Blogmas Day 12 | ARC Review: VAMPS: Fresh Blood by Nicole Arend

Title: VAMPS: Fresh Blood by Nicole Arend Published: January 3rd, 2023 by Atria Books Rating: 4 stars Notes: I was provided an arc of this book by Netgalley and the publisher in exchange for an honest review. Synopsis From Goodreads Sink your teeth into this exciting new paranormal series that transports you to an elite …

Blogmas Day 5 | Book Review: Legends & Lattes by Travis Baldree

Title: Legends & Lattes by Travis Baldree Published: November 8, 2022 by Tor Books Rating: 3.5/5 Notes: sapphic rep, colonizer behaviors/ pro-colonialism attitudes Summary From Amazon After a lifetime of bounties and bloodshed, Viv is hanging up her sword for the last time. The battle-weary orc aims to start fresh, opening the first ever coffee …

Blog Tour: The Honeys by Ryan La Sala ARC Review

Title: The Honeys by Ryan La Sala Published: August 2nd, 2022 by Scholastic Press Genres: YA, Horror, LGBTQ+, Contemporary, Mystery, Thriller Links: Amazon | Goodreads Rating: 5/5 stars Synopsis From Ryan La Sala, the wildly popular author of Reverie, comes a twisted and tantalizing horror novel set amidst the bucolic splendor of a secluded summer …

Lord of the Rings Book Series Review | My First Time Reading A Beloved Series

Hello again honeybees! I usually jump right into the review but since this is a bit of an unusual one. J.R.R. Tolkien is such a masterful writer but he's also very wordy and info-dumpy and it takes a long time for these novels to get going anywhere (if you've read The Hobbit and Fellowship, I'm …

March Wrap Up: The Longest Month Ever??

Hello again honeybees! Long time no see, but I've been super touch and go on here for a year or so now and that joke is getting a bit old. But this month was a super long month and I spent the majority of it writing, as well as getting back into really loving reading! …

Book Review: When No One Is Watching by Alyssa Cole | I Couldn’t Have Anticipated Any Of This

Title: When No One Is Watching by Alyssa Cole Published: September 1, 2020 by William Morrow Paperbacks Rating: 4.5/5 stars Content Warnings: death, substance abuse, violence, killing Synopsis Copied from Goodreads The gentrification of a Brooklyn neighborhood takes on a sinister new meaning… Sydney Green is Brooklyn born and raised, but her beloved neighborhood seems …

Blogmas Day 3 | Audiobook Review: On Skein of Death (Riverbank Knitting Mystery #1) by Allie Pleiter

Title: On Skein of Death (Riverbank Knitting Mystery #1) by Allie Pleiter, Narrated by Brittany Pressley Published: June 1, 2021 by Penguin Audio Genre: Murder Mystery Rating: 2/5 stars Notes: Audiobook gifted to me by Penguin Random House via the Volumes App One sentence review: A predictable knitting mystery that could've been 10 chapters shorter, …

August Wrap Up: This Month Sucked

Hello again honeybees! As you can discern by the title of this post, my month was pretty bad. There were two deaths in my family ontop of a bunch of other things I rather not get into. Some highlights: I moved out of my apartment, read good books, and drank Starbucks nearly everyday lol. Books …

Book Review: The Cabin by Natasha Preston

Title: The Cabin by Natasha Preston Published: September 6, 2016 by Sourcebooks Fire Genre: YA Mystery/ Thriller Rating: 3.5 stars Note-worthy: Fast paced, murder mystery, Gossip Girl vibes Content warnings: heavy alcohol use, drugging, murder, stalking, drug use, graphic depictions of violence Links: Goodreads | Bookshop.org (both are unaffiliated links) Synopsis From Amazon A weekend …

July Wrap Up: I Exceeded My Own Expectations (For Once)

Hello again honeybees! I'm so excited about this wrap up because I haven't read this much in forever. It's not a ton, but it's so much more than what I'm used to!!! My initial goal for July was to read 5 books. I usually read a lot more in July (not 100% sure why) and …