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the kiss quotient review

hello everyone! today i am going to be talking about the kiss quotient by Helen Hoang. i gave this book 5/5 stars. i loved this book so much. plus, it was own voices, which i loved so much, which i’ll talk about more, but there was still some issues which i’ll also talk about.

Stella had autism, which was a main thing in the book. i also think it is own voices, which was very cool. but, i know this whole book is somewhat of a coming of age story, but her parents and her one coworker, always baby her. they make her feel little and make her feel like a 10 year old, not a late 20’s to early 30’s.

this is kind of the same thing that i talked about before, but also not. so, her parents always baby her, and make her feel small, but they keep questioning her on how she should get with her co worker, Phillip. but, Stella doesn’t like Phillip, since she is ‘with’ Micheal, but regardless, she doesn’t like him. it was so annoying, since Phillip kept throwing himself at her, and her parents kept throwing Philip at her. Plus, her parents kept saying, have a baby, when it’s none of their business if and when Stella wants kids.

if your looking for a sexy book, this is the one for you. the whole book revolves about a male escort, Michael, who is trying to teach Stella about sex and everything similar to it. which was really interesting and sexy, but it continues threw out the rest of the book.

it was also very additive and quick read. the whole book reads as a movie, and even has a movie feel to it. and everything plays out so well. i got really into the story and i think a bunch of people can. it was also such a mussy and happy read.

so, in this book there was a ton of tropes. one of the biggest one is the whole FAKE DATING. which i loved so much in this book. it was just done so amazing and not like TATBILB, so it was done very very good, and didn’t have to much issue. the whole romance was SLOW BURN. which i liked so much, and it just added so much more to the story.

now for the characters. i loved the two main characters so much, they where just so nice and worked so well with each other. everyone just balanced each other out.

Michael– one of my favorite things about him, he is Swedish Vietnamese, which was something i loved so so much. he also held a more “feminine” job, since he was a male escort and clothes designer. but, he never ever belittled Stella. Michael never pushed Stella, and never made Stella have sex, or do something that he only wants.

Stella- she held the more “masculine” job in the relationship, since she worked in economics. Stella also felt so REAL and was a real person and just an diagnosis. plus, the whole book was on Stella’s terms, she told Michael what she wanted to do.

trigger warnings– sexual harassment, anxiety attacks, parental abandonment, chronic illness/ cancer.

in general, this is such a sex positive book and also so feminist. it was some cute shit in it. there was so much understanding and communication in this book, which is so important to so many people. but, this book was such a book that so many people would read when they are waiting to find their “person” or someone that found their person but, still wants all that cute shit.

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the right swipe review

hello everyone! today i am going to be talking about the right swipe by Alisha Rai. i gave this book 2.5/ 5 stars. i liked this book, but it was super boring, but as it got better as it went on, but still not that great.

the first thing, the characters where so bad. Rhi was all about girl power, and being self made and everything. but, then she was like ‘sure i’ll get a man’ after she learnt that she could have personally gain out of having a boyfriend, if that makes any sense.

as for Samson, he is overly perfect, which is to good to be true. they kept saying that he had this brain injury that ‘changed his life.’ sorry, but nobody bought it. he had a ton of emotional baggage that honestly nobody cared about. it’s like all romance authors use the same issue in all their sports books.

but, this whole book is based on this romance, but there was no romance what so ever. all they did was have sex, and it was hookup after hookup, but they still thought that they could go to each other for all their issues, but then they forgot about each other.

and even the writing style didn’t help anything either. the author wrote everything in so much detail that it didn’t work. every time she thought about Samson, every work meeting, every time she talked with really anyone, and every single thought that when on inside the Rhi’s head. as the reader, it was so annoying and i don’t need someone’s life written out in detail and so explained.

so, i read the kindle edition book, so it was longer then your paperback, so this book was so long. everything that happened was so boring. this whole book was very much quantity over quality. the dialogue was so short and the main characters or “lovers” had no chemistry.

Rhi held this grudge against Samson, since they did hookup, but then never texted her back. which i found annoying, since they where only a hookup, but she held it against him for how ever long. and she always commented on this and how shitty it was, even though his uncle died, i forgot which one. she never even asked him in the text before they already meet, even though his freaking father figure died.

anyway, that’s it for today. i had high hopes for this book, and i wish it liked it more then i did. but, it was still a quality read, even if i didn’t like it so much.

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the wedding party review

hello everyone! today i am going to be talking about the wedding party by Jasmine Guillory. i gave this book 4.5/5 stars. i enjoyed this book a lot, and how we saw the characters that where in other books, which i thought was super cool.

one of my biggest issues was how all the characters ate was pizza, and the only thing they drank was some type of alcohol. and they live in California, which has a verity of different food. it was just so insane, since they could have ate so many things, but they didn’t.

in the start, we where supposed to think that they hate each other, but they where enemies for a good solid 5 pages, before they bonded over House Hunters. she didn’t do a good job with making them enemies to lovers since they never really enemies.

but, i feel like Maddie was somewhat of a bitch throughout the book. she would be the girl that you would be friends with in high school, but never tell her to much about your life, since she might use it against you. but, i still think she was still very enjoyable and not as annoying and mean as other characters.

but, i feel Theo is very intimidating, but the more you read about him and learn his character, he is one of the sweetest characters i’ve read. Theo is just so sweet, caring, smart, and funny guy, which we don’t see to much in adult romance, since they are always jerks.

as for the romance, i think it was all glossed over. we only got them watching TV and/or having sex. and i think the book was mainly hiding the romantic feeling from Alexa.

but, if you want to read a fun and sexy story, with fun characters, this would definitely be a good pick for you. it was definitely a sexy book, but the sex wasn’t to explicit. and i think the characters where very good, and easy to relate to somewhat. and the hook really draws you in and is very interesting.

the story as a whole was very well written, and somewhat fleshed out. and i think it was so fun to watch the banter between Maddie and Theo especially as they grow as a couple.

anyway, i hope you enjoyed this book. it was a fun read, with joy and sorrow and everything in between. i’m sorry that this whole review was so messed up and all over the place. but, it was such fun read.

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20 question book tag

hello everyone! today i am going to be doing the 20 question book tag. this is such a fun tag to do. i’m going to keep this short and sweets, since it’s a long tag.

1. HOW MANY BOOKS ARE TOO MANY FOR A SERIES?

i don’t read to many series, but if i do its a duology or trilogy or even quartets. but, one of my favorite series, the kingdom keepers, has seven books. but, i’m a little bias to those, but when ever i read series, i prefer they are if they are shorter, not 10 books if they follow the same characters.

2. HOW DO YOU FEEL ABOUT CLIFFHANGERS?

i don’t hate them, but i don’t love them. for me, if the cliffhanger is done good enough, i won’t care, since i get more and more hyped for the next book. but, there are some that are really bad, so i wouldn’t be a fan of them.

3. HARDCOVER OR PAPERBACK?

i love to read hardcovers from the library, since i feel like i can’t damage them to much if something happens. i also feel like they are more aesthetic for my shelf. on the other hand, i prefer to buy paperbacks and read paperbacks if i own them. so i’m inbetween.

4. FAVORITE BOOK?

so, i’m not going to pick just one, since that is evil if they wanted me to pick just one. Stalking Jack the Ripper by Kerri Maniscalo, The Outsiders by SE Hilton, Disney after dark by Ridley Pearson, the cruel prince by Holly Black, a quite kind of thunder by Sara Barnard, and eliza and her monsters by Francesca Zappia.

5. LEAST FAVORITE BOOKS?

i know this is mean to pick a least favorite book, but i’m going to have to go with Again, but better by Christine Riccio. i read this book in July of 2019, and i hated it so much when i read this.

6. LOVE TRIANGLES, YES OR NO?

generally speaking, i don’t care for them, but if they are done well, i’ll like them. the love triangle in PS I still love you, i hate with a passion, but other ones are done pretty good. so i guess i’m maybe.

7. THE MOST RECENT BOOK YOU COULDN’T FINISH?

i dnf a lot, but i have only dnfed one book so far this month, which is pretty good. but, my most recent dnf is the Similars by Rebecca Hanover.

8. A BOOK YOU’RE CURRENTLY READING?

red, white, and royal blue by Casey McQuiston– at this point i’m 50 pages into it, and i really like it, but not quite love it yet.

the downstairs girl by Stacey Lee– at the point your reading this, i probably started it, unless i dnfed it. so who knows.

the last confession of autumn casterly by Meredith Tate. i’m hoping to start this one, when ever i get to it, since some of my libby holds are going to come in.

9. LAST BOOK YOU RECOMMENDED TO SOMEONE?

i don’t recommend to many books to people, but i will forever recommend Daisy Jones and the six by Taylor Jenkins Reed and the outsiders by se hilton.

10. OLDEST BOOK YOU’VE READ BY PUBLICATION DATE?

i’m going to be basic, but i’m going to say Romeo and Juliet by Shakespeare. i read this for school a couple months ago, but it is probably one of the oldest i’ve read.

11. NEWEST BOOK YOU’VE READ BY PUBLICATION DATE?

10 blind dates by Ashley Elston. i finished this on the 13th of March, i really enjoyed it, even though it was pretty confusing.

12. FAVORITE AUTHOR?

well, i have a few favorite authors, of course. but, my favorite authors are Kerri Maniscalo, RL Stine, SE Hilton, and Ridley Pearson.

13. BUYING BOOKS OR BORROWING BOOKS?

at this point in my life, i borrow a ton of books from the library, since i have a really good library branch that has been places in towns close to me. but, i still buy a ton of books, which are mostly used.

14. A BOOK YOU DISLIKE THAT EVERYONE SEEMS TO LOVE?

i have two for this one, and both of them are super loved in the community and even the world in general. so, i’m going to have to go with Looking for Alaska by John Green and The Perks of being a Wallflower by Stephen Chbosky.

15. BOOKMARKS OR DOG EARS?

i do both, and i’m not even going to lie about it. but, i do use more bookmarks, then i do dog ear.

16. A BOOK YOU CAN ALWAYS RE-READ?

stalking jack the ripper by Kerri maniscalo, which i read about three times. but i also read the outsiders three times last year, so i could read it more and more.

17. CAN YOU READ WHILE LISTENING TO MUSIC?

yep, i listen to music, tv, or even podcast when i read.

18. ONE POV OR MULTIPLE?

i really like one pov, but some books are really good with multiple, and i think a lot of books are amazing with it, and couple be wrote with it.

19. DO YOU READ A BOOK IN ONE SITTING OR OVER MULTIPLE DAYS?

i love reading books in one day, but it’s hard since i have school and a massive amount of work from it, so they normally take many days.

20. WHO DO YOU TAG?

anyone and everyone. anyone who wants to do this tag, and anyone who needs a blog idea.

anyway, that’s it for today. i had so much fun doing it, even though i talked about a lot of the same books and authors, it was still fun to do.

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when the stars lead to you review

hello everyone! today i am going to be reviewing when the stars lead to you by Ronni Davis. i gave this book 3/5 stars. i’m not going to lie, i liked this book, but i didn’t love it.

one of my biggest issue (there is two), is that they fell in love so fast, but not even that hard. they where ready to throw everything out the window, but he left her and didn’t even text her back, but she was ready to get back and talk about kids and weddings and how they are going to live their poor little life together. their romance was also very insta-love and overall very toxic.

my other biggest issue was the suicide attempt at the end of the book. all this did was add “conflict” to the book. it did nothing to the book besides end the relationship and create a whole lot of drama, which was so not important. but, i feel like the mental health was pretty good and realistic, but all the conversations didn’t work and unrealistic.

another thing that was pretty annoying includes Devon saying i love you to Ashton every ten mintues and felt so in love with him, but then she would doubt the romance and say how much she wanted to break up with him. it was just so annoying.

i’m going to combine two issues together. so, Devon goes to a rich kid school, and most of the kids where white. so she is one of the only biracial people in this school. so, this one girl came up to her and asked to touch her hair, which completely rubbed me the wrong way. but, in this school everyone kept making comments on how she was poor and such.

trigger warnings– family pressure, suicidal thoughts and actions, suicidal attempts, depression, racial issues towards biracial people, and classism.

anyway, that’s it for today. i definitely felt like it was a raw and hard hitting book, kinda like the fault in our stars with out cancer. but, i hope you enjoyed this review.

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Jane anonymous review

hello everyone! today i am going to be reviewing Jane Anonymous by Laurie Faria Stolaerz. i gave this book 4/5 stars. i loved this book so much, but i did have a couple issues with it.

probably my biggest issue with this book was her mother tried to get her out of the house many times, such as going out with friends and so on, when she just got back from being kidnapped. it was insane, since her daughter just got back, from hell, and the mom is lets go out shopping and go out with your friends. it was just insane.

but, i feel like this book might have been better to be in NA genre or for the older YA genre, since it’s so hard hitting. and i definitely think if this book where to get in the hands of someone 13 and younger, it could do some damage to them, since it will make most people paranoid, and i even read and watched adults get paranoid because of this.

this book was told in then and now, which i found so interesting and cool. i really liked how everything flowed together and made it more suspenseful. plus, their was a ton of cliffhangers, which i love.

but, the “twist” wasn’t to much of a twist. i thought it was pretty easy to figure out who kidnapped her. but, i feel like Jane did have a ton of character growth. and i feel like Stolaerz knew what she was doing with having Jane work with abused dogs, which added to her growing.

trigger warnings– sexual assault and rape (implied), trauma and ptsd (central theme), panic attacks and anxiety, Stockholm Syndrome, self harm, drugging without consent, kidnapping and captivity (central theme), graphic blood, death of a grandmother, and death of a pet.

anyway, that is it for today. i feel like this book is very much like Chicago PD, Blue Bloods, and Criminal Minds. plus, as the true crime junkie i am, i really liked this book and how much it is like the cop shows on tv. i’m probably the only one that realized this, that it called “jane anonymous” because of jane doe. but, i hope you enjoyed this review, even though i think it’s smaller then the other ones i’ve done.

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i should have read that book tag

hello everyone! today i am going to be doing ‘i should have read that book’ tag. i know this was a thing a couple weeks ago, but i said screw it, said i’ll do it anyway.

A BOOK THAT A CERTAIN FRIEND IS ALWAYS TELLING YOU TO READ

i’m going to go about Heartless by Marissa Meyer. I’ve had so many people tell me to read this one. and i promise i’ll get to it soon enough. hopefully.

A BOOK THAT’S BEEN ON YOUR TBR FOREVER AND YET YOU STILL HAVEN’T PICKED IT UP

there are so many that i can pick from. but i’m going to go with the host by Stephanie Meyer. this has been on my TBR since i read twilight, which at this point is four years now.

A BOOK IN A SERIES YOU’VE STARTED, BUT HAVEN’T GOTTEN ROUND TO FINISHING YET

so, i read the first book, front to back, but i never finished the rest of the series. for this one i’m going to city of bones by Cassie Clare. so i read, city of bones, but never continued with the rest of the series, but i hope to one of these days.

A CLASSIC YOU’VE ALWAYS LIKED THE SOUND OF, BUT NEVER ACTUALLY READ

so, i never read classics that aren’t rereads outside of school. but, i’m going to have to say Little Woman. i never read the book, and i’m not to sure what’s even about besides sister relationships. but, i do want to read this, since there is multiple movies about it.

A POPULAR BOOK THAT IT SEEMS EVERYONE BUT YOU HAS READ

there are so many, since i don’t read to many fantasy, and most of them get the massive about of hype. but, everyone has read Nevernight by Jay Kristoff. i know a little about this book, and i’ve seen Piera Ford’s adaptation, but never read it.

A BOOK THAT INSPIRED A FILM/TV ADAPTATION THAT YOU REALLY LOVE, BUT YOU JUST HAVEN’T READ IT YET 

i read a lot of books before i seen the movie, but i have never read Miss Peregrine’s home for peculiar children. but, i’ve seen the movie multiple times, and love it, but i have never read the book, but i still own it.

 A BOOK YOU SEE ALL OVER INSTAGRAM BUT HAVEN’T PICKED UP YET

there are so many that i can pick, but i have never read Sarah J Mass. i started the first one, but never finished it, since i had more exciting things to read. but i do have things i want to read.

anyway, that’s it for today. i had fun doing this, even though it was mostly my tbr screaming at me. but, i hope you enjoy and had fun reading this.

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a heart so fierce and broken review

hello everyone! today i am going to be talking about a heart so fierce and broken by Brigid Kemmerer. i gave this book 2/5 stars. i had such high expectations for this book, but it let down a ton.

my first big issue was, nothing happened. everything was boring and when something happened, it was so in signification and didn’t do anything to the plot. everything was just go boring and for most of the book not one thing happened.

another issue was, most of the people where so annoying. they complained about who was going to rule Rhen’s land and how Grey should do it, and so on. plus, all that Lia Mara mother did was belittle her daughter and would look at Grey as if he was trying to take over her place of queen.

this is kind of going back to what i first said, but there was no point in this whole story. the first book was so interesting and things happened each page, but for this one, barely anything happened. and their was barely any plot that could keep this book going, and the only plot was how Rhen and Harper getting together and getting married and Grey’s whole little midlife crisis.

there was also no character growth within Rhen. the first book he grows from being kinda moody to falling in love and becoming a general speaking nice person, but in here all he did was be an arrogant son of a bitch. but, he also tries to be such a nice guy, but he’s really the villain.

i’ve never seen this topic talked about to much, so i’m going to bring it up. so, Rhen’s sends his guards to go find the heir, and they track down Grey, and this leads to a little battle, and this pregnant lady gets stabbed right in the stomach. granted, i can’t speak for the people that have lost a kid well i was still pregnant, but i can see how this will be triggering to people that have miscarried. even though Grey saves the lady and the baby with his new found powers.

in this book Kemmerer tried to smash a shit ton of fantasy and tropes in general together in to one 500 page book, needless to say everything was such a hot mess.

and i’ve said this when i reviewed the second book, but i hated how Harper lied to Rhen’s whole country with saying she’s the queen of this non exist country. it was so annoying, and Harper also tired to help Grey and his new found friends, she tried to get them off of Rhen’s property, but the main driving force was her brother, which yet again was so stupid because he’s not loyal to his sister what so ever.

anyway, that’s it for today. i hope you enjoyed this messy review. but, it was so shitty to read this book, and wanted to love it so much, but hated it with a pasion.

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shell game book review

hello everyone! today i am going to be talking about shell game by Ridley Person. i gave this book 4/5 stars. i had a blast reading this, so i’m pretty excited to talk about it, in a more in depth view.

this is just kind of a thing in this whole series, but i wish in the start it was more then just Finn. like i think the story could have had more in sight on what was going on in each house, more then just Charlie with her mom talking about her crush.

but, once they actually got on the boat, i really liked how we got more of the characters. plus, it was really cool to see everyone interacting without Amanda and Jess, and how the relationships are forming more and more. we even got some Willa and Charlie more, which i was so excited to get to.

but, going back to Finn, he kept saying how much he loved and was crushing on Amanda, but he was kissing Charlene and then he was with the Story girl, i don’t know if i spelled it right, its not in my notes or anywhere. i just thought it was annoying in general.

this book definitely moves a little faster and quicker pace then the rest of the series. i feel like we jumped right into this book, propose to the rest of the series that is pretty slow. but i think that they are still very interesting in the end.

there was also a bunch of bookish references. there was a lot of Percy Jackson talk and some Harry Potter topic. there was also a bunch of talk about Robert Pattinson talk, which i really loved.

there was also a bunch of growth between the characters. most of it is more romantically, where they learnt they have some kind of feelings towards each other, but also the friendships wise. you really could see the romantic feeling between Philby and Willa along with Maybeck and Charlene. but, also the friendship growth between Willa and Charlene.

anyway, i hope you enjoyed this. i had a blast reading this book, and i cannot wait to read the next book, when ever that will be, but hopefully sometime in March.

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march book releases

hello everyone! today i’m going to be talking about all the books i’m excited for to come out in March. it is a much more shorter list then the January and February, but still a quite a few books.

all your twisted secrets by Diana Urban. this one comes out March 17. this one gives me a whole lot of one of us is lying vibes, with a bunch of teens who are nothing alike getting together with this mystery and thriller plot.

the midnight lies by Marie Rutkoski. this one comes out March 3rd. this one is all about crimes, rules and kings. this one kind of gives me the cruel prince vibes, but i don’t think it’s to close, but the king sounds like somewhat of a dick just like Cardan.

the vanishing deep by Astrid Scholte. this one comes out March 3. this one sounds so interesting, since everything is about a world of water, which sounds so interesting. but, this is a fantasy and sci fic so i hope i like it.

only most devastated by Sophie Gonzales. this one comes out March 3. this one is compared to Love Simon, Clueless and Grease, but with a boy meets boy twist. this one sounds so cute, and i just cannot wait to read it.

hearts, hero, and Heath Hall by Kasie West. this one also comes out March 3. this one sounds so cute with the whole swim team and a masked boy who she falls for. but, i have hope this isn’t so much about swim, since i’m not the biggest fan of sports in books or just in general.

the night of your life by Lydia Sharp. this one comes out March 3. this sounds like such a cute and fun read, which prom coming up and all the fun that surrounds it. but, like every YA novel, something goes wrong. in this book, the characters get in a near death car crash.

the twin by Natasha Preston. this one also comes out March 3. this is a mystery thriller all about twins and pushing each other away. but, this also gives off pretty little liars vibes.

Girls with Razor hearts by Suzanne Young. this one comes out March 17. this one is the one on this list that i’m most excited for. but, this one is the second one in a series, so i’m not going to example to much. but, i hope the boys are in here more, so fingers crossed.

anyway, that’s it for today. i tried to keep everything short as possible. but, make sure to tell me what books you are excited to come out in march.

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