This week’s prompt was submitted by Angela @ Reading Frenzy and it’s such a great one. I’m going to talk about ten debut novels I enjoyed, meaning the first published book by an author. It is going to make me think a little harder than I would normally, […]
The Vicious King Thank you to Gina L. Maxwell for providing me with a copy of this book in exchange for an honest review. CONTENT WARNING: violence, kidnapping, murder, death of a parent, grief, anxiety In a war where shadows and light collide, only the vicious can be […]
Castle of the Cursed Thank you to NetGalley, Wednesday Books, and Macmillan Audio for providing me with an ARC of this book in exchange for an honest review. CONTENT WARNING: grief, death of parents, trauma, PTSD, anxiety, depression, mutism, suicide attempt, bullying, violence, murder A delicious and dark […]
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: “Of the three living members of the Dark […]
Benji Zeb is a Ravenous Werewolf Thank you to NetGalley and Penguin Random House Canada for providing me with an ARC of this book in exchange for an honest review. CONTENT WARNING: anxiety, on-page panic attack, antisemitism, racism, mention of death of a parent, xenophobia, homophobia Benji Zeb […]
Welcome to today’s Top Ten Tuesday, where the prompt is a Throwback Freebie! I’m doing a lot of reflecting on the year so far, now that we’re more than halfway through the dumpster fire of a year that we’ve had. Sorry, I had to throw that in there, […]
June turned out to be a really enjoyable month for me, making this the best start to a summer that I’ve had in a really long time. I’ve continued attending physical therapy for my shoulder, and I’m not only feeling better than I was even before the surgery, […]
I almost always wear dark, muted colors, but when I think of my favorite color, the one that comes to mind is purple. There’s so many variations on this one color, and I’m really glad to say that I think there are ten books that I loved that […]
I finished May with 24 ARCs left to be read. We’ve only just gotten through June, and it is already hot. It feels like I’ve been doing stuff every weekend, which has been really fun. But I seriously struggle with the heat, so I’ve been having a pretty […]
Sleep Like Death Thank you to NetGalley and Bloomsbury YA for providing me with an ARC of this book in exchange for an honest review. CONTENT WARNING: grief, violence, death, gore, mention of death of a child, murder, mention of torture, suicide New York Times bestselling author and TikTok […]
Leah's Books 