Page count: 345 Publisher: Sourcebooks Casablanca Published on: February 7, 2023 Genres: adult romance, mythology retelling Format: audiobook (borrowed from library), but I also have a paperback from her Patreon  [Purchase Here] Rating: 4.75/5 ✨ Spice: 4/5 ?️ CW: Body shaming (referenced briefly, historical), murder, blood, guns, explicit sex • T R O P E S • ✨ fake dating ✨ boss x employeee ✨ espionage ✨ I hate everyone but you ✨ pining and slow burn Synopsis: There's nowhere more dangerous than Olympus...and no one more captivating than its golden god: Apollo. Kee ..read more

  Page count: 180 Publisher: Meduas Editoriale Published on: February 4, 2021 Genres: adult cozy monster fantasy romance Format: eBook (personally purchased) [Purchase Here] Rating: 5/5 ✨ Spice: 4/5 ?️ - shifts POVs between the 3 FMCs - vacation romance to a nudist community - short & spicy - orcs & elves Synopsis: A weekend with friends, fun in the sun, and huge, naked orcs. What could be better? That’s what three suburban elves think when they book a trip to an orc nudist resort, well known for its libidinous residents and hedonistic parties. Ris ..read more

Page count: 557 Publisher: Emilia Emerson Published on: March 1, 2023 Genres: adult romance, paranormal, dark romance Format: eARC in exchange for an honest review [Purchase Here] Rating: 3/5 ✨ Spice: 2/5 ?️ • T R O P E S • - omegaverse - MMMF romance - found family - “touch her and you die” - hurt/comfort - fated mates CW: mentions of past sexual abuse, emotional neglect, brief thoughts of suicide, parental abuse, fatphobia, depression, low self esteem, PTSD, disordered eating Synopsis: What if everything forbidden to me — freedom, love, pleasure — could be mine? Wo ..read more

Page count: 128 Publisher: Ebury Press Published on: October 10. 2019 Genres: Children's graphic novel, philosophy, fiction, art Format: physically borrowed from library [Purchase Here] Rating: 5/5 ✨  Synopsis: Enter the world of Charlie's four unlikely friends, discover their story and their most important life lessons. The boy, the mole, the fox and the horse have been shared millions of times online - perhaps you've seen them? They've also been recreated by children in schools and hung on hospital walls. They sometimes even appear on lamp posts and on cafe and bookshop windows ..read more

Page count: 315 Publisher: Joy Revolution Published on: January 3, 2023 Genres: YA romance Format: paperback personally purchased [Purchase Here] Rating: 3/5 ✨  Tropes: - friends to enemies to rivals to friends to lovers - grumpy heroine x sunshine hero - OCD rep - daddy issues rep Synopsis: From the New York Times bestselling author of the Brown Sisters trilogy, comes a laugh-out-loud story about a quirky content creator and a clean-cut athlete testing their abilities to survive the great outdoors--and each other. Bradley Graeme is pretty much perfect. He's a star football player, man ..read more

  Page count: 256 Publisher: Atheneum Books for Young Readers Published on: August 4, 2020 Genres: Middle grade fantasy graphic novel Format: hardback borrowed from library [Purchase Here] Rating: 5 stars S Y N O P S I S An enchanting, riotous, and playfully illustrated debut graphic novel following a young goblin trying to save her best friend from the haunted mall—perfect for fans of Steven Universe and Adventure Time. In the eerie town of ‘Allows, some people get to be magical sorceresses, while other people have their spirits trapped in the mall for all ghastly eternity. Then there’s ..read more

In January, I read 14 books - including novellas, comics, graphic novels, novels, manga, and novelettes. I had an excellent reading month. I started the year with so many 5 star reads. I spent the month bouncing between my Rick Riordan reread, monster romance, and myth inspired books. It was so much fun. ✨Books Read:✨ - The Lost Hero by Rick Riordan ~ 5 stars - The Son of Neptune by Rick Riordan~ 5 stars - The Mark of Athena by Rick Riordan~ 5 stars - The House of Hades by Rick Riordan~ 5 stars - Spy x Family vol 11 ~ 4 stars - Chainsaw Man vol 13 ~ 3 stars ..read more

Page count: 407 Publisher: Del Rey Books Published on: September 27, 2022 Genres: Adult fantasy Format: Hardback personally purchased [Purchase Here] Rating: 4.5 stars TW: torture, death, gore, violence, child death, classism, murder, confinement, emotional abuse, child abuse, racism, war #3/3 in the Scholomance Trilogy  Book 1: A Deadly Education: 4/5 stars Book 2: The Last Graduate: 5/5 stars [original mini review on Instagram] Synopsis: Saving the world is a test no school of magic can prepare you for in the triumphant conclusion to the New York Times bestselling trilo ..read more

 Hello, lovely people! I haven't updated in a hot minute, but I just wanted to touch base to cap off 2022. I'm not going to post my ususal yearly wrap up, but I did want to share my reading statistics and share some links if you're curious about what I managed to read in 2022. My life is currently in a state of chaos and I'm not sure when it will slow down, but if you'd like to keep up with my reading shenanigans, please head over to Instagram and Goodreads to keep tabs on what I'm reading and getting up to.  A quick life update! I'm still married to my best friend, Alex. O ..read more

  Hey, guys! I’m usually one to do a “top xx of 20xx” situation, but picking 22 books was far too daunting for me. So I picked 18? The picking process was so fun, but I can’t say I was overly organized, but I had fun picking these books!  These 18 are not in any particular order and there are a couple that aren't in the picture because I just don't own them yet.  ◦ Sweat and Soap by Kintetsu Yamada (series)◦ The Never King by Nikki St. Crowe ◦ Wotakoi by Fujita (series) ◦ Spy x Family by Tatsuya Endo (series) ◦ Chainsaw Man by Tatsuki Fujimoto (series) ◦ The Dragon’s Bride by ..read more