OMG REBECCA HOW COULD YOU!?! Five devastating stars. I'm still crying. I finished this book approximately 4 hours ago and rereading the freaking synopsis made me cry again. It probably didn't help that Taylor Swift's Out of the Woods was playing in the background and dammit if that doesn't fit a good part of this … Continue reading Backlist Review: The Last Letter by Rebecca Yarros
Wow. What a wild ride. I picked this book up because I was emotionally traumatized by The Weight of the Stars and I needed something to recover from it. Of course, I picked the wrong book for recovering but hot DAMN was this good! Violet Rose Spencer knows what it means to be discarded and … Continue reading Princess Ballot (Royals of Arbon Academy #1) by Jaymin Eve & Tate James
This is my most read book of all time. I've read Throne of Glass six times already, and I'll no doubt add a 7th when I reread the whole series for my birthday! This book helped me find my love of reading again when I thought college had burned it out of me. This review … Continue reading Backlist Review: Throne of Glass (Throne of Glass #1) by Sarah J. Maas
Omgggggggggg I am deceased. This was such a wonderful story about friendship, space and two girls brought together despite their differences. Ryann Bird has loved the stars and has always wished to follow in her mother's NASA footprints. Being poor and from the wrong neighborhood has dashed most of her chances. When Alexandria MacCollough arrives … Continue reading The Weight of the Stars by K. Ancrum
I feel like with every reread, this book further imprints itself on my soul. Like wow, how I am supposed to function after everything that happened!? So the premise of this story is that an illegal mining settlement is attacked by another corporation: BeiTech. Our heroes just broke up with each other and are now … Continue reading Backlist Review: Illuminae (The Illuminae Files #1) by Amie Kaufman & Jay Kristoff
I CAN'T BELIEVE IT'S OVER. Tala Warnock has never had use for magic. As a Makiling, she's always been able to negate spells, typically by accident. When she meets Alex, the prince in exile of Avalon, they become immediate friends. As the Royal States of America becomes increasingly against magic, an old enemy rises, and … Continue reading ARC Review: Wicked as You Wish (A Hundred Names for Magic #1) by Rin Chupeco
Teodora di Sangro would do anything for her family. Including using her secret magical powers to turn their enemies into household junk. Her magic marks her as a strega--a witch--but being a strega is dangerous in Vinalia. When Teo meets another strega who can switch effortlessly between forms as well as genders, she's enraptured. Cielo … Continue reading The Brilliant Death (The Brilliant Death #1) by Amy Rose Capetta
Hello lovelies! As you may have seen, I haven't been posting on my blog at all since January. While one of my resolutions was to be more active blogging, it's something I don't have the time for. I'm finishing up my third year of my PhD program and that means I'm drafting my preliminary proposal. … Continue reading I’m taking a Semi-Hiatus
I read this book as part of a group read for The Book Democracy and The Booket List on Facebook. I first tried to listen to this as an audiobook. I really loved hearing the pronunciation of all the Russian names, places and terms. While it was music to my ears, it was confusion to … Continue reading Backlist Review: The Bear & the Nightingale (The Winternight Trilogy #1) by Katherine Arden
This was the Barnes and Noble YA Bookclub pick of the month and I really enjoyed this gay as fuck urban fantasy. Kane should be dead. He's not sure what happened, but somehow he's covered in burns, lost a year of his memories and left a town icon in smolders. Sophia, his sister, tries to … Continue reading Reverie by Ryan La Sala
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