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Love and Other Natural Disasters by Misa Sugiura
For the love of Jupiter, Nozomi was such a detestable main character. It had been a while since I so wholeheartedly hated and rooted against the main character of a novel…but here we go. Love and Other Natural Disasters is the kind of romance YA novel that pretends to critique and be self-aware of the…
1st pov, 2 STARS, America, American, ANGST, bi side characters, BOOK REVIEW, BOOK REVIEWS, Booklr, books i hate, California, Contemporary, drama, ENEMIES TO LOVERS, f/f, fake dating, female authors, japanese american author, LESBIAN, lgbtq+, LGBTQ+ Author, Love and Other Natural Disasters, love quadrangle, MELODRAMA, Misa Sugiura, My reviews, published in 2021, queer, read in 2021, reading, rom-coms, ROMANCE, sapphic, YOUNG ADULT -
Last Night by Mhairi McFarlane
This is the fifth novel that I have read by Mhairi McFarlane and it is her best one yet. I said this in my review for her previous novel, If I Never Met You, but McFarlane is always improving as a writer. While Last Night presents readers with her trademark blend of humor of realism,…
1st pov, 5 STARS, Adult, arc, child abuse, cliques, Contemporary, DEATH, ENEMIES TO LOVERS, england, favourite authors, female authors, forgiveness, friendships, gay side characters, GRIEF, GUILT, HUMOR, identity, introspective, Last Night, lgbtq+ side, mental health, Mhairi McFarlane, netgalley, Nottingham, published in 2021, read in 2021, road trip, rom-coms, ROMANCE, scotland, scottish british author, siblings, unrequited love -
Her Royal Highness by Rachel Hawkins
Her Royal Highness is the book equivalent of cotton candy: fluffy and sweet. This was an exceedingly cute, occasionally silly, and thoroughly enjoyable f/f romance. Her Royal Highness is escapist fiction at its finest. Her Royal Highness is an easy read that delivers a sweet romance between two very different girls: we have Millie, an…
1st pov, 3.5 STARS, academia, America, American, AMERICAN AUTHOR, BISEXUAL/PANSEXUAL, boarding/private school, BOOK REVIEWS, Booklr, Contemporary, ENEMIES TO LOVERS, f/f, female authors, FLUFFY READ, Her Royal Highness, HUMOR, lesbian side characters, lgbtq+, light reads, published in 2019, queer, Rachel Hawkins, re-reads, READ IN 2019, read in 2021, ROMANCE, royals, sapphic, scotland, texas, uplifting reads, YOUNG ADULT -
How the King of Elfhame Learned to Hate Stories by Holly Black
“I am nothing,” Cardan said, “if not dramatic.” Holly Black’s prose is as tantalising as ever.The tales collected in How the King of Elfhame Learned to Hate Stories focus on Cardan. We learn more of his childhood and get to see certain scenes and events from The Cruel Prince through his perspective.Stories are at the…
3rd pov, 4 STARS, AMERICAN AUTHOR, ENEMIES TO LOVERS, FAERIES, FAIRY TALES, FAIRYLAND, FANTASY, favourite authors, female authors, FOLKLORE, great storytelling, HOLLY BLACK, How the King of Elfhame Learned to Hate Stories, MAGIC, published in 2020, read in 2020, ROMANCE, short stories, story within a story, the folk of the air, YOUNG ADULT -
The Binding by Bridget Collins — book review
“Bindings are for desperate people. People who can’t go anywhere else.” Surprising, occasionally frustrating, and relentlessly sad, The Binding never seemed to reach its full potential. I was genuinely intrigued by the premise (an alternative history in which book binders get rid of people’s ‘bad’ memories?) even if I know that the whole ‘memory-erasing’ idea…
19TH CENTURY, 1st pov, 3 STARS, Adult, alternate history, ANGST, BOOK REVIEWS, books about books, Bridget Collins, British author, drama, ENEMIES TO LOVERS, FANTASY, female authors, gay, HISTORICAL FICTION, identity, jealousy, lgbtq+, m/m, MAGIC, MAGICAL REALISM, MELODRAMA, MEMORY, MYSTERY, read in 2020, ROMANCE, The Binding -
The Trouble with Hating You by Sajni Patel — book review
As much as I wanted to love The Trouble with Hating You, I found its storyline frustrating and I’m ready to spill some tea. While I appreciated the way in which Sajni Patel incorporated serious issues into her narrative, I couldn’t push aside my annoyance towards her main characters. Yes, they did have chemistry and…
1st pov, 2 STARS, Adult, Contemporary, ENEMIES TO LOVERS, family, female authors, identity, indian american author, intergenerational, problematic, published in 2020, read in 2020, rom-coms, ROMANCE, Sajni Patel, scientists & co, sexual assault/abuse/rape, The Trouble with Hating You, trauma, trying and failing @ feminism, work culture -
Beach Read by Emily Henry — book review
Romance enthusiasts will undoubtedly enjoy Emily Henry’s Beach Read. Personally, while I do enjoy romance books, I usually prefer them to be less cheesy…and while certain scenes or lines in Beach Read did make me smile, it wasn’t quite the ‘laugh-out-loud’ read I was hoping it would be. This is yet another novel that seems…
1st pov, 3 STARS, Adult, affairs, America, American, AMERICAN AUTHOR, Beach Read, books about books, books about writers, BOOKS ON WRITING, cheesy, Contemporary, drama, Emily Henry, ENEMIES TO LOVERS, female authors, HUMOR, hyped novels, hyped releases, lesbian side characters, lgbtq+ side, light reads, Michigan, published in 2020, read in 2020, rom-coms, ROMANCE, Summer, summer reads -
The Queen of Nothing by Holly Black – book review
Court intrigue ahoy! “We have lived in our armor for so long, you and I. And now I am not sure if either of us knows how to remove it.” Holly Black’s sensual and lush writing style perfectly complements the menacing world her heroine inhabits. Black’s silvery prose brims with lavish descriptions: she renders the…
1st pov, 4 STARS, AMERICAN AUTHOR, BOOK REVIEW, Booklr, BOOKWORM, court intrigue, ENEMIES TO LOVERS, f/f side, FAERIES, FAIRY TALES, FAIRYLAND, FANTASY, favourite authors, female authors, HOLLY BLACK, HYPED, lgbtq+ side, MAGIC, PARANORMAL, queer side characters, READ IN 2019, REVIEW, ROMANCE, sea, THE CRUEL PRINCE, the folk of the air, the queen of nothing, URBAN FANTASY, YOUNG ADULT -
Red, White & Royal Blue: Book Review
disclaimer: I amended my original review which was low-key harsh. I know everyone and their grandma loved this book and I’m sorry that I don’t feel the same way. McQuiston is by no means a bad writer, it just so happens that her book did not work for me. Red, White & Royal Blue has…
1st pov, 2.5 STARS, America, American, AMERICAN AUTHOR, Casey McQuiston, Contemporary, ENEMIES TO LOVERS, england, female authors, gay, HUMOR, HYPED, lgbtq+, LGBTQ+ Author, light reads, m/m, NEW ADULT, published in 2019, queer, READ IN 2019, Red White & Royal Blue, REVIEW, rich people, rom-coms, ROMANCE, royals, Washington DC, why the hype, YOUNG ADULT -
Children of Blood and Bone by Tomi Adeyemi
unpopular opinion in 1…2…3…. While I’m no longer an avid YA fan, I still do like to check out the new YA titles. Reading the blurb, and the general hype, for Children of Blood and Bone I was so sure that I would too love it that I bough a hardback copy. The design of…
2 STARS, adventure, Black & Black heritage authors, Children of Blood and Bone, ENEMIES TO LOVERS, FANTASY, high fantasy, KIDS WITH POWERS, Legacy of Orïsha, MAGIC, nigerian american author, published in 2018, read in 2018, ROMANCE, Tomi Adeyemi, UNPOPULAR OPINION, West-African inspired setting, why the hype, YOUNG ADULT
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