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Hexed

Emily McIntire

5.0

adventurous dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

I HAVE A NEW FAVORITE EMILY MCINTIRE BOOK 🗣️

I have so much love for morally grey women, it’s always going to boost the books rating for me because of that. And Venesa is easily a top favorite morally grey woman for me now, I absolutely adored her entire character arc. AND she’s bisexual?? PLEASE. IM IN LOVE.

Enzo also had me swooning left and right, which is not surprising to me since all of Emily’s men do that to me haha.

The plot, I have to say, was my favorite of hers so far too. It was classic mafia, but with the little twists here and there and nods to the little mermaid, it made it soooo unique and interesting to me.

Overall, I’m dying to yap about with this people so hurry up and read it once it comes out haha. That’s how good it is!!

*I received an arc from the publisher in exchange for my honest review*

Out of the Woods

Hannah Bonam-Young

5.0

emotional funny hopeful inspiring reflective relaxing medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

The love I have for these two 😭🫶🥹

Here’s the thing with Hannah’s books, they are so deeply intimate and heartfelt that you will find yourself crying over it all. I genuinely feel safe with her writing and storytelling and finish each book dying to reread it immediately! The dual timeline with this one was very emotional and beautifully done, I just….HANNAH REALLY DID THE THING. DAMN.

And Sarah?! Wow did I feel seen by her. Her brain is just a lovely chaotic mess and honestly SAME. Caleb is also soooo sweet and patient with her I absolutely adored him. Caleb dirty talking nearly killed me it was so good.

P. S. Yes the Bo & Win cameos made me cry

*I received an arc from the publisher in exchange for my honest review*

The Day Burns Bright

Amber Palmer

3.0

adventurous emotional funny hopeful mysterious slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Yes

Overall, I still love these characters and the potential was there, but this one was kind of a let down after book one tbh. The pacing just felt off for me more than anything. It was really slow going until about 40% and then we got some big reveals that didn’t really make sense, and honestly felt random. Idk. I still had fun reading this, because Amber does have a really great writing style, but I definitely liked book one more 😭

Mania

Naomi Loud

5.0

dark emotional mysterious tense fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Yes

This was such a shocking and wonderful surprise from Naomi, truly. In just under 100 pages you get a love story that, in true Naomi style, spans lifetimes. And all in the setting of a haunted hotel?! That is some of most unique shit I have ever read.

Also, as someone who is very fragile when it comes to horror, I loved this! So if you’re wanting something a lil spooky, but too gory or scary, I really think you’d like this.

P. S. The epilogue made me teary?! In a tiny lil novella?? COME ON. SO GOOD.

Huge thanks and all the forehead kisses to Naomi for the arc in exchange for my honest review!

The Night Runs Red

Amber Palmer

4.0

adventurous dark mysterious relaxing fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Yes

Angels Before Man

rafael nicolás

5.0

challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Complicated

It’s been a long time since I read a book so profound I purposely took my time absorbing every single word. There is so much symbolism, and beautiful prose, it doesn’t do the book justice to simply say “this was remarkable”, though it certainly is.

Needless to say this touched my soul, deeply. Especially as an individual who has severe religious trauma. Wow. I will be pondering this book for years to come.

Close Knit

Kels Stone, Denise Stone

5.0

emotional funny hopeful inspiring lighthearted relaxing medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

This was such a lovely romance honestly. One thing I especially appreciated were the elements that you don’t typically see in romance books. Such as sex scenes that don’t end with an or**asm, but are still intimate. Additionally there was excellent anxiety and CPTSD representation. I have both of these and felt very seen by the portrayal of it in Cameron & Daphne.

This is easily my favorite of Kels & Denise’s books so far. Truly remarkable!