Nachdem ich es geschafft habe, im Oktober 5 meiner 7 TBR-Monatsbücher zu lesen, wandern zwei weiter. Dies tun sie auch schon eine geraume Weile. 🙈
Neu dazu gekommen sind nun 7 Bücher, sodass sich meine TBR-Liste für November auf 9 Bücher hochgeschraubt hat. Eins dieser Bücher, Empire of the Dawn, erscheint allerdings erst am 06.11. und da ich es als signierte Edition in UK bestellt habe, wird es erst 1 oder 2 Wochen später bei mir einziehen.
Außerdem habe ich auch für den November zwei ARCs am Start, die ich möglichst am Monatsanfang lesen möchte, gleich nachdem ich das bereits begonnene Buch Medusa beendet habe. Danach ist offen, welches Werk ich als nächstes in die Hand nehme, es sei denn Kristoffs neues Buch ist bis dahin bei mir angekommen.









Cover werden nach dem Lesen farblich

- ☐ The Dawn of the Cursed Queen (Gods & Monsters, #3) ♦ Amber V. Nicole Paperback
- ☑
Paramour (Of Ballads and Banshees, #1) ♦ Robin Alvarez Kindle Edition/ARC✔ ➥ Review - ☐ Im Zeichen des Adlers (Rom, #1) ♦ Simon Scarrow Paperback
- ☐ Empire of the Dawn (Empire of the Vampire, #3) ♦ Jay Kristoff Hardcover
- ☑
The Sound of the Dark ♦ Daniel Church Kindle Edition/ARC✔ ➥ Review - ☐ If He Had Been With Me (Friends to Lovers, #1) ♦ Laura Nowlin Paperback
- ☐ Quicksilver (Fae & Alchemy, #1) ♦ Callie Hart Hardcover
- ☑
Medusa ♦ Rosie Hewlett Hardcover✔ ➥ Review - ☐ Hekate – The Witch (Goddesses of the Underworld, #1) ♦ Nikita Gill Hardcover


The Dawn of the Cursed Queen
Amber V. Nicole
The Dawn of the Cursed Queen by Amber V. NicoleSeries: Gods & Monsters #3
Published: 28. May 2024 by Headline Eternal
Format: Paperback, 672 pages/minutes
Genre: Dark Fantasy, Epic Fantasy, Paranormal, Romance, Violence
Tropes: Creatures / Monsters, Enemies to Lovers, Fated Mates / Soulmates, Female Rage, Gods / Demigods
Language: English
Audience: Adult
Shelve: Read 2026
Source: Amazon
Link to Goodreads
WHERE THERE ARE GODS, THERE ARE ALSO MONSTERS . . .
Ask her what she ripped from the very heavens.
And then ask her if she cares.Betrayed and bloodied, The Hand has failed. After a desperate battle, Nismera, the Goddess of War, now rules the realms as the last remnants of Samkiel’s power spill across the sky.
Desperate to keep Samkiel safe after almost losing him, Dianna is willing to give up everything to protect him, even if that means sacrificing their relationship itself. But that’s not a risk Samkiel is willing to take, even as the stakes grow ever higher.
The one true king is poised to return, but when the dust settles, who will truly rule?
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Paramour
Robin Alvarez
Paramour by Robin AlvarezSeries: Of Ballads and Banshees #1
Published: 9. September 2025 by Independently Published
Format: ARC, Kindle Edition, 436 pages/minutes
Genre: Paranormal, Romance, Urban Fantasy
Tropes: Mythical Creatures
Language: English
Audience: Young Adult
Shelve: Read 2025
Source: NetGalley
Link to Goodreads
Rating:
Her banshee scream is a death sentence. His love might be hers.
“You know that feeling people get when something bad is about to happen to someone they love? Or how some seem to know it’s their time right before getting into a horrible accident? That’s me. I warn that death is coming.”
Sadie is a banshee on the run—from hunters, from her past, and from the terrifying truth that she’s killed before. As an empath, she’s learned to shut her emotions down, because if she feels too much, she could easily turn lethal again.
There are no highs. No lows. No chance of losing control.
But when Sadie falls sick from a hunter’s mysterious spell, she can no longer escape into the safety of other people’s emotions. Now in a new town with a new identity, she’s forced to feel everything. Grief. Rage. Longing. Fear. For the first time in her life, she makes friends, forging connections and breaking her careful rules for survival. And then there’s Nathan—the human boy she’s connected to by fate.
Falling for him may well be her undoing.
As hunters close in, Sadie must decide whether to let herself lose control—and risk everything that keeps her safe—all to protect those she never meant to love.
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Im Zeichen des Adlers
Simon Scarrow
Im Zeichen des Adlers by Simon ScarrowSeries: Rom #1
Translator: Norbert Ströbe
Published: 10. July 2017 by Heyne Verlag
Format: Paperback, 413 pages/minutes
Genre: Adventure, Historical Fiction, Military, Roman Empire, War
Language: German
Audience: Adult
Shelve: SuBventur
Source: Amazon
Rom, A. D. 42: Kaiser Claudius gewährt seinem Leibsklaven Cato die lang ersehnte Freiheit. Doch im Gegenzug muss sich der hochgebildete, jedoch kämpferisch völlig unerfahrene junge Mann zu zwanzig Jahren Dienst in der römischen Armee verpflichten. Kurz darauf befiehlt der Imperator das gefährlichste aller militärischen Abenteuer, an dem einst sogar Cäsar scheiterte: die Eroberung Britanniens. Cato steht auf der Insel aber nicht nur den wildesten Barbarenhorden gegenüber - auf direkten kaiserlichen Befehl muss er sich in einem tödlichen Netz aus Intrigen und Verschwörungen bewähren...

Empire of the Dawn
Jay Kristoff
Empire of the Dawn by Jay KristoffSeries: Empire of the Vampire #3
Published: 6. November 2025 by HarperVoyager
Format: Hardcover, 773 pages/minutes
Genre: Dark Fantasy, Epic Fantasy, Gothic, Horror, Paranormal
Tropes: The Brooding Loner, The Prophecy, Vampires / Werewolves
Language: English
Audience: Adult
Shelve: Read 2025
Source: Waterstones
Link to Goodreads
From holy cup comes holy light;
The faithful hands sets world aright.
And in the Seven Martyrs’ sight,
Mere man shall end this endless night.Gabriel de León has lost his family, his faith, and the last hope of ending the endless night—his surrogate daughter, Dior. With no thought left but vengeance, he and a band of loyal brothers journey into the war-torn heart of Elidaen to claim the life of the Forever King.
Unbeknownst to the Last Silversaint, the Grail still lives—speeding towards the besieged capital of Augustin in the frail hope of ending Daysdeath. But deadly treachery awaits within the halls of power, and the Forever King’s legions march ever closer. Gabriel and Dior will be drawn into a final battle that will shape the very fate of the Empire, but as the sun sets for what may the last time, there will be no one left for them to trust.
Not even each other.
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The Sound of the Dark
David Church
The Sound of the Dark by Daniel ChurchPublished: 28. October 2025 by Angry Robot
Format: ARC, Kindle Edition, 402 pages/minutes
Genre: Horror
Language: English
Audience: Adult
Shelve: Read 2025
Source: NetGalley
Link to Goodreads
Rating:
In 1983, experimental artist Tony Mathias began work on a new installation – it was to be a collage of visuals and sounds collected at an abandoned RAF base called Warden Fell. Various stories and rumours swirled around the place but Tony was interested only in the echoes of history. But soon after visiting the site to tape-record the sounds there, he returned to the caravan where he was staying with his family and killed his wife, his two children and then himself. Another dark twist in Warden Fell’s history?
But the past reaches out. Decades later Cally Darker, gets the chance to investigate the terrible story and perhaps even solve the mystery – a fantastic exclusive story for her true-crime podcast.Tony's actress sister Stella is desperate for the mystery to be solved before she dies will do all she can to help and passes on the tapes left behind by her brother. But before long, Cally realises that Warden Fell has a far older and darker story to tell. Be careful what you listen to…
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If He Had Been With Me
Laura Nowlin
If He Had Been With Me by Laura NowlinSeries: If He Had Been With Me #1
Published: 1. November 2019 by Sourcebooks Fire
Format: Paperback, 391 pages/minutes
Genre: Coming-of-Age, Contemporary, Fiction, Romance
Tropes: Slow Burn
Language: English
Audience: New Adult
Shelve: Read 2026
Source: Hugendubel
Link to Goodreads
A heartbreaking and raw story of love, regret, and the life-altering impact of the relationships we hold closest to us, perfect for fans of Colleen Hoover.
If he had been with me, everything would have been different…
Autumn and Finn used to be inseparable. But then something changed. Or they changed. Now, they do their best to ignore each other.
Autumn has her boyfriend Jamie, and her close-knit group of friends. And Finn has become that boy at school, the one everyone wants to be around.
That still doesn't stop the way Autumn feels every time she and Finn cross paths, and the growing, nagging thought that maybe things could have been different. Maybe they should be together.
But come August, things will change forever. And as time passes, Autumn will be forced to confront how else life might have been different if they had never parted ways…
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Quicksilver
Callie Hart
Quicksilver by Callie HartSeries: Fae & Alchemy (Deluxe Limited Edition) #1
Published: 19. August 2025 by Hodder & Stoughton
Format: Hardcover, 627 pages/minutes
Genre: Dark Fantasy, Enemies to Lovers, Fae, Magic, Romance, Vampires
Language: English
Audience: Adult
Shelve: Read 2025
Source: Waterstones
Link to Goodreads
A beautiful, limited edition hardback of the phenomenal first book in the unmissable fae & alchemy series. This edition will feature brand new cover jacket artwork, silver gilded edges, a new bonus scene (Kingfisher in the maze), hidden cover case foil and character art endpapers.
'Do not touch the sword. Do not turn the key. Do not open the gate.'
'In the land of the unforgiving desert, there isn't much a girl wouldn't do for a glass of water.'
Twenty-four-year-old Saeris Fane is good at keeping secrets. No one knows about the strange powers she possesses, or the fact that she has been picking pockets and stealing from the Undying Queen's reservoirs for as long as she can remember.
But a secret is like a knot. Sooner or later, it is bound to come undone.When Saeris comes face-to-face with Death himself, she inadvertently re-opens a gateway between realms and is transported to a land of ice and snow. The Fae have always been the stuff of myth, of legend, of nightmares... but it turns out they're real, and Saeris has landed herself in the middle of a centuries-long conflict that might just get her killed.
The first of her kind to tread the frozen mountains of Yvelia in over a thousand years, Saeris mistakenly binds herself to Kingfisher, a handsome Fae warrior, who has secrets and nefarious agendas of his own. He will use her Alchemist's magic to protect his people, no matter what it costs him . . . or her.
Death has a name. It is Kingfisher of the Ajun Gate. His past is murky. His attitude stinks. And he's the only way Saeris is going to make it home.
Be careful of the deals you make, dear child. The devil is in the details . . .
N.B. Quicksilver contains depictions of graphic violence/adult situations and is therefore recommended for readers 17+. For a full list of tropes and TWs, please visit the author's website.

Medusa
Rosie Hewlett
Medusa by Rosie HewlettPublished: 4. September 2025 by Transworld Publishers Ltd
Format: Hardcover, 236 pages/minutes
Genre: Feminism, Greek, Historical Fantasy, Mythology, Retelling
Tropes: Female Rage, Goddesses / Demigoddesses, Gods / Demigods
Language: English
Audience: Adult
Shelve: Read 2025
Source: Waterstones
Link to Goodreads
Rating:
You know her name, you know her story. Just not the right one...
Within the depths of the Underworld the formidable snake-haired Gorgon has finally had enough. Tired of being eternally and unjustly brandished a villain, Medusa has found the courage to face her tragic past and speak out. Determined to expose the centuries of lies surrounding her name, Medusa gives unparalleled insight into her cursed life, from her earliest memories and abandonment at birth, right through to her tragic and untimely death at the hands of the hero Perseus. Through telling her story, Medusa finally reveals the lost truth behind antiquity’s most infamous monster.
Medusa breathes new life into an ancient story and echoes the battle that women throughout millennia have continued to wage – the opportunity to simply be heard.
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Hekate – The Witch
Nikita Gill
Hekate - The Witch by Nikita GillSeries: Goddesses of the Underworld #1
Published: 16. September 2025 by Simon & Schuster Ltd
Format: Hardcover, 384 pages/minutes
Genre: Feminism, Greek, Historical Fantasy, Retelling
Tropes: Goddesses / Demigoddesses, Witches / Wizards
Language: English
Audience: Adult
Shelve: Read 2026
Source: Waterstones
Link to Goodreads
A propulsive, electrifying and enraging retelling of the life of Greek goddess Hekate, child of war turned all-powerful goddess of witchcraft and necromancy, by internationally bestselling poet Nikita Gill.
Born into a world on fire, Godling Hekate has never known safety. After her parents are on the losing side of the war between the ruling Titans and new Olympian Gods, Hekate is taken by her mother Asteria to the Underworld, where Styx and Hades agree to raise her. Meanwhile, Asteria is pursued across the world by Zeus and Poseidon and, to escape their clutches, transforms herself into an island in a stormy sea.
Orphaned and alone, Hekate grows up amongst the horrors and beauties of the Underworld, desperate to find her divine purpose and a sense of belonging in the land of the dead.
When Hekate finally uncovers her powers and ascends to Goddess status, she realises that even the most powerful Olympians are terrified of her. But when immortal war breaks out again, threatening to destroy everything from Mount Olympus to the Underworld itself, the Goddess of witchcraft and necromancy is the only one who can bring the deadly conflict to an end. . .
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