Category: self-discovery
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REVIEW: The Entanglement of Rival Wizards by Sara Raasch
Ali Hazelwood meets Dungeons & Dragons in this enemies-to-lovers fantasy academia romcom where rival grad student wizards are forced to work together without killing―or falling for―each other. Will they conjure love, or evoke chaos? Two rival wizards are about to find out. Sebastian Walsh: twenty-four. Grad student at Lesiara University in the Mageus of…
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REVIEW: Zel by Amanda Meuwissen
An assassin in disguise is not meant to fall for their target… but Rapunzel’s life has never gone as planned. Twenty winters ago, before the Great Famine, Zel’s parents were caught stealing the fabled sorcerer’s rapunzel, the magical lettuce that grows around the base of his tall tower in the wood. He released them…
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REVIEW: The Question of Us by Jay Hogan
The nightmare is over. Or so I keep telling myself. Bruised and battered, we’d narrowly escaped with our lives. I should be grateful. Grateful that my captors are in custody. Grateful that the chilling, roller-coaster of events, actually brought Nick and I closer. Grateful that we’ve finally taken a step toward something more than…
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REVIEW: My Child is Trans, Now What?: A Joy-Centered Approach to Support by Ben V. Greene
A gentle and informative guide for parents of trans youth As a full-time public speaker specializing in spreading awareness and understanding of the transgender community, what Ben Greene hears most from parents and loved ones is the phrase “I’m sorry.” They’re sorry for using the wrong word, sorry for asking an offensive question, sorry…
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REVIEW: Static Snow by Matthew R. Corr
Still haunted by the horrors they survived underwater, Ander and Liam arrive at Knotty Oak Ski Lodge—a remote Minnesota retreat— searching for answers about Ander’s crystal necklace. But the lodge is already hosting an annual New Year’s Eve reunion for the cast of the classic sitcom Neighbors. When a blizzard traps everyone in the…
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REVIEW: A Game of Monsters (Realm of Fey series finale by Ben Alderson
The long awaited fourth and final book in Ben Alderson’s bestselling Realm of Fey series sees the fate of Robin Icethorn’s world at stake, and a war that could ruin everything… great for fans of A Court of Thorns and Roses by Sarah J. Maas. The long-awaited conclusion in Ben Alderson’s bestselling Realm of Fey…
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REVIEW: The Haunting of William Thorn by Ben Alderson
The Notebook meets The Haunting of Hill House in this split timeline queer twisted love story, set against the backdrop of a haunted English manor. William Thorn had his life all planned out… until he discovered his long-term boyfriend Archie in bed with another man. Distraught, William kicks him out of their home, where tragedy…
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2025: May Reads!!
William by Mason Coile A horror in which an inventor with agoraphobia creates an A.I. … being. The problem is that he’s made it a little too well and it begins to make its own decisions. It begins to make very bad decisions…deadly decision. I loved the suspense in this book. Great twist at the…
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REVIEW: Brim Over Boot by Emmy Sanders
He may be a King, but I’ll never kneel. Colton If asked to list all the folks in Darling, Montana I can’t stand, I’d have a single name. Noah King. He’s the second-best farrier in town (me being the first). A royal pain in my behind. And an all-around smug pest I wouldn’t mind knocking…
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REVIEW: The Meaning of You by Jay Hogan
We’d shared a forever love. The kind they write stories about. A once in a lifetime chance at something special. For fourteen years Davis was my world. We were growing old together, fifties and counting. Then it was all ripped away in the blink of an eye. We’d told each other everything, or so I…
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REVIEW: A Deception of Courts by Ben Alderson
The thrilling, electrifying, and deadly third installment to the Realm of Fey series. Perfect for fans of A Court of Thorns and Roses and From Blood and Ash but MLM.Robin Icethorn, King of the Winter Court, must stop The Hand, who threatens to bring forth a time of monsters. The search for the keys to…
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REVIEW: How To Flaunt Your Chains and Surrender a Vein by D.N. Bryn
“What else is this shed for, if not torturing unsuspecting vampires?” Rahil Zaman has good reason to keep his distance from the world—and his fangs are only part of that. He hides in his crumbling home, acquiring blood through the risky one-night stands he finds on hunter-infested hookup apps. After one such fling turns sour,…
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