ARC Review: The Year of Second Chances

This was such a sweet, and often really moving, story. The premise of this book was so unique! A widowed woman whose husband signed her up for a dating site to use after he passed away?? So sweet and heartbreaking. This was where the book really shined, with plenty of deep and moving reflections on …

ARC Review: Thornhedge

I love Kingfisher’s writing (and think I always will) but have to say this paled in comparison to Nettle and Bone for me ): Toadling was stolen as a baby, brought to the fairy world and raised by green teeth while a changing baby took her place in the human world. Years later (but only …

ARC Review: Cicadas Sing of Summer Graves

A piece of advice: do not read this book at 1 am while everyone else is asleep (you will start to hear things). And no, I am definitely not speaking from experience. Moving on! The town of prosper is full of drowned secrets ready to boil over. Over the course of one burning summer, three …

ARC Review: Immortal Longings

I am now convinced that Chloe Gong has the ability to write enemies to lovers that I will eat up every. single. time. In the twin cities of San-Er, the annual games are about to commence. Games where one of eighty eight players will be awarded, victory, fame, and riches to change their lives. Calla …

ARC Review: The Carnivale of Curiosities

I have some mixed feelings on this one This book was absolutely immersive. The details and descriptions were incredibly rich, making the story fully transportative. Even the dialogue really made it feel like you were back in Victorian times; I could tell a lot of work went into making sure this book read like the …

ARC Review: Everybody’s Favorite

This may be the most self-reflective book I’ve ever read. Everbody’s Favorite is a memoir/essay collection that chronicles Lilian Stone’s life from her early childhood to adulthood and touches on themes of religious trauma, OCD, eating disorders, and the social pressures of growing up in the 90s-early 2000s. She doesn’t shy away from giving the …

ARC Review: Psyche and Eros

If you like Greek mythology reimaginings with a strong female lead, this one is for you! This book follows Psyche, princess of Mycenae and Eros, the God of desire, in a sweeping romance in which they must battle a curse from Aphrodite herself in order to earn a happily ever after. Okay, so to start, …

ARC Review: The First Bright Thing

This has to be one of the most meaningful books I have read in my life. I don’t even know how to describe this book. It was a magic circus and the wonderful found family within and the evil man trying to take it all away. It was the joy of love and healing from …

ARC Review: Threads that Bind

There is absolutely no better feeling than when a book you’re looking forward to is just that good. In the flooded city of Alante, Io is one of the other-born—dependents of the Gods. Specifically, she is descended from the Moira, meaning that she and her two sisters can see the threads of fate that connect …

ARC Review: The Immeasurable Depth of You

This is one of those books that that you hold close to your heart and hope a piece of it stays there.  When Brynn’s mom finds a concerning tumblr post on her account, she decides the best thing for Brynn is to spend the summer on her dad’s houseboat. No internet. No friends. Just Brynn, …