courtofbooksanddogs's Reviews (350)

This Will Be Fun is described as a cozy romantasy novel and that couldn’t be more correct! This story follows heroes navigating grief and trauma after the loss of a friend. It has real life feelings and tragedies, but it also has humor, romance, LGBTQ rep, spice, and adventure! This story is not high fantasy by any means. I felt like I was reading a cutesy romance novel, but with swords and magic. It was a delight to read and I really enjoyed it! I’ve already preordered a hard copy to add to my collection. 

I hope the author(s) continue writing together!

My favorite in the series so far!

I truthfully don’t think I can properly convey what this book did for me. It moved me to tears as I listened and related to Daphne and Miles face their pasts and traumas. I smiled as I thought about my partner and while I read about Daphne and Miles being able to learn to be together while dealing with their personal struggles. I felt validated as I listened to each of them talk about how hard it is having relationships with family members who should be there for you but aren’t. Most of all, I loved that this book doesn’t promise a happily ever after. It showed the realistic world view that life can suck sometimes, but that doesn’t mean it can’t be beautiful and filled with people we love and cherish. I listened to 95% of Funny Story on audio and immediately went out to buy the book so I can reread it for years to come. 

100% worth the hype! Read it! 💙

Wow. This one was a hard read. I typically DNF books with references to child abuse or death, but I felt connected to this one in a different way. Hepworth does a very good job approaching the topic delicately and also straightforward without graphic detail which I really appreciated. I wasn’t totally sure how I felt after finishing. The book was addicting, well written, satisfying plot, but saying I enjoyed a book with these themes is hard for me. What got me in the end was actually the acknowledgments after the book finishes. Hepworth talks about her research speaking to foster children, parents, etc. She speaks of the importance of remembering that for all the evil in the world, there is also good. She speaks to the importance of chosen family, which I speak about often as well. It’s because of this, that I am choosing to rate this 5 stars even with the darker themes. 

What a perfect book to finish as Pride month begins! I did not plan this, but it is just perfect. At a whopping 848 pages/26 hours in audio this book is not for the faint of heart. I previously DNF’d it because I didn’t have the attention span for its length. So glad I came back to it because I loved it! Sabran and Ead are my two favorite characters with so much character growth. There’s magic, adventure, love, heartbreak, and best of all DRAGONS. 🐉 

My struggle with high fantasy is keeping track of characters, but the author is amazing and has a glossary of characters and definitions in the back. 👏🏻 

Where are the quotation marks??

Recursion is not the style of book I typically go for, but I’ve been trying to branch out. I really enjoyed the plot and character development! It was a little sad at times, but overall an addicting read. I did start to get a little bored towards the end because it began to feel repetitive, but it’s 100% worth finishing! 

This book is a quick read and is honestly nothing like I expected. It’s so cute, quirky, and honestly just so weird 😂 Even amongst the weirdness, we learn about crucial life lessons: found family, honesty, loyalty, boundaries, and self preservation. Nothing to See Here can be found on Kindle Unlimited or your local library. I recommend for a fun quick read! 

Wrap me up in this book 🥹 Sweetest story! This book shows the beauty and power of found/chosen family. We don’t have to be flesh and blood to be family. This story uses such beautiful imagery and the sweetness of children to teach us the importance of loving instead of hating. I personally love kids and their wit, so the story hit perfectly for me in that regard. The author captures the innocence and not so innocent aspects of children/teenagers. I have such a passion for children being treated with love, regardless of their family of origin and background. All kids deserve adults who love them. And just as importantly - adults also deserve love and happiness in their lives. We’re not meant to lead mundane lives revolving around 9 to 5/Monday to Friday. This story reminds us to find what makes us happy outside of our daily responsibilities. 

A train wreck so bad I couldn’t put it down. Low key might be one of the worst books I’ve ever read. I’m disappointed because I liked this author’s last thriller, but I felt like they were trying too hard to be twisty, so the twists lost their impact because it was just one after the other. The plot was underdeveloped, the characters were surface level, lacked depth, and felt like they came out of a B-level horror movie. The twists could have made more sense if the plot wasn’t the twists themselves. We get surface level backstory throughout the book, but the actual story doesn’t happen until the twist happens. It was too much.

As a trigger warning for the book it contains graphic descriptions of dead newborns. I would never have read this if I’d known it was in there. 

This book was definitely not for me. The only reason I didn’t DNF is I received an advanced copy, so wanted to provide the review they asked for.