may wrap up

hello everyone! today i am going to be talking about all the books i read this month. honestly, i had such a big tbr for this month, so i’m really excited that i did get to read so many of them. and i do feel like i did a good job, since i did catch up with my libby holds and arcs.

10 truths and a dare by Ashley Elston. i gave this book 4/5 stars. and thank you netgalley and disney books for an arc of this book! this was honestly a really good book and i honestly really liked these characters and the plot overall. but, i do feel like you need to read 10 blind dates before this book. overall though, it was still a really fun book and it was a really easy read.

not our summer by Casie Bazay. i gave this book 2/5 stars. thank you so much netgalley and Running press kids for an arc of this book! honestly, this book had so much potential, and it honestly could have been a good book and been a big hit. but, it just was not. like, the writing was just cringey and also everyone was so petty and catty it literally gave me a headache and was just not good.

romancing mister bridgerton ending 2 by Julia Quinn. i gave this book 2/5 stars. honestly, i feel like this book was just so stupid, because it had zero need. with that being said, i feel like this all could have been in eloise’s book and i honestly didn’t care about pen and colin’s pov on the wedding.

witches steeped in gold by Ciannon Smart. i gave this book 3/5 stars. this was honestly just an okay book, like i can see why people love this book, and why people do like it. but, i got kind of confused with some of the characters and how they were connected to each other because i think i just stopped listening in the start of the book, on accident. but, the world building was honestly really good and super rich.

act your age, eve brown by Talia Hibbert. i gave this book 4/5 stars. i honestly really liked this book and i really liked the whole enemies to lovers and the grumpy x sunshine vibe that it gave off. and i thought it was honestly so good, but Jacob did get on my nerves at certain points, which honestly sucked, because it was honestly a such a good book.

the forest of stolen girls by June Hur. i gave this book 4/5 stars. personally, this was such a good book and i really liked the whole mystery plot line that was in here. and i honestly really liked the characters and the motive of our main characters, which was super cool. but, i do feel like the ending was way to quick and just didn’t really make to much sense, since it just happened way to quick.

when the world was ours by Liz Kessler. i gave this book 5/5 stars. thank you so much netgalley and Aladdin for an arc of this book! i honestly adore this book so much, like i loved the characters and the plot and everything about this book honestly. and this was honestly such a heartbreaking book, especially the ending, it was literally so sad and i didn’t expect it to end like that.

to sir phillip with love by Julia Quinn. i gave this book 4/5 stars. i honestly really liked the fact that phillip was a botanist and wasn’t just a lord or viscount or something, and that he had another job / interest. and i also really liked that he had kids, but i do wish we got to see more of marina and to see more of the grieving process that phillip went through, but, i still really liked this book.

being amani by Annabelle Steele. i gave this book 2/5 stars. thank you so much netgalley and YA hashtag BLAK for an arc of this book! honestly, this book sucked, like i feel like the writing was just not good. but, it also annoyed the hell out of me that they would bring up harder topics, but then drop them when they weren’t important to the plot anymore. but, i also think this book needs a whole rebrand, since the cover looks all happy and cute.

to sir phillip with love ending 2 by Julia Quinn. i gave this book 2/5 stars. honestly, this second ending was just so unnecessary and just could never have happened. like, i wish this book was just a domestic phillip and eloise novel, instead of being about amanda. cause, i straight up don’t care about the kid and her love story. and i much rather have it be a full novel instead a 22 page novella.

the girls i’ve been by Tess Sharpe. i gave this book 4/5 stars. this book was honestly so good and i honestly really liked this book and the plot with the bank robbery. but, i did have some issues with the whole backstory chapters we got, since i feel like most of them were just stupid and didn’t really do anything to the plot. and what was in those chapters, nora would say again to her friends or in her thoughts.

the mary shelley club by Goldy Moldavsky. i gave this book 5/5 stars. i honestly really liked the whole old school horror movies and scream vibe that this book gave off. granted, this wasn’t really a slasher novel, but i really did like the slasher vibe it did give off. but, the end of this book was honestly so crazy i completely loved it so much.

words composed of sea and sky by Erica George. i gave this book 2/5 stars. thank you so much netgalley and running press kids for an arc of this book. this book was honestly just plain boring. like, the whole plot with the two times were a disaster, since they were so similar that it just got to be annoying after awhile. and i just think that it would work with two timelines and romances if they were a bit different, but it just was two similar so it didn’t work that well.

when he was wicked by Julia Quinn. i gave this book 5/5 stars. honestly, this book was just such a cute book, but also so heartbreaking at the same time, with the whole death and miscarriage part. but, i do wish that we got to see more of john x frannie. but, i still really liked michael and he was just so sweet to frannie, which i just loved. but, frannie did annoy the hell out of me towards the end, which just sucked.

when he was wicked ending 2 by Julia Quinn. i gave this book 5/5 stars. i honestly really like this couple and how we got to see something post HEA, and that this novella was actually about them. but, i also really liked that we got to see their kids in here and that we did get to see them have these kids that they both really wanted. i just thought it was so cute and amazing.

the intimacy experiment by Rosie Danan. i gave this book 3/5 stars. personally, i know that i have a soft spot for Josh and Clara and they are probably some of my favorite romance couples. so, going into this i had high expatiations of them being in here and having some sort of plot. but, it kind of annoyed me how little they were in here, but also that they came across so one sided in here. but, also i think that the chemistry and banter of naomi and ethan was just off for me, which just got to be annoying after awhile.

curse of the specter queen by Jenny Elder Moke. i gave this book 2/5 stars. thank you so much netgalley and disney books for an arc of this book. i’m not sure if i just didn’t pay attention enough at the start or something, but this book just made no sense. like, for one, we have no clue of a time period, like we never got told when this took place or hell even when it took place. so, it just annoyed me so much.

and i did dnf a couple books, so i’m gonna list them here-

• happy endings by Thien Kim Lam
• the tipple twins and the gift by Michelle Cordara
• home wreaker by Dianna Cameron
• just the two of us by Ryu Hyang
• Rosaline Palmer takes the cake by Alexis Hall

anyway, that is all for today! like i said before, i honestly had a really good reading month, since school was slowing down and that i procrastinated about finals, so that probably helped a little bit. but, hopefully i will read more in the next couple months, since i don’t have to much to do school wise so hopefully i can tackle my tbr.