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Hello!! I’m Deborah. Welcome to my Book Blog.

Sunrise on the Reaping Review: The Hunger Games Prequel That Hits Harder Than Expected  

By Deborah April 7, 2025

Sunrise on the Reaping by Suzanne Collins is the long-awaited second prequel to the iconic Hunger Games series, following The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes. This book takes us back to the brutal world of Panem, set decades before Katniss Everdeen’s ...

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Dream Count by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie Book Review 

By Deborah March 24, 2025

Dream Count follows the lives of four Nigerian women—Chiamaka, a travel writer; her best friend, Zikora; her cousin, Omelogor; and her housekeeper, Kadiatou. It’s a pandemic-era novel about grief, love, friendship, and the immigrant experience. ...

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She Started It by Sian Gilbert Book Review 

By Deborah March 16, 2025

She Started It follows four childhood best friends—Annabel, Esther, Tanya, and Chloe—who reunite for a luxurious, all-expenses-paid bachelorette trip to a Caribbean island. Their former schoolmate, Poppy Greer, is the bride-to-be, they are shocked to ...

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The Burnout by Sophie Kinsella Book Review

By Deborah March 15, 2025

I read this in the middle of my burnout and let me just say - however comically, this book captured the burnout perfectly.  You’ll laugh reading this book. From the first chapters through all the shenanigans from Shasa to the workers at The ...

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Onyx Storm By Rebecca Yarros – Book Review

By Deborah February 11, 2025

I’m not sure how I felt about Onyx Storm. It had a lot of information—but somehow, also a lot of nothing. There were journeys, side quests, and new characters popping up like we were supposed to know them. I get why some readers found this book a bit ...

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Axiom by Madison Rose Book One Review 

By Deborah January 13, 2025

One Test. One Serum. One Truth. Axiom Book One  Axiom is my first book of the year. I picked it up because I kept seeing it on TikTok. Normally, I don’t read dystopian novels — I prefer watching the movies (even though I know the books ...

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Editor’s Note #3 – Notes on Grief 

By Deborah November 28, 2024

The Weight of Grief and the Hope of Rediscovery  I watched life pass me by for a year. I lived a year dissociated from my reality—alive, but not truly living. I was broken and desperately trying to fix myself until I simply stopped trying. ...

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The Exception to The Rule by Christina Lauren -Book Review

By Deborah October 30, 2024

Book 1 of 6 The Improbable Meet-Cute collection  I loved The Exception To The Rule by Christina Lauren. It was so cute and bubbly. I felt so good after reading this. I ended up reading the entire The Improbable Meet-Cute collection, ...

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The Seven Year Slip by Ashley Poston 

By Deborah October 23, 2024

I absolutely loved The Seven Year Slip.  The story follows Clementine, an overworked book publicist grieving the loss of her beloved aunt. She moves into her late aunt’s rent-controlled Upper East Side apartment. While she's getting ...

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Just For The Summer

Just For the Summer by Abby Jimenez Book Review 

By Deborah September 19, 2024

I almost gave up on this book for some reason. I liked it, and I really felt Emma’s struggles, but I wondered how they’d end up together. I didn’t see that happening with just the power of love, so I struggled a bit. But I loved all of Abby's ...

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Powerless by Lauren Roberts Book Review 

By Deborah January 24, 2024

An epic and sizzling fantasy romance not to be missed. I loved powerless. It was indeed a combination of Hunger Games and Red Queen. I wasn't expecting to like it. Apparently, it’s overhyped but I hadn’t seen much hype on it until I needed to read ...

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“Why Colleen Hoover’s portrayal of women is harmful and problematic and why I will no longer be reading her books”

By Deborah December 30, 2023

Colleen Hoover is a bestselling author known for her romantic novels. However, many readers including me have criticized Hoover for her problematic and harmful portrayal of female characters in her books. Colleen Hoover is best known for her ...

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Review: Iron Flame By Rebecca Yarros:  Beyond the Threshing: A Journey through Iron Flame 

By Deborah December 12, 2023

Iron Flame -The Empyrean Book 2 by Rebecca Yarros  Iron Flame is the second book in the Empyrean series after Fourth Wing. It Picks immediately where the previous book left off, Iron Flame follows Violet Sorrengail as she struggles to adapt ...

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A Curse for True Love 

A Riveting Finale to a Spellbinding Series – A Curse for True Love 

By Deborah November 29, 2023

Stephanie Garber's "A Curse for True Love" marks the triumphant conclusion to the Once Upon A Broken Heart trilogy, delivering a mesmerizing blend of fantasy, romance, and suspense, it really rounds up the books. I loved this book and the entire ...

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The Ballad Of Never After By Stephanie Garber Book Review

By Deborah November 29, 2023

The Ballad of Never After is the sequel to Stephanie Garber’s Once Upon A Broken Heart, and it picks up right where the first book left off. This second instalment dives deeper into the story around the Valory Arch and its opening. It also introduces ...

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Once Upon A Broken Heart

Once Upon a Broken Heart by Stephanie Garber Book Review

By Deborah November 29, 2023

Once Upon a Broken Heart" by Stephanie Garber invites readers into a magical world filled with love, curses, and the pursuit of happily ever after. As a fan of Garber's Caraval series, I was eagerly drawn back into her enchanting world, where whimsy ...

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Someone Else’s Shoes: A Novel by Jojo Moyes – Book Review

By Deborah October 16, 2023

When Sam and Nisha from different walks of life and wealth, accidentally swap bags, they get to wear each other’s shoes and get a taste of what it’s like to be in another woman’s other woman’s shoes, quite literally. Unbeknownst to them, one pair of ...

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Review: Fourth Wing by Rebecca Yarros: Where Dragons Soar and Hearts Ignite

By Deborah August 12, 2023

Fourth Wing The Empyrean Book 1 by Rebecca Yarros A dragon without its rider is a tragedy. A rider without their dragon is dead.’ Welcome to Fourth Wing. Prepare to be swept away on the wings of dragons in Rebecca Yarros' enthralling fantasy ...

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Divine Rivals by Rebecca Ross: Book Review

By Deborah August 10, 2023

Divine Rivals BOOK ONE of the LETTERS OF ENCHANTMENT Duology  by Rebecca Ross Divine Lovers is the best book I’ve read this year, Alas good stories are back. Divine Lovers took me out of a reading slump and I loved loved it so much. The ...

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Book Lovers by Emily Henry: Is This a Book for Book Lovers? Book Review

By Deborah May 30, 2023

Book Lovers by Emily Henry is a novel I’ve had on my to-read pile for a long time. I finally decided to give it a try, despite not being a huge fan of romance novels. However, after a string of disappointing reads, I decided to give a new author a ...

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