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July 7, 2024

Fourth Wing

Fourth Wing, Rebecca Yarros, 2023 (Spoilers) We start by flipping open the hefty hardcover and seeing a gorgeous map of The Continent. Consider my…

June 30, 2024

Safe Haven

Safe Haven, Nicholas Sparks, 2010 (novel) & Safe Haven, Lasse Hallstrom, 2013 (film) (Spoilers) Since Safe Haven (the film) is one of my long…

June 21, 2024

A Court of Silver Flames

A Court of Silver Flames, Sarah J. Maas, 2021 (Spoilers) Maas’s last (as of now) installment in the ACOTAR series is the Cassian and…

June 1, 2024

Cleopatra and Frankenstein

Cleopatra and Frankenstein, Coco Mellors, 2022 Apologies if anybody takes issue with this comparison but the themes in Mellors’ Cleopatra and Frankenstein—hard truths about…

May 18, 2024

Atonement

Atonement, Ian McEwan, 2001 (Spoilers) In a novel so honest it unsettles me, Ian McEwan’s Atonement gives the full and complete narrative of Briony…

May 4, 2024

A Court of Frost and Starlight

A Court of Frost and Starlight, Sarah J. Maas, 2018 (Spoilers) ACOTAR’s A Court of Frost and Starlight is different than the rest of…

April 22, 2024

A Court of Wings and Ruin

A Court of Wings and Ruin, Sarah J Maas, 2017 (Spoilers) And now for the war! In ACOTAR’s first installment, A Court of Thorns…

April 12, 2024

Birthday Girl

Birthday Girl, Penelope Douglas, 2018 (Spoilers) This review is PG-14! Apologies to those who aren’t fans of reading smut but I liked this book…

April 6, 2024

Jane Eyre

Jane Eyre, Charlotte Brontë, 1847 (Spoilers) You know that get-to-know-you question, “if you could have dinner with any famous person, dead or alive, who…

March 29, 2024

A Court of Mist and Fury

A Court of Mist and Fury by Sarah J. Maas, 2016 (Spoilers) Bear with me while I attempt to summarize and comment on ACOMAF…