This book was a wild ride and I absolutely enjoyed every single bit of it. It covers so many topics so please check the trigger warnings before starting. The narration was so good. Some audiobooks you can listen to while you do other things, this is not one of them. While I did listen to this while at the gym and while working, my job is very repetitive. If you have to fully focus on something else while you’re listening to this audiobook, I don’t think you’ll get the best experience. It’s a lot of information and you have to pay attention or you will be confused. I saw that this was classified as horror and I didn’t see it until I realized that what is happening in this book is not that far removed from reality and that’s scary. I love already ordered the physical so that I can annotate it. There were so many moments in this book that I know that I’ll want to look back on.

Thank you so much to NetGalley for the advanced audiobook of this book. All thoughts and opinions are mine.

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Long Way Down by Jason Reynolds

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adventurous emotional hopeful mysterious sad fast-paced

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

4.5

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Rootless by Krystle Zara Appiah

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Did not finish book. Stopped at 32%.

It was a lot of back story that was not fully keeping me interested. This lady left her husband and I need to know why but at 32% we’re barely at the beginning of their actual relationship. All I need to know is why she just up and left her husband and child and is he going to try to get her back or just let her stay gone???

That Time I Got Drunk and Saved a Demon by Kimberly Lemming

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adventurous funny hopeful lighthearted relaxing fast-paced

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

4.75

I saw this book all over social media last year and didn’t pick it up because it’s not my usual genre. But I’m a sucker for a beautiful cover and when I saw the new cover I knew I had to read it. I’m glad the cover changed my mind and am also glad that I didn’t read it when it was getting hyped up. I enjoy reading this at my own pace not just because everyone else says they love it. It definitely lived up to the hype. If I was Cin I would have fell for Fallon from the moment he stepped foot in that house.. When that wall she’s hiding her feelings behind falls, we get to see the cutest relationship between the two of them. The spice in here is top tier. Love it. I listened to the audio in tandem with reading the digital and you have to listen to the audio. It’s so good. I can’t wait to get into the rest of this series.

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Falling For You by S. Cassadera

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challenging medium-paced

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

2.0

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I wanted to really like it but too many felt off for me. While I know Kay is in her mid twenties, she read like she was in high school. Uncle Sam’s overnight switch from verbally abusing Kay to miraculously becoming this sweet old man who loves her like a grandfather was unrealistic. Also that he was the town drunk and just quick cold turkey. Let’s be so for real. I love a man MC that falls for the woman first and is head over heels but Mich was obsessed with her in a weird way. He just got out of relationship because his ex was cheating on him and now he’s obsessed from the moment he meets Kay. Also, the was a focus on Kay being a virgin. She didn’t tell Mich. He realizes it when they have intercourse but proceeds to have rough intercourse with her. WTH!!! I will give him slight credit because he tried to pull away but she pulled him back in. But even then why would you be rough. Then her brother popped up at the end and proceeds to ask her if the man she was telling him about had “popped her cherry”. Kay is like why would you ask me that and her brother say “ I’m a man first, then your brother.” Sir what does that even mean and why would you ask your sister that? I almost DNF’d because of that alone but I was near the end so I pushed through. Only to be met with Mich love bombing Kay. Ya’ll met 2 months ago and didn’t actually starting dating until the end of the book due to lack of communication on both ends. He just got out of a relationship and has trust issues. She’s never been in a serious healthy relationship and runs away from everything. And I’m supposed to believe that they run off and get married and live happily ever after.

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Seven by Zarkia, Zarkia

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adventurous hopeful tense fast-paced

4.0

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The Sweetest Redemption by Grey Huffington

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challenging emotional hopeful sad tense medium-paced

3.5

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