The Masterpiece isn’t necessarily a book I would have picked up on my own. However, I saw my brother reading it, and since my siblings rarely read books, that caught my attention, and I picked it up. One of the reasons I started blogging was to ...
Yellowface by R. F. Kuang – Book Review
I have had Yellowface on my TBR list for over a year, but never really found the motivation to pick it up until my book club nominated it as our book of the month. That was the push I needed to read it finally. Yellowface follows June ...
Sunrise on the Reaping Review: The Hunger Games Prequel That Hits Harder Than Expected
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 ...
Dream Count by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie Book Review
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. ...
She Started It by Sian Gilbert Book Review
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 ...
The Burnout by Sophie Kinsella Book Review
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 ...
Onyx Storm By Rebecca Yarros – Book Review
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 ...
Axiom by Madison Rose Book One Review
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 ...
Editor’s Note #3 – Notes on Grief
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. ...
The Exception to The Rule by Christina Lauren -Book Review
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, ...
The Seven Year Slip by Ashley Poston
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 ...
Just For the Summer by Abby Jimenez Book Review
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 ...
Powerless by Lauren Roberts Book Review
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 ...
“Why Colleen Hoover’s portrayal of women is harmful and problematic and why I will no longer be reading her books”
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 ...
Review: Iron Flame By Rebecca Yarros: Beyond the Threshing: A Journey through Iron Flame
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 ...