Category: book review
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Book Review: The Secret History by Donna Tartt
I picked up The Secret History because I’d seen a number of people describe it as a classic piece of dark academia. People who love it seem to REALLY love it, and whenever I see a fandom that’s devoted to a book in that way, it makes me curious. I can absolutely see why many…
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Book Review: Glint by Raven Kennedy
The Plated Prisoner Series is one of the most hyped fantasy/fantasy romance series on bookstagram, and deservedly so. I really enjoyed the first book, Gild, which set the stage for the series as a retelling of King Midas, and this second installment was even better. Kennedy did such a magnificent job of taking this unique…
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Book Review: Beautiful World, Where Are You by Sally Rooney
Beautiful World, Where Are You was such a poignant, emotional look into what it is to love and live and grow older. It was an eerily familiar depiction of the existential crisis that sometimes hits when you look at your life and it isn’t what you thought or expected it to be. I loved the…
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Book Review: The Reckoning (The Zodiac Academy #3) by Caroline Peckham and Susanne Valenti
I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again: The Zodiac Academy is one of the most addictive series I’ve read. It’s dramatic and full of early adulthood angst, but the over-the-top nature of the books is part of the series’ charm. Now that so much of the magic system and universe is established, I…
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Book Review: If We Were Villains by M.L. Rio
I love a good dark academia novel, and If We Were Villains is one of my favourites that I’ve read in some time. I can’t even recall where I first started seeing positive reviews about it since it’s been around for a while, but it lived up to the hype. Set in a conservatory school…
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Book Review: Practical Magic by Alice Hoffman
Practical Magic is one of those classics that many people I know reference but that I’d never actually read myself. I listened to this one on audiobook and I have to say, I get the hype. It was a great story of love, life, growing up and growing older, all with an understated aspect of…
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April Wrap-Up: Books Read, TBR lists, and What I’m Loving Right Now
April was a big month over here. My husband and I made some big moves, which we aren’t yet ready to talk about but are very excited about, and professionally, I don’t think I’ve ever been busier. We did our best to get as much time in with family as we could (though it’s never…
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Book Review: The Adventures of Amina Al-Sirafi by Shannon Chakraborty
Shannon Chakraborty is a master of fantasy. She creates such epically intricate worlds with fantastic and loveable characters, and I’m convinced she can’t write a bad book. I just finished the Daevabad trilogy this year, so when I heard that she had a new book coming in 2023, it didn’t matter to me what it…
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Book Review: Daughter of the Moon Goddess by Sue Lynn Tan
I picked up Daughter of the Moon Goddess on a great sale at Homesense partly because I thought the cover was gorgeous and partly because of the excellent reviews I’d seen on Instagram from reviewers with similar reading preferences. It sounded like a promising premise, but I was utterly unprepared for how all-consuming this book…
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Book Review: Ruin and Rising by Leigh Bardugo
Ruin and Rising was the epic finale of the Shadow and Bone series, and while it took some turns that weren’t how I wanted to see things play out, it was still an extraordinarily entertaining book that I thoroughly enjoyed. Where Siege and Storm was a little slower-paced, and a little more focused on the…
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