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215 reviews

Fourth Wing (Part 1 of 2) (Dramatized Adaptation) by Rebecca Yarros

adventurous hopeful tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

Loving the graphic audio! It’s a great way to reread the series before Onyx Storm releases!

A Reign of Rose by Kate Golden

adventurous emotional hopeful mysterious sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes

4.25

The Sacrifice by Shantel Tessier

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

Tyson is absolutely my favourite LORD thus far 🖤

Stars Around My Scars: The Annotated Poetry of Taylor Swift by Elly Mccausland

informative reflective medium-paced

4.0

I received this book as an e-arc- thank you to NetGalley and Andrews McMeel Publishing! 

This was a fun and interesting way to look at some of Taylor Swift’s music. As a Swiftie, I already had a lot of ideas and meanings attached to the songs. But as McCausland says, she’s giving her ideas, and that doesn’t mean it’s the final word. She ends the book by saying the meanings will continue to change with time, which really resonated. 

As an English teacher, I loved having the identifications and descriptions of how various literary devices contribute to the specific and overall meanings of/within the songs. 

McCausland has written annotations (at times it was a bit overwhelming, but I think in print format it would be different) as well as some boxes with explanations through the songs. After, there is a more detailed written explanation. 

This would be a great book to pick up if you’re a Swiftie or an English teacher! 

Quicksilver by Callie Hart

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

5.0

Amazing. Obsessed with Kingfisher, I love the story, can’t wait for book 2.

Songs We Fell In Love To by P.L. Hernandez

emotional funny hopeful reflective medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

🤍 𝐀𝐑𝐂 𝐑𝐞𝐯𝐢𝐞𝐰 𝐨𝐟 𝐒𝐨𝐧𝐠𝐬 𝐖𝐞 𝐅𝐞𝐥𝐥 𝐢𝐧 𝐋𝐨𝐯𝐞 𝐓𝐨 𝐛𝐲 𝐏𝐋 𝐇𝐞𝐫𝐧𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐳 🤍

🎵 SWFILT was such a great book to ARC read. I read it in a day — once I started, I didn’t want to stop. Patty did such a great job of weaving in different important elements of Francie’s (FMC) life. 

🎵 Of course, we get to see Francie figure out her romantic relationships. This had me feeling all kinds of things as she goes through her story! But we also get to see Francie’s friendships and her education/career journey. We see her figure out her relationship with her mom, which is complex and multi-faceted. I really loved the moments between these two, and it felt so real.

🎵 Patty has her own amazing playlist for SWFILT (that you should check out) but I also had fun matching songs to different scenes and emotions as I was reading!

Swallowed by Meg Smitherman

adventurous dark emotional mysterious tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

5.0

I received this as an e-arc and I am so happy to give my thoughts on this book!

🖤 For anyone who hasn’t read these books, Meg does creepy-am-I-losing-my-mind-but-it’s-hot-horror better than anyone! 

♥️ Although it’s a novella, we still really get to know and love Jill, Ben, Julian and Darcie (and especially Ben iykyk). But also I would love to get wine drunk with Julian because I think we would be besties. 

🖤 As things progress, Jill comes to some realizations and has to make some decisions and by the end I truly didn’t know what I wanted her to do. It’s such a tense and high stakes situation, and I was IN IT. Once I started I could not stop. I had to know what other wild things Meg had up her sleeve, and I needed to see if my predictions were right! Spoiler Alert: they usually weren’t 😂

🌺 𝚂𝚆𝙰𝙻𝙻𝙾𝚆𝙴𝙳 is out January 28th on paperback and e-book! I’ve already got my paperback preordered and you should too, because you’re gonna want to see what happens when people get to a planet full of *friendly* plants 😏 

If We Were Villains: A Novel by M.L. Rio

adventurous dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

The Sinner by Shantel Tessier

dark sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix

4.0

A Dowry of Blood by S.T. Gibson

adventurous dark emotional hopeful mysterious sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes

4.5

This was so well written, and I loved getting to see the story unfold through Constance’s perspective. There were so many ups and downs as the “family” went through their lives, and I definitely grew to hate the never-named Dracula character. 

I loved the relationships between Constance, Alexi and Maggie, and the way that they grew together especially towards the end of the book. 

I loved Alexi’s narrative as a way to end the book, so we got to know him a bit better.