Tag: book review
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Book Review: Gild by Raven Kennedy
The Plated Prisoner series is one of my most anticipated series of this year. I’ve seen it just about everywhere, with most people telling me that it only gets better as the books go on, so I finally took the first book, Gild, off of my TBR and started it last week. I wasn’t sure…
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Book Review: Promise of Darkness by Bec McMaster
Promise of Darkness was gifted to me this holiday season by a wonderful friend who knows I have a love for fantasy romance novels. The premise is a bit of a blend of some major fantasies that are currently popular (think Blood and Ash meets A Court of Thorns and Roses with a mix of…
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Book Review: Book Lovers by Emily Henry
Book Lovers had immediate appeal to me based on the synopsis alone: a romantic comedy about a literary agent who keeps bumping into a handsome, brooding editor in small-town North Carolina. A book about books? That also involves the people who love books falling in love with each other? Yes please. This story had all…
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January Wrap-Up: Books Read, TBR lists, and What I’m Loving Right Now
It feels like January came and went in the blink of an eye. So much so that somehow, it’s February 7 and I’m only posting this recap now! The new year kicked off in a really fantastic way, full of friends, family, and great books. My husband was off for just over two weeks, which…
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Book Review: The Marriage Portrait by Maggie O’Farrell
I don’t typically read a lot of historical fiction, but I’d heard some really great things about The Marriage Portrait. The story follows Lucrezia de Medici, the third daughter of the Grand Duke of Florence in the 1550s-1560s and her short, tumultuous marriage to the Duke of Ferrara before her untimely death at just 16…
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Book Review: How To Be Eaten by Maria Adelmann
How To Be Eaten began showing up in various areas of the top-picks sections at my local bookstore some time in late 2022 and the premise was so unique I was instantly intrigued. It took a few months before I moved it up my list of priority books to purchase, but I’m glad I finally…
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