Category: book reviews

Book Review | The Black Swan of Paris

Title: The Black Swan of Paris Author: Karen Robards Publisher: MIRA Published: 30 June 2020 Pages: 400 Quote: As she’d already learned to her cost, there were not guarantees in life, no guarantees that the person you loved would be there from one day to the next, no guarantee about anything at all. And this […]

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Book Review | A Good Girl’s Guide to Murder

Title: A Good Girl’s Guide to Murder Author: Holly Jackson Publisher: Delacorte Press Published: 4 February 2020 Quote: Was this the real Andie Bell, hidden behind that perfect smile, behind those sparkling pale blue eyes? Everyone in her orbit so dazzled by her, so blinded, that they hadn’t noticed a darkness that might’ve lurked beneath-not until it was too […]

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eARC Review | The Girl of Hawthorn and Glass

Title: The Girl of Hawthorne and Glass Author: Adan Jerreat-Poole Publisher: Dundurn Published: 6 October 2020 Pages: 320 Quote: “[Eli] understood that creators have strings embedded in our hearts” (17). Eli is an assassin. A made assassin. She was made by a witch to be nothing more than a tool to kill ghosts in the […]

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Book Review | Sadie

Title: Sadie Author: Courtney Summers Publisher: Wednesday Books Published: 9/4/2018 Pages: 336 Trigger Warnings: Rape/Molestation of minors Quote: My body is sharp enough to cut glass and in desperate need of rounding out, but sometimes I don’t mind. A body might not always be beautiful, but a body can be a beautiful deception. Sadie’s life hasn’t been easy. […]

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Book Review | This Is How It Always Is

Title: This Is How It Always Is Author: Laurie Frankel Publisher: Flatiron Books Published: 24 January 2017 Pages: 338 Earlier this week, I finished the novel This Is How It Always Is by Laurie Frankel. I have heard about this book since it came out January 2018, but with finishing up grad school and then trying to […]

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Book Review | An Absolutely Remarkable Thing

Title: An Absolutely Remarkable Thing Author: Hank Green Publisher: Dutton Books Published: 25 September 2018 Pages: 352 I was excited to have this book in my hands, especially, since I ordered it back in May. It was so pretty when it arrived too. Firstly, I want to talk about is the actual writing of the […]

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