Category: self-discovery
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REVIEW: Ascension by S.T. Gibson
From bestselling author of Evocation comes it’s hotly anticipated and spellbinding sequel, where Rhys steps into his new role as High Priest. A perfect read for lovers of urban fantasy. Now the High Priest of Boston’s famed and secret Society, Rhys McGowan has a lot on his shoulders. With the help of his adoring witch wife,…
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REVIEW: When the Tides Held the Moon by Venessa Vida Kelley
In Coney Island, true love rises to the surface. With lush illustrations and buoyant prose, Venessa Vida Kelley forges an unforgettable New York fairytale. Benigno “Benny” Caldera knows an orphaned Boricua blacksmith in 1910s New York City can’t call himself an artist. But the ironwork tank he creates for famed Coney Island playground, Luna Park,…
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April 2025 reads
I read 9 books in #April and it was an adventure. I’ve pulled away from review sites a bit and plan to do so for, at least, another month. I want to catch up on the amazing books that I have bought and are sitting here waiting for me. This month I read: The Very…
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REVIEW: Romeo Falling by Jesse H. Reign
What happens when he’s your Romeo…but you’re no Juliet? Romeo and I were friends long before we were lovers. Best friends. Ride or die. What started as an innocent kiss slowly unraveled and shattered, giving way to years of tears and total obsession. Now I’m back in the small town I call home, staring…
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REVIEW: Another First Chance by Robbie Couch
They Both Die at the End meets You’ve Reached Sam, in this heart-stopping speculative young adult novel from New York Timesbestselling author Robbie Couch that explores all the different ways love can live on after tragedy. It’s been a year since eighteen-year-old River Lang’s best friend died in a car accident. And every day…
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REVIEW: Killing Me Softly by C.F. White
Their love was forged in shadows. Now the darkness wants to tear them apart. Aaron Jones was never meant to fall in love. Especially not with Dr Kenneth Lyons, not only his professor but also the criminal psychologist who helped profile his parents. But Kenny sees through his defences, kisses past the pain, and…
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Out Today: Kiss Me Honey Honey by C.F. White
OFFICIAL BLURB Every kiss is a sin. “Giving into temptation might not just ruin Kenny… It could kill him.” Aaron has spent his life running from intimacy, but when his professor, Dr Kenneth Lyons, broke through his defences last year, only to push him away, the sting of rejection left an indelible mark. He’s determined…
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REVIEW: Pieces of Home by Becca Neil
All he’d ever wanted was to go home. Ryan Davis has lived in hell for the last fifteen years. Kidnapped at age eight, then beaten, broken, and forced into silence, Rye managed to exist, to survive. When a chance phone call gives him an opportunity to escape, he takes it. But escape doesn’t mean safety,…
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REVIEW: Go Luck Yourself by Sara Raasch
Featuring exquisite emerald sprayed edges! It’s enemies to lovers in this sexy and delightful holiday mash up that pairs the spare prince of Christmas with the crown prince of St. Patrick’s Day! Someone has been stealing Christmas’s joy, and there’s only one clue to the culprit—a single shamrock. With Coal busy restructuring Christmas—and their dad…
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REVIEW: The Boy I Love by William Hussey
Lyrical, tender, and incredibly moving. William Hussey masterfully balances brutal realism with pockets of sincere hope and joy – Becky Albertalli It’s a tale from the past, with a message for today. A stunningly poignant, devastating, and ultimately beautiful tour-de-force – Simon James Green At just nineteen, Stephen has already survived a year at…
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REVIEW: A Different Kind of Brave by Lee Wind
Nicolas “Nico” Hall is sixteen when he escapes from Dr. H’s religious gay reprogramming institute in California. On his own, he assumes one identity after another to avoid recapture as he flees south to Peru and then to Mexico. Seven days older than Nico, Samuel “Sam” Jonas Solomon is a privileged Upper West Side only…
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REVIEW: Les Normaux
Sébastien recently moved to supernatural Paris hoping to get away from his troubles at home and live a peaceful life learning magic. But what are you going to do when the really hot vampire you made out with last night to forget your troubles turns out to be your new neighbor? Sébastien (a demisexual…
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