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  • Re-Potting Myself: Why I’m Choosing Growth Over Shrinking

    Some plants thrive no matter where you put them—cracks in pavements, office windowsills, even in environments laced with just enough toxicity to keep them weak but not quite dead. I am not one of those plants. I need space, proper soil, and an environment that doesn’t make me question my own existence at least once…

  • The Power of Female Rage: Why We Love Aelin, Feyre, Nesta and Manon, and the Unapologetic Heroine

    There’s something deeply satisfying about watching a woman set the world on fire—literally, in Aelin’s case, and metaphorically in Nesta’s. For so long, female characters in fantasy were only ‘strong’ in a way that still made them palatable. They could be warriors, but not too angry. They could be powerful, but only if they still…

  • How ACOTAR Became My Personality (And Why That’s Okay)

    If someone told me a few years ago that a book series could become a whole identity, I’d have laughed. Now, here I am, rearranging my bookshelves to showcase my Sarah J. Maas collection and naming my Etsy shop Rebels and Queens in honour of all the badass fictional women who inspire me daily. It…

  • From Funk to Family: Rediscovering Balance (or Trying To)

    If you read my last blog post, you’ll know I was stuck in a bit of a rut. Okay, more like a full-on bog of despair. My mental health had taken a nosedive, and I felt like I was carrying the weight of the world (and dropping it on my foot repeatedly). Not fun. But…

  • Meteor Showers and Mental Health

    This morning, the sky was putting on a show—the Geminid Meteor Shower. I’d forgotten about it when I stumbled outside at 6am with the dog. The early morning sky was clear, which I normally love. But as I stood there, wrapped up in my dressing gown against the cold, staring up at streaks of light…

  • A ​Court of Silver Flames by Sarah J. Maas My rating: 5 of 5 stars Contains Spoilers Sarah J. Maas truly outdid herself with A Court of Silver Flames! Nesta’s transformation is easily the strongest character arc in the entire series—her journey from broken and bitter to fierce and self-accepting was raw, powerful, and deeply…

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