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Review: Queen of the Tiles by Hanna Alkaf
~Summary~ Najwa has just walked into her first Scrabble tournament since the death of her best friend Trina. She’s hoping that playing again will help her to move on, and that by winning she can reclaim Trina’s title ‘Queen of the Tiles’. But she’s not the only one seeking victory. Now that Trina’s seat as…
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Review: Shadow and Bone by Leigh Bardugo
⭐⭐⭐⭐ ~My Thoughts~ I have a confession to make. I started watching the TV show before I read this book 🫣 I thought it wouldn’t matter and that I’d still be able to enjoy all that the book had to offer but I ended up playing the comparison game between the two. And it didn’t…
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Review: Among the Beasts and Briars by Ashley Poston
~Summary~ The Kingdom of Aloriya has long been a safe haven amidst the darkness of the wood that surrounds it. Cerys, who lost her friends and mother to the wood, now carries a small bit of its curse with her, a constant reminder of everything she’s lost. When the encroaching darkness finally spills over on…
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Review: Waking Fire by Jean Louise
~Summary~ Lagusa, a quiet village on the edge of a vast desert, is the only home Naira Khoum has ever known. Nothing exciting ever happens in Lagusa, that is until a woman calling herself the Mistress arrives with a hoard of Dambi, undead monsters under the control of Sothpike, a power hungry warlord. Naira doesn’t…
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Review: We Were Liars by E. Lockhart
~My Thoughts~ “Do not accept an evil you can change.” I haven’t included a summary because I think it’s best to go into this book without knowing too much about it. That might be hard to do though because this book is everywhere right now! I’m not on Tiktok or Instagram but I still managed…
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Anticipated YA Releases 2023!
With 2022 coming to a close it can feel very bittersweet, but one thing to look forward to is, with a new year comes new books! I will be highlighting my top 6 in this post but these are by no means all the books I am anticipating for next year. If you’d like to…
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Review: We Deserve Monuments by Jas Hammonds
~Summary~ “Seventeen-year-old Avery Anderson is convinced her senior year is ruined when she’s uprooted from her life in DC and forced into the hostile home of her terminally ill grandmother, Mama Letty. The tension between Avery’s mom and Mama Letty makes for a frosty arrival and unearths past drama they refuse to talk about. Every…
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Review: Thorn by Intisar Khanani
~Summary~ Alyrra feels trapped. Her family is cruel and it seems her only option for escape is through an arranged marriage to a prince from a neighboring kingdom. However, on the way to her new life, she is robbed of her identity and forced to become a lowly goose girl. Instead of letting this get…
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Top 5: Fairy-tale Retellings!
Hello everyone! Today I’m going to be sharing some of my favorite fairy-tale inspired retellings. Fairy-tales have been retold for centuries now and, whether it be for their morals, creativity or uniqueness, something about them still reaches us today. So here it goes with my top 5! (All covers link to Goodreads 😊) This is…
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Review: Strike the Zither by Joan He
~Summary~ Zephyr is a strategist under the leadership of Xin Ren. Their goal is to take down the puppet empress on the throne and restore order to the realm which was broken into three factions when Miasma seized power. But with opposition on every side, will Zephyr be willing to sacrifice everything she has for…
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