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Solitaire by Alice Oseman

well this was sad :’( also didn’t know b*n was gonna be in it. i felt like i should’ve been warned.

I Kissed Shara Wheeler by Casey McQuiston

i know it’s supposed to be glee fan fiction but it’s giving emison from PLL but like … less toxic & less murder.

Hell Followed with Us by Andrew Joseph White

don’t read if you have religious trauma. 

Nimona by ND Stevenson

nd stevenson continues to make work that absolutely crushes me. 10/10 will read again if i recover.  i think i’ll just send him my therapy bill.

This Is How You Lose the Time War by Max Gladstone, Amal El-Mohtar

we all know why i read this book. bc of mr. bigolas dickolas wolfwood (@maskofbun on twitter). it was good. i did not understand a good chunk of it, i was trying to understand the time travel aspect and then tik tok and twitter told me not to. to just read the book and ✨vibe✨ and i liked it a lot more that way. i enjoyed the second half a lot more (i guess bc it wasn’t repetitive) and i liked the twist. cool scifi romance. also it gives doctor who vibes. 

Blood to Poison by Mary Watson

content warning: racism, colorism, murder, sexism

i picked it up bc it had very similar themes to the legendborn series by tracy deonn. i really liked it

it’s not exactly the same (it’s not set in america, the magic system is more soft etc.) but the themes and how they portrayed generational trauma and anger with magic is the same.

The Blood Trials by N.E. Davenport

black girls who are allowed to be angry and wild and full of rage. ikenna amari you have my heart 

also am i the only one that doesn’t like

her relationship with reed? felt underdeveloped to the point where it didn’t feel necessary to include (and im saying this even after i read the second book)

Sorry, Bro by Taleen Voskuni

representation: both main characters are first gen bi armenian women 🇦🇲🩷💜💙

content warning: biphobia, queer phobia in general, talks of genocide specifically the armenian genocide, racism, sexism

very cute very soft a good cozy read. if you’re first gen you’ll be like “yeah moms and aunties are like that”

it is an adult romance but it’s a closed door romance so sorry sapphics who were looking for spicy scenes 

Five Survive by Holly Jackson

i feel like if you enjoyed “the girls ive been” by tess sharpe you’d enjoy this. and if you liked this maybe you should read the other book. both great. both had me screaming crying and throwing up. 

i couldn’t figure out the twists (again brain off when reading) so that was fun. 

i’m glad oliver dies bc he was annoying. id like to believe that red and author met up afterwards

The Blood Gift by N.E. Davenport

ikenna did everything wrong and i stand by her. i support her. yes she beats people up / murders them but let’s take a second to think about what they did to deserve it ?!?! and even if they didn’t that’s ikenna so she’s automatically right.

i enjoyed the book but i feel like there was a lot of plot that needed to happen and not enough space to fully develop it. it kinda hurt :/ things that i was really looking forward to seeing like

ikenna killing the blood emperor

and

ikenna killing the tribunal and remaking the government

felt very anti climactic given all the build up.

it was still a really good book obvi i loved the cast of characters etc but yeah.