Review: The House in the Cerulean Sea by T.J. Klune in BUZZWORDS 💙

Goodreads – Amazon  – Book Depository CW's: Past Child Abuse, (Internalized) Fatphobia, Trauma Representation 🌷 Gay Fat MC, m/m romance A magical island. A dangerous task. A burning secret. Linus Baker leads a quiet, solitary life. At forty, he lives in a tiny house with a devious cat and his old records. As a Case Worker at the Department in…

Arc Review: Cheer Up by Crystal Frasier ✨ Cheerleading & Finding Support

Goodreads – Amazon  – Book Depository CW's: Transphobia, Harassment Representation 🌷 Latina Trans MC, Fat Lesbian LI A sweet, queer teen romance perfect for fans of Fence and Check, Please! Expected Publication: August 10, 2021 Annie is a smart, antisocial lesbian starting her senior year of high school who’s under pressure to join the cheerleader squad to make friends and…

Blog Tour: The Half-Orphan’s Handbook by Joan F. Smith 📚

Hello fellow bookworms 📚 I was fortunate enough to receive a digital copy of The Half Orphan's Handbook through participating in the Xpresso book tour! The Half-Orphan's Handbook had been on my list of most anticipated releases, so I was grateful for the opportunity to read it early 🥰 For now, let's get into what…

Review: Network Effect by Martha Wells 🌀 A full length Murderbot Novel

Goodreads – Amazon  – Book Depository CW's: Violence, Injury, Kidnapping Murderbot returns in its highly-anticipated, first, full-length standalone novel. I’m usually alone in my head, and that’s where 90 plus percent of my problems are. When Murderbot's human associates (not friends, never friends) are captured and another not-friend from its past requires urgent assistance, Murderbot must choose between inertia…

Arc Reviews: Our Last Echoes & A Dark and Hollow Star ❤ A hit and a miss 😱

Our Last Echoes by Kate Alice Marshall ⭐⭐⭐⭐ Goodreads – Amazon – Book Depository CW's: Attempted Murder, Violence, Gore, Injury and Body Horror, Animal Death, Panic Attacks ❤ Published March 16th 2021 ❤ Sophia's first memory is of drowning. She remembers the darkness of the water and the briny taste as it fills her throat.…

Review: Today Tonight Tomorrow by Rachel Lynn Solomon in BUZZWORDS 💙

Goodreads – Amazon  – Book Depository CW's: Discussion of Antisemitism, Mentions of murder, violence and bullying, Drug Use Representation 🌷 Jewish MC & LI An unforgettable romantic comedy about two rival overachievers whose relationship completely transforms over the course of twenty-four hours. Today, she hates him. It’s the last day of senior year. Rowan Roth and Neil McNair have been…

Arc Review: Secrets of Camp Whatever by Chris Grine 👻 A not so normal summer camp

Goodreads – Amazon  – Book Depository CW's: Ableist Comments (challenged) Representation 🌷 Deaf MC, Black SC Perfect for fans of Lumberjanes and Brain Camp, there’s more than mosquitos at Camp Whatever and Willow will need to face truths about herself and her family as summer camp dread goes head to head with the supernatural. Eleven year-old Willow doesn't want…

Review: Fence Vol 1-4 ⚔ I’m getting invested in … sports?!

Fence Vol 1-4. by C.S. Pacat & Johanna the Mad CW's: Mentions of abandonment & Bullying ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ This review covers my feelings about all four volumes of Fence but contains no spoilers! Nicholas, the illegitimate son of a retired fencing champion, is a scrappy fencing wunderkind, and dreams of getting the chance and the training…

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…