I'm Leah! The woman behind Leah's Books, a blog where I write book reviews and post other bookish content.
Caesar’s Soldier Thank you to Alex Gough for providing me with an ARC of this book in exchange for an honest review. CONTENT WARNING: suicide, violence, death of a parent, murder, death, grief, blood, gore When his stepfather is executed for his involvement in the Catilinarian conspiracy, Mark […]
There must be something about people like me that makes us seek out books that destroy us in the best ways. I love it when a book twists me up and then leaves me feeling kind of wonky for the next few days while I try to put […]
Engines of Empire Thank you to Orbit and Angela Man for sending me a copy of this book in exchange for an honest review. CONTENT WARNING: violence, blood, gore, mention of death of a parent, bullying, xenophobia, domestic violence, murder, harm to an animal, grief, mention of animal […]
There’s so many awesome books out there just waiting to come home with us, and that’s where the idea of a wishlist comes into play. I keep a running wishlist because I have a terrible memory, and this way I can just add the books that I really […]
Don’t Want To Be Your Monster Thank you to NetGalley and Tundra Books for providing me with an ARC of this book in exchange for an honest review. CONTENT WARNING: blood, mention of murder, brief reference to gore, mention of an antisemitic attack, mention of leukemia, mention of […]
This week’s topic is sequels. Lots of books fall into the trap where the second book falls short of the expectations left over from the first, but then we find these books where the second book just keeps on with the momentum of the first and surpasses any […]
Someone Just Like You Thank you to NetGalley and Forever for providing me with a copy of this book in exchange for an honest review. CONTENT WARNING: stalking, parental separation, mention of death of a loved one, mention of grief Sizzling chemistry and tender friendship develops between two […]
Here in New York, temps are heating up, and it’s starting to feel a little more like summer. And it’s just in time for this week’s prompt. We were given a lot of leeway this week, with the overly vague “covers that feel/look like summer,” and I decided […]
The City of Dusk Thank you to Orbit and Angela Man for sending me a copy of this book in exchange for an honest review. CONTENT WARNING: violence, blood, death, suicide, gore, murder, grief, self-mutilation For every realm, there is a god. For every god, there is an […]
May went by so quickly, and it turned out to be such a full month. There were a lot of things going on in my life, so I wasn’t able to devote as much time to reading as I’d have liked. Audiobooks were hugely helpful when I didn’t […]
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