falling for Aeduan all over again.

A story that will draw you in and leave you wanting more! It has all the tension, atmosphere and vibes you want in a world to get list in thw story. My #review of #theluminaries will be up this month. @stdennard did a fantastic job with the plot and storyline. This hits shelves Novemver 1st! #youngadultbooks #yabooks #torteen https://www.instagram.com/p/CiIb7L1uE_7/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=