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Black Leopard, Red Wolf by Marlon James
Did not finish book. Stopped at 15%.

It just wasn’t interesting to me.  

It Starts With Us by Colleen Hoover

emotional funny inspiring lighthearted tense medium-paced

3.0

Ehhhh I mean it was okay….. 

I definitely enjoyed IEWU a lot more than this book. I felt like this sequel was kind of…. unnecessary. 

There was like no conflict between Lily and Atlas. I get that Lily’s conflict was Ryle, and Atlas’s was

finding some random long lost brother,

but shouldn’t there be SOME type of conflict between to two MAIN character love interests?? I love a HEA as much as the next person, but the whole dang book???? Beginning? HEA. Middle? HEA. The ending? Still an HEA 🙄 like cmon give me some drama.

Also Ryle is still trash. 👎🏻

The Coworker by Freida McFadden

medium-paced

3.0

Ok I’m ngl the twist got me…. But omg too much turtle talk!!!!!! 

Also wtf did they become besties at the end???? Wild. 

It Ends with Us by Colleen Hoover

dark emotional hopeful sad tense

5.0

How It Ends by Rachel Howzell Hall

3.0

It was interesting enough for me to finish, but honestly I don’t remember anything about what happened other than the twist at the end 😂 the twist was wild tho!!

The Hate U Give by Angie Thomas

challenging emotional funny hopeful informative reflective tense medium-paced

5.0

"𝙒𝙝𝙖𝙩'𝙨 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙥𝙤𝙞𝙣𝙩 𝙤𝙛 𝙝𝙖𝙫𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙖 𝙫𝙤𝙞𝙘𝙚 𝙞𝙛 𝙮𝙤𝙪'𝙧𝙚 𝙜𝙤𝙣𝙣𝙖 𝙗𝙚 𝙨𝙞𝙡𝙚𝙣𝙩 𝙞𝙣 𝙩𝙝𝙤𝙨𝙚 𝙢𝙤𝙢𝙚𝙣𝙩𝙨 𝙮𝙤𝙪 𝙨𝙝𝙤𝙪𝙡𝙙𝙣'𝙩 𝙗𝙚?"

Wow. This book was absolutely amazing. I don’t think I was emotionally prepared for this book because I started reading it on audio while I was at work and almost started crying 😭 

I have never had a book hit me so hard in my privilege. As a white person, I will NEVER EVER know what it’s like to be black. I will never know what it’s like to be targeted by those with badges who are supposed to protect us. This book might be fiction, but it was very real with what has happened and is happening in our very real world. Doing the right thing will always be worth it, even if it seems like it’s not. 

"𝙎𝙤𝙢𝙚𝙩𝙞𝙢𝙚𝙨 𝙮𝙤𝙪 𝙘𝙖𝙣 𝙙𝙤 𝙚𝙫𝙚𝙧𝙮𝙩𝙝𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙧𝙞𝙜𝙝𝙩 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙩𝙝𝙞𝙣𝙜𝙨 𝙬𝙞𝙡𝙡 𝙨𝙩𝙞𝙡𝙡 𝙜𝙤 𝙬𝙧𝙤𝙣𝙜. 𝙏𝙝𝙚 𝙠𝙚𝙮 𝙞𝙨 𝙩𝙤 𝙣𝙚𝙫𝙚𝙧 𝙨𝙩𝙤𝙥 𝙙𝙤𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙧𝙞𝙜𝙝𝙩."

“𝑃𝑟𝑖𝑣𝑖𝑙𝑒𝑔𝑒 𝑖𝑠 𝑖𝑛𝑣𝑖𝑠𝑖𝑏𝑙𝑒 𝑡𝑜 𝑡ℎ𝑜𝑠𝑒 𝑤ℎ𝑜 ℎ𝑎𝑣𝑒 𝑖𝑡.”

-𝑃𝑟𝑜𝑓. 𝑀𝑖𝑐ℎ𝑎𝑒𝑙 𝐾𝑖𝑚𝑚𝑒𝑙

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism, Murder, Police brutality, Injury/Injury detail, Gun violence, and Hate crime

Moderate: Racial slurs

The Perfect Nanny: A Single Dad Romance by D. Lilac

4.5

Do NOT let this cute lil cover fool you….. this book had HEAT 🥵🥵 

Jade is finishing up a music tour and doesn’t know what she’ll be doing next, so her manager finds her job in the UK nannying for a former country rockstar (unbeknownst to her) while also helping him write new music for the label. 

Rhys is a single dad raising a 16 yo and 7 yo. He’s still in a way hung up on his ex wife who chose addiction over their family. Little does he know, he’ll soon start opening up his heart again… 

This book was EVERYTHING!! Jade was so relatable in many ways. She was mouthy, sassy, rolled her eyes way too much, and I loved her overall attitude!! She was so funny but she also cared so much about Rhys’s girls and built such a strong relationship with them. I loved Rhys’s character development and protective he was of all 3 of his girls! 

I highly recommend omg 

**The author provided this ARC copy to a FW based bookclub I’m in. All thoughts and opinions are my own 💜 Thank you so much!! 

Flock by Kate Stewart

4.0

Why did I think this was gonna be a romantasy book lmao anyways it was good and spicy 😈

The Seven Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle by Stuart Turton

2.0

I read this one audible and it was very confusing and boring. Way too many characters. 

Done and Dusted by Lyla Sage

emotional funny hopeful inspiring lighthearted medium-paced

5.0

𝘛𝘰𝘥𝘢𝘺, 𝘐 𝘴𝘢𝘸 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘰𝘯𝘭𝘺 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘪𝘯 𝘮𝘺 𝘭𝘪𝘧𝘦 𝘐 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘨𝘩𝘵 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘱𝘳𝘦𝘵𝘵𝘪𝘦𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘯 𝘙𝘦𝘣𝘦𝘭 𝘉𝘭𝘶𝘦, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘌𝘮𝘮𝘺.

Never did I think I’d enjoy a cowboy romance but HOT DAMN the cowboys in Meadowlark are of a different breed!!!! 😩😤 

This book is an absolute masterpiece and I will not accept any incorrect opinions on this 😤😤 
Layla mfkn Sage it’s official. If you write a gd grocery list I WILL READ IT. 

I absolutely loved the ADHD rep in this book!!! As someone who struggles with ADHD (but takes medication now for it) I completely related to Emmy. Emmy and Teddy together 😍😍😍 Teddy is the bff we ALL need!!!!! 
OMGGGGGGG LUKEEEEEEEEEEE BROOKKSSSSSSS!!!!!!!!!!!!! Stop it the way he cared so much about Emmy and the way they’d each notice little things about each other I ate it TF UP!!!!!