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Tag: ARC

  • If We Were A Movie

    If We Were A Movie

    by Zakiya N. Jamal ARC Read (from HarperCollins Children’s Books | HarperCollins via Net Galley) Rating: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ ⭐️ Given this is a young adult romance book, I usually shy away from the genre and find it boring? I inhaled this one. I love this book so so much. What a work of art. The banter is hilarious, I…

  • Black Salt Queen

    Black Salt Queen

    by Samantha Bansil ARC Review (from Bindery Books | Violetear via Net Galley) Rating: ⭐️⭐️⭐️ ⭐️ This book transported me to a completely different world with a found family that I felt sucked into. There were adorable precious moments, and then plot twists you do not see coming. On top of it, the author sprinkled in a…

  • Of Monsters and Mainframes

    Of Monsters and Mainframes

    by Barbara Truelove Book Review ARC Read Rating: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ ⭐️ What a wild, fun, dark rollercoaster of a unique science fiction book. I had no idea what to expect from the cover and blurb, as this book looked so unique. It delivered. What you see is what you get. This book is trippy, sad, funny,…

  • Blood On Her Tongue

    Blood On Her Tongue

    by Johanna van Veen Book Review ARC Read Rating: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ ⭐️ Coming March 25 2025! This book is exactly what my brain was craving. I wanted something horror and trippy that was dark and engaging. This has gore, emotion, excellent character development, an intriguing plot, and so much more. My jaw was on the floor several…

  • What Is Wrong with You?

    What Is Wrong with You?

    by Paul Rudnick Book Review ARC Read Rating: ⭐️⭐️ ⭐️⭐️ March 25 2025 Release Date I shouldn’t have enjoyed this one as much as I did for the amount of characters involved, but since the cover did such an amazing job of portraying the contents, I knew what I was signing up for and ended…

  • Shifting Gears

    Shifting Gears

    By Jazz Forrester ARC Read Rating: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Release Date: January 1, 2025 This book is precious, light-hearted, made me giggle, but also has sad moments. I loved the fun tension in the beginning and the evolvement of their relationship. The spice level is also a solid 3 chilli peppers I would say.. This has some…

  • The Compound

    The Compound

    By Aisling Rawle ARC (Random House Publishing Group – Random House | Random House via Net Galley) Book Review Rating: ⭐️⭐️⭐️ ⭐️⭐️ Love island meets Hunger Games meets Too Hot To Handle meets parody meets thriller. Did you catch that? This book is seriously an awesome adventure. This is such a refreshing, funny, yet scary read.This is…

  • A Mortuary for Songs

    A Mortuary for Songs

    A new release from GraveSide Press!!!

  • LandLocked In Foreign Skin

    LandLocked In Foreign Skin

    Drew Huff ARC Read Rating: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ ⭐️ This book is unlike anything else I’ve ever read before, so it’s hard to find the proper words to describe it. I was genuinely horrified and completely engrossed, and then the smut scene hit and I was taken for a ride, and then fed at the buffet. I…

  • The Staircase In The Woods

    The Staircase In The Woods

    Chuck Wendig ARC Read (via Random House Worlds | Del Rey from Net Galley) Rating: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ ⭐️ This book hit me like a ton of bricks. I finished this in one sitting and it’s probably going in my top reads this year. Not only was it incredibly well-written and fun to follow, it as also genuinely disturbing,…