Category: book reviews

Book Review | Patron Saints of Nothing

Title: Patron Saints of Nothing Author: Randy Ribay Publisher: Kokila Published: 18 June 2019 Pages: 323 This review contains spoilers! Read at your own risk. Jay Reguero plans to spend his last semester of senior year playing video games before he goes to the University of Michigan in the fall. But then his dad informs […]

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ARC Book Review | If God is a Virus

Title: If God is a Virus Author: Seema Yasmin Publisher: Haymarket Books Published: 6 April 2021 Pages: 80 I received an advanced copy through Books Forward in exchange for an honest review. Wow! Wow! Wow! I could’ve read this collection of poetry in one sitting, but I held back to fully enjoy the collection. I […]

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Book Review | Seven Days of Us

Title: Seven Days of Us Author: Francesca Hornak Publisher: Berkley Published: 17 October 2017 Pages: 368 For the first time in years, the Birch family will all be under one roof for Christmas. Emma and Andrew’s elder daughter, who is usually off saving the world as a doctor, is joining them at Weyfield hall, their […]

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ARC Book Review | Pride and Premeditation

Title: Pride and Premeditation Author: Tirzah Price Publisher: HarperTeen Published: 6 April 2021 Pages: 368 Oh my word, this was such a fun read! I’m a huge Jane Austen fan and combining Jane Austen and murder was right up my alley. Lizzie Bennet is an aspiring lawyer who helps out in her dad’s law firm […]

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Book Review | Gideon the Ninth

Title: Gideon the Ninth Author: Tamsyn Muir Publisher: Tor Published: 10 September 2019 Pages: 448 Okay, I’ll try not to gush too much about this book, but I make no promises. First off, I was completely confused at the beginning. Not going to lie, I was reading to mostly try to hopefully understand in later […]

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Book Review | House of Earth and Blood

Title: House of Earth and Blood Author: Sarah J. Maas Publisher: Bloomsbury Published: 3 March 2020 Pages: 803 Goodreads | Amazon | Bookshop Gosh, Sarah J. Maas blows me away again with the amazing story and world she has created. Bryce Quinlan is a half-fae, half-human who works at an antiquities shop, trying to figure […]

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ARC Book Review | The Heiress: The Revelations of Anne de Bourgh

Title: The Heiress: The Revelations of Anne de Bourgh Author: Molly Greeley Publisher: William Morrow Published: 5 January 2021 I received a free eARC of this novel from the publisher in exchange for a fair and honest review. Thank you, William Morrow! I’m a sucker for Jane Austen books! I’ll give any of them a […]

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ARC Book Review | The Paris Library

Title: The Paris Library Author: Janet Skeslien Charles Publisher: Atria Books Published: 9 February 2021 The Paris Library is based on the true World War II story of the heroic librarians at the American Library in Paris. In Paris 1939, young and ambitious Odile Souchet has everything she could want, a handsome police officer beau […]

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Book Review | I Wish You All the Best

Title: I Wish You All the Best Author: Mason Deaver Publisher: Push Published: 14 May 2019 Oh. My. Word. All the feelings with this novel! I absolutely loved it! When Ben De Backer comes out to his parents as non-binary, they kick them out. Their only option is to contact their older sister, Hannah, who […]

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Book Review | Boyfriend Material

Title: Boyfriend Material Author: Alexis Hall Publisher: Sourcebooks Casablanca Published: 7 July 2020 To be upfront and honest, I don’t read a lot of romance novels. At least never completely focused romance novels, unless it’s young adult. Unless the romance book in question has LGBTQ+ characters, then I’m all over it like queso on chips. […]

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