#bramble publishing

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Today JC Kang reviews Shen Tao's debut, The Poet Empress! 🐉

"We sometimes read a book that makes us question whether or not we have any business writing…for me, most recently with Shen Tao’s debut, The Poet Empress."

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Go Luck Yourself by Sara Raasch - ARC review!

5/5 stars

Forever blessed and honored I was given the chance to read this ARC. Thank you Bramble 🫶

The book is out March 11, 2025.

Review:

"You're worth staying for, Kristopher. You. Not what you have to offer people. You are worth it"

*Brittany Broski Voice* I NEED AN IRISH MAN

I am just being honest when I say from the moment I read the sneak peek chapter of this book at the end of The Nightmare Before Kissmas ARC that I knew I needed this book. I thought about it almost every day. The second the cover was announced, I was checking every day for this ARC. This was deeply serious for me. It always will be deeply serious to me.

I think I have to cite The Nightmare Before Kissmas as one of the best (not Shadowhunter) books I have read this year. It was so enjoyable to read. While The Nightmare Before Kissmas was a campy fun time with a slightly serious undertone, Go Luck Yourself did NOT come to play games. This story centers around Kris and his journey towards self-discovery and self-acceptance. It can be heavy in parts of it.

It was refreshing, albeit a little terrifying, to read about a character whose struggles are so similar to my own. I relate to Kris WAY more than to Coal and I think that played a big part in my enjoyment of this. It was about time we got some Mommy Issues representation in the media!!

(I am laughing at my own sentence there, but I'm serious. I find it rare to see such an accurate reflection of what I went through for so much of my life regarding that.)

Oh... oh Lochlann. Oh, sweet heavens. Irish man. Grumpy, yet a secret softy. Protective of his sisters and his holiday. Redheaded. A painter. I fear I need that man. Like bad. His character complimented Kris's well and I felt like their banter and dynamic sparked off the page. They have a good rivals thing going on and I ate up every second of it.

Of course, we got some little moments here and there of Coal and Hex but they felt well sprinkled in and like it didn't overshadow the main purpose of this book.

I never EVER EVER want sequels to romance books like this but I just feel like Sara Raasch wrote such an outstanding set of books that I'm like... what's one more? Go on, give Iris a book. I want this series to never end. SARA!!! Give me an Iris book and my LIFE is YOURS!!

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[between-the-pages657]

My review for “The Ashes and the Star-Cursed King.”

I cannot wait for “The Songbird and the Heart of Stone.”

[theaologies]

Oh not Tor getting caught with ANOTHER AI generated cover 🤡🤡🤡