Abbreviations #135: What's Not to Love, Dial A for Aunties + Luck of the Titanic

I picked up What’s Not to Love for two reasons: 1) I’ve enjoyed the other novels from Wibberley and Siegemund-Broka and 2) this is a rivals-to-something-more romance. Alison and Ethan have been competing at everything since high school began, each one determined to outdo the other in all things inc…

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Abbreviations #134: Somewhere Between Bitter and Sweet, That Way Madness Lies + Bring Me Their Hearts

Before I begin telling you more about Somewhere Between Bitter and Sweet , I must give credit where credit is due: I decided to read this one because of my friend Lili . Somewhere Between Bitter and Sweet is about two main characters: Penelope Prado, a girl who must choose between her parents’ desire…

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Abbreviations #133: If I Had Your Face, A Room with a View + The Enchanted April

I’d heard a fair bit about If I Had Your Face from friends prior to picking it up (though it was Kristin raving about it that finally had me convinced I needed to give it a shot). This debut fiction novel is about four women and their lives in Seoul: lovely Kyuri employed at a room salon who makes …

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Friends with ARCs: People We Meet on Vacation

After reading and loving Emily Henry’s adult contemporary debut last year, I was really eager to read People We Meet on Vacation . Poppy is a free-spirited young woman who lives to wander the world and is lucky enough to call that her job. Or at least, she felt that way up until recently, when she r…

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Abbreviations #132: The Song of Achilles, Black Sun + How to Stop Time

It’s really hard for me to summarize Black Sun . I started reading it without any real knowledge of what to expect -- and that really worked for me. Feel free to check out the synopsis on Goodreads, but I’m just going to dive straight into my review. This multi-narrative adult fantasy series starter…

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Abbreviations #131: I Wanna Be Where You Are, When You Were Everything + Sia Martinez and the Moonlit Beginning of Everything

I’m always down for a road trip story, and I Wanna Be Where You Are is one that’s been on my radar for some time. Chloe dreams of being a ballerina and is willing to do whatever she must in order to pursue her ambition… including taking an unsanctioned road trip to audition for her dream ballet com…

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Abbreviations #130: A Court of Silver Flames, Chain of Iron + Legendborn

If you’re a longtime reader of this blog, you’ll already know that I’m a Sarah J. Maas fan and will absolutely pick up and read absolutely anything she releases. A Court of Silver Flames is her latest novel, a spin-off continuation of her well-known A Court of Thorns and Roses series that centers …

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