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3 weeks ago | 
culturefly.co.uk | Natalie Xenos
There’s nothing quite like a book about space travel to remind us just how tiny our place in the cosmos is. Atmosphere – the latest novel by Daisy Jones and the Six author Taylor Jenkins Reid – is set against the backdrop of the 1980s space shuttle program and it’s a book that’s impossible to read without reflecting on the smallness of humanity compared to the immovable stars above. And yet, through the soaring love story at the very heart of the book, it also shows just how important we are too.
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1 month ago | 
culturefly.co.uk | Natalie Xenos
Seventeen-year-old Aurelia Wycherley is entering her debutante season as a witch. She should be excited about finding the perfect match to tether her magic to. Instead, she’s suffering the effects of a powerful hereditary curse that’s turned her magic into something dark and dangerous that no other witch wants to be anywhere near, let alone form a tether with. And without a tether, Aurelia will lose her magic completely.
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1 month ago | 
culturefly.co.uk | Natalie Xenos
When Thayer Wren, the ‘father of modern technology’ and CEO of Wrenfare Magitech, unexpectedly dies, he leaves behind an incredible legacy. But which of his three children deserves to take their father’s place? And who is most capable of sitting upon the Wrenfare throne? Each of the Wren siblings are telepathically and electrokinetically gifted in some way, though none of them know the origin of the powers bestowed upon them.
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2 months ago | 
culturefly.co.uk | Natalie Xenos
Honora ‘Nora’ Holtzfall is the daughter of the most powerful heiress in Gammanix. Her family controls all the money and all the magic in the entire country. But when her mother is found murdered in an alley and the indomitable knight sworn to protect her vanishes, suddenly the family throne and fortune are up for grabs.
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2 months ago | 
culturefly.co.uk | Natalie Xenos
From a speculative murder mystery and a gothic historical thriller to a bookish tale of community and a swoony rom-com adventure, this month’s book picks span genres and continents and the whole spectrum of human emotions. Whether you want something to make you laugh, something to fill you with hope, or something a little dark and decadent, we’ve got you covered with our April fiction recommendations.
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Mar 19, 2025 | 
culturefly.co.uk | Natalie Xenos
Evelyn has lived through a thousand lifetimes and in every single one, she’s been murdered before her eighteenth birthday. Hunted across the years and through different countries, she doesn’t understand why Arden – the person she loves and dreads in equal measure – won’t let her live into adulthood. Their appearances, nationalities and genders might change, but the fatal end is always the same.
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Feb 26, 2025 | 
culturefly.co.uk | Natalie Xenos
Ever since Queen Moryen of the Others helped the Yorks win the War of the Roses and subsequently took the throne at Hampton Court Palace, England has lived under the immortal fae Queen’s reign. She grants each of her citizens one magical bargain and high society girls are expected to request qualities that will win them suitors and secure their futures. The greater the ask, the greater the cost. But Ivy Benton’s debut season arrives with a shocking new twist.
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Feb 12, 2025 | 
culturefly.co.uk | Natalie Xenos
There are few romance writers that make me fall quite as hard for their characters as B. K. Borison does. With the four-book Lovelight Farms series under her belt, the author is yet to write a protagonist I didn’t absolutely adore. So it was with some small measure of trepidation that I settled down to read Borison’s first novel to move away from the beloved interconnected small-town romcoms. Would I miss the cosy Christmas tree farm backdrop?
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Jan 31, 2025 | 
culturefly.co.uk | Natalie Xenos
If you’re a fan of horror books, chances are you’ve read at least one Grady Hendrix novel. Each of them has centred on a different kind of horror, from the demonic possession in My Best Friend’s Exorcism, to the vampiric threat in The Southern Book Club’s Guide to Slaying Vampires, to the haunted house chills in How to Sell a Haunted House. All of these novels weave in classic horror elements but they deal with more complex, real life troubles and traumas too.
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Jan 29, 2025 | 
culturefly.co.uk | Natalie Xenos
It’s 1898 and Quinn Le Blanc has just five days to pull off the seemingly impossible: trick an eligible duke into marriage and steal his family’s fortune. Quinn might be London’s most talented and furtive con woman but she’s never tried to infiltrate the impenetrable inner circle of an old money family like the Kendals before. Masquerading as a wealthy debutante, Quinn quickly becomes the talk of the season and it’s not long before she catches the eye of her mark.
