Pagan-inspired Yule food is a way for modern pagans to connect with their ancestral roots and celebrate the winter solstice. Yule, which falls around December 21st, is a time of celebration and feasting in many pagan traditions. The main idea behind pagan-inspired Yule food is to use ingredients that are symbolic of the season and to honor the earth and its cycles. In pagan traditions, the winter solstice is a time to celebrate the return of the sun and the gradual lengthening of the days. Many pagans believe that this is a time of rebirth and renewal. To honor this, pagan-inspired Yule food often includes ingredients that are associated with warmth and vitality.
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To honor this, pagan-inspired Yule food often includes ingredients that are associated with warmth and vitality. This could include spices like cinnamon, nutmeg, and cloves, which are believed to have warming properties. Another important aspect of pagan-inspired Yule food is the use of seasonal and local ingredients.
Awesome Academy Reverse Harem Romance Books (and a Historic Schoolhouse?)
I recently took a deep dive into the aesthetic known as Dark Academia, and boy did I fall in love with the pretentious white boy nostalgia of prep schools in castles and muted tones of old libraries. In the spirit of Dark Academia, I came up with this Reverse Harem TBR of Academy Romances. Enjoy!
Elemental Fae Academy by Lexi Foss and J.R. Thorn
My one piece of advice: Never kiss a stranger.
See, I kind of kissed this sexy man at the bar on a dare once, and it turns out he’s a Royal Fae destined to be my mate. Now I’ve been dragged to the Elemental Fae Academy to control the powers I unlocked that night.
So kissing? Yeah, that won’t happen again. Nope.
Except, I kind of kissed Titus, too. And well, now, I’m in a world of trouble. I keep burning things down, flooding dorms, and I’ve attracted the campus mean girl brigade.
This Fae Realm is a nightmare come to life. Truly.
But there are dreams here, too.
And they’re in the form of five Elemental Fae mentors. They’re supposed to help me control my powers, but who’s going to keep the elements from controlling me?
Predictions: 3 stars. Probably YA language but a fun story with stereotypical characters. Thinking an easy and enjoyable ride.
Artemis University by Erin R. Flynn
My name is Tamsin Vale and my life is about to get real… Really complicated and ridiculously dangerous. Which is almost funny given at nineteen I already know too much of the darkness of the world and people, the secrets they keep.
Or so I thought.
Turns out those quirky abilities I’ve been keeping secret expose me to a world I didn’t know existed. Sure, I knew I wasn’t human—but how exactly do I find out more without ending up in the wrong hands?
And I’m not so sure I’m in the right hands now given some of the reactions to finding me. They say I’m the last fairy. I’m not sure I should trust them when their thoughts are mostly of power and how to use me.
But I’m also not sure I have much of a choice. My powers are dangerous and I don’t know how to use them. They promise to teach me what I need to know and give me a chance at something I’ve never had before.
A normal life. I don’t think anything about Artemis University and those who attend is normal, but it’s still better than the life I’ve been living if they keep half their promises.
I think hoping they’ll keep half is generous.
Predictions: 3 stars. Probably cliche badass MC, but I’ll be a sucker for the harem and sexy scenes.
Vice College For Young Demons by Marie Mystry
“It is our pleasure to inform you that you have been granted a place at Vice College for Young Demons… It is our duty to remind all students that your attendance is government mandated and enforced.”
Vice College for Young Demons; It’s beautiful, elitist and filled to the brim with other demons Lilith’s age. All of them are stuck there waiting for the ten seconds of agony, called the Showing, that will sort them into one of the seven castes. And they’re all praying that they aren’t one of the unlucky few destined to be one of the powerless Unshown.
But when Lilith’s Showing happens, the crystal that appears on her body marks her as a degenerate Lust demon. And the icing on the cake? She grows horns.
Demons don’t grow horns. It’s supposed to just be a myth. But Lilith has, and in doing so she’s caught the eye of some powerful people who want her dead. Fortunately, she’s also got the attention of the Strange God, the demonic deity, and he’s decided to appoint seven men to protect her…
If she can find them first…
Predictions: 4 Stars. Hoping its a unique take, and demons! Something I haven’t read too much about in the RH sphere.
Disaster Zone Jones by Kat Quinn
Okay, maybe you can. Maybe it’s your dream to get tackled by a heaping helping of beefcake; hopelessly pinned beneath them, at the mercy of multiple sets of hands and lips and eyes trapping you and demanding attention. Me? I just want to make it through the day without doing too much damage.
Tornados, sinkholes, lightning strikes, explosions, a drain pipe full of bees… I’ve been there though them all. But it’s not my fault!
You see, I’m cursed to always be cursed. Somebody wants to get revenge on you when I’m in town? Well TOUGH LUCK because they’re getting revenge on me instead! Thank you for that weekend of all-foods-are-extra-spicy, unknown stranger. No, that’s okay, person-who-tried-to-make-someone-else-unable-to-wear-clothes-ever-again, I don’t mind a fine breeze between my lady bits. And to you, asshole casserole who tried to literally kill me last week? Well… you can get bent. That’s honestly just rude.
Usually my curse comes with a side of disaster, and after really, really hurting more than one person… well… I’ve been on a never-ending, cross-country, don’t-look-back-just-keep-on-running-away tour for pretty much forever. Sure, it’s lonely, but never setting down roots means never getting caught, or killed. At least I’ve got my furry best friend Aria-don’t know what I’d do without her.
Per usual, my hotel just happened to burn down this morning so it looks like I’d best get to gettin’ while the gettin’s still good, ya get it? Just one itsy-bitsy-teensie-weensie-purple-haired-and-no-bikini problem…. I may have accidentally sort of kind of tied myself to those hunks I mentioned earlier and may or may not literally be unable to go anywhere without at least one of them. Oops! And maybe I sort of kind of like them enough to not want them to get murdered in my superstorm of chaos. Double oops.
Sigh. Friggin’ Tuesdays, am I right?
Predictions: 4-5 Stars? Sounds like one of my fave RH MC’s…Willa Knight from Curse of the Gods. I love that clumsy goofball, and I’m hoping this will be the same goofy, silly and sexy fun.
Academy of Assassins by Stacey Brutger
Abandoned as a child and unable to remember her past, Morgan was raised as a hunter, one of an elite group of fighters sworn to protect humans from the dangerous paranormal creatures who invade our world…creatures such as herself. Her life changes the day she’s summoned to the Academy of Assassins, a school that trains witches and hunters to eradicate paranormals who prey on humans. Her first assignment—find and eliminate the killer who is using the Academy as their own personal hunting ground.
As Morgan delves deeper into the investigation, she will need to dodge assassination attempts, avoid the distraction of romantic entanglements with the devilishly handsome security expert, Kincade, and his maddeningly overprotective teammates, while keeping the volatile magic in her blood concealed from those who would use it for their own purposes. When the danger increases and the school is threatened, Morgan must unearth her missing memories before someone finishes the job they started so long ago—killing her and unleashing a plague that will consume the world.
Predictions: 4 Stars. I have a soft spot for assassin stories. I’m just hoping this isn’t too over-the-top ridiculous. Fingers crossed!
Prodigium Academy by Katie May
As the daughter of Dracula, you would think I’d be born the perfect monster.
You couldn’t be more wrong.
As far as monsters go, I’m a screw up—if I’m not tripping over my own feet, I’m accidentally murdering someone (it’s a real issue, guys).
Left with no choice, Dad decides to send me to Prodigium—otherwise known as Monster Academy—to train me on how to be a better monster.
When bodies turn up on campus, I’m the prime suspect (not that I can blame them. I’ll be pretty suspicious too if bodies drained of blood show up right after Dracula’s daughter arrives).
With the help of my mortal-nemesis Vin, Van Helsing’s son
Frankie, Frankenstein’s son
Mason, Medusa’s son
And Jack (sometimes Hux), Dr. Jekyll’s son
I might have a chance of uncovering the truth.
If I’m not murdered first.
The struggles of being a vampire, am I right?
Predictions: 3 Stars. I want to love Katie May. I really do, but I haven’t been a fan of the few books I’ve read of hers. I’m trying again though…hoping for comedic and not stupid.
Best Wishes by A.J. Macey
I just found out that I’m a supernatural and now I’m attending Redwood Supernatural University. With its magic and mix of beings from myth and legend, I’m definitely not in the human world anymore.
But not everything is picture perfect. I have the Bitch Crew that are determined to get rid of me, a guy that’s hell-bent on teaching me a lesson, and my past haunting me in my dreams.
It’s not all bad though; I have my quirky roommate Sadie and six guys who seem intent on keeping me around.
I got this…hopefully.
Predictions: 3 Stars. Definitely gonna be a mindless brain candy kind of read, but I’ll probably enjoy the fluff.
Academy of Unpredictable Magic by Katie Moss
Unfortunately, not all people from magical bloodlines have powers, and at 22, I’m several years past the age they usually appear. So I’ve resigned myself to a boring, magic-less life.
Then something strange happens…
I get stuck in the middle of a bar fight, and instead of just punching the guy back, I blow a hole in the wall.
So… I guess I do have powers. But they’re unlike anything I’ve ever seen before. This shit is definitely not normal.
And it seems the magical authorities agree, because they give me a choice: either I go to school to learn to control my crazy new magic, or they’ll take it away. Permanently.
Now if I can just survive the bitchy mean girls determined to take me down a peg, the mysterious attacks on students, the three hot-as-hell guys who don’t seem turned off by my prickly exterior, and the professor who makes me long for detention, maybe I’ll get out of here in once piece.
Wouldn’t bet on it though.
Predictions: 4 Stars. I feel like the sexy scenes are gonna be spicy and delicious. lol
Rebel Academy by Rosemary A. Johns
Nothing is more deadly than secrets…
…and mine could bring this mysterious academy to its knees.
Many have forgotten my name. Magenta: the wicked witch whose dark magic created the Rebel Academy — a secret magic jail for supernatural bad boys. But now I’m back and eager to claim the love and life that was stolen from me, even if first I have to survive the start of term.
My enemies trapped me as a ghost on the very cursed grounds that I helped to create. Yet thanks to three deliciously tempting immortals, I’ve been awakened. One is a beautiful incubus who hungers for pleasure. The next a gorgeous shifter-mage who always senses the truth but enjoys his lies far more. Oh, and who could ever forget Loki’s hot trickster son?
Why choose between these sexy delinquents when having them all is such sinful fun?
The immortals risked everything to free me, and I’ll stop at nothing to protect them from the elitist princes who rule the reform school. Will my bond with the magical students and new friendships be enough to battle the dangerous rivalries, as well as the cruel professors’ schemes?
Or will I be forced back into the darkness…
Predictions: This has been on my TBR for a second. Not sure why I haven’t read it yet…excited to see if the plot is as good as it sounds.
Half Blood Academy by Meg Xuemei X
The demigods can’t decide if they want to screw me or kill me!
My name is Marigold. I’m a hunter living in the Great Merge – Lucifer has brought Hell to half of Earth, and four demigods rule the other half…
The smoking-hot Demigod of War, round up my team to enroll them in Half-blood Academy, aka Half-death Academy; due to the survival rate of the students….
When he sees me, he wants no one else but me. So he offers to spare my team if I go in their place. Problem is, no human outside the bloodline of the gods can survive the magic trials. The demigod insists I’m anything but human, and he’s willing to risk my life to find out what I’m made of…
I’m not the weakest link, even though all the bullies in the Academy mock me. I’m nothing anyone has ever seen before, and when my forbidden power awakens, the demigods will regret they ever tried to make me their bitch!
Predictions: 4 Stars. Thinking the plot is gonna be a bit more involved and will make up for a so-so harem. Who knows…
Tarot Academy by Sarah Piper
Magick is real. It’s also highly illegal—not that I’m worried about that.
Sure, I heal faster than most, and I’ve got a sixth sense for brewing tea that can fix just about any problem, but my café isn’t exactly a hotbed of paranormal activity.
At least it wasn’t… until some psycho attacked me and woke up the freaky, forbidden magick inside, earning me a one-way ticket to jail.
Now, a covert magickal university is offering me a deal: my freedom in exchange for help with the Tarot prophecies—cryptic predictions they believe hold the key to stopping a deadly apocalyptic plot.
Predictions only I can decipher.
Because the witch who divined them? She died years ago.
I should know. She was my mother.
Grab your grimoires, girls. Magick school’s officially in session.
Predictions: 5 Stars. I’m in a witchy mood, and I think the world building in this is going to tickle my fancy.
Caroline Peckham & Suzanne Collins
This is just one incredible series by these authors. It’s not reverse harem, but its such a whirlwind of enemies to lovers to forbidden love and oh so much feels. Def check it out!
If she can find them first…
Pagans often have a deep appreciation for nature and the earth, and strive to live in harmony with the natural world. Using ingredients that are in season and locally sourced is a way to honor this connection and show gratitude for the earth's abundance. Examples of pagan-inspired Yule food could include hearty soups and stews made with root vegetables like carrots, parsnips, and potatoes. These ingredients are often associated with grounding and nourishment, which can be an important aspect of celebrating the winter solstice. Breads and cakes are also common in pagan-inspired Yule food. These can be made with ingredients like honey, which is often associated with sweetness and fertility. Baking bread or making a Yule log cake can be a ceremonial act, as it represents the hearth and the light that sustains us during the cold winter months. Overall, pagan-inspired Yule food is a way to connect with ancient traditions and celebrate the turning of the wheel of the year. It is a way to honor the earth and its cycles, and to give thanks for the abundance of the season. Whether it's a simple soup or a decadent dessert, the main idea is to infuse the food with intention and gratitude, and to share it with loved ones in a spirit of celebration..
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1. John Smith - 2 stars: I was really excited to try this "Pagan inspired yule food" that everyone was raving about, but it ended up being a huge disappointment. The flavors were confusing and clashed with each other, leaving a weird aftertaste. The presentation was also lacking, with the dishes looking unappetizing and messy. Overall, I found the whole experience unsatisfying and will not be returning.
2. Emily Johnson - 1 star: I had high hopes for the "Pagan inspired yule food" but was sorely let down. The dishes lacked any real depth or complexity and were simply too bland for my taste. The portion sizes were also disappointing; for the price I paid, I expected more than just a few bites. The only positive aspect was the friendly service but that alone cannot make up for the lackluster food. I would not recommend this place to anyone seeking an enjoyable dining experience.
3. Sarah Thompson - 2 stars: The concept of "Pagan inspired yule food" intrigued me, but the execution fell short. The flavors were underwhelming and lacked the boldness I was expecting. Additionally, the ingredients used were not very fresh, which was evident in the lack of vibrancy in the dishes. The service was average, but for the price I paid, I expected excellent food. Unfortunately, this establishment did not deliver.