I'm in love!! This was a gripping and intriguing thriller/mystery although I would say it leans more mystery. It's a slow burn and it was too good! I honestly couldn't predict what was going to happen but the events that unfolded were wild and twisted. I loved the queer rep, I loved the depth to the characters, and I liked that the story touched on topics like r@pe, SA, racial discrimination, and misogyny and found it to be a very important message within the story. 4.5 stars!

How quickly I fell in love with Alexia has to be criminal. Sweet, nerdy, awkward and her Ruby Dangerfield bit had me laughing out loud. I absolutely hated the way she saw herself for awhile, because she wasn't boring or mousy at all. Her chemistry with Logan was nuts and this fake dating plotline was by far my favorite in ANY romcom I've read. A 4.5 for me!

This is currently living rent free in my head. I can't stop thinking about it. At first I wasn't sure about it, everyone was acting off even Bel and when Rachel appeared it didn't feel as crazy as I thought it would. But... Oh my. I was so wrong about Rachel and Charlie and Jeff and Pat and wow. The actual situation with Rachel was even more bat shit wild than I thought and that ending??? Gotta love female rage.

This was a sweet and relatable story about a girl who's parents divorced after a situation that was irreconcilable (not the abducted by aliens part but in general) and getting on after everything happened and wanting your parents to be right and be who you think they are. Personally, couldn't stand the dad. He was so spacey and genuinely only seemed to care about the aliens more than his daughter and that was frustrating. This was still a cute little story and I loved how Julia and her dad made up at the end.

Incredibly disappointed that this fell flat for me. I was so excited about this - set in the Caribbean, enemies to lovers, food... It just didn't work. I will say, I loved the inclusion and rep within this story and felt that it was integrated well. However, everything else was lackluster. Enemies to lovers only works (for me imo) when we know why they hate each other. There was no clear cut answer as to why. Also, I didn't feel the attraction between Kieran and Cherisse AT ALL. They didn't make sense to me. No banter, no moving moments, and Cherisse was unlikable the entire time. I have high hopes for the other books in the series though.

I thought "surely this book can't be that bad?! A 2.95 rating?!" but oh my. Yes. It's that bad. The writing sounds immature, the characters are all bland and one deminsional, Harrow knows Raith for 5 seconds and they're suddenly getting spicy and telling each other "I love you". The whole vibe was icky. The sheer amount of spice was actually ridiculous for how shitty the storyline was and it wasn't even good spice?? A waste.

This was an amazing, beautifully written story about revolution, change, and knowing your place within all of it. I loved watching Bitter open up about how she just wants to be safe and how she just wants things to get better and seeing her transform throughout. I thought the concept of angels coming alive from these kids artwork was interesting and unique.

I absolutely devoured this. I fell in love with the relationship between Millie and Charlotte and the dual timelines really helped shape the main issue between them. Honestly, I think Charlotte was kind of annoying about the situation and wasn't fair to Millie...but I can also understand why she was so upset and felt bad for her. Ultimately, it was a fun time watching them pick up where they left off and grow together.

I thought the prmise of this school was so neat and I thought the mystery was good if a little predictable. There's so many cool creatures in this world it would be so wild to live here. Beautiful illustrations and I liked the little cliffhanger. Definitely diving into the next book soon.

This was... something. Prose was beautiful and the mystery was certainly that, in fact, it was almost confusing until the very end. It definitely made sense at the end and it was twisty but it wasn't enough to make me a fan. There's religious undertones and definitely a macabre/light horror aspect to it and while it was nice it just wasn't for me. It's short and to the point so I do recommend giving it a chance if you've been interested.