Freya Valerio 51.6K subscribers · Jun 8, 2026

Every single series I am in the middle of (& if I want to continue)!

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Loved

It is like one of the best series I've ever read. I feel like I talk about this all the time, but we are following Kell set in a world with London where there are different realities of London and Kell is one of the few people who can travel between those realities. One of the best magical worlds I've ever read about.

Liked

I've got to be prepared for some heartbreak. The topics he writes about I'm extremely sensitive to and I think they're really worth reading about, but like you definitely have to go in when you're emotionally stable.

Mixed

And I actually really, really enjoyed the gothic vibes of this because it is such a gothic academic kind of book. It is a vampire dark academia, heavy on the dark and I definitely took an approach to vampires that I've never seen in a fantasy book before. So, I really liked that element of it.

Loved

To be honest, I was really intrigued with the whole political and magical system in this being based off Egyptian mythology and how that was integrated into the political system, I thought was fascinating. I actually also enjoyed romance, because it was a slow burn romance.

Loved

The Ragpicker King fully blew me away. Like, I don't know if I read it expecting a lot of hype. I think cuz I went in with just like, ", I just need to tick this off and like get up-to-date with this series."

Disliked

I don't love the first book and I've been very vocal about that. I even did a reread recently, like via audiobook. Still didn't love it, but I have high hopes in the rest of the series and I recently purchased the rest of the series.

Disliked

I just thought it was kind of your classic generic fantasy book. Kind of liked the characters, but again wasn't super connected to them, so I'm not like super intrigued to see what happens, and I also guessed a lot of the plot twists that I feel like really make this book.

Mixed

If you've read Sword Catcher, the first book was very much like setting up the world, setting up the politics, and getting a baseline and understanding of all our characters and everything like that. But, it was nothing amazing.

Loved

This has truly like quickly become one of my favorite series ever, and the next book isn't coming out until 2027, I don't think, but I will easily be continuing this. This truly just blew me away and put a whole new level to high fantasy for me.