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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!!!!! 

Where's Molly by H.D. Carlton

challenging dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring reflective sad tense fast-paced

5.0

If HD Carlton writes it, imma read it. 

This is the story I didn’t know I needed, but severely wanted!!!! 

It blew me away! Cage is promoted to book husband 😏

𝐵𝑒𝑐𝑎𝑢𝑠𝑒 𝑠𝑡𝑎𝑟𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑖𝑛𝑡𝑜 ℎ𝑒𝑟 𝑒𝑦𝑒𝑠 𝑖𝑠 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑜𝑛𝑙𝑦 𝑡ℎ𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝐼 𝑛𝑒𝑒𝑑𝑒𝑑, 𝑡𝑜 𝑐𝑜𝑛𝑣𝑖𝑛𝑐𝑒 𝑚𝑦𝑠𝑒𝑙𝑓 𝑠ℎ𝑒'𝑠 𝑒𝑣𝑒𝑟𝑦𝑡ℎ𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝐼'𝑙𝑙 𝑒𝑣𝑒𝑟 𝑤𝑎𝑛𝑡 𝑓𝑜𝑟 𝑎𝑠 𝑙𝑜𝑛𝑔 𝑎𝑠 𝑜𝑥𝑦𝑔𝑒𝑛 𝑖𝑛𝑣𝑎𝑑𝑒𝑠 𝑚𝑦 𝑙𝑢𝑛𝑔𝑠. 𝐼 𝑘𝑛𝑒𝑤 𝑖𝑡 𝑑𝑒𝑒𝑝 𝑖𝑛 𝑚𝑦 𝑏𝑜𝑛𝑒𝑠 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑑𝑎𝑦 𝐼 𝑚𝑒𝑡 ℎ𝑒𝑟. 𝐸𝑣𝑒𝑛 𝑏𝑎𝑐𝑘 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑛, 𝑚𝑦 𝑠𝑜𝑢𝑙 𝑖𝑚𝑚𝑒𝑑𝑖𝑎𝑡𝑒𝑙𝑦 𝑟𝑒𝑐𝑜𝑔𝑛𝑖𝑧𝑒𝑑 ℎ𝑒𝑟𝑠 𝑎𝑠 𝑖𝑡𝑠 𝑜𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑟 ℎ𝑎𝑙𝑓.

To Shape a Dragon's Breath by Moniquill Blackgoose

adventurous informative inspiring reflective tense medium-paced

5.0

I have absolutely nothing bad to say about this book. This is probably a top read for me tbh!!! 

This is the authors debut YA fantasy who’s FMC is a queer indigenous teenager that finds a dragon egg and keeps it to let it hatch with her. She ends up going to an academy to learn how to control her dragon but the academy is run by a bunch of colonizers. I hope she burns it down!!! 

I LOVED how the dragons were depicted!!! They basically were just like fire breathing puppies and loved it so much omg 

I cannot wait for the rest of the series to be released because wowowowow!!!! 

Yall need to read this one ASAP!!!! 

Rhapsodic by Laura Thalassa

dark sad tense medium-paced

3.0

I enjoyed it, but it didn’t seem like anything special if that makes sense? Like I feel like it’s a story I’ve read before… 

There was another review I saw that said “it dragged on and felt rushed all at the same time... it was all over the place and felt underdeveloped” and honestly I couldn’t agree more. 

Verity by Colleen Hoover

challenging emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

3.5

I wanna say I’m team manuscript…… but like this book left me with more questions than answers and I don’t wanna be confused after finishing a book so like I’d say this was a solid 3.5 ⭐️……. 

Butcher & Blackbird by Brynne Weaver

dark funny lighthearted tense medium-paced

5.0

Ok I loved every second of this book omfg!!!!!! Rowan was giving ✨orange cat✨ vibes (iykyk) and hehehe I LOVED IT!!!!!!! 

Just a cute lil romance about two psychopaths who fall in love and kill people together? Yes please 🙋🏻‍♀️🙋🏻‍♀️ I’m here for it. It was so cute ugh 

I'm Glad My Mom Died by Jennette McCurdy

challenging emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring reflective sad tense medium-paced

5.0

↠𝑰’𝒎 𝒎𝒐𝒓𝒆 𝒄𝒐𝒏𝒗𝒊𝒏𝒄𝒆𝒅 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒏 𝒆𝒗𝒆𝒓 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝑰 𝒏𝒆𝒆𝒅 𝒕𝒐 𝒒𝒖𝒊𝒕 𝒂𝒄𝒕𝒊𝒏𝒈. 𝑻𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒊𝒕 𝒅𝒐𝒆𝒔𝒏’𝒕 𝒔𝒆𝒓𝒗𝒆 𝒎𝒚 𝒎𝒆𝒏𝒕𝒂𝒍 𝒐𝒓 𝒆𝒎𝒐𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏𝒂𝒍 𝒉𝒆𝒂𝒍𝒕𝒉.

Growing up I was always a big fan of iCarly. And I loved Jennette’s character, Sam, because I felt most relatable to her. Seems to have a chip on her shoulder, doesn’t necessarily like to get close to people, etc. 

I finally read Jennette McCurdy’s memoir “I’m Glad My Mom Died” and I was completely blown away. I think anyone who’s going through an ED and/or mental health issues could benefit from this read. This was an amazing inside look at Hollywood and how the actors are being treated. 

Some might disagree, but I enjoyed how she spoke of past events in present tense. I think it added something different to the book and, for me, it made me feel like I was with her in those moments and was able to better understand what she was going through at that time. 

If you go into this book thinking there’s going to be a lot of “funny HAHA” moments, I promise you’ll be disappointed. Jennette’s humor is more subtle and dry and she’s incredibly blunt, which I appreciated with this read. 

Highly recommend!! 

While We Were Dating by Jasmine Guillory

4.5

I actually really liked this book more than I thought I would!!! It was so cute and genuine! 

I wasn’t sure how I’d like 3rd person POV, and ngl it did kinda get on my nerves sometimes, but I was able to move past that and just enjoy the story! 

Anna and Ben’s had instant chemistry and I feel like it was so palpable! I loved every minute of it!!! 

The Starter Ex by Mia Sosa

emotional funny lighthearted relaxing medium-paced

4.0

I absolutely loveeeee fake dating!!!!! I EAT IT UP EVERYTIME!!!! 

This was such a funny and cute romcom!!! I love that there was bi rep as well! 

Vanessa basically fake dates guys in order to get them “ready” for “the one”. It was a side of hustle of hers in college but then stopped doing it…… until one day her sister , Lisa, asks her to “date” this guy she really likes so that he’ll end up wanting Lisa instead…. What could go wrong? 👀 

The banter was hilarious!!! Loved every minute of it!!