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”The Unselected Journals of Emma M. Lion: Vol 1” Review
Fiction + Historical Fiction
“Trust Fall” Review
Fiction + Romance + Young Adult
“A Study in Drowning” Review: Liked It, Can’t Recommend It
Fantasy + Fiction + Romance + Young Adult
“Daughter of the Pirate King” Review: Good not Great
Fantasy + Fiction + Young Adult
“In Time“ Review: An Intense Novela
Dystopian + Fiction + Young Adult
“Of Curses and Kisses” Review: A Book That Fell Flat
Fiction + Romance + Young Adult

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”The Unselected Journals of Emma M. Lion: Vol 1” Review

Fiction + Historical Fiction

I had the best time reading this book! It was funny, sweet, and one of my new favourite comfort reads!

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“Trust Fall” Review

Fiction + Romance + Young Adult

I’ve been looking forward to reading this book for what seems like an eternity. So, when I finally got my hands on it, I was over the moon. Here are my honest thoughts on this new Lynn Painter book!

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“A Study in Drowning” Review: Liked It, Can’t Recommend It

Fantasy + Fiction + Romance + Young Adult

I don’t know how to feel about this book exactly. I mean, I liked it, and I enjoyed reading it. But also, it didn’t surpass my expectations. It kinda hovered right below the bar that I had set for it. There were things I really enjoyed about this book, and there were some things that I thought could be improved.

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“Daughter of the Pirate King” Review: Good not Great

Fantasy + Fiction + Young Adult

I have mixed feelings about this book. And I have a lot of thoughts. So here I am, once again, giving all my unasked for opinions, because if I’m being honest, my entire family just zones out when I try to talk about my latest read. So buckle up, because this is about to get messy.

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“In Time“ Review: An Intense Novela

Dystopian + Fiction + Young Adult

This book comes right after the first book in “The Darkest Minds” series, and I read it because I’m extremely dedicated to this series and need to read everything in it, in order.

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“Of Curses and Kisses” Review: A Book That Fell Flat

Fiction + Romance + Young Adult

I was really looking forward to this one. The cover was adorable, the synopsis sounded cute, and one of my friends was already reading it, so I thought it’d be fun to read together.

But this book was missing the spark I so wanted.

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“The Darkest Minds” Review: A 6 Star Read

Dystopian + Fiction + Romance + Young Adult

This book changed my life! I actually haven’t gone a single minute of a single day not thinking of this book since I picked it up. And believe it or not, it may be one of my new favourites! And that says a lot because it had high standards to beat.

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“Love and Other Words” Review: Not a Book for Teens

Fiction + Romance

I picked this book up on a spontaneous thrifting date. I’d seen it in a few recommendation videos for teens and expected it to be clean — let’s just say it no longer has a home in my library.

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“To Kill a Kingdom” Review: Another DNF

Fantasy + Fiction + Young Adult

I’ve seen this book everywhere, so when I found it at one of my favourite bookstores I decided to snatch it up.
Long story short, this book caused me to spiral into a full-blown book slump.

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“The Great Gatsby” My Review

Classics + Fiction

It’s no secret that Classic Literature can be hard to digest, but this book was a breath of fresh air in the world of Classics.

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