Ink Words and Ash

hi hi welcome! i’m Ash- your average, book obsessed teen.
welcome to my blog where i shriek about books, writing, the marvelous invention of coffee and overuse exclamation marks!

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Book Recommendations + Lists

2023 releases (part 3) || pretty covers and pretty premises

SOME PEOPLE GET HIGH OFF DRUGS, OTHERS OFF ALCOHOL …i personally prefer books. not as illegal, you see. i am three months late, yes, but there are some incredibly pretty books out here, so let that make up? from “queer knives out” to “selling your soul to demons” and dark academia + ancestral houses, these books are fulfilling all my gay, witchy dreams ❤ also new chloe gong book!! *cue unhinged shrieking* YOU MIGHT ALSO LIKE➢2022 book releases (january-april)➢2022 book releases (may-august) ➢2023 book releases (january-march)➢2023 book releases (april-june) ⚡️Title: A Warning About Swans Author: R. M. RomeroRelease date: July…

by Ash Dec 26, 2023Dec 26, 2023

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Mid Year Freakout Tag (where i do, in fact freakout)

hello hello hello, it’s well past june but in my defence i was (i) preoccupied with exams (ii) very keen on procrastination so here’s a post that’s definitely not five months late! HOW MUCH HAVE YOU READ? this time last year, i had already read about 70. am missing those…

by Ash Dec 18, 2023Dec 22, 2023

Book Recommendations + Lists

2023 book releases (part two) || too many books, too little time!

IT’S THAT TIME OF THE YEAR… WHERE I COME WITH MORE BOOKS FOR YOUR TBR and help it conquer you 😌 unapologetically so. i have enough books on my tbr to last me several lifetimes but yet, i shall persist and add more. in my defence, there is a stunning…

by Ash Jun 17, 2023Dec 22, 2023

Reviews

Mini Review Bundle || soft romcoms and heart wrenching contemporaries

hellooo… IT’S TIME FOR SOME LONG-DUE YA REVIEWS i read these books a year or two ago and it’s about time i get to them 😂 they’re a mix of hard-hitting contemporaries and sweet romcoms, so if you need to sob your heart out OR curl up with a mug…

by Ash Jun 8, 2023Jun 11, 2023

Reviews

Vow of Moonlight || a fresh queer retelling [ARC review]

Title: Vow of Moonlight Date Published: March ’23Author: Morgana StewartGenre: fantasy romance; loose retelling of sleeping beautyAge Rating: AdultCW/TW: blood & gore, anxiety depiction, loss of a loved one, sexual assault, torture recounted, murder, death, misogyny and lesbophobia and aphobia [all in a negative light] Rating: My Review: ‘Vow of Moonlight’ is a retelling of ‘sleeping…

by Ash May 14, 2023

Wrap Ups, TBR and Yearly Extras

Quarterly wrap up + tbr! || in which i ramble on about shadow & bone and other equally amazing things

this chunk is pure chaos. proceed at your own risk ☺️ these months were a haze of finals and frantic studying which was fun (no, not really) also for a glorious minute i contemplated having a organised posting schedule but… i’m afraid not 😂 posts will be sporadic and chaotic…

by Ash Apr 24, 2023May 14, 2023

Book Recommendations + Lists

2023 releases, january to march|| in which i help your tbr conquer you

new year, new blog theme aND… NEW BOOKS!!! i am so incredibly hyped for the stories that this year is going to bring! from queer pirates to gothic fantasy’s and vicious sapphic retellings, we are really getting it all ❤ i’m ecstatic to see some deliciously enchanting trans books this…

by Ash Feb 28, 2023Feb 28, 2023