Countdown to 2026: Day 14 – Christmas pudding – if you could squeeze in just one more book this year

Once again I am counting down to the New Year, as with the previous years I shall be highlighting at least one book per day to fit the prompt on that given day.  The main aim for this countdown is to highlight some of my reads during the past year and to shine the spotlight on them once again (although some of the prompts relate to forthcoming reads).

Today is Day 14 of the countdown to 2026 and a list of prompts can be found here if you wish to join me in counting down to 2026 and casting a spotlight on some of your favourite books.

Today’s Prompt: Christmas pudding – if you could squeeze in just one more book this year:

For today’s prompt I’ve chosen: Enchanting the Fae Queen by Stephanie Burgis

This is the second instalment in The Queens of Villainy series.  I’m very much looking forward to this one as Wooing the Witch Queen got off to a great start.  This is one of my January review books but if I could squeeze it in before the year end it would make me very happy.

17 Days Remaining

Tomorrow’s prompt: Mince pies –  a little sweet something

Can’t Wait Wednesday: Enchanting the Fae Queen by Stephanie Burgis (Queens of Villainy #2)

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“Waiting On Wednesday” is a weekly meme that was originally created by Breaking the Spine.  Unfortunately Breaking the Spine are no longer hosting so I’m now linking my posts up to Wishful Endings Can’t Wait Wednesday. Don’t forget to stop over, link up and check out what books everyone else is waiting for.  If you want to take part, basically, every Wednesday, we highlight a book that we’re really looking forward to.  This week my book is: Enchanting the Fae Queen (Queens of Villainy #2) by Stephanie Burgis (Wooing the Witch Queen was the first book in series and I loved it).  Here’s the description and cover:

Stephanie Burgis delivers another irreverent, sparkling, and sexy installment in the Queens of Villainy, where a seductive fae queen meets her unexpected match in the enemy empire’s valiant general.

Queen Lorelei is a notorious fae seductress, with a trail of broken hearts in her wake. But behind her glamorous lifestyle and sparkling mask lurks a dangerously intelligent woman who’d do anything to keep her people safe, including kidnap the empire’s most famous hero.

The virtuous high general Gerard de Moireul represents all that is moral and true. He has to, after his parents were executed for treason. The last thing he needs is the Queen of Balravia, who showers glitter and rainbow-colored sparkles everywhere she goes without the slightest regard for good taste, decorum, or royal dignity.

They’re opposites in every way, but when they’re swept up together in a grand–and deadly–fae tournament, they discover all of each other’s most hidden truths–and how perfectly they might be suited for each other after all.

Expected publication: January 2026