Amazon Affiliate Link | Bookshop.org Affiliate Link I picked up Meryl Wilsner’s Something To talk About as a palate cleanser of sorts. It looked like a quick, light read, something to make me smile in between some of the heavier books I’ve been reading lately. Unfortunately, though parts of the story were engaging, I struggledRead More
Shannon reviews Rosaline Palmer Takes the Cake by Alexis Hall
Amazon Affiliate Link | Bookshop.org Affiliate Link I’m not someone who watches a lot of TV, so I was super surprised to find myself gravitating toward books centered around reality tv shows. There’s something about these stories that captures my attention in a way the actual shows airing on television never have. Rosaline Palmer TakesRead More
Shannon reviews Honey Girl by Morgan Rogers
Amazon Affiliate Link | Bookshop.org Affiliate Link Contemporary romance isn’t always my genre of choice. I often struggle to identify with the characters and the situations in which they manage to embroil themselves, and to be quite honest, I was a little worried about this when I first picked up Morgan Rogers’s Honey Girl. ItRead More
Shannon reviews Trouble Girls by Julia Lynn Rubin
Amazon Affiliate Link | Bookshop.org Affiliate Link I’m always on the lookout for a good road trip book, especially during those hot summer months, and so, I was beyond delighted to run across Julia Lynn Rubin’s Trouble Girls, part YA thriller and part coming of age story. It features teenaged best friends who head outRead More
Shannon reviews Dead Dead Girls by Nekesa Afia
Amazon Affiliate Link | Bookshop.org Affiliate Link In Dead Dead Girls, the first installment in Nekesa Afia’s Harlem Renaissance series, readers are introduced to Louise Lloyd, a black lesbian with a troubled past. The year is 1921, and Louise is working at a small cafe to keep a roof over her head. She spends herRead More
Shannon reviews She’s Too Pretty To Burn by Wendy Heard
Amazon Affiliate Link | Bookshop.org Affiliate Link As the weather begins to warm up here in the midwest, I find myself in serious need of books set during the warm summer months. There’s something so magical about long days spent in the sunshine, even if the characters’ daily activities aren’t ones I’d recommend. Books setRead More
Shannon reviews All Eyes On Us by Kit Frick
All Eyes On Us, the 2019 release from author Kit Frick, is the story of two teenaged girls, both desperate to hold onto their secrets and their dreams, even if it means teaming up to take down their mutual enemy. It’s fast-paced and twisty, but not without its faults. Amanda Kelly has known she wouldRead More
Shannon reviews The Girls I’ve Been by Tess Sharpe
Amazon Affiliate Link | Bookshop.org Affiliate Link I’ve been a thriller fan for years, but I’ve always felt a little let down by the lack of queer representation in the genre. In recent years, things do seem to have gotten a bit better in this regard, but fast-paced, hard-hitting thrillers with female protagonists who aren’t straight stillRead More
Shannon reviews Labyrinth Lost by Zoraida Cordova
Labyrinth Lost is the first book in Zoraida Cordova’s captivating young adult series entitled Brooklyn Brujas, and it’s one I didn’t expect to fall head over heals for. In 2019, I picked the book up, but couldn’t seem to concentrate on the story. I eventually put it down, deciding it just wasn’t the book forRead More
Shannon reviews The First Days by Rhiannon Frater
I don’t know about any of you, but reading has proven a bit tricky for me during the pandemic. I kind of flit from book to book, hoping to settle on something that will be the perfect escape from what’s going on in the real world, and no one was more surprised than me toRead More