📚”You always have a choice…even if it seems impossible to notice in the moment.”

👍 This book was cute and cozy. Overall, I liked the initial world build and magic system. There were a lot of threads and some were resolved easily, some not so much. I don’t really think this needs to be stretched into four books but I guess we’ll see! Off to wait on some library holds 🙃
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📚 “Royalty is a permanent condition.”

Multi POV, historical fiction, YA

👍I’m loving my library picks this month. This was such a fun read! It was drama from start to finish and I devoured it. I can’t wait for the conclusion in Nov 😍
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📚 “To look at the night sky is to look at parts of what you once were, who you may one day be.”

👍What a freaking ride! Those last 50 pages or so were a ROLLERCOASTER.

👎Barbara!!
But in all seriousness, the ending felt a little abrupt to me BUT I think I just wasn’t ready for the story to end.
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📚 ”The media are going to tell whatever story they want to tell. They always have. They always will.”

👍 This is one of those novels that will be a classic in the future, I can already tell. A novel about love, fame, sex, and family. I couldn’t put it down, and it is complex and emotional. I was honestly surprised by the prominent LGBTQ+ rep, but it should really have not surprised me at all. A must read, honestly.
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👍 Super exciting and BRUTAL. It’s like if Spartacus had a fantasy baby. The fight scenes were very immersive but be warned, bloody. I enjoyed the world build and the political intrigue. And Leith was a great grumpy book boyfriend 😍

👎 TBH there were some parts where the pacing/ plot points felt off BUT I listened to this mostly on audio so that’s probably my fault for not paying attention?
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This book went down so smooth. yes!
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📚 “Maybe the rumors aren’t true.
Maybe the people have it wrong.
Maybe I no longer give a sh!t.”

👍 Finished this book in under 8hours because I could not put it down. Plus, it’s so pretty! I went in expecting a fun why choose romantasy and ended up thinking this author must live inside my head because how did she pull these men from my dreams? While the world building is fun a few times the sheer scale of things threw me off but only momentarily. For example, hundreds of stories in the air is fine for flying but for buildings in a fantasy setting, its a little far fetched. But other than that, I love it.

Will this book shake you to your core with how spicy it is? ehhh not really but that’s ok. Am I excited for the next book to be released, oh hell yes!
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Multi POV, mystery, thriller

👍 This book was so good!!! I cannot believe this is a debut. It was a locked room whodunnit set at an elaborate sweet 16 party. I absolutely loved the pacing and how the author slowly revealed the twists. I truly loved the symmetry at the end as well!! This gave me major The Guest List vibes 😍😍😍 ALSO I read the book as a love letter to the Texas Hill Country bc I grew up where the book was set so it gave me major nostalgia 🥺

***Thank you @netgalley @kelseycoxwriter and @minotaur_books for an eARC in exchange for an honest review ***

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Sports romance always has my heart 💕
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📚”You must always mentally chart the trajectory!”

👍 I absolutely loved this cozy mystery and binged it in about 24 hours. I loved that our FMC has gained some friends in this sequel and come into her own. The author even introduced a love triangle which normally I hate, but it works here. This book kept up the hilarious banter and hijinks a la Wisteria Society so bravo 👏 I also enjoyed the commentary on the importance of art and free expression. I simply CANNOT wait for book three after that ending sentence 🙃

*Thank you to NetGalley, the author, and publisher for an eARC in exchange for an honest review.
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📚 “People with power don’t give it away out of the kindness of their hearts. they do it when we leave them with no other choice.”

👍For being the first book in the series, this wasn’t super heavy on the world building. And that’s okay! It was oddly refreshing to not get an info dump. Instead, we follow the FMC Diem through her daily life as she deals with the secrets left behind by her mother. The ending was 🤯 and it’s taking all my self control not to binge 😂
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👍 I enjoyed the ride and it did a good job with the red herrings to keep me guessing. This triggered allllll my small town trauma in the best way 😂

👎WTF was that ending??? It was unresolved to say the least and no news of a sequel that I see. Due to this ending, I cannot recommend.
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📚 “Would you surrender yourself to the world, or make the world yours?”

Feminine rage, retelling, morally gray FMC

👍 This was a great Mulan retelling. The authors note really put it into context 🙌 This book had the best of Poppy War vibes, but wasn’t nearly as depressing. The ending line was so metal, I can’t wait to see how the second book goes!
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KU just has an endless supply of books 😍
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📚 “I will not leave him in peace. I will not let him forget.”

👍 A beautiful girl, a brilliant mind, and the games played by Kings. This book takes a hard look at the power a woman wields while thinking herself a chess piece. The heartache is something to yearn for, because in yearning we truly live. We want most what we cannot have and that drives our story to its inevitable conclusion, because history is written by the victors.
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👍🏼 I decided to listen to this nonfiction book about three iconic and infamous plants (and their chemical components) that have altered the course of human history and development: a downer (opium), an upper (caffeine), and a hallucinogenic (mescaline). What I gleaned is that colonialism and capitalism have had their hands on literally EVERY aspect of human history. I found this read fascinating! The audiobook is narrated by the author and it was PERFECT. I highly recommend this book about chemicals many people interact with on a regular basis!
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📚“And here now is not a bad place and time to be, especially when so much of the unknown is beautiful.”

👍 A very original story idea with aliens, demons, and run away youths. The themes of identity and family were strong. I loved all the foodie scenes.

👎 Markus was such a loose end?!
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