ARC Review | Never Ever Getting Back Together

Title: Never Ever Getting Back Together Author: Sophie Gonzales Publisher: Wednesday Books Publication: 6 December 2022 Pages: 352 ★★★★★ The publisher sent me this book for review consideration. All opinions are my own. To be upfront, I was drawn in by this book because of the title. Yes, I am a TSwift fan, and yes, …

ARC Review | Home Field Advantage

Title: Home Field Advantage Author: Dahlia Adler Publisher: Wednesday Books Publication: 7 June 2022 Pages: 304 ★★★★ I received an advanced copy from Netgalley and Wednesday books in exchange for an honest review. Amber McCloud has a dream to become captain of the cheer team, but it's a bit hard to be peppy and spirited …

ARC Review | The Lesbiana’s Guide to Catholic School

Title: The Lesbiana's Guide to Catholic School Author: Sonora Reyes Publisher: Balzer + Bray Publication: 17 May 2022 Pages: 400 ★★★★ I received an advanced copy through Netgalley and Balzer + Bray in exchange for an honest review. (I really need to be on top of my arc reviews). Yamilet "Yami" Flores prefers to be …

ARC Review | A Little Bit Country

Title: A Little Bit Country Author: Brian D. Kennedy Publisher: Balzer + Bray Publication: 31 May 2022 ★★★★★ Oh my goodness!! This book was completely, totally adorable! Emmett Maguire wants to be country music's biggest gay superstar, which is a bit of a reach when you're seventeen and living in Illinois. Until that happens, he's …

Friday Fives | Challenged Books from 2021

I started Friday Fives back when I started up the blog again and wanted to make sure I kept at least one regular post a week. This was, of course, before I knew there were others out there. But I decided to keep it, especially since I have the whole year planned out. In December, …

Book Review | Everything Under

Title: Everything Under Author: Daisy Johnson Publisher: Jonathan Cape Published: 12 July 2018 Pages: 264 Content Warnings: incest, suicide, and death (explicit); dementia and animal death (moderate); addiction, adult/child relationship, and rape (minor) ★★★★ I go back and forth on if this is a 4 star or 5 star book. On one hand, I absolutely …

Book Review | The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo

Title: The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo Author: Taylor Jenkins Reid Publisher: Atria Books Published: 13 June 2017 Pages: 389 Content Warnings: domestic abuse, homophobia, death, biphobia, alcoholism, suicide ★★★ I feel like I'm alone in that most of Taylor Jenkins Reid's books I'm not a fan of. I think the author was trying to …

Book Review | The Rise of Kyoshi

Goodreads Title: The Rise of Kyoshi Author: F.C. Yee Publisher: Amulet Books Published: 16 July 2019 Pages: 442 ★★★★★ Gah! I absolutely LOVE Kyoshi! And Rangi! And I will hold back as much as my gushing as possible...actually, that's a lie, I probably won't! Okay, so on to the actual story, I guess. After Avatar …

Book Review | The Shadow of Kyoshi

Title: The Shadow of Kyoshi Author: F.C. Yee Publisher: Amulet Books Published: 21 July 2020 ★★★★★ How does Yee make me fall more in love with both Kyoshi and Rangi? It's a mystery but these two characters have my heart forever. Also, if I could ask the gods, spirits, the Avatar themselves to find someone …

Book Review | Malice

Title: Malice Author: Heather Walter Publisher: Del Rey Published: 13 April 2021 ★★★★★ Oh my word!! Not only was this book such an amazing retelling of the fairy tale Sleeping Beauty, but the world building, the characters, and the LGBTQ+ representation was wonderful as well. I'm just completely blown away by how much this book …