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Neon Gods is the story of Persephone and Hades. This was a spicy retelling of a timeless story. I enjoyed the spice and romance in this one. He was supposed to be a myth.But from the moment I crossed the River Styx and fell under his dark spell... he was, quite simply, mine. This one… Continue reading Neon Gods by Katee Robert
The Book Thief was one I was finally able to read! This was selected for one of my book clubs and I was glad I was able to get to this Jem! This was narrated by Death and told from a few different POV's. The setting is late 30's Nazi Germany. Liesel is the main… Continue reading The Book Thief by Markus Zusak
The King of Wrath was my first book by Ana Huang. This is the forced marriage trope and I always like that. This also has the billionaire trope, which I can go either way, but this one was steamy and witty. Dante Russo is your typical billionaire and he doesn't want to get tied down.… Continue reading The King of Wrath by Ana Huang
“Betrayals don’t cancel each other out. They just hurt more.” They say you can never go home again, and for Persephone Fraser, ever since she made the biggest mistake of her life a decade ago, that has felt too true. Instead of glittering summers on the lakeshore of her childhood, she spends them in a… Continue reading Every Summer After by Carley Fortune
“I think we regular people may have forgotten a basic truth—we don’t really have the right to judge anyone else.” After calling off her engagement in wake of a tragic revelation, Yuko Moriguchi had nothing to live for except her only child, four year old, Manami. Now, following an accident on the grounds of the… Continue reading Confessions by Kanae Minato
This is a book that isn't my typical genre but I'm glad I gave this one a chance. This is a Newsies type romcom. Nick Russo & Andy Fleming are characters that sucked me in right away. Nick is a reporter from Brooklyn but he is also a closet gay. It is the 50's and… Continue reading We Could Be So Good by Cat Sebastian
This is the first Henning Mankell book I have read. Mankell knows how to write a complex character. This is a Swedish mystery and I definitely like these ones. This one was recommended by my local Indie bookstore owner, DDR. He has a funny story about how he came to carry this book as well,… Continue reading Faceless Killers by Henning Mankell
“Stay I whisper to him. Stay in the car. Stay in this moment. But of course he never does.” Autumn and Phineas (Finny) are neighbors who were born a week apart. Their mothers are best friends, and they eat dinners and spend holidays together like a family. Autumn and Finny were inseparable through childhood. But… Continue reading If He Had Been With Me by Laura Nowlin
This one was for book club and I wasn't sure if I would like it or not. The more I thought about it, the more I liked this one. The characters are interesting. And the premise grabbed me right away. Code Name Verity tells the tale of two young women amidst the backdrop of WWII:… Continue reading Code Name Verity by Elizabeth Wein
“He told me once that sometimes, with some people, it's not about winning or losing, That with some people, it's just about playing. Though for the longest time, I didn't really believe him.” Mallory Greenleaf is done with chess. Every move counts nowadays, after the sport led to the destruction of her family four years earlier, Mallory's… Continue reading Check & Mate by Ali Hazelwood