Reviews Archives - Bookish Goblin

Dawn of the North by Demi Winters: Summary, Review, Ending Explained

February 4, 2026

Horse girlies, rise up!

Roots of Darkness by Demi Winters: Summary and Review

January 31, 2026

A Viking romantasy novella where the mist wants you dead and the man in charge is worse.

We Who Have No Gods by Liza Anderson: ARC Review and Summary

January 28, 2026

A magical order, a looming war, and a lot of unanswered questions.

Carl’s Doomsday Scenario: Summary and Review

January 18, 2026

Carl makes several catastrophic decisions in this book, and somehow none of them involve pants.

Graceless Heart by Isabel Ibañez ARC Review, Summary, and Ending Explained

January 14, 2026

She wanted to save her brother. She did not plan on getting kidnapped by an immortal family, dragged into magical warfare, or developing inconvenient feelings along the way. Plans are overrated anyway.

Atmosphere by Taylor Jenkins Reid: Review & Summary

January 11, 2026

NASA training: Learn to fix a spacecraft. Learn to survive in zero gravity. Learn to fall in love with your fellow astronaut. (Only one of these was in the manual.)

People We Meet on Vacation by Emily Henry: Summary & Review

January 7, 2026

As an Emily Henry stan for life, it is pretty cute, fun, but doesn't beat other Emily Henry books for me!

Zodiac Academy – The Awakening as Told by the Boys: Summary, Review and Ending Explained

January 2, 2026

I thought I'd be annoyed by reading the boys go back to their bully ways, I WAS WRONG.

We Who Will Die by Stacia Stark: Summary, Review and Ending Explained

December 31, 2025

It's Vampire Diaries... but with gladiators.

An Arcane Inheritance by Kamilah Cole ARC Review, Dark Academia With Peak Yearning

December 28, 2025

An elite school with secret societies and wild magic... If you're looking for plot that doesn't get lost in the romance this one's for you!

Hollow by Caroline Peckham and Susanne Valenti: Summary, Review and Ending Explained

December 14, 2025

A cursed forest, thirteen spirits, a morally questionable fae warrior, and a mortal girl armed with nothing but books. What could possibly go wrong?

Brimstone by Callie Hart: Summary, Review and Ending Explained

December 4, 2025

Brimstone had every ingredient for greatness but the brew never quite came together and I have thoughts.

ARC Review: Something Wicked by Falon Ballard, A Magical, Moulin Rouge Retelling

November 26, 2025

A Magical, Moulin Rouge Retelling!

Fallen Stars: Summary, Review and Ending Explained

November 25, 2025

Plot is moving slower than the ties, but still is a mythical, magical good time!

Heavenly Bodies: Summary, Review and Ending Explained

November 22, 2025

Lovely prose, plot a bit crowded, but a great time!

Zodiac Academy – Origins of an Academy Bully: Summary, Review and Ending Explained

November 16, 2025

It's short but definitely not sweet... Lionel Acrux is the worst.

Dungeon Crawler Carl: Summary and Review

November 5, 2025

Have you ever wondered what happens when the world is invaded by aliens who make you play a Dungeon Crawler game for galactic entertainment and prize money?