Tag: YA romance

hello everyone! today i am going to be talking about 14 ways to die by vincent ralph. i gave this book 2/5 stars. i honestly wish i liked this book, but i feel like it was just not good and that this book could have been done better. and also so much of this book just didn’t make sense, and i really didn’t like it.

trigger warning- murder, grief, death of a parent, violence, suicide attempt, blood, death, body horror, cursing, gore, suicide, stalking, alcoholism, bullying, emotional abuse, toxic relationship, self harm, kidnapping, gaslighting.

i think one of my biggest issues with this book was how every single person in jess’ life just did shit for her. like, in the start of the book you have jess talking to her dad with how she wants to do this vlog series and hunt down who killed her mom and 13 other people. like, she talks about how he’s protective and how he never lets her memory die. and i just don’t know why he never put a stop to the whole vlog series, cause she put herself in harms way more than one time. and like it just annoyed the hell out of me because there was so many adults and other friends in her life who could have told her that she shouldn’t do this or at least calm the hell down with it all. like, i know a lot of actions on mystery books are reckless as hell, but i feel like this book was just to the extreme, with millions of people watching it unfold, i think someone should have told her to calm the hell down.

but, with the mystery plot of the book, which is arguably one of the biggest parts of the book, i think this was just done terribly. like, there was so many parts of this book were jess would just sit at her desk or go to school and do literally shit, and just wait for people to give her info. like, the mystery plot of this book was just done so terribly, with how they executed everything so not well. like, they could have put something there, like actual threats towards her or something that makes her think someone in the town did it, and now she is just trying to do it or like a mis trail or something. so, if you are getting what i’m saying is that they needed to put something in here that actually did something, or just have some better plot to all of this.

with that being said, i feel like the plot with jess actually trying to find who did it, like nothing happened. like i said, she pretty much just sat there all day and waited for people to help her. like, some random ass guy emailed her and helped her with it all, and he did most of the leg work in the case. like, i feel like jess, as a person, didn’t do shit with anything. like, she was pretty much just the face behind it all and the one that is telling the story. like, i wish they just changed it since anytime she actually did any work was when it hit her in the face, and she didn’t do anything else besides that.

but, i feel like the suspension and the tension between the book just didn’t work. like, i feel like the stakes were high, to a degree, since the magpie man could come out and kill a bunch more people, overall. but i feel like the stakes for jess weren’t high at the same time, like i think the threats just weren’t good, even when they were real. like, i think the tension just wasn’t there for the characters and i think they just needed to put something else there. and i guess it could have been me, but i feel like they needed to have something.

granted, as a person, i kind of liked jess. like, i really liked that she was determined and that she did fight for what she did think was right. and i really think she did the right thing with trying to find who did it, even though i think how she actually did it was bad, but i think she could have done more. but, i still really liked to see how much she still cared for her mom, even years after she died. and i think it was kind of cool to see how much she loves her and still keeps her memory alive. but, i do think she could have been a better investigator.

but, i do think her as a character, her development and writing was all over the place. like, there were times where she would make a mistake and fuck up, but then instead of saying, you know, that was wrong i won’t do it again, 10 pages later we’ll have her do something again. like, i think they would have jess say she learnt, but she never actually learnt. and some of her actions were just reckless and stupid, still probably not over the death of her mother, if you could ever actually get over that. and there were plenty of times were she would say she cared for someone, but then she would do something that could’ve gotten them hurt, which i feel like was so stupid and dumb. and i feel like she just needed to be written better in the grand scheme of thigs.

as for the actual reveal of who the magpie man was, it was dumb as all hell. like, i feel that were was so much built up with who it could be, and all these clues that could lead it to be someone else. like i feel that with having the who done it, there was like five other characters that could have been the killer, but weren’t in the end, and who probably could have been a more convincing killer. since, who the actual killer was some other character who was mentioned once or twice, and it was just so dumb and something that i feel could have been better. and again, i feel like the who done it was handed to her on a silver platter, since she didn’t even hunt him down, someone told her who it was, in the end. and the person did literally nothing in the book.

but, i feel like there was also this really weird romance in this book. like, i feel that the one romance that i thought was going to go somewhere was the one guy in the production, who is a whole ass adult. and even to kind of try to put the chemistry in the book was just weird and i honestly hated it so much. like i don’t even know why the author took time to almost try to develop it, if they did it on purpose. and then the other romance that i also thought was going to go somewhere with her ‘partner in crime’ like i thought something was going to happen there but he’s like 14 where she is like 16/17, so i’m kind of glad nothing took off there, since that would just be kind of gross and so unnecessary.

anyway, that is all for today! this was honestly a mess of a book, and i only really read it cause it was short and quick so it would dump up my goodreads goal. but, i guess it was quick and easy and the chapters were short, so you can’t really complain to much.

hello everyone! today i am going to be talking about not my problem by ciara smyth. i gave this book 3/5 stars. i honestly liked this book more than i liked smyth’s first book that she wrote. and i honestly got big sex education vibes with this, since they both deal with teenagers with secret businesses at their school, which i honestly really liked.

trigger warnings- alcoholism, addiction, bullying, abandonment, toxic friendship, lesbophobia, homophobia, infidelity, curing.

i think my biggest issue with this book was that we had so much time and aideen saying over and over and over again about how aideen hates meabh’s guts. and they say this to each other again and again and again, so once they kind of get to the romance, i feel like it just didn’t work in my mind. like, i mean, i feel like we got so much talk over and over, so once they kissed and kind of got together, i feel like it was just kind of weird. and i honestly wished they didn’t keep to much time focusing how much they focus on how they hated each other.

and i feel like so many things that happened in this story was how so many things just felt unrealistic. like, i don’t even know where i pin point it, but i feel like there was so many little comments or things that aideen and meabh does that just wouldn’t happen in real life, and in a way i feel like it took away from the story. but, i mean, it still was kind of fun to see this not ever happen in the said world.

but, i also feel like aideen’s humor in this book just didn’t work. like, i feel like the writing and the humor in this book didn’t work in my mind. like, i feel that books with stubble humor are always kind of cool and i do like it. but, i feel like that this book’s humor were kind of boring and i just also feel like it was just kind of all over the place and not needed.

i do feel like that aideen’s struggles with her mother was honestly was one of the better parts of this book. since, i do feel like seeing her talk about and show and care for her mother was honestly one of the better parts of this book. and to honestly see her put her mom before herself was honestly heartbreaking, but still really good in a kind of odd way. but, not even just her mom, just to see her take of everyone around her. and i do think it was honestly cool to see her growth from caring about everyone to caring about herself more and putting herself first.

and i mean, i did kind of get annoyed that aideen didn’t ever really confront anything about her mom and that she was trying to avoid everything about her family with these favors. like, i feel like they honestly got annoyed that she never really made up, and whenever something happened, she practically ran the other direction, which was i really just didn’t like. and i honestly wish she confronted her mom and dad, and didn’t run away.

with that being said, i do feel like there was moments in this book that i feel like it was moments that this book was kind of very similar to smyth’s debut. like, i feel like the characters are honestly very similar and that i just wish they had different variables at some points, since at some points i think it was just too similar. like, with the friend drama and the issues with alcohol. but, i honestly wished they changed it a little more, just so it isn’t so copy and paste at some of the times.

but, i do feel like aideen tried to be one of those characters and people that tried to be not like other girls, especially with her humor. and i honestly didn’t really care about it. like i found her humor, and especially how she texted, that she might not try to be like the other girls in the story. and also like the whole gym plot which i feel like it so overdone in YA books. but, i do think she is the most boring and like other girls in YA, but i still just wanted to point it out.

as for maebh, i did kind of like her character more. like, i feel she was just one of those organized character that was kind of a shit show deep down. but i still feel like she did kind had those my dad is the headmaster kind of traits, which i didn’t hate but i wish that it wasn’t so heavy. but, her being completely different from aideen i honestly really liked that they were so different, since i feel like we don’t see it to much in a book.

but, i honestly think it was cool to see them as friends, but not always be together and be people outside of the friendship. and like i feel that they were honestly really cool to see them still be friends, and have their issues. like, to see holly get to be kind of negative and kind of rude, than care more about other things than the friendship. and also just to see them make up than and to work better now was so cool.

anyway, that is all for today! i honestly wished i liked this book more than i liked book 1, but i honestly don’t think this author is for me. but, i still liked what it tried to do, even if the whole helping others was kind weird. and i mean, i do think that this book would be good for people if they liked sex education.

hello everyone! today i am going to be talking about all of the books i’ve hauled / received for the month of june. it honestly feels like it was such a quick month and i really think this month went by so quickly. but, i also didn’t get that many books this month, which is honestly probably pretty good since i have so many other books i need to read.

crooked kingdom by leigh bardugo. so this is the second book in the six of crow series, so i’m not going to be talk about it, since it is the second book, so i don’t spoil anyone.

the misadventures of an amateur naturalist by Ceinwen Langley. this book comes out September 1st. as an aspiring young naturalist, Celeste Rossan is determined to live a life of adventure and scientific discovery. but, when her father loses everything, Celeste hopes of ever leaving her home town is dashed, until she sees a narrow opportunity of escape to Paris and attend the 1867 exposition universelle. so, she seized the chance, but the elements overwhelmed her before she can make it five miles, so in desperation, she seeks refuge in an abandoned chateau only to find herself trapped inside the den of an unknown species: a predator with an intelligence that rivals any human.

you can run by Karen Cleveland. this book comes out august 31st. the words we have your son is the word that is in every parent’s nightmare, and for the CIA analyst Jill Bailey, it’s the call for everything. it’s jill’s job to vet the new CIA sources, like Falcon, who’s been on the recruitment fast track, but before she can get to work, jill gets a call. her son has been taken, and to get him back, jill does something she thought she’d never do. alex charles, a hard hitting journalist, beings to investigate an anonymous tip, and explosive claim about the CIA’s hottest new source, this is the story alex has been waiting to write. so, when alex gets lead to jill, they begin to work together, they uncover a vast conspiracy will force their loyalties to family and country.

the sister in law by Pamela Crane. this book comes out august 10th. the wife: lane won candance’s heart over chocolate martinis and karaoke. but, weeks into their whirlwind marriage, candance learns that lane came in with a lot of burdensome baggage in the form of his possessive live- in sister and her watchful six year old son. lane has this secret that seemed to hold him hostage, and candance would do anything to uncover it. the sister in law: harper was the kind of woman who cooked homemade meals and dusted under the furniture. it was the least she could do for her brother after her husband’s mysterious death, and lane took her and her kids in. then, candace shows up like a tornado passing through, threating and destructive. but, harper had other plans for her new ‘sister’ plans that lane could never find out about. the husband: all lane had ever wanted was a white picket fence life. the wife, the two point five kids, the happy little family, and everything is falling into place, until harper’s jealous streak got in the way again.

after the ink dries by Cassie Gustafson. this book comes out July 20th. at sixteen, erica walker is an webcomic artist who wants to fit in at her high school. and seventeen year old thomas vanbrackel is an aspiring songwriter and reluctant lacrosse goalie who wants out from under his father’s thumb. after their electric first kiss at saturday’s lacrosse match, erica and thomas are both elated to see where their new relationship could take them. however, the next morning, following a house party, erica wakes up half clothed, and discovers words and names drawn in sharpie in intimate places on her body, names belonging to thomas’ lacrosse friends, including the boyfriend of erica’s best friend. devastated erica convinces herself thomas wasn’t involved in this horrific so called ‘prank,’ until she discovers thomas’ name on her skin too.

her perfect life by hank phillippi ryan. this book comes out september 14th. everyone knows lily atwood and that may be her biggest problem. the beloved television reporter has it all, fame, fortune, emmys, an adorable seven year old daughter, and the hashtag her loving fans created: perfectlily. to keep it all she has to do is protect the one life changing secret. her own, lily has an anonymous source who feeds her story tips, but suddenly, that source beings telling lily inside information about her own life. how do they know the truth? lily understands that no one reveals a secret unless they have a reason. now, she’s terrified someone is determined to destroy her world, and with it, everyone and everything she holds dear.

duke, actually by jenny holiday. this book comes out october 26th. maximillian von hansburg, baron of laudon and heir to the duke of aquilla, is trapped. under pressure from his domineering father, he must marry a suitable bride before he inherits a title that feels like a prison sentence. in new york to meet a prospective wife, he ditches her responsibilities and appear on dani martinez doorstep. he’s been intrigued by the no nonsense professor since he met her at the eldovian royal wedding and it determined to befriend her. newly single dani is done with love, she ever has a list entitled, things i will never again do for a man, which is way she hits it off with notorious rake max. he’s trying to escape relationships, and she’s resolved to avoid them at all costs. all they want from each other is friendship and distractions from their messy lives.

anyway, that is all for today! like i said before, i didn’t get to many books, which i’m fine with since i already have a ton i want to get to in the future. but, still, i honestly am so excited to get to these books, especially crooked kingdom.

hello everyone! today i am going to be talking about the new june releases i’m excited for. there is honestly a ton of new books that i’m excited for, and i honestly cannot wait to read these, since they all sound so amazing. and i mean, now that i’m off for a little bit, hopefully i’ll read them sooner.

the box in the woods by Maureen Johnson. this book comes out June 15th. as an amateur sleuth, Stevie Bell needs a good murder after catching a killer at her high school, she’s back at home for a normal, but boring, summer. but, when she gets a message from the owner of Sunny Pines, formerly known as Camp Wonder Falls, the site of the notorious unsolved case, the box in the woods murders. all the way back in 1978, four camp counselors were killed in the woods outside of the town of Barlow Corners, their bodies left in a gruesome display. the new owner offers stevie an invitation, come to the camp and help him work on a true crime podcast that follows the case. of course, Stevie agrees, under one condition, if she can bring her friends form Ellingham Academy, nothing sounds better than a summer spent together and investigating old murders.

ace of spades by Faridah Abike iyimide. this book comes out June 10th. welcome to Niveus Private Academy, where money paves the hallways and the students are never less than perfect, until now. because anonymous texter, Aces, is bringing two students’ dark secrets to light. talented musician devon buries himself in rehearsals, but he can’t escape the spotlight when his private photos go public. and head girl chiamaka isn’t afraid to get what she wants, but soon everyone will know the price she has to paid for power. someone is out to get both of them, someone who holds all the aces and they are playing way more than a stupid high school game.

an emotion of great delight by Tahereh Mafi. this book comes out June 1st. it’s 2003, and multiple months since the US has declared war on Iraq and the American political world has evolved. the tensions are high, hate crimes are on the rise, FBI agents are infiltrating local mosques, and the Muslim community is harassed and targeted more than ever, just like Shadi, who wears a hijab, keeps her head down. even though her name means joy, she is filled with sorrow. her brother is dead, her father is dying, her mother is falling apart, and her best friend has mysteriously dropped out of her life and her heart is broken. she tries to navigate her crumbling world by soldiering though and saying nothing, she has her own pain, each day going farther and farther inside herself, until she explodes.

this poison heart by Kalynn Bayron. this book comes out June 29th. Briseis has a gift, she can grow plants from tiny seeds to rich blooms with a single touch. but, when her aunt dies and wills her dilapidated estate in rural New York, Bri and her parents decide to leave Brooklyn behind for the summer. and hopefully there, surrounded by plants and flowers, Bri will finally learn to control her gift, but their new home is sinister in ways they could never have imagined, it comes with a specific set of instructions, an old school apothecary, and a walled garden filled with the deadliest botanicals in the world that can only be entered by those who share Bri’s unique family lineage. but when strangers start to arrive on their doorstep, asking for tinctures and elixirs, Bri learns she has a talent of making them. but, one of the visitors, Marie, is a mysterious young woman who Bri befriends, only to know that Marie is keeping dark secrets about the estate and its surrounding community and there is more to Bri’s sudden inheritance than she could have ever imagined.

the ghost we keep by Mason Deaver. this book comes out June 1st. when Liam Cooper’s older brother, Ethan, is killed in an hit and run, Liam has to not only learn to face the world without one of the people he loves most, but also facing the fading relationship with his two best friends. feeling more and more alone and isolated than ever, Liam find themself sharing time with Marcus, their best friend, and through Marcs, Liam finds the one person that seems to know what they are going through, for better or for worst.

trouble girls by Julia Lynn Rubin. this book comes out June 1st. when Trixie picks up her best friend, Lux, for their weekend getaway, she’s looking for an escape for a little while, to forget the despair of being trapped in their dead end Rust Belt town and the responsibility of caring for her mother. they pack light, some diet coke and her ’89 canon camera, half a pack of cigarettes, which Trixie doesn’t even smoke, and a knife, which she is hanging, just for a friend of course, which she has never used before. but when a single night of violence derails their trip and will forever change the course of the girls’ lives, as they go from ordinary high schoolers to wanted fugitives, trying to stay ahead og the cops and the hellscape of media attention, the girls grapple with an unforgiving landscape, less and less supplies, and disasters decisions at every turn.

we can’t keep meeting like this by Rachel Lynn Solomon. this book comes out June 8th. Quinn Berkowitz and Tarek Mansour’s families have been in the business together for years, Quinn’s parents are wedding planners and Tarek’s own a catering company. at the end of the summer, Quinn confessed her crush on him in the form of a rambling email, and then he left for college without a response. of course, Quinn has been dreading him again almost as much as she dreads another summer playing the harp for her parents’ wedding. and when he shows up to the first wedding of the summer, looking cuter than ever after a year apart, they clash immediately. Tarek’s always loved the grand gestures in weddings- the flashier, the better, while Quinn can’t see them as anything but fake. even as they can’t seem to have one civil conversation, Quinn’s thrown together with Tarek wedding after wedding, from performing a daring cake rescue to filling in for a missing bridesmaid and groomsman. Quinn can’t deny her feelings for him are still there, especially after she learns the truth after his silence, opens up about her own fears and being learning the art of harp.

the lucky list by Rachael Lippincott. this book comes out June 1st. Emily and her mom were always lucky, until Emily’s mom got cancer 3 years ago, the luck ran out and nothing has felt right. now, the summer before senior year, things could not get worst: she wrecked things with her boyfriend, matt, and her dad is selling the house she grew up in and is selling her mothers things. and the only person she can talk to is Blake, a girl she barely knows since she and her dad moved back to town. but, when emily finds the list, her mom’s senior year summer bucket list, buried in the back of her closet, and when Blake suggests Emily take it on, the two set out on a journey to tick each box and help emily face her fears over losing her connection to her mom. and as she starts to get closer to her mother, so does emily bond with Blake deepen into something she wasn’t expecting.

we are inevitable by Gayle Forman. this book comes out June 1st. as of right now, inevitable hasn’t worked out that well for Aaron Stein. all of his friends have moved on with their lives and went to college, Aaron is left behind in the Cascade Mountains of Washington State, running a falling bookshop with his dad, Ira. and what he needs is a lucky break, the good kind of inevitable. but then he meets Hannah. the incredible Hannah, who is magical, musical, brave, and clever. who could be the answer and could their relationship and meeting could possibly be the inevitable Aaron has been waiting for.

you’re so dead by Ash Parson. this book comes out June 15th. her whole life, Plum Winter has always com in second to her sister, the cool and famous influencer, Peach Winter. and when Peach is invited to an all expense paid trip to a luxury art and music festival for influencers on a private island in the Caribbean, Plum decides it finally time to shine. so, when she intercepts the invite, and asks her two best friends Antonia and Marlowe to come along to the festive with her, it will be a spring break they never forget. but, when Plum and her friends get to the island and it’s not anything like they thought, it is run down, creepy and there isn’t any festival and it’s just seven other quasi celebrities and influencers and none of the glitz and glamor she expected, then people start to die.

one last stop by Casey McQuiston. this book comes out June 1st. for 23 year old August, moving to New York City is supposed to prove her right, that thing like magic and cinematic love stories don’t exist, and the only smart way to go through life is alone. she can’t imagine how waiting tables at the 24 hour pancake diner and moving in with too many weird roommates could possibly change that and there is no way that a chance of her subway commute being anything more than a daily trudge through boredom and electrical failures. then there is the gorgeous girl on the train, Jane. the dazzling, charming, mysterious, and impossible Jane, with her rough edges and swoopy hair and soft smile, showing up in a leather jacket to save August’s day when she needs it most. the subway crush becomes the best part of her day but the big problem is, Jane doesn’t just look like an old school punk rocker, she is literally one displaced from the 1970s, and August is going to have to use everything she tried t leave in her own past to help.

anyway, that is all for today! honestly there is so many books that i’m excited for in June and i really can’t wait to get more of these books and to read all of these later this month or in the next few months.

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.