"I'm a mirrorball
I can change everything about me to fit in"
- Taylor Swift

I really loved this book, I think it's Ali Hazelwood's best book yet! 5 stars all around and one of my favourite books of 2023. Go read it!

full review will be posted two weeks before the publication date per little brown books.

thanks to Little Brown Books UK and Ali Hazelwood for the ARC in exchange for my honest review.

book #5 of 2023

The insta love saga continues, things are picking up in vol 1 they got together and told each other that they loved each other. But now she gets kidnapped and he comes to get her. I'm down for it, go get your girl. Now my only question is how old are these two? Hopefully I'll find out in vol 3.

Book #4 of 2023

I mean... this is like the most insta love thing I've ever read and so cringe. There was one line I messaged a friend: "and I made you dress me and play along as I role played as a cat". And I think that tells you everything you need to know about this manga. Surprisingly not the worst I've ever read that title is for Rosen Blood. So you get a 3 from me.

Book #3 of 2022.

The book kicks off with Mariel Spark - a witch accidentally summoning a soul bargainer demon. And what is a witch to do? Fake date him. 

The main characters go back and forth, Oz (the demon) wants her soul and she doesn't want to give it to him, however we realise in the first few pages that he isn't interested in her taking her soul, but interested in her.

At times I did roll eyes a bit because how long can the back and forth between Mariel and her mother go on... it felt as if I really didn't get a break between one scene with her mother hurling criticism at her and another. But I suppose that's also the mother is a typical helicopter, you owe me, "reach your potential", why aren't you more like me parent. And don't get me started on the dad. 

I suppose the good thing about having a plot involving demons is that the plot can always be solved in two to three pages or with a bargain or two. I thought the ending ending was cute but the way the 'conflict' was solved fell a bit flat - smart but flat.

Overall, I would totally recommend this, and to the person who started this cutesy cartoon covers hiding smut I really do appreciate you.

Thanks to NetGalley and Sarah Hawley for an arc in exchange for my honest review.

Book #2 of 2023

my first read of 2023, finished on the first of Jan.

i liked this book, it was short (only 140 pages) and sweet in its simplicity. she and her cat tells the story of four women who find themselves connected through their cats. we switch between the perspective of the cats and their owners.

she and her cats, tackles the themes of loss, death, s.a and depression so please be aware before you read this that whilst it for me was a warm a cosy read it may not be for you.

i gave it four stars because i didn't click with the third story where the woman falls into depression (in my opinion) but then the cat is what pulls her out of it, for me it kind of brushed over the a to b of overcoming depression in favour of showing the significance of the cat.

overall, a short and sweet read.

book #1 of 2023

I read this twice, didn't even realise I had read this before... couldn't remember a thing

Kinda repetitive but yes to the smut.

Gonna try and come back to this in late 2023

It is what it is - not being read.