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Now reading The Everlasting by Alix E. Harrow. Owlcrate did a beautiful job on the hardcover.

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And here we are in December! I had two 5 star reads in December and since it‘s my birthday month, I‘m going to post both 😝

The Everlasting was the rare book as birthday present and I adored it! Alix E Harrow crafts such beautiful stories. A delight!

Time loops, romance, rewriting history, the power of stories to shape or ruin kingdoms, & probably the literary villain I hate most of all.

My favorite book of November has it all!

#12BooksOf2025 @TheEllieMo

(Honorable November mention goes to Of Monsters and Mainframes🖤🧡🖤🧡)

I loved this! A time travel fantasy love story that is dark and sad. I recommend go into this blind. I know not everyone likes Harrow‘s writing, but I think this is the author‘s best work so far. 5⭐️

Getting back into the swing of things! I played #bookspinbingo last year for 11 out of the 12 months and my hope is to do all 12 this year. I only got bingo once (in April), so it would be nice to add to that statistic too.
Super excited about the tagged book, but I have to wait for it to arrive from #BOTM 😢
Finished up a book yesterday, so I‘ve got one block filled in so far!
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I really loved this book! This had a whole slew of my favorite things in stories. Time travel, the power of stories, a lady knight, fantastical Arthurian vibes.

Probably my favorite book of Harrow‘s so far. 💖

#SundayFunday Hope you all are doing well, and let‘s hope for a better 2026! Don‘t forget to tag me in your posts!

I read this book so slowly because I was so sure that it was going to hurt my feelings… and it did BUT it was worth it. All the threads of this story get woven in so beautifully, right down to the last overdue library book.

I got this book for my birthday and was lucky enough to buddy read it - and hating on Vivian Rolfe together was such a beautiful experience - as Vivian is one of the best written villains, I have ever read.

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In the Dominion, national identity traces back to the legend of Ser Una, a peerless knight who gave her life to save her queen. Owen Mallory has dedicated his academic career to Una's legacy, embracing the founding myth of a country that has never truly accepted him. A beautiful, haunting, heartbreaking tale of love and fate, the stories that drive and divide us, and the power of a connection that transcends time.

Gorgeous. Sprawling. Fantastical but so grounded. God, I love Alix E. Harrow. 😭 (Semi-featuring my festive and fandomy armoire.) #theeverlasting #alixeharrow #2025release

Falling into Alice E Harrow‘s world reminds me of the way I felt as a child reading books. My heart hums.
( photo from IG- my Kindle just doesn‘t give her beautiful covers justice)

This one for me was so uneven I can‘t give it more than a meh. Some parts I really liked, but others dragged and I was so bored at one point relatively early on that I almost bailed. I‘ll still keep reading Harrow, though she‘s been hit or miss for me.

I don't read time travel books, unless authored by Alix Harrow. Somehow she managed to write so beautifully that she didn't make it repetitive. Books about knights don't generally make their way on my tbr, but again, it seems the author defied this as well. The writing, the themes and depth of the story kept me reading a book I shouldn't have even wanted to pick up.

Once, there was a knight. Then, there was a scholar documenting the knight‘s legends many years later. The 2 stories aren‘t supposed to meet, until a mysterious book arrives in the scholar‘s lap.

WTF was this book. A love story, Arthurian vibes, a time loop, a tale about the power of stories, what makes a nation or a kingdom, & grasping your own destiny between your hands. This left me crying, & I want to read this again immediately.🌕🌕🌕🌕🌗

Alix E. Harrow tricked me into reading a time travel book!

OK, when I say she tricked me I mean she wrote a book and therefore I read it.

And I did love it despite the time travel. I was riveted as Owen untangled the path of his own story and that of his country. I never guessed what was going to happen next. My heart was broken and mended. This is a story about stories, and about history, and above all about love.

An early birthday present from a friend who lives on the other side of the world who did get a bit stressed that the Australian release date for this would arrive before the book did (funnily enough it arrived day of). Genuinely hilarious getting a text suggesting that I stay out of bookshops 🤣 This is one of my most anticipated books of the year.

Since her amazing debut, I‘ve eagerly picked up each of her books. Sir Una Everlasting & Owen‘s story is an adventurous, time-traveling love story that I couldn‘t put down (I did listen to some on audio, too— the female performer is great!). With any cyclical tale, there‘s some repetition out of necessity but it doesn‘t slow the pacing too much. With shocks to the plot, & some messages for readers today— plus a scene stealing horse, it‘s great!

I love a good time travel story and even though I typically prefer travel within the confines of magical realism I was all in for the fantasy of Dominion. …I‘ve fallen into several stories of late where magical elements come into play to rewrite history. I can‘t help but wonder if authors see craziness in aspects of today‘s world to create unrelated fictional stories

I know I‘m a mood reader and even the idea of a November TBR will probably mean I read none of these books, I wanted to at least TRY to plan some reading - I‘ve been doing a lot of digital ARCs and library books and I want this to be more of a physical book month (clear those messy shelves!!) The Kingdoms is a #finishwhatyoustarted pick and I‘m hoping to get a couple other half read books wrapped up too, just not sure which.

The language Alix Harrow uses is beautiful. The story is a play on the Morte de Arthur (as told by Mallory) through the lens of empire with a version of time travel I haven‘t seen before, love, and an evil, wonderful war horse name Hen.

“What did he teach you?” “He taught me of the past first. He read me holy scripture and ancient myths and showed me how to tell truth from myths. …Next he taught me of the future; of ambition, which is the future on purpose.”

I love preordering books. Because I have definitely forgotten it by the time it arrives six months later, so it‘s like a present from past me. #BookMail

It‘s so prettyyyyyyyy

New Alix E Harrow book! 🎉🎉🎉🎉

#CoverReveal