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    House of Salt and Sorrows: A book that made me both salty and sorrowful

    September 23, 2021

    🌸 Title: House of Salt and Sorrows🌸 Author: Erin A. Craig🌸 Release Date: August 6th, 2019 🌸 Genre: Young Adult, Fantasy, Fiction, Horror, Mystery, Retellings, Romance🌸 A non-major spoilers review.🌸 This was part of my May buddy read with @froggyreads! “We are born of the Salt, we live by the Salt, and to the Salt we return.” –Erin A. Craig, House of Salt and Sorrows Goodreads summary: In a manor by the sea, twelve sisters are cursed. Annaleigh lives a sheltered life at Highmoor, a manor by the sea, with her sisters, their father, and stepmother. Once they were twelve, but loneliness fills the grand halls now that four of the girls’…

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    Series Review: A Court of Thorns and Roses – A series that changed the YA genre

    March 10, 2021

    It’s not often that I find myself struggling to find the words to describe a book. Often I can just bada-bing-bada-boom and come up with a review. Even when I first read this series I couldn’t quite put into words what I felt because I’d first read Throne of Glass, and ACOTAR was a whole different species. ACOTAR was the first Young Adult series that I questioned for being YA. It seemed to be Adult, but at the same time, the age of the characters belonged in YA. It was dark, gritty, and had sex scenes that I hadn’t even read in any Adult book. So how do we decide…

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    Bloodlaced – A dark, provoking read that will break your heart

    February 8, 2021

    🌸 Title: Bloodlaced🌸Author: Courtney Maguire🌸Published: September 29th, 2020🌸Genre: Adult, Fantasy, Romance, LGBT, Fiction, Historical🌸Preview: A beautiful eastern-influenced fantasy romance that focuses on the topics of love and identity.🌸A no major spoilers review.🌸Note: I received an ARC copy from NetGalley in exchange to review. 🌸Check out my interview with Courtney Maguire! “He’s a monster,” I said, voice cracking. “Yes,” she said. “But he tries very hard not to be.” -Courtney Maguire, Bloodlaced Bloodlaced is an LGBT eastern-inspired fantasy romance that follows Asagi, a man and a woman. Asagi is unable to protect a boy they saw as a son and is sold to Mahiro, a kind and gentle master, and they fall…

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    Hidden Deep is a hidden disaster

    July 7, 2020

    This book review of Hidden Deep is brutally honest. An interesting world cannot save this books lack of real character development and overused tropes. Book: Hidden Deep by Amy Patrick. This is a no spoilers book review of Hidden Deep and differs slightly from my Goodreads review. The book Hidden Deep was clearly made to cater to the younger part of the YA genre, so I believe they would love it. However, as an adult reading this book, there are multiple glaringly obvious problems with this book, from plot to much-needed editing in some parts. The unforgettable YA book trope… “But I’d never been the girl in the room who…

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