This week’s prompt is about books with my favorite trope, and for a moment I sat and didn’t know where to start. There’s so many tropes out there, some of which I can’t stand (insta-love and love triangles, I’m looking at you), and others that I adore. So […]
This week’s prompt is secondary/minor characters who deserve their own book. It’s a wonderful prompt, because while main characters are what keep us reading, it’s the side characters who can make or break a book sometimes. Here are some of my favorite side characters who I think deserve […]
The Pariah Thank you to Orbit and Angela Man for sending me an ARC of this book in exchange for an honest review. CONTENT WARNING: violence, blood, gore, murder, child neglect, child abandonment, torture, drug use, mention of animal torture Born into the troubled kingdom of Albermaine, Alwyn […]
This week’s prompt is books that have pink, purple, or blue covers. It’s a fun prompt because these are my favorite colors! I don’t typically seek out books that have these colored covers, but I have to admit that they do draw my attention. Here are some of […]
I’m currently drowning in ARCs, so the vast majority of my fall 2023 TBR is going to be ARCs. However, there are some books I got that I’m dying to start sooner rather than later. Here’s just some of the books I’m hoping to read in fall 2023: […]
This week’s prompt is about broody/grumpy characters, and it’s surprisingly apropos for me. I love a good grumpy/sunshine story, and that obviously can’t happen without a grumpy or broody character. I also read a lot of fantasy novels, and those tend to be chock full of broody and […]
This week’s prompt is favorite character relationships, which can be platonic or not, romantic relationships, parent/child, siblings, family bonds, friendships, found families, pet/human, etc. I love this prompt, because the relationships and interactions between characters can really take a book to the next level. Here are some of […]
The Jasad Heir Thank you to Orbit and Angela Man for sending me a copy of this ARC in exchange for an honest review. CONTENT WARNING: murder, violence, blood, gore, mention of sexual abuse (off-page) Ten years ago, the kingdom of Jasad burned. Its magic was outlawed, its […]
This week’s topic is a fun one—books that defied my expectations, and it was submitted by Sia @ Every Book a Doorway. The prompt further clarifies: we can focus on books we thought we wouldn’t like that we loved, books we thought we’d love but didn’t books that […]
Bloody Summer What do children know that adults can’t begin to believe? The answer is hidden in plain sight in this haunting short story by the bestselling author of Her Body and Other Parties. Tiger, tiger, burning bright, in the forests of the night. In the town of […]
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