It’s Not What You Think by Clare Mackintosh
Akarnae (The Medoran Chronicles #1) by Lynette Noni
Yesteryear by Caro Claire Burke
This Wretched Alchemy (Ruinous Fate Saga #1) by Tina Mars
Dangerous Haven by Luna Pierce
The Phone Swap by Lia Louise
Killing Sadie by Rachel Peterson
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This is such a cute friends to lovers, fake-dating romance between Fable and Theo who grew up in the same small town. Fable left for awhile trying to figure out what she wanted to do with her life, but after a few failed attempts, returned home and moved into her deceased grandfather’s dilapidated house. Theo left the small town veterinarian practice for the big city, but decided to come back to his roots. He wants to buy the veterinarian practice from the elderly vet that’s selling it, but the vet doesn’t want to sell it to Theo because he doesn’t think Theo is serious about staying in town.
Continue reading “No Place Like You (Oak Sisters #2) by Jillian Meadows”
This is a YA dystopian romantasy that combines a deadly game with a dating show. We have the typical power dynamic where a powerful ruler surrounds himself with sycophants who live a privileged life. In this world they are the only people allowed to touch another person and fall in love. All others live in squalor with no hope of improving their lives. That is, until the ruler announces the Tournament of Hearts. The winning couple become highborn citizens with all the privileges that come with it. Our FMC Axira is a lowborn smuggler that gets into a sticky situation and makes a deal with the MMC Prince Caelus to enter the tournament to steal something for him. On the day the trials start, Caelus enters the tournament at his father’s command.
Continue reading “The Heart Trials by J. Elle”
This book is so dang cute! It starts with a meet-cute between veterinarian Cassie and jack of all trades Noah as they try to capture a tiger that got loose from its cage on its way to a sanctuary. It’s a rocky start between the two, which doesn’t get better when she buys the house next door to him that he’d been trying to buy for his mother to live in. Their grumpy/sunshine personalities light up the pages with witty banter and gestures of kindness. Complete with a meddling mother and small town coziness, this book hits all the right notes.
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I really like dark academia books with unique magic systems so was excited to read this book. The magic system here is definitely unique where magic users can manipulate different elements. Norah is our FMC and she can manipulate probability. When magic users use their magic, however, it can draw possibility beasts whose bites are deadly. When her father is bitten and his health quickly deteriorates, she joins the academy to follow a rumor that a cure can be found there. When she finds out that only senior research assistants are allowed in the archives—and you can only become one by winning a team trial designed to push your navigation abilities to the brink, Norah reluctantly joins a team.
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This is a slow burn Gilded Age book that combines mystery, magic, and romance. Vesper is a young, ambitious journalist with the failing Basalton Globe. The book opens with her attending a society gala with the hopes of interviewing an inventor introducing this recent magical invention. Vesper resents Basalton high society who use sorcery to fuel their luxurious lifestyles rather than help those less fortunate. Vesper briefly interviews the inventor, however a brief time later finds him dead in the garden. Two men are the police’s main suspects, with the prime suspect being industrialist Maximilian Kite.
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WHO GIVES YOU LIFE?
PATER AETERNUS.
WHO GIVES YOU PURPOSE?
PATER AETERNUS.
WHO GIVES YOU JOY?
PATER AETERNUS.
This book was a wild ride! Pater Aeternus, governing party of the fascist, galaxy-spanning Decurion Empire, is run by the Eternal Father. He dictates your status, the work you can do, who you can marry, and women’s purpose is to have as many children as possible. The entire planet is heavily surveilled and even a whisper of discontent is immediately quashed. People are routinely snatched up and disappear forever (sound familiar?). Most are murdered. A few are “re-educated” and come back as fanatical loyalists.
Continue reading “The Infinite State (The Decurion Saga #1) by Richard Swan”
How do you not like a book with a cinnamon roll MMC that projects himself as a boring loser to the girl he’s crushing on, but literally kills people that makes her mad? Rue thinks Hugo is the most boring man alive. He meets her every evening at the mailbox for an awkward conversation that makes her inwardly roll her eyes. But he’s got a dark secret that he never wants her to know about. He hunts down men that abuse women and children and kills them. Turns out, so does she!
Continue reading “To All the Guys I Killed Before by Sara Whitney”
This is an entertaining, twisty mystery/thriller set in 1951 post-WWII and the characters are students at Oxford University. Ginevra Bishop is the daughter of a viscount and is studying to prove she’s more than a debutante. Sidney Braithwaite is a war veteran trying to get past his nightmares and improve his situation so he doesn’t have to return to being a miner in his small hometown. The duo have an unfortunate first meeting and after that, have little contact with each other.
Continue reading “The Oxford Guide to Scandal and Lies by Kate Westbury”
This is book 21 in the Cork O’Connor series but can be read as a standalone. There are issues from previous books that are referenced, but won’t impact a first time reader’s enjoyment of the book. This book has plenty of action and suspense that will keep you glued to it. Cork also goes through a lot of self-reflection in this book. He tries to come to terms with his capacity for peace and forgiveness but also for rage and vengeance.
Continue reading “God’s Country (Cork O’Connor #21) By William Kent Krueger”
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