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Ultimately, this story is about how deciding to try to understand each other makes us into people with a capacity for love that respects the vulnerability involved in denying hate. ★★★★

Adam, Mine by K. Ancrum | ARC Review

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Augusta Pine is about a lot of things: the lengths we go to for family, how technology is encroaching into our lives, how we recover from mistakes we’ve made, and, of course, a very snarky heroine ★★★★

Augusta Pine Does Not Exist by Emily Lloyd-Jones | ARC REVIEW

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Books I Can Never Read Again

Every now and then, I have the urge to reread an old favourite book so I can relive some of the joy I felt reading it, but something stops me, and that’s the fact that the book in question caused me such a specific breed of emotional damage that I cannot even look at the book without feeling some kind of pain. This list is in no particular order, just vaguely based on how much I mean it when I…

Books I Can Never Read Again

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My Top Reads of 2025

I’ve been reflecting on what I read in the past twelve months, and I want to spend a little more time talking about my favourite reads of the year and collecting those thoughts in one place. Some of these books have separate full reviews where I talk about my thoughts in a lot more detail than I will here, so I might be repeating myself. I will admit that I started the year with fewer notable…

My Top Reads of 2025

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The Everlasting by Alix E. Harrow | REVIEW

Sir Una Everlasting was Dominion’s greatest hero: the orphaned young girl who became a knight and died for queen and country. Her legend lives on in songs and stories, in children’s books and recruiting posters―but her life, as it truly happened, has been forgotten. Centuries later, Owen Mallory―failed soldier, struggling scholar―falls in love with the tale of Una Everlasting. Her story takes him…

The Everlasting by Alix E. Harrow | REVIEW

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Hazelthorn by C.G. Drews | REVIEW

Hazelthorn is C.G. Drews’ return to the horror genre, and it’s a book I’ve been dying to get my hands on ever since I read the final page of Don’t Let the Forest In. This one is an unsettling yet hauntingly beautiful story of murder and botanical body horror, pitched as perfect for fans of Andrew Joseph White and We Have Always Lived in the Castle, or Knives Out meets Belladonna.  Content…

Hazelthorn by C.G. Drews | REVIEW

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Happy book birthday, There Will Be Other Summers <3

Today we are celebrating the book birthday of THERE WILL BE OTHER SUMMERS, my third book which is being released today, a handful of days before summer officially ends. THERE WILL BE OTHER SUMMERS is a young adult novel about a blind boy, a deaf girl, and a tearstained letter, and it is available to come home to your bookshelves today. It’s about the complexities of disability, discovering the…

Happy book birthday, There Will Be Other Summers &lt;3

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My Top Reads of 2025 (so far)

I’ve been reflecting on what I read in the past six months, and I want to spend a little more time talking about my favourite reads of the year so far and collecting those thoughts in one place. Some of these books have separate full reviews where I talk about my thoughts in a lot more detail than I will here so I might be repeating myself. I will admit that I’ve had less notable favourites than…

My Top Reads of 2025 (so far)

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Our Infinite Fates by Laura Steven | REVIEW

This was another highly anticipated read for the year, and I read this incredibly beautiful OwlCrate edition. And I know I say that most books are highly anticipated for me, but they usually have to be in order to make me feel strongly enough about them for a sit-down review, and this one has been on my radar ever since the author said it’s the book version of ‘exile’ by Taylor Swift. Evelyn…

Our Infinite Fates by Laura Steven | REVIEW

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Fable for the End of the World by Ava Reid | REVIEW

This was another highly anticipated read for the year, and I read it on release day because I got lucky with the library digital hold queue, but have spent every day since gathering my thoughts. It’s described as sapphic The Last of Us meets Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes, so obviously I had to read it and relive my teenage dystopian fever dream. By encouraging massive accumulations of debt from…

Fable for the End of the World by Ava Reid | REVIEW

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The Corruption of Hollis Brown by K. Ancrum | ARC REVIEW

Born to a Blue-Collar American dream, Hollis Brown is stuck in a rotting small town where no one can afford to leave. His only bright spots are his cool girl best friends and the thrill of fighting his classmates. As if his circumstances couldn’t get worse, Hollis unknowingly makes a deal at the crossroads with a mysterious stranger named Walt and finds himself losing control of his body and…

The Corruption of Hollis Brown by K. Ancrum | ARC REVIEW

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Vesuvius by Cass Biehn | ARC REVIEW

In honour of me continuing my tradition of committing to review all of my favourite reads the year, we’re going to be reviewing Vesuvius, a book that became one of my most anticipated upcoming releases from the moment I saw the deal announcement. I received an eARC of this book from NetGalley in exchange for an honest review. Let’s begin! <i>Vesuvius</i> is a queer young adult fantasy set in…

Vesuvius by Cass Biehn | ARC REVIEW

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A Dark and Drowning Tide by Allison Saft | REVIEW

Today, in honour of me committing to reviewing all of my favourite reads of every year so far, we’re going to be reviewing A Dark and Drowning Tide by Allison Saft, a book that was simultaneously one of my most anticipated releases of the year and a book I knew nothing about, just that I was completely enchanted by the cover when it was first revealed. Lorelei, a folklorist with a quick temper…

A Dark and Drowning Tide by Allison Saft | REVIEW

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My Top Reads of 2024

I’ve been reflecting on what I read in the past year, and I want to spend a little more time talking about my favourite reads of the year and collecting those thoughts in one place. There will also be a few repeats as I did a post midway through the year with my favourite reads of the year so far, and some of these books have separate full reviews where I talk about my thoughts in a lot more…

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The Wild Huntress by Emily Lloyd-Jones | REVIEW

Today, in honour of me committing to reviewing all of my favourite reads of the year so far, we’re going to be reviewing The Wild Huntress by Emily Lloyd-Jones, the newest addition to her Welsh mythology book universe. Set in the same world as The Bone Houses and The Drowned Woods, The Wild Huntress is a retelling of the Wild Hunt, brimming with Welsh mythology, a huntress of monsters, a prince…

The Wild Huntress by Emily Lloyd-Jones | REVIEW

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Our Hideous Progeny by C.E. McGill | REVIEW

Today, in honour of me committing to reviewing all of my favourite reads of the year so far, we’re going to be reviewing Our Hideous Progeny by C. E. McGill, a book I read a month or so ago which has become the newest addition to my favourite books of all time. This is a literary revisiting of Mary Shelley’s classic Frankenstein with a fresh, queer, provocative twist, perfect for readers…

Our Hideous Progeny by C.E. McGill | REVIEW

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Dear Wendy by Ann Zhao | REVIEW

Welcome back to another day of me committing to reviewing all of my favourite reads of the year so far. Today we’re reviewing Dear Wendy by Ann Zhao, one of my favourite reads from the first half of the year. You may notice that this one is a bit of an outlier to my usual favourites—my tastes tend to skew a little dark and more fantasy and horror heavy—but, as an asexual who is always on the hunt…

Dear Wendy by Ann Zhao | REVIEW