It Looks Like This is a heartbreaking story about identity and the painful experience of being a disappointment to your parents because of who you are. It’s a fantastic but emotional LGTBQ+ story and it definitely hit me hard. This novel is about Mike, who is 14 or 15 years old, and just discovering his sexuality […]
Disclaimer: May have slight spoilers from Book 1, The Island. My review can be found here! Instead of falling towards second-book syndrome, The Chasm immediately continues off from where The Island left off as readers are introduced to exciting new plot twists, characters, and schemes. There is never a boring moment in the book, and […]
A sumptuous, luxurious setting based around Indian folklore and the Hades/Persephone story, The Star-Touched Queen was both magical and enchanting. Similar to The Wrath and the Dawn, Maya is taken by the mysterious Amar into his own world, where she’s made a Queen. However, the mysteries stack up when he disappears each night, leading to Maya uncovering her […]
Pandemonium, that’s what. Mimosa has grown up surrounded by plants and aromas – basic components of aromateurs, who use their heightened sense of smell to direct the way of people falling in love. However, with that power comes rules that Mim will see inevitably broken throughout the course of this book. From the very beginning, […]
Tell Me Three Things is a contemporary novel with not only an adorable romance, but some great family elements too. The story begins when our main character, Jessie, receives an email from a mystery person called Somebody/Nobody (or SN for short). Jessie has just moved from Chicago to California, where she feels completely out of […]
Don’t let the lighthearted cover fool you – My Best Friend is a Goddess explores the friendship between Emily and Adriana, but it also touches upon grief, self-loathing, jealousy and bullying. There’s so many themes here that were tackled with just the right amount of depth, touching upon how best friends can form, impact the growth and development […]
Disclaimer: May contain mild spoilers for Wolf by Wolf, which you can find the review here. Fast-paced and full of action and raw emotion, Blood for Blood tells an unforgettable story of revenge, redemption, and revolution. We start immediately from the end of the previous book Wolf by Wolf, as Yael realizes that the Hitler […]
A steampunk fantasy set with a diverse cast of characters dedicated to book lovers everywhere, what’s not to love about this series? I loved how Paper and Fire continued on with the world building and the concept of the Great Library of Alexandria hoarding all the knowledge, acting as a supreme government entity of oppression […]
Under Rose-Tainted Skies is a book about agoraphobia that is written by an own-voices author. The book came across as a very accurate depiction of what agoraphobia is like and I think it’s because it’s written by an author who has experienced the condition. I thought the book was an accurate representation of agoraphobia but my […]