Home Field Advantage Author: Dahlia Adler Genre: YA Romance/LGBTQ Publication Date: June 7, 2022 Publisher: Wednesday Books Thank you to NetGalley and Wednesday Books for providing me with an ARC of this book in exchange for an honest review. CONTENT WARNING: homophobia, bullying In this sweet and funny […]
Hell Followed With Us Author: Andrew Joseph White Genre: LGBTQ Horror Publication Date: June 7, 2022 Publisher: Peachtree Teen Thank you to NetGalley and Peachtree Teen for providing me with an ARC of this book in exchange for an honest review. CONTENT WARNING: blood, murder, violence, transphobia, gore, […]
I know I’m not the only one to do this, but I have a terrible habit of collecting books and then … not reading them. They wind up sitting on my bookshelves watching me and judging as I plow through ARCs and library books like they aren’t a […]
The Woman in the Library Author: Sulari Gentill Genre: Mystery Publication Date: June 7, 2022 Publisher: Sourcebooks Thank you to NetGalley and Sourcebooks for providing me with an ARC of this book in exchange for an honest review. CONTENT WARNING: murder, violence, blood, mention of child abuse, mention […]
The Stardust Thief Author: Chelsea Abdullah Genre: Fantasy Publication Date: May 17, 2022 Publisher: Series: The Sandsea Trilogy #1 Thank you to Orbit, Angela Man, and NetGalley for providing me with an ARC of this book (and audiobook) in exchange for an honest opinion. CONTENT WARNING: blood, death […]
Among the Beasts and Briars Author: Ashley Poston Genre: YA Fantasy Publication Date: October 20, 2020 Publisher: Balzer + Bray CONTENT WARNING: blood, gore, death of a parent Cerys is safe in the Kingdom of Aloriya. Here there are no droughts, disease, or famine, and peace is everlasting. […]
This prompt is fairly open-ended, because so many books involve family. Birth family, found family, family drama, etc. The found family trope is definitely one of my favorites, so I’m going to drop some of my favorite books featuring found family: The Gilded Wolves by Roshani Chokshi Six […]
Break This House Author: Candice Iloh Genre: YA Contemporary Fiction Publication Date: May 24, 2022 Publisher: Penguin Teen Thank you to BookishFirst and Penguin Teen for providing me with an ARC of this book in exchange for an honest review. CONTENT WARNING: grief, death of a parent Yaminah […]
The Merciless Ones Author: Namina Forna Genre: YA Fantasy Publication Date: May 31, 2022 Publisher: Delacorte Press Series: Deathless #2 Thank you to NetGalley and Delacorte Press for providing me with an ARC of this book in exchange for an honest review. CONTENT WARNING: torture, violence, blood, trauma, […]
As someone who loves books immensely, I’m always happy to find bookish characters within books! Here are ten of my favorite bookish characters: Book Lovers by Emily Henry — Nora, the MC, is a book agent, and her LI, Charlie, is an editor. And they’re surrounded by people […]
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