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  • Review: Mental Illness Buffet- Kunal Roy

    Title: Mental Illness Buffet Author: Kunal Roy Publisher: n/a Pages: n/a Rating: 4/5 “Unforgiveness sparks when you are wrongly treated as the faulty party. But it really takes off when your proudest strengths/efforts are faulted because someone else can’t or won’t admit their own faults”.-Kunal RoyKunal did an amazing job capturing mental illness and putting…

  • Review: China Rich Girlfriend- Kevin Kwan

    Title: China Rich Girlfriend Author: Kevin Kwan Publisher: Anchor Pages: 496 Rating: 5/5 Kevin Kwan has done another amazing job bringing back our beloved characters back and introducing new ones while he’s at it. This sequel is full of even more drama, more shopping, more labels, and even messier than ‘Crazy Rich Asians’ was.  In…

  • ARC Review: The Black Kids- Christina Hammonds Reed

    Title: The Black Kids Author: Christina Hammonds Reed Publisher: Simon and Schuster Children’s Publishing Pages: 368 Rating: 5/5 ‘The Black Kids’ is a amazing story that I urge everyone to read. It has so many lessons, it especially focuses on an issue that’s still prevalent in today’s society. Ashley is the protagonist of ‘The Black…

  • Blackthorn Book Tour Review: Of Myth and Shadow- Matthew S. Cox

    Title: Of Myth and Shadow Author: Matthew S. Cox Publisher: Division Zero Press Pages: 896 Rating: 5/5 I’m so happy to be joining Blackthorn publications on their book tour for Matthew Cox’s book: “Of Myth and Shadow”. Cox did a magnificent job creating a magical setting and story to suck in the reader. A fantasy…

  • ARC Review: The Hollow Gods- A.J. Vrana

    Title: The Hollow Gods Author: A.J. Vrana Publisher: The Parliament House Press Pages: 406 Rating: 5/5 “F*ck this sh*t”“F*uck everything”“And f*ck that squirrel in particular”-Kai The ‘Hollow Gods’ is A.J. Vrana’s debut novel and boy she came with a bang. Filled with folklore and amazing characters, this story takes you on a amazing dark and…

  • PopCulture Readathon Book #4: Sadie- Courtney Summers

    Title: Sadie Author: Courtney Summers Publisher: Wednesday Books Pages: 308 Rating: 5/5 TW/CW: Pedophilia, sexual abuse, drug use ” You aren’t supposed to answer violence with more violence, but sometimes I think violence is the only answer”.-Sadie This is my first Courtney Summers book and I must say that she didn’t disappoint and she gained…

  • WWW Wednesday

    Hey guys! It’s been a while since I’ve done a WWW Wednesday post. So I’m here bringing it back. Let’s not forget that WWW Wednesday is a weekly meme created by Sam at Taking on a World of Words. Make sure to give her blog a look as well as others. The three W’s: What…

  • Review: The Archons Rise (Humanity’s Guantlet Book 1)- Brian Sieteski

    Title: Humanity’s Guantlet Author: Brian Sieteski Publisher: N/A Pages: N/A Rating: 4/5 The Archons Rise a sci-fi thriller that focuses on Dante and his canine companion Aristotle. While watching some political television they were surprised to see a explosion take place at what supposed to be an inauguration. Everyone in attendance is sadly dead.Flash forward…

  • Harlequin Blog Tours ARC Review: Mayhem- Estelle Laure

    Title: Mayhem Author: Estelle Laure Publisher: Wednesday Books Pages: 304 Rating: 3/5 I wanted to love this book, but there was something missing for me. I don’t hate it. I liked what the author was trying to do however. I’ve seen the comparison to certain movies such as ‘The craft’ and “The Lost Boys’. I…

  • PopCulture Readathon Book #3: Clap When You Land- Elizabeth Acevedo

    Title: Clap When You Land Author: Elizabeth Acevedo Publisher: HarperTeen Pages: 417 Rating: 5/5 TW/CW: Sexual Assault, Death of a parent , Grieving, Harassment, and Stalking Elizabeth Acevedo has done it again with her beautiful writing in verse form, but she also brings awareness to something that’s almost always swept under the rug. Tragedies not…

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