• History and Espionage: School for Unusual Girls Review

    Author: Kathleen Baldwin Synopsis Welcome to Stranje House. It’s 1814. Napoleon is exiled on Elba. Europe is in shambles. Britain is at war on four fronts. And Stranje House, a School for Unusual Girls, has become one of Regency England’s dark little secrets. The daughters of the beau monde who don’t fit high society’s constrictive mold are banished…

    History and Espionage: School for Unusual Girls Review
  • When Books and Music Meet

    Music connects people to not only themselves but to other people. Music has that magic ability to transport people into another time. It can take people to the past, into the arms of the one that got away, or even into dreams of the future. Great love stories were brought to life through the power…

    When Books and Music Meet
  • Chilling Filipino Folklore: The Sacrifice Review

    Author: Rin Chupeco Synopsis An island oasis turns deadly when a terrifying legend threatens to kill off visitors one by one in this haunting novel from the highly acclaimed author of The Girl from the Well and the Bone Witch trilogy. Pristine beaches, lush greenery, and perfect weather, the island of Kisapmata would be the…

    Chilling Filipino Folklore: The Sacrifice Review
  • War, Magic, and Power: The Poppy War Review

    Author: R. F. Kuang Synopsis When Rin aced the Keju—the Empire-wide test to find the most talented youth to learn at the Academies—it was a shock to everyone: to the test officials, who couldn’t believe a war orphan from Rooster Province could pass without cheating; to Rin’s guardians, who believed they’d finally be able to…

    War, Magic, and Power: The Poppy War Review
  • Second Chance Romance: Happy Place Review

    Author: Emily Henry Synopsis Harriet and Wyn have been the perfect couple since they met in college—they go together like salt and pepper, honey and tea, lobster and rolls. Except, now—for reasons they’re still not discussing—they don’t. They broke up six months ago. And still haven’t told their best friends. Which is how they find…

    Second Chance Romance: Happy Place Review
  • Summer Camp Romance: Wish You Weren’t Here Review

    Publication Date: June 4, 2023 Author: Erin Baldwin I voluntarily read and reviewed an advanced copy of this book. All thoughts and opinions are my own. Synopsis Juliette doesn’t hate Priya Pendley. At least, not in the way teen movies say she should hate the hot popular girl. They don’t do cat fights, love triangles,…

    Summer Camp Romance: Wish You Weren’t Here Review
  • A Complex Tapestry of Magic and Mystery

    Book: Blood Debts Author: Terry J. Benton-Walker Synopsis On the anniversary of these brutal events, Clement and Cristina Trudeau—the sixteen-year-old twin heirs to the powerful, magical, dethroned family—are mourning their father and caring for their sick mother. Until, by chance, they discover their mother isn’t sick—she’s cursed. Cursed by someone on the very magic council…

    A Complex Tapestry of Magic and Mystery
  • Love and Adventure: In the Lives of Puppets Review

    Author: T.J. Kune Synopsis In a strange little home built into the branches of a grove of trees, live three robots—fatherly inventor android Giovanni Lawson, a pleasantly sadistic nurse machine, and a small vacuum desperate for love and attention. Victor Lawson, a human, lives there too. They’re a family, hidden and safe. The day Vic…

    Love and Adventure: In the Lives of Puppets Review
  • Love Kasie West? Me Too

    I don’t know when it started, but Kasie West and her writing has me in a chokehold. I see a new book out by her? I must add it to my collection. They are feel-good books that fall into the contemporary clean romance genre. After I bingre-read her books for the millionth time, I decided…

    Love Kasie West? Me Too
  • Outlawed Magic and Unwritten Destiny: Song of Silver, Flame, Like Night Review

    Author: Amélie Wen Zhao Synopsis Once, Lan had a different name. Now she goes by the one the Elantian colonizers gave her when they invaded her kingdom, killed her mother, and outlawed her people’s magic. She spends her nights as a songgirl in Haak’gong, a city transformed by the conquerors, and her days scavenging for…

    Outlawed Magic and Unwritten Destiny: Song of Silver, Flame, Like Night Review
  • Tale of Revenge and Redemption: For She is Wrath Review

    I voluntarily read and reviewed an advanced copy of this book. All thoughts and opinions are my own. Publication Date: October 29, 2024 Author: Emily Varga Synopsis Three hundred and sixty-four days.Framed for a crime she didn’t commit, Dania counts down her days in prison until she can exact revenge on Mazin, the boy responsible…

    Tale of Revenge and Redemption: For She is Wrath Review
  • Dive Into the Mind: Mysterious Ways Review

    I voluntarily read and reviewed an advanced copy of this book. All thoughts and opinions are my own. Publication Date: August 27, 2024 Author: Wendy Wunder Synopsis Seventeen-year-old Maya knows things. When she looks at someone, she instantly knows everything about them: their history, their private thoughts, their secret desires, their most tragic failures. She…

    Dive Into the Mind: Mysterious Ways Review
  • The Dog Comes First: Heir, Apparently Review

    I voluntarily read and reviewed an advanced copy of this book. All thoughts and are my own. Publication Date: July 9, 2024 Author: Kara McDowell Synopsis Freshman year is stressful enough without accidentally being married to the King of England. Of course, Wren Wheeler can’t tell her Northwestern classmates about that; after surviving a narrowly-averted…

    The Dog Comes First: Heir, Apparently Review
  • Saddle Up for Romance: Near Misses & Cowboy Kisses Review

    I voluntarily read and reviewed an advanced copy of this book. All thoughts and opinions are my own. Publication Date: July 23, 2024 Author: Katrina Emmel Synopsis Anything’s possible under a prairie sky… Riley Thomas is feeling stuck—she’s moved from California to Nebraska, she’s on a weeklong Oregon Trail family bonding excursion, and her luggage…

    Saddle Up for Romance: Near Misses & Cowboy Kisses Review
  • Fear and Power: The White Guy Dies First Review

    I voluntarily read and reviewed an advanced copy of this book. All thoughts and opinions are my own. Author(s): Terry J. Benton-Walker (Editor), Faridah Àbíké-Íyímídé, Kalynn Bayron, Kendare Blake, H.E. Edgmon, Lamar Giles, Chloe Gong, Alexis Henderson, Tiffany D. Jackson, Adiba Jaigirdar, Naseem Jamnia, Karen Strong, Mark Oshiro Publication Date: July 16, 2024 Synopsis 13 SCARY STORIES. 13 AUTHORS OF COLOR.13 TIMES WE SURVIVED THE FIRST KILL. The…

    Fear and Power: The White Guy Dies First Review
  • Travel to Ireland Through Books

    The Accident Season Moïra Fowley-Doyle Every October Cara and her family become inexplicably and unavoidably accident-prone. Some years it’s bad, like the season when her father died, and some years it’s just a lot of cuts and scrapes. This accident season—when Cara, her ex-stepbrother, Sam, and her best friend, Bea, are 17—is going to be…

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  • These Hollow Vows Review

    Author: Lexi Ryan Synopsis Brie hates the Fae and refuses to have anything to do with them, even if that means starving on the street. But when her sister is sold to the sadistic king of the Unseelie court to pay a debt, she’ll do whatever it takes to get her back—including making a deal…

    These Hollow Vows Review
  • Unraveling Fate: Threads That Bind Review

    Author: Kika Hatzopoulou Synopsis Descendants of the Fates are always born in threes: one to weave, one to draw, and one to cut the threads that connect people to the things they love and to life itself. The Ora sisters are no exception. Io, the youngest, uses her Fate-born abilities as a private investigator in…

    Unraveling Fate: Threads That Bind Review
  • Poolside Escape: Love Me Do Review

    Author: Lindsey Kelk Synopsis She may have given up on love – but she can still play Cupid for somebody else . . .Lovelorn Brit Phoebe Chapman has barely set foot in her sister’s house in the Hollywood Hills when she’s swept up by lovable Bel, her sister’s personal trainer, and handsome Ren, the sweet…

    Poolside Escape: Love Me Do Review
  • Twisted Fairytale Magic: The Severed Thread Review

    Author: Leslie Vedder Synopsis Which threads of fate will hold—and which will break? Fi has awakened the sleeping prince, but the battle for Andar is far from over. The Spindle Witch, the Witch Hunters, and Fi’s own Butterfly Curse all stand between them and happily ever after. Shane has her partner’s back. But she’s in for the…

  • A Haunting Journey in Ireland: Our Wicked Histories Review

    Publication Date: July 30, 2024 Author: Amy Goldsmith I voluntarily read and reviewed an advanced copy of this book. All thoughts and opinions are my own. Synopsis There’s something in the lake at Wren Hall. At least, that’s what the locals say. Not that Meg cares much about the rumors. When she’s asked to spend…

    A Haunting Journey in Ireland: Our Wicked Histories Review
  • Secrets in the Sand: I Wish You Would Review

    Publication Date: May 21, 2024 Author: Eva Des Lauriers I voluntarily read and reviewed an advanced copy of this book. All thoughts and opinions are my own. Synopsis In this drama-filled love story, private confessions are scattered on the beach during a senior class overnight and explosive secrets threaten to tear everyone apart, including best…

    Secrets in the Sand: I Wish You Would Review
  • Not feeling a series? Check out these standalones! (part 2)

    The Stars We Steal Alexa Donne Engagement season is in the air. Eighteen-year-old Princess Leonie “Leo” Kolburg, heir to a faded European spaceship, only has one thing on her mind: which lucky bachelor can save her family from financial ruin? But when Leo’s childhood friend and first love Elliot returns as the captain of a…

    Not feeling a series? Check out these standalones! (part 2)
  • Parisian Perfection: Love Requires Chocolate Review

    Publication Date: August 20, 2024 Author: Ravynn K. Stringfield I voluntarily read and reviewed an advanced copy of this book. All thoughts and opinions are my own. Synopsis Whitney Curry is primed to have an epic semester abroad. She’s created the perfectitinerary and many, many to-do lists after collecting every detail possible about Paris, France.…

    Parisian Perfection: Love Requires Chocolate Review
  • A Melodic Journey of Self-Discovery: The Notes Review

    Publication Date: April 30, 2024 Author: Catherine Con Morse I voluntarily read and reviewed an advanced copy of this book. All thoughts and opinions are my own. Synopsis A reserved Chinese American teen at a Southern performing arts boarding school comes into her own under the tutelage of a glamorous new piano teacher. A moving…

    A Melodic Journey of Self-Discovery: The Notes Review
  • Captivating Conclusion to a Riveting Fantasy: Ruthless Vows Review

    Author: Rebecca Ross Synopsis Two weeks have passed since Iris Winnow returned home bruised and heartbroken from the front, but the war is far from over. Roman is missing, and the city of Oath continues to dwell in a state of disbelief and ignorance. When Iris and Attie are given another chance to report on…

    Captivating Conclusion to a Riveting Fantasy: Ruthless Vows Review
  • Navigating Shadows and Light

    Book: Free Radicals Author: Lila Riesen Synopsis Sixteen-year-old Mafi Shahin knows life is not always fair. If it were she’d have just as much freedom as her older brother Rafi and her crush—basketball star Jalen Thomas—would see her as more than Rafi’s kid sister. And if life were fair, Mafi’s family in Afghanistan wouldn’t have…

    Navigating Shadows and Light
  • Curveball of Emotions: First Base Review

    Publication Date: April 23, 2024 Author: Ally Wiegand I voluntarily read and reviewed an advanced copy of this book. All thoughts and opinions are my own. Synopsis It was just a game… until the rules changed. Baseball photographer Maggie Redford is happy to watch life from the stands. At twenty-five, she’s already lost the love…

  • Delving into Dark Mysteries

    Book: A Study in Drowning Author: Ava Reid Synopsis Effy Sayre has always believed in fairy tales. Haunted by visions of the Fairy King since childhood, she’s had no choice. Her tattered copy of Angharad—Emrys Myrddin’s epic about a mortal girl who falls in love with the Fairy King, then destroys him—is the only thing keeping…

    Delving into Dark Mysteries
  • Not feeling a series? Check out these standalones! (part 1)

    Goodbye from Nowhere Sara Zarr Kyle Baker thought his family was happy. Happy enough, anyway. That’s why, when Kyle learns that his mother has been having an affair and his father has been living with the secret, his reality is altered. He quits baseball, ghosts his girlfriend, and generally checks out of life as he’s…

    Not feeling a series? Check out these standalones! (part 1)
  • The Witch and the Vampire Review

    Author: Francesca Flores Synopsis Ava and Kaye used to be best friends. Until one night two years ago, vampires broke through the magical barrier protecting their town, and in the ensuing attack, Kaye’s mother was killed, and Ava was turned into a vampire. Since then, Ava has been trapped in her house. Her mother Eugenia…

    The Witch and the Vampire Review
  • Unveiling Identities in the Digital Realm

    Title: Twelfth Knight Author: Alexene Farol Follmuth Publication Date: May 28, 2024 I voluntarily read and reviewed an advanced copy of this book. All thoughts and opinions are my own. Synopsis Viola Reyes is annoyed. Her painstakingly crafted tabletop game campaign was shot down, her best friend is suggesting she try being more “likable,” and…

    Unveiling Identities in the Digital Realm
  • Whirlwind Romance Through the Streets of Rome

    Title: All Roads Lead to Rome Author: Sabrian Fedel Publication Date: June 18, 2024 I voluntarily read and reviewed an advanced copy of this book. All thoughts and opinions are my own. Synopsis When the daughter of a diplomat fake dates a Scottish celebrity in Italy, she soon finds herself living her own Roman Holiday…

    Whirlwind Romance Through the Streets of Rome
  • A Refreshing Summer Escape

    Book: Beach Cute Author: Beth Reekles Publication Date: May 21, 2024 I voluntarily read and reviewed an advanced copy of this book. All thoughts and opinions are my own. Synopsis Luna, Rory and Jodie are strangers in the need of a vacation… Luna has unexpectedly broken up with her boyfriend. Rory has to come up…

    A Refreshing Summer Escape
  • The Poisons We Drink Review

    Author: Bethany Baptiste Release Date: March 5, 2024 I voluntarily read and reviewed an advanced copy of this book. All thoughts and opinions are my own. Synopsis In a country divided between humans and witchers, Venus Stoneheart hustles as a brewer making illegal love potions to support her family. Love potions is a dangerous business.…

    The Poisons We Drink Review
  • The Last Boyfriends Rules for Revenge

    Author: Matthew Hubbard Publish Date: April 30, 2024 I voluntarily read and reviewed an advanced copy of this book. All thoughts and opinions are my own. Synopsis Ezra Hayes has always felt like a background character compared to BFFs Lucas and Finley. He would do anything to be seen as a romantic lead, even if…

    The Last Boyfriends Rules for Revenge
  • I’ll Put a Spell On You (part 1)

    Autumn is my favorite time of the year. And I will do everything to fool myself into believing it is always autumn (even in the middle of winter in Northern Minnesota), from decorating my apartment in year-round autumn decorations, to re-watching my favorite fall/Halloween movies. It must also be noted that Halloween is my favorite…

    I’ll Put a Spell On You (part 1)
  • The Flower Sisters Reveiw

    Author: Michelle Collins Anderson Release Date: April 23, 2024 I voluntarily read and reviewed an advanced copy of this book. All thoughts and opinions are my own. Synopsis At birth, Violet and Rose Flowers were identical, save for a tiny bluish-purple mark gracing Violet’s slender neck. By nineteen, their temperaments distinguish them, as different as…

    The Flower Sisters Reveiw
  • Meet Me in the Fourth Dimension Review

    Author: Rita Feinstein Release Date: March 12, 2024 I voluntarily read and reviewed an advanced copy of this book. All thoughts and opinions are my own. Synopsis It’s easy to believe in the apocalypse when you’re losing your religion. NASA has assured everyone the passage of rogue planet Malachite will be safe, but Crosby’s been…

    Meet Me in the Fourth Dimension Review
  • Coloring Outside the Lines

    Book: Something More Author: Jackie Khalilieh Synopsis Fifteen-year-old Jessie, a quirky loner obsessed with the nineties, is diagnosed as autistic just weeks before starting high school. Determined to make a fresh start and keep her diagnosis a secret, Jessie creates a list of goals that range from acquiring two distinct eyebrows to getting a magical…

    Coloring Outside the Lines
  • Revenge and Romance

    Book: Never Getting Back Together Author: Sophie Gonzales Synopsis It’s been two years since Maya’s ex-boyfriend cheated on her, and she still can’t escape him: his sister married the crown prince of a minor European country and he captured hearts as her charming younger brother. If the world only knew the real Jordy, the manipulative…

    Revenge and Romance
  • Darkly Enchanting Read

    Book: Hotel Magnifique Author: Emily J. Taylor Synopsis All her life, Jani has dreamed of Elsewhere. Just barely scraping by with her job at a tannery, she’s resigned to a dreary life in the port town of Durc, caring for her younger sister Zosa. That is, until the Hotel Magnifique comes to town. The hotel…

    Darkly Enchanting Read
  • Sweet Teen Romance

    Book: Once Upon a K-Prom Author: Kat Cho Synopsis What would you do if the world’s biggest K-pop star asked you to prom? Perfect for fans of Jenny Han and Sandhya Menon, this hilarious and heartfelt novel brings the glamour and drama of the K-pop world straight to high school. Elena Soo has always felt…

    Sweet Teen Romance
  • Incognito Spicy

    Spicy books that don’t have those spicy covers. (Note: some of these books may have alternate covers that are a *little* spicy, so if you’re looking for an incognito spicy book, make sure you get the correct cover!) Beach Read Emily Henry Augustus Everett is an acclaimed author of literary fiction. January Andrews writes bestselling…

    Incognito Spicy
  • A Modern Twist on Pride and Prejudice

    Book: Accomplished Author: Amanda Quain Synopsis It is a truth universally acknowledged that Georgiana Darcy should have been expelled after The Incident with Wickham Foster last year – at least if you ask any of her Pemberley Academy classmates. She may have escaped expulsion because of her family name, but she didn’t escape the disappointment…

    A Modern Twist on Pride and Prejudice
  • Drizzle, Dreams, and Lovestruck Things Review

    The Singh sisters grew up helping their father navigate the bustle of the Songbird Inn. Nestled on dreamy and drizzly Orcas Island in the Pacific Northwest, the inn’s always been warm and cozy and filled with interesting guests—the perfect home. But things are about to heat up now that the Songbird has been named the…

    Drizzle, Dreams, and Lovestruck Things Review
  • Belladonna Review

    Author: Adalyn Grace Orphaned as a baby, nineteen-year-old Signa has been raised by a string of guardians, each one more interested in her wealth than her well-being—and each has met an untimely end. Her remaining relatives are the elusive Hawthornes, an eccentric family living at Thorn Grove, an estate both glittering and gloomy. Its patriarch…

    Belladonna Review
  • How To Succeed in Witchcraft Review

    Author: Aislinn Brophy Magically brilliant, academically perfect, chronically overcommitted… Shay Johnson has all the makings of a successful witch. Now that she’s a junior at T.K. Anderson Magical Magnet School, she’s one step closerto winning the full-ride Brockton Scholarship–her ticket into the university of her dreams. Her main competition? Ana freaking Alvarez. The key to…

    How To Succeed in Witchcraft Review
  • Sports Romance

    First and Then Emma Mills Devon Tennyson wouldn’t change a thing. She’s happy watching Friday night games from the bleachers, silently crushing on best friend Cas, and blissfully ignoring the future after high school. But the universe has other plans. It delivers Devon’s cousin Foster, an unrepentant social outlier with a surprising talent for football,…

    Sports Romance
  • Enemies to Lovers Recommendations

    It All Comes Back to You Farah Naz Rishi After Kiran Noorani’s mom died, Kiran vowed to keep her dad and sister, Amira, close. Then out of the blue, Amira announces that she’s dating someone and might move cross-country with him. Kiran is thrown. Deen Malik is thrilled that his older brother, Faisal, has found…

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