TW: this book discusses topics of domestic assault/abuse, suicide, racism, microaggressions, mental health and illness, and panic attacks. This is my first Kelly Loy Gilbert book and wow, I am blown away. Beth’s story is achingly powerful and when interwoven by Gilbert’s writing, one cannot seem to escape from the pain and heartbreak that these […]
[Elizabeth’s Review]: All This Time by Mikki Daughtry and Rachael Lippincott
All This Time is a story about loss and overwhelming grief and how to move on. Kyle has always been sure of his life and his future, and that was Kimberly. The duo has been best friends for as long as they can remember and a couple all the same. The one thing Kyle is sure […]
[Elizabeth’s Review]: Like Lovers Do (Girls Trip #2) by Tracey Livesay
I had so much fun reading this book! From the book description, I knew I was going to fall in love with the friends to lovers trope. In meeting Nic and Ben and getting a feel of their chemistry and dynamic, I also knew that I was going to enjoy reading this book and was […]
[Elizabeth’s Review]: Bookish and the Beast by Ashley Poston
This is the third book in Ashley Poston’s Once Upon a Con series, and I was so excited to see that it was a modern retelling of Beauty and the Beast! This book revolves around Rosie Thorne, who is grieving her mother’s death and trying her best to navigate a new reality in her absence. […]
[Elizabeth’s Review]: You Had Me at Hola by Alexis Daria
This book brought the drama and steamy romance on a level that I wish more books did, and I was completely about it. Jasmine Lin Rodriguez is reeling from a messy break up that has gone public, putting her in a spotlight she desperately does not need. Gorgeous telenovela star Ashton Suárez fears his acting […]
[Elizabeth’s Review]: “Today Tonight Tomorrow” by Rachel Lynn Solomon
To start off, I have to say that this book has become one of my top 3 reads of not only 2020 but pretty much of all time! I read this book in a span of hours and finished it around five in the morning and was so giddy that I could not fall asleep. […]
[Elizabeth’s Review]: If I Never Met You by Mhairi McFarlane
What happens when the person you had chosen to love for over a decade and have built an entire life together decides that he no longer loves you? Answer: Laurie and Dan met in their Freshman year in college and have been inseparable ever since, and with both becoming lawyers and now in their mid-thirties, […]
[Elizabeth’s Review]: The Dark Tide by Alicia Jasinska
I like to think Alicia Jasinska read Beauty and the Beast and thought: let’s make our beast a QUEEN and let’s make it dark. And I was totally and completely about it. This book focuses on two POVs: Lina Kirk and Queen Eva and they each have something to prove. The dynamic between Lina and […]