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Sunny Rolls the Dice by Jennifer L. Holm

4.0

Cute middle grade book on navigating the shift from carefree childhood to needing to be “groovy” :D

Swing It, Sunny by Jennifer L. Holm

4.0

 Cute middle grade graphic novel that touches on some tough family topics (older sibling with drug problem) in a tasteful way.

Children of Anguish and Anarchy by Tomi Adeyemi

2.5

Interesting plot points, though lacked compelling reasoning or character growth/arcs. The pacing was haphazard, and an additional 100+ pages would have been great to flush it out more.
Glad I did the audiobook to keep it moving along (and Cynthia Erivo!!!).

House of Frank by Kay Synclaire

emotional

4.0

A cozy, character-driven fantasy that explores grief and love.
I adore that the main love was sisters (rather than typical romantic focuses).

Divine Rivals by Rebecca Ross

adventurous emotional medium-paced

5.0

Oh my heart! This is beautifully written, amazing characters and chemistry, and intriguing setting (war in the names of awakened divinities). Two rival column writers and many, many letters.

I don’t recommend the audiobook while driving, as it is hard to drive and cry at the same time.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: War

Moderate: Alcoholism, Child death, Death of parent

The Perfect Marriage by Jeneva Rose

tense fast-paced

3.0

A murder mystery with a dual pov- decent build up and reveals, though not as clever as I’d hope for or a mind blowing ending. A satisfactory read.
I did thoroughly enjoy thinking of Scott (iykyk) while reading this!!

Daughter of the Moon Goddess by Sue Lynn Tan

adventurous fast-paced

4.5

What a great NA fantasy romance!! I was floored by all the pieces that most authors would spend an entire book teasing out was just a few pages, so I was intrigued by what could possibly happen next and it all unfolded so well!!
Only lost .5 because I can’t stand miscommunication lol!

Onyx Storm by Rebecca Yarros

adventurous medium-paced

2.5

Some interesting adventures, but I wasn’t convinced of the plausibility of them. The “you’re mine” trope/justification was overdone, and the amount of characters felt like it was trying to be a big book without making us care about or know any of them.
Violet’s shortcomings seem to disappear when convenient and the set-ups and reveals are way too close together (or obvious like

the poisonous blue berry. Such a clunky way to reveal.

) to be satisfying.

Recursion by Blake Crouch

adventurous tense fast-paced

4.5

What a mind bender! Loved it and was constantly thinking about wanting to read it when I wasn’t! 
Not sure why I don’t have the 5 star feeling - may just need some time to sit with it.

The Mask of Mirrors by M.A. Carrick

adventurous medium-paced

4.0

Loved all the storylines woven together and the complexity of the characters and their backstories/motives!
Even at the end of the book, I haven’t retained all the terminology and names in the book, but can use context clues 😅
I thought if was so clever figuring it all out, and alas was still shocked!

A note about the audiobook - it is not ideal for road trips because many of the voices as done in a whisper-tone, which makes them super hard to hear, but if you turn up the volume, the regular narration is painfully loud. Otherwise, great voices and well done.