Review: The Tower of Nero by Rick Riordan ✨ The end of the Percy Jacksonverse

Goodreads – Amazon  – Book Depository CW's: Emotional Abuse, Violence At last, the breathtaking, action-packed finale of the #1 bestselling Trials of Apollo series is here!  Will the Greek god Apollo, cast down to earth in the pathetic moral form of a teenager named Lester Papadopoulos, finally regain his place on Mount Olympus? Lester's demigod friends at Camp Jupiter…

Review: Cemetery Boys by Aiden Thomas 👻 Ghosts, Banter and lots of yearning

Goodreads – Amazon  – Thalia (DE) ** currently not available on Book Depository. Shipping also seems to be difficult (at least in Germany), so I read the e-book version! CW's: Loss of a Loved One, Themes of Murder, Sacrifice and Death, Misgendering/Deadnaming (challenged), Blood Representation 🌷 Latinx (Cuban-Mexican) Gay Trans MC, Latinx Gay LI Yadriel…

Review: Murderbot Diaries #1 – #4 by Martha Wells 💻 I’m OBSESSED with this novella series

Hello fellow bookworms 💗 Originally I only intended to review All Systems Red, but then I binge read books 2-4 in the Murderbot Diaries series as well (and got totally obsessed). Therefore, it made more sense to combine all 4 reviews into one post, so here we are! I've used dividers between my reviews, so…

Review: Skyward by Brandon Sanderson ⭐ Flying, Talking Ships & Bravery

Goodreads – Amazon  – Book Depository CW's: Death, Bullying, War Scenes Spensa's world has been under attack for decades. Now pilots are the heroes of what's left of the human race, and becoming one has always been Spensa's dream. Since she was a little girl, she has imagined soaring skyward and proving her bravery. But…

Arc Review: The Tea Dragon Tapestry 🍵 Cute tea dragons & found family

Goodreads – Amazon  – Book Depository Representation 🌷 Black MC, Disabled & Queer SC's Join Greta and Minette once more for the heartwarming conclusion of the award-winning Tea Dragon series! Over a year since being entrusted with Ginseng's care, Greta still can't chase away the cloud of mourning that hangs over the timid Tea Dragon. As she struggles to…

Review: You Say It First by Katie Cotugno 💌 Complicated long-distance relationships

Goodreads – Amazon  – Book Depository CW's: Alcoholism, Mention of past suicide You Say It First is a propulsive, layered novel about how sometimes the person who has the least in common with us can be the one who changes us most. Meg has her entire life set up perfectly: her boyfriend Mason is sweet and supportive, she and…

Arc Review: The Reckless Afterlife of Harriet Stoker by Lauren James 👻 Vengeful Ghosts

Goodreads – Amazon – Book Depository CW's: Violence, Gore, Death/Murder, Abuse (physical & emotional), Poisoning Representation 🌷 Pan MC, Black Gay MC, Questioning Bisexual MC, Brown hijabi SC “Congratulations, new kid. Welcome to the afterlife.” What if death is only the beginning? When Harriet Stoker dies after falling from a balcony in a long-abandoned building, she…

Arc Review: The Silvered Serpents by Roshani Chokshi 🐍 A heavy sequel full of grief and thorned love

Goodreads – Amazon – Book Depository CW's: Violence, Loss of a Loved One, Mentions of death, stillbirth, suicide, gore & past abuse, Sexual Harrasment (character posing as someone else to trick another into having sex with them) Representation 🌷 Indian MC, Black Queer MC, Biracial (Filipino & Spanish) Queer MC, Jewish MC who has Anxiety…

Spotlight #2 💖 Felix Ever After, 10 Things I Hate About Pinky & Loveless

Spotlight is a new feature on my blog to highlight some of the books I loved (that weren't full five stars) 💗 Usually, this will be around 3 books that I recently liked, with a Spotlight post happening whenever I have enough books I'd like to talk about 🥰 I shortened some of the reviews that were…

Arc Review: The Scapegracers by Hannah A. Clarke 📕 Time for Witchy Things

Goodreads – Amazon  – Book Depository CW's: Violence, Kidnapping, Mentions of Death/Suicide, Animal Death Representation 🌷 Lesbian MC, Black Sapphic MC, Chinese-American Bi MC An outcast teenage lesbian witch finds her coven hidden amongst the popular girls in her school, and performs some seriously badass magic in the process. Skulking near the bottom of West High’s social pyramid, Sideways…