Every Thursday, I will post a new book review here. Check back for the latest reads.
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The Rom-Commers: Mostly good
Emma thinks she has landed the best gig ever: helping her favorite screenwriter write a romcom. That is, until she actually meets him.
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The Jasad Heir (Book 1): Fun, but not standout
Sylvia, the long-lost heir to a destroyed empire now living a small life in a faraway village, must train as her enemy’s Champion if she wants to keep her secret.
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Sunrise on the Reaping: Welcome back to Panem
24 years before Katniss Everdeen volunteers in place of her sister, Haymitch Abernathy is conscripted to the 50th Quarter Quell with double the number of tributes.
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A Drop of Corruption (Book 2): A solid sequel
When a Treasury officer disappears into thin air, the Empire sends the eccentric Ana and her bemused assistant Din to uncover the truth – which may go deeper than they’d anticipated.
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Romantic Comedy: A hate read
Sally is a high-performing sketch show writer who laments the fact that average men often date supermodel women, but the reverse is rarely true. Enter singer-songwriter Noah Brewster.
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The Once and Future Witches: Incredible prose, slow plot
In 1893, three estranged sisters are inexplicably drawn together again in a fight for suffrage that becomes a hunt to bring back witchcraft.
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The Broken Earth: Full trilogy review
When a cataclysmic Earthquake strikes, Essun’s entire life flips. Her son is murdered, her daughter is kidnapped, and civilization falls. It’s war for survival, and Essun has to navigate this new reality to find her daughter.
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Onyx Storm: A filler episode
Book 3 in the Fourth Wing series.
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Love and Other Words: A sweet, if soapy, romance
Macy and Elliot were each other’s first everything, until a falling out split them apart. Eleven years later, a chance encounter catapults Elliot back into Macy’s life, forcing her to confront her feelings about both the past and the present.
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Emily Wilde’s Compendium of Lost Tales (Book 3): The final chapter
Book 3 and conclusion to the Emily Wilde trilogy.
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Four Ruined Realms (Book 2): More twisty heists
Book 2 in the Broken Blades series.
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The Plated Prisoner: DNF series review
In this King Midas retelling, we follow Auren, the “gold-touched favored” who serves as Midas’ concubine. Auren happily lives behind the bars of her gilded cage until a series of events force her to confront an awful truth: everything she knows about Midas is wrong.
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The Favorites: A sporty Daisy Jones & the Six
10 years after her final skate, ice dancer Katarina Shaw tells her story – from her tragic childhood to her Olympic-level skating legacy, and the obsessive romance at the center of it all.
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My Best Friend’s Exorcism: Coming-of-age horror
Abby and Gretchen are best friends in 1980s Charleston. But when Gretchen begins acting strange, Abby may be the only one who can help.
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Sunbringer (Book 2): More of the same
Book 2 in the Fallen Gods trilogy.
