Category: Contemporary
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Review: Trouble Girls by Julia Lynn Rubin (Release 06/01/2021)
I really wanted to enjoy this book, but I found it to drag on a lot, and wondering when it would end. Part of my problem with this book is that there are no chapters in this book, there is nothing breaking up the book into more manageable chunks. I understand that for some this…
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Review: Cool for the Summer by Dahlia Adler (Release 05/11/2021)
I received an eARC of this book from the publisher on NetGalley in exchange for an honest review. I wanted to love this book, a bi MC, senior year of high school, a love triangle, all of that sounded wonderful and like it would be to my taste. I unfortunately did not love this book.…
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Review: Lost in the Never Woods by Aiden Thomas (Release 03/23/2021)
I received an E-arc from Netgalley in exchange for an honest review. This was one of my most anticipated books of the year after reading Aiden’s debut novel Cemetery Boys last year. Unfortunately, my high hopes for this book were not met. It is a mostly enjoyable read but one of my favorite features of…
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Review: Roman and Jewel by Dana L. Davis (Release 01/05/2021)
I received a copy of this book from NetGalley in exchange for an honest review. I really wanted to like this book, I’m typically a sucker for a Romeo and Juliet retelling, but this book was just not my cup of tea. Jerzie felt very immature, more immature than her age of sixteen, turning seventeen…
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Review: Even If We Break by Marieke Nijkamp (Released 09/15/2020)
The disability, neurodivergent, and trans/non-binary rep is where this book shines. As someone with EDS, the same chronic illness as Finn, I’ve never seen myself represented on the page. I’ve never seen a character that’s been allowed to be a crutch user, and face the reality that he may eventually need a wheelchair, but also…