Category: book review
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Book Review: Happy Place by Emily Henry
I haven’t read everything by Emily Henry, but what I have read I’ve loved, which is why when Happy Place came out last year I was a little surprised to see it met with a fairly lukewarm reception. Don’t get me wrong, I did see a lot of positive reviews, but most seemed to indicate…
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Book Review: Trial of the Sun Queen by Nisha J. Tuli
This is my third novel by Nisha J. Tuli and at this point, I’m pretty confident that I’ll like anything she writes. I’ve been hearing about this series for over a year now and I wish I had started it sooner. Trial of the Sun Queen was an excellent start to a fantasy romance with…
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Book Review: The Cruel Prince by Holly Black
If you’ve been around the fantasy community for a while, the Folk of the Air series is one of the most heavily recommended in the young adult genre. The Cruel Prince came around after adolescence for me, so I didn’t read it when it first became popular, but when I saw it at my library…
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Book Review: Artificial Condition by Martha Wells
The Murderbot Diaries are quickly becoming a sci-fi favourite for me. I was so enamoured with the first book, All Systems Red, that I couldn’t wait to get my hands on the second, and I’m super pleased that it didn’t disappoint. In Artificial Condition, Wells delivers another chapter in Murderbot’s quest to discover what happened…
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April Wrap-Up: Books Read, Season of Series Update, and What I’m Loving Right Now
I can’t believe it’s already time to wrap up April 2024. It feels like this year is flying, and the pinch to get more done feels stronger than ever as we prepare for our family to grow this fall. In April, I entered my second trimester and with it, I finally got some of my…
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Book Review: Heartless Sky by Caroline Peckham and Susanne Valenti
The Zodiac Academy is one of the wildest series I’ve ever read for a handful of reasons. It’s dramatic in an almost soap-opera style way, the characters are equal parts loveable and outrageous, it’s spicier than any book series I’ve ever read, and the world and plot are so intricate and so well developed that…
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Book Review: Golden Son by Pierce Brown
When I picked up Red Rising for the first time a couple of months ago, it completely blew me away. It was exceptionally good sci-fi, probably better than I’ve read in a long time, and I was hooked on the premise immediately. You never know how a sequel will fare when the first book comes…
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Book Review: Little Thieves by Margaret Owen
Little Thieves was an excellent, original-feeling fairytale retelling based on the story of “The Goose Girl”. I wasn’t in any way familiar with that original tale, but I loved everything about the version that Margaret Owen crafted. In Little Thieves, the main character and mostly anti-hero Vanya is an imposter parading as a princess while…
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Book Review: The Seven Year Slip by Ashley Poston
This might sound dramatic, but I think The Seven Year Slip is the best contemporary romance novel that I’ve ever read. I’d seen a few bookstagrammers that I trust raving about this back in 2023, but it took ages for my hold to come in from the library. Now I wish I’d bought it a…
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Book Review: Love, Theoretically by Ali Hazelwood
Generally speaking, I typically say that while I’m not super into romance novels, I make an exception for Ali Hazelwood. I usually love her academic settings, the smart female lead characters, and the realistic depictions of sexism and the gruelling nature of academia. With Love, Theoretically though, I fear I may be reaching my limit…
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