I'm Leah! The woman behind Leah's Books, a blog where I write book reviews and post other bookish content.
An Education in Malice CONTENT WARNING: uneven power dynamics, inappropriate relationships between a professor and students, toxic academic environments, blood, gore, murder, consensual sexual content including public sex, kink (both negotiated and spontaneous), alcohol and drug use, smoking, brief mention of racism political policies, brief mention of homophobia, […]
First Lines Fridays is a weekly feature for book lovers hosted by Wandering Words. What if, instead of judging a book by its cover, its author or its prestige, we judged it by its opening lines? The Rules: First Lines: “Dear Scholar Clel, Instead of reading further, I […]
The Trials of Empire Thank you to Orbit, Angela Man, and NetGalley for providing me with a copy of this book in exchange for an honest review. CONTENT WARNING: violence, murder, excessive gore, blood, grief, harm to an animal, self-harm, mention of suicide THE TIME OF JUDGEMENT IS […]
Warrior of the Wind Thank you to Orbit and Angela Man for sending me an ARC of this book in exchange for an honest review. DNF @ page 102/480 (~21%) CONTENT WARNING (as provided by author): albinism, animal death, artificial insemination, blood/gore, caste and class segregation, colorism and […]
This week’s prompt is bookish superpowers I wish I had, submitted by Cathy @ What Cathy Read Next. I love topics like this, not only because they’re easy and it’s been a tough weekend and start to the week and I need it, but because it is a […]
First Lines Fridays is a weekly feature for book lovers hosted by Wandering Words. What if, instead of judging a book by its cover, its author or its prestige, we judged it by its opening lines? The Rules: First Lines: “I should not have drunk the blackberry wine. […]
Hell If We Don’t Change Our Ways: A Memoir Thank you to libro.fm and Zibby Books for providing me with an ALC of this audiobook. I am offering my honest opinion voluntarily. Brittany Means’s childhood was filled with abuse, neglect, violence, and instability, in part caused by her […]
Notes on an Execution A work of literary suspense that deconstructs the story of a serial killer on death row, told primarily through the eyes of the women in his life. Ansel Packer is scheduled to die in twelve hours. He knows what he’s done, and now awaits […]
Tomorrow is Valentine’s Day, so today’s topic is a love freebie. However, I’ve never really been one to celebrate Valentine’s Day. Instead, I always try to get together with one of my single friends and celebrate what we have always called “Galentine’s Day.” It’s a time when we […]
Emily Wilde’s Map of the Otherlands Thank you to NetGalley and Del Rey for providing me with an ARC of this book in exchange for an honest review. When mysterious faeries from other realms appear at her university, curmudgeonly professor Emily Wilde must uncover their secrets before it’s […]
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