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 …

Book Review | The Gilded Ones

Title: The Gilded Ones Author: Namina Forna Publisher: Delacorte Published: 8 October 2020 Pages: 432 Trigger Warnings: blood, violence, torture, misogyny, rape; there is talk of purity in the book that is reference to religious purity and purity culture in America for those of you who have been harmed by the church please take head. …

Book Review | Good Girl, Bad Blood

Title: Good Girl, Bad Blood Author: Holly Jackson Publisher: Electric Monkey Published: 20 April 2020 Pages: 417 Content Warnings: murder, gun violence, death, sexual assault, kidnapping ★★★★★ I was so excited when this book came out because I absolutely loved, loved, loved, the first book in the series, A Good Girl's Guide to Murder and …

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 Lightning Thief

Goodreads Title: The Lightning Thief Author: Rick Riordan Publisher: Disney Hyperion Books Published: 1 March 2006 Pages: 377 ★★★★★ Oh, Camp Half-Blood, how I have missed you! I decided at the beginning of the year that I wanted to re-read the Percy Jackson series, and to then go on and read the other series from …

Book Review | The Afterlife of Holly Chase

Goodreads Title: The Afterlife of Holly Chase Author: Cynthia Hand Publisher: HarperTeen Published: 24 October 2017 Pages: 400 ★★★ Another book I read over the Christmas Holidays, and it was a fun, easy read, which was the whole point. So, I guess technically it served it's purpose. However, I wasn't as blown away as I …

ARC Book Review | The Dead and the Dark

Goodreads Title: The Dead and the Dark Author: Courtney Gould Publisher: Wednesday Books Published: 3 August 2021 Pages: 352 ★★★★★ Content Warnings: Homophobia, hate crime, death, murder, child death, biphobia I received an eARC via NetGalley in exchange for an honest review. Wow! I am blown away by how this all came together. The Dead …

Book Review | House of Earth and Blood

Title: House of Earth and Blood Author: Sarah J. Maas Publisher: Bloomsbury Published: 3 March 2020 Pages: 803 ★★★ Goodreads | Amazon | Bookshop Gosh, Sarah J. Maas blows me away again with the amazing story and world she has created. Bryce Quinlan is a half-fae, half-human who works at an antiquities shop, trying to …

Book Review | I Wish You All the Best

Title: I Wish You All the Best Author: Mason Deaver Publisher: Push Published: 14 May 2019 ★★★★★ Oh. My. Word. All the feelings with this novel! I absolutely loved it! When Ben De Backer comes out to his parents as non-binary, they kick them out. Their only option is to contact their older sister, Hannah, …

Book Review | Tower of Dawn

Title: Tower of Dawn Author: Sarah J. Maas Publisher: Bloomsbury Published: September 5, 2017 ★★★★★ Finally! I have finished this book! I have attempted to read this about 3 or 4 times before finally just taking 2 days and forcing myself through it. While I love Sarah J. Maas and her writing and stories are …