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The Girls I've Been by Tess Sharpe
challenging
dark
emotional
mysterious
sad
tense
medium-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? It's complicated
5.0
Content Warnings
Graphic: Sexual violence, Sexual harassment, Murder, Gaslighting, Physical abuse, Kidnapping, Injury/Injury detail, Gun violence, Fire/Fire injury, Domestic abuse, Confinement, Abandonment, Rape, Chronic illness, Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Sexual assault, Sexism, Misogyny, and Violence
Moderate: Panic attacks/disorders
Minor: Abortion
Power Play Pieces by Ella Merkado
4.75
Power play pieces is book two in the thunderclap series which are stand alone hockey romances focusing on a single friend group and hockey team from Florida. Just like with book one this was a steamy why choose romance, this time focusing on Audrey and her three stunning men.
Audrey is a single mom who had a hot and heavy one night stand five years ago and due to no names being exchanged she wasn’t able to inform baby daddy that he was the father. It’s fine though because Audrey has killed it these past five years being a fantastic mother to a wonderful baby boy. Even though she hasn’t been alone with the help of her group of friends that are more like family she has been missing romance in her life and decided it was time to get back out there. Not long after making this decision to start dating again she ends up in not one, not two, but three relationships. One of which being with baby daddy from many moons ago.
This story was a roller coster of emotions. I went from swooning to crying so many times I don’t know how Ella does it but I’m already desperate for her next book.
I also wanted to say something and I promise it’s review relevant . Me being asexual / demisexual is a huge part of my identity. When I was a teen and not sure why I was not interested in sex or sexually attracted to anyone I put myself in many situations that made me uncomfortable just to fit into a box that felt expected. I wish there was more information and understanding on what asexuality is when I was growing up, but I’m hoping with all the changes in diversifying queer content that we will see more and more improvements. Will is a character in this book who also is demisexual and reading about his experiences and his coming out was so emotional for me and I very much related to him and his story.
I hope you all love this book when you read it and definitely update me with your thoughts because I really want to talk about this one!
How to Survive Your Murder by Danielle Valentine
adventurous
dark
emotional
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
3.75
There was a lot of inconsistency’s that popped up in this one that made it hard to understand at times which was extremely disappointing because other than that it was a fantastic ya horror. The ending also was extremely confusing again due to inconsistency’s so I’m curious if we will be seeing a sequel in the future