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3.5⭐️ Very cute. The authors bio on the back says she aims to answer the question: what if this beloved trope were gay? And yes this satisfied my “where the fuck is my sapphic hallmark movie” feeling I’ve had the whole season.
It had more going for it than a hallmark movie though! Lots of emotional maturity and important communication that usually gets glossed over. Also every pop culture reference I got in this made me very happy.
It had more going for it than a hallmark movie though! Lots of emotional maturity and important communication that usually gets glossed over. Also every pop culture reference I got in this made me very happy.
4.5⭐️ Iconic. A little targeted about the fear of imagined failure like damn.
Also this is my first time reading a romance with a demisexual lead since I started exploring my own demisexuality. Which is pretty cool.
But of fucking course Elle is a Pisces. I’m a Pisces moon but I literally can’t with Pisces
Also this is my first time reading a romance with a demisexual lead since I started exploring my own demisexuality. Which is pretty cool.
But of fucking course Elle is a Pisces. I’m a Pisces moon but I literally can’t with Pisces
4.5⭐️ I wasn’t sure that this book would be for me when I started. Though sometimes I think I pull away from characters that start to feel a bit too much like me. I was frustrated with Maddie’s insecurities and actions when I probably would have acted much the same.
But when the story took its turn 100 pages in and became a story about grief and guilt and learning about yourself I just fell into it. I finished the last 200 some odd pages in one sitting. It’s a heavy story and my eyes stung a few times but it is absolutely worth the read. Very grateful to have read this arc.
But when the story took its turn 100 pages in and became a story about grief and guilt and learning about yourself I just fell into it. I finished the last 200 some odd pages in one sitting. It’s a heavy story and my eyes stung a few times but it is absolutely worth the read. Very grateful to have read this arc.
3.5⭐️ such a sweet read! I can’t tell you the last time I read a Young Readers book for just this age range. It reminded me a lot of Aiden Thomas’ Sunbearer trials for a younger audience!
I’m hoping to pick up a copy when it’s officially published so I can see all of the illustrations. The cover art is beautiful so I’m sure the rest of the art will be as well.
I received this arc through my bookseller job at B&N! Very glad to have read it!
“Worms always think they know everything…”
I’m hoping to pick up a copy when it’s officially published so I can see all of the illustrations. The cover art is beautiful so I’m sure the rest of the art will be as well.
I received this arc through my bookseller job at B&N! Very glad to have read it!
“Worms always think they know everything…”
I DNF’d this book. I was listening to it on audiobook which makes this sadder for me tbh. There’s an excellent review already posted that talks about the infantilization of the main characters autism. And coming from a neurotypical author, that’s something I’m skeptical of and did not appreciate.
I don’t know how this won a goodreads award. I wish it had been an Own Voices writer or that the mystery had been less predictable.
I don’t know how this won a goodreads award. I wish it had been an Own Voices writer or that the mystery had been less predictable.
An exquisitely spooky but emotionally taxing horror story. The prose is beautiful and there were so many parts that resonated: from the fears of coming out to your family, having to carry the guilt and baggage your father left to you, and feeling unwelcome in a place that should be your home.
I feel like I need to process this one. But I also feel like this story and it’s imagery is going to stay with me for a long time. I have not read much YA Horror (if any…) but this is really a testament to the genre. Considering it’s their debut, Trang Thanh Tran crafted a chilling, beautiful, and emotional story.
I’ll add that this book is a combination of Haunting of Hill House and Grady Hendrix’s My Best Friends Exorcism. But Tran has taken the most poignant and unsettling pieces of both.
I received this arc through my bookseller position at Barnes & Noble :)
I feel like I need to process this one. But I also feel like this story and it’s imagery is going to stay with me for a long time. I have not read much YA Horror (if any…) but this is really a testament to the genre. Considering it’s their debut, Trang Thanh Tran crafted a chilling, beautiful, and emotional story.
I’ll add that this book is a combination of Haunting of Hill House and Grady Hendrix’s My Best Friends Exorcism. But Tran has taken the most poignant and unsettling pieces of both.
I received this arc through my bookseller position at Barnes & Noble :)
Alright to start, I love queer graphic novels. The art in this one was beautiful. On the other hand, I just did not like the characters. The story frustrated me more than anything.
Ok I know we needed Emsy to move back into this coven with no knowledge of it so that the readers could learn about the coven with her. To be honest, though, if my parents made a decision to move away to give me a normal life, did not in 16 years work to have me connect with THEIR coven, and then suddenly ran TOWARDS the danger at my expense…
I was a kid who moved around a lot anyway and I can’t imagine moving for the first time as a junior in high school. ANYWAY I was so bothered by the logistics of this setup that it took me a WHILE to focus on the story without that.
And even though the art style is GORGEOUS and I’m attracted to at least half of the adults drawn in this book… I did not like them. Made me feel like an angsty teen again but maybe that was the point?
Ok I know we needed Emsy to move back into this coven with no knowledge of it so that the readers could learn about the coven with her. To be honest, though, if my parents made a decision to move away to give me a normal life, did not in 16 years work to have me connect with THEIR coven, and then suddenly ran TOWARDS the danger at my expense…
I was a kid who moved around a lot anyway and I can’t imagine moving for the first time as a junior in high school. ANYWAY I was so bothered by the logistics of this setup that it took me a WHILE to focus on the story without that.
And even though the art style is GORGEOUS and I’m attracted to at least half of the adults drawn in this book… I did not like them. Made me feel like an angsty teen again but maybe that was the point?