10 Things That Never Happened by Alexis Hall

When they casually mention the "child of a rockstar": Lucien. You're talking about Lucien.
Me trying to see if they made cameo appearances in Boyfriend/Husband Material....because I know it's in the same world.
The found family. Except the family is actually a family and it's Christmas.
400 Pages

August Fantasy

Timekeeper by Tara Sim
When the library has the first and last book on audio, but not the second.
Also the mythology of clocks having spirits and stuff. fdsjkla
448 Pages

The Darkening by Sunya Mara
It's the re-read before I read the second book. Because otherwise I would be LOST.
400 Pages

Omen of Ice by Jus Accardo
SCREEEEEEEEECH. I love Fae. We know this. But also
seeing the new "she's the bodyguard and they're paired together"
and the magic shenanigans.
400 Pages

A Kingdom Submerged by Deborah Grace White
Classism Classism Classism
Can I punch the jerks plz
It's the spread of misinformation to the public to control them for me.
They really do have 2023 Ariel and Eric vibes. Love it.
364 Pages

Court of Dragons by Frost Kay
so it took half the book to get to the main plot that was in the book blurb
I'm still intrigued.
300 Pages

Not Good for Maidens by Tori Bovalino
The hopping timelines kind of confused me
meh
352 Pages

Only a Monster by Vanessa Len
I'm re-reading it.
Must. Protect. Nick.
The time travel. The magic.
I'm totally not stressed for the next book coming out next week.
416 Pages

August Science Fiction

Iron Gold by Pierce Brown
My babies all grown up with babies. Must protect.
I will protect Pax with literally everything in me. He soft boi.
Darrow is raising him right, even if he's never there. Like. His name means Peace. 
624 Pages

Star Bringer by Tracy Wolff and Nina Croft
It's not the Crave series. 😭
There was potential, but meh.
608 Pages

Gideon the Ninth by Tamsyn Muir

Your hands are sisters not twins.
My brain: Your eyebrows are sisters, not twins vine.
So I may have gotten distracted and like....not understood what was happening half of the time.
496 Pages

Under the Lights by Dahlia Adler

Josh being the best.
279 Pages

Mistakes Were Made by Meryl Wilsner

Like...I know age isn't supposed to matter, but I'm uncomfortable.
Also it's spicy....Like..in the first chapter.
352 Pages

The Shadow Cabinet by Juno Dawson

Ciara and her hatred of the world and literally everyone is not my vibe. like... Alexa play TS Mean. She awful.
Ok so it got better cause character growth is a thing
Hey look. Men still being crappy because they feel threatened by women or anyone that's different than them.
528 Pages

The Alchemy of Moonlight by David Ferraro

So like....I didn't feel like the stakes were high, in the sense that when something bad happened I was like...meh. Maybe the pacing was off?
Totally called the surprise tho.
384 Pages

Written in the Stars by Alexandria Bellefleur

 "I would like to be excluded from"
The number of casual Taylor Swift references...because literally one word makes me think Taylor Swift.
Also it's a queer pride and prejudice.
Es steamy....
372 Pages

Something to Talk About by Meryl Wilsner

The angst. The misunderstandings. the yearning.
Ok but like..when you share a jewelry set at an event, people are going to talk.
The last chapter.
336 Pages

Apparently I don't have the brain capacity to make individual posts anymore

Accidentally Amy by Lynn Painter
I feel like I've read this story before, but also I love it.
281 Pages

Love, Chai, and Other Four-Letter Words by Annika Sharma
ok but the different cultures and like....trying to juggle that.
384 Pages

Rosewood: a Midsummer Meet Cute by Sayantani DasGupta
So it's like....if you were on the set of Bridgerton with all the actors, but they're all teens, so the shenanigans are teen level.
It's also a Jane Austen retelling (that I cant remember atm) and there's references thrown in throughout.
336 Pages

Ten Trends to Seduce Your Bestfriend by Penny Reid
Hi so I loved this, no one look at me.
Also the sensory processing and the needing space.
I love this boy. I love him so much.
436 Pages

The River of Silver by S.A. Chakraborty
When you get more content from a world you love.
256 Pages

The Seven Year Slip by Ashley Poston
LISTEN. LISTEN LISTEN LISTEN. Ashley Poston. AND IT'S IN THE SAME WORLD AS DEAD ROMANTICS.
The magic time-traveling apartment.
Kermit hearts gif
I need more content
Also I didn't guess all of the twists so I'm v happy about that.
368 Pages

The Long Way to a Small Angry Planet by Becky Chambers
So like...This felt low stakes so I was kind of...eh.
518 Pages

Payback's a Witch by Lana Harper
When you don't remember reading a book until you write about not remembering it.
It was ok. I'm interested in the side characters.
340 Pages

Infinity by Sherrilyn Kenyon
So like...you can tell this was written in the 2010s. It also feels closer to middle grade because of the writing style and the language, but he's 14 so like..
But also...he's 14...
Nick reminds me a bit of younger Percy Jackson
464 Pages

Love Theoretically by Ali Hazelwood.
So I counted the number of times Jack was described as tall (including like....times it talks about him having his own atmosphere or whatever) ...and it's a lot....like....over 100
But also like....I'm being attacked in this book. And I don't like it:

We love tattoos
389 Pages

A Witch's Guide to Fake Dating a Demon by Sarah Hawley
My Alchemical Romance
Grumpy demon is my favorite. I love him.
Also. Like. The solution to the problem. Smort.
390 Pages

The Night in Question by Liz Lawson and Kathleen Glasgow
It's the sequel to the Agathas, and now I'm waiting for what might be the third book because there's the set up for it.
Also I really want to hurt Alice sometimes because of her reckless driving
416 Pages

Ink Blood Sister Scribe by Emma Torzs
the talking about blood made me a little uncomfy...because I don't like needles.
But the magic is cool.
400 Pages

Romantic Comedy by Curtis Sittenfeld
The Main MC is from Missouri... which just...gives me so many happys
The SNL vibes. Also the musician vibes.
305 Pages

Five First Chances by Sarah Jost
Ow.
I'm sad and I wasn't planning on being sad and now my coworkers that sit next to me probably think I'm actually dying
400 Pages

Same Time Next Summer by Annabel Monaghan
Um so I love these beach vibes.
Let's get rid of city boy...like seriously.
*Wants a tree house and a fun artsy house
TS: The Way I Loved You, High Infidelity
302 Pages

Garden of the Cursed by Katy Rose Pool
Ok but boi gives me Cardan "I love you and I hate it but I love it" vibes. Like there are so many Jude/Cardan vibes angst-wise.
Also. The curse. Like.
Must protect.
Can I have some more please
352 Pages

From Bad to Cursed by Lana Harper
sfjdsajklfdsa Panic attack on pages.
Also enemies to lovers.
351 Pages

Fake Dates and Mooncakes by Sher Lee

*cries because it's so cute.
The Rich Boy that's all alone and the Poor Boy with an amazing family trope.
THE CORGI THE CORGI THE CORGI.
The baking competition
The punny tee shirts.
They're too pure. Too good for this world. Cinnamon rolls.
272 Pages

Painted Devils by Margaret Owen

ARC Publication Date: May 16, 2023
(sequel to Little Thieves)
It's the ace self-reflection thinking that they're broken for me. Like...I feel so seen.
also the way that sex is handled and how it's a conversation and like, they have a system for asking.
And the trauma. It's the trauma and trying to process it for me.
NOT THE PIG FARM
I love my boy. he so nerdy. I love him so much.
I will protect Emeric with my life.
Is this my ideal love story. Is this my perfect boy. Yes.
also. the tax dream
ONE OF HIS POEMS. BRO. yes it's backstreet boys
The casual pop culture references.
Someone throw me in Walt Disney's cryogenic freezer and wake me up when the next book is on Netgalley.
512 Pages

TS: You Are in Love, (unrelated) Tolerate it,

Cafe Con Lychee by Emery Lee

Do I live for the warring cafes with children who become love interests....yes
Also let's go talking about how the whites love to mess up other cultures and foods. Here for it.
Theo: AITA
Everyone except Gabi, cause he anxious: yes.
320 Pages

Silvered Serpents and Bronzed Beasts by Roshai Chokshi

 

Pages: 406

"Severin and his team members might have successfully thwarted the Fallen House, but victory came at a terrible cost -- one that still haunts all of them. Desperate to make amends, Severin pursues a dangerous lead to find a long lost artifact rumored to grant its possessor the power of God. Their hunt lures them far from Paris, and into the icy heart of Russia where crystalline ice animals stalk forgotten mansions, broken goddesses carry deadly secrets, and a string of unsolved murders makes the crew question whether an ancient myth is a myth after all. As hidden secrets come to the light and the ghosts of the past catch up to them, the crew will discover new dimensions of themselves. But what they find out may lead them down paths they never imagined. A tale of love and betrayal as the crew risks their lives for one last job."

Pages: 400

"In love they breathed. In destiny they believed. In the end, will divinity be their demise? After Séverin's seeming betrayal, the crew is fractured. Armed with only a handful of hints, Enrique, Laila, Hypnos and Zofia must find their way through the snarled, haunted waterways of Venice, Italy to locate Séverin. Meanwhile, Séverin must balance the deranged whims of the Patriarch of the Fallen House and discover the location of a temple beneath a plague island where the Divine Lyre can be played and all that he desires will come to pass. With only ten days until Laila expires, the crew will face plague pits and deadly masquerades, unearthly songs and the shining steps of a temple whose powers might offer divinity itself...but at a price they may not be willing to pay."

Both amazing installments for this series. I really enjoyed Severin's arc even though I hated it in the moment and some of his choices. It was human and realistic and I wanted him to reach out to his friends the whole time. And I love Laila and how they wrapped up their story at the end. The pairings are great and the banter between them all is always a great piece of dialog. Combined with its unique magic setting and industrial revolutionary history makes this a wonderful and unique trilogy.

Some Desperate Glory by Emily Tesh

So the MC grew on me. All it took was some Trauma (besides the existing trauma) and character growth.
Ok it was good.
448 Pages

Out of Character by Jenna Miller

So this has the vibes of Fangirl, with the liking a fandom and being obsessed with it and creating content for it.
384 Pages

Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe by Benjamin Alire Saenz

lol, I've taken off my shoes at Mass.
Not me being anxious because this is LGBT set in the 1980s
I'm not crying
It's the everyone knowing that you like someone and that you're queer before you know you're queer for me.
390 Pages

Legends and Lattes by Travis Baldree

 

Pages: 305

"Worn out after decades of packing steel and raising hell, Viv the orc barbarian cashes out of the warrior’s life with one final score. A forgotten legend, a fabled artifact, and an unreasonable amount of hope lead her to the streets of Thune, where she plans to open the first coffee shop the city has ever seen.

However, her dreams of a fresh start pulling shots instead of swinging swords are hardly a sure bet. Old frenemies and Thune’s shady underbelly may just upset her plans. To finally build something that will last, Viv will need some new partners and a different kind of resolve.

A hot cup of fantasy slice-of-life with a dollop of romantic froth."

I loved this book. I wish it was longer and I was so excited to see another book in the universe is being written. Give me more fantasy slice of life stories! The cozy vibes were amazing and I love all the side characters, especially their little pastry chef and watching as the coffee shop came together. I would definitely recommend this as a fantasy cozy genre blend.

The Secret Lives of Country Gentlemen by KJ Charles

My little nerd and the smuggler. Also like....
Must protect Gareth...and Joss.
353 Pages