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March 9, 2021 Elizabeth Reviews

[Elizabeth’s Review]: When We Were Infinite by Kelly Loy Gilbert

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 […]

Filed Under: Reviews Tagged With: Asian, character development, Contemporary, Fiction, friendship, heartbreaking, High School, mental health, Mental Illness, music, musician, tragic, ya contemporary

June 19, 2020 Elizabeth Reviews

[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, […]

Filed Under: Reviews Tagged With: Adult, adult romance, broken heart, contemporary romance, Diverse Character(s), Fake Relationship, family, finding yourself, Funny, Grief, hate love relationship, heartbreaking, heartwarming, humor, lawyer, life after heartbreak, Love, love yourself

November 17, 2019 ideallyrachel Reviews

[Rachel’s Review]: All-American Muslim Girl by Nadine Jolie Courtney

There are very few books that actually make me cry at the end but this is definitely one of them. All-American Muslim Girl is equal parts heart-wrenching and heartwarming and has such an important message for the current political climate: acceptance. Acceptance of oneself, one’s religion and one’s culture. Allie’s exploration of her faith and […]

Filed Under: Reviews Tagged With: Contemporary, heartbreaking, heartwarming, muslim, muslim american, political, religion, ya contemporary

October 25, 2019 Elizabeth Reviews

[Elizabeth’s Review]: Where I End and You Begin by Preston Norton

I’m writing this review literally ten minutes after finishing this book and all I can say is that I am an emotional mess. Where I End and You Begin— where do we end and begin? This book, I can’t seem to full capture how heartfelt and heartwarming this coming of age story is. What we’ve […]

Filed Under: Reviews Tagged With: being you, Contemporary, family, friends, friendship, heartbreaking, heartwarming, High School, LGBTQ, life, Love, love yourself, Shakespeare, theatre, YA, YA Romance

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