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I am going to say this right now: this review will contain all the spoilery content! so! be! warned! CW: character death, instances of bullying, racism (alien racism?), soulmate insta-love (is that a trigger warning? in this case, possibly yes). G'day friends! As I'm writing this, I am in my pyjamas, on a kind-of sunny [...]
ROMANOV BY NADINE BRANDES G'day friends! So, I wasn't planning on writing this review (because I have so many other reviews that I urgently need to write *NetGalley screams at me in the distance*) but I just finished this book yesterday (as I'm writing this) and I kind of need to write my thoughts, because [...]
Worth the hype? EDIT: Bunked it down to a 2 star in the aftermath of speaking with a few people about this book, its problems and overall mediocrity. I am going to be completely honest with all of you, because this is a safe space, I wrote this review before knowing that the author enjoys [...]
Emancipation, to him, was the stuff of history books and political speeches, not the reality in which he lived and breathed everyday. To say that I am shocked would be an understatement. I don't know what exactly I was expecting upon beginning this book, but I must admit that it surpassed my expectations. A Flight of Broken Wings is [...]
I had just witnessed a murder for the first time in my life. triggerย warning:ย referencesย toย self-harm.ย takeย care. Hello friends! Today, for the 3rd day in a row, I bring to you another book review! This time a debut YA thriller which focuses on the psychic power of Casey Darling who is gifted (or cursed?) with the ability to [...]
Yes, you read that right. Originally, this series was going to be called 'Characters that didn't/don't tickle my pickle' but I wanted to be able to speak a bit more broadly, ya feel? In this series, I am hoping to discuss books that were either incredibly hyped up and were disappointments, or problematic as fuck [...]
Holy shit on a stick. So, confession, I have been wanting to read A Gentlemen's Guide to Vice and Virtue ever since it was released. This was mainly because of two reasons: one; lgbtqia historical romance which HELLO YES THANK YOU HELP QUENCH MY THIRST; and second, an ACTUAL HAPPY ENDING ! We have been [...]
... The only way I can properly describe Scream All Night by Derek Milman, his debut novel, is this: whatever you think should never happen in reality, actually, somehow, happens. It is fantastically chaotic, confusing and hilarious. Scream All Night narrates the story of Dario Heyward, who had made the promise to himself at age [...]
... Think of chaos and then multiply that by thirteen and you have the setting of Morgan Matsonโs new YA novel, Save the Date. Charlie Grant is in a state of longing - that is, she canโt wait to spend the entire weekend with all of her siblings at the family home. Yes, itโs for [...]
ย if the Bible met Harry Potter - this novel would be the result. Prodigy Princeย by Natasha Sapienza is a young adult novel which tells the story of Prince Nuelle, the youngest prince of the Supreme King Nifal of Zephoris. Prodigy Princeย is the first novel in Sapienza'sย The Seven Covenantย series, and is fundamentally a creative and imaginative [...]
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