Star Daughter by Shveta Thakrar | Review

Thank you to the lovely folks at Harper360YA for gifting me a copy of Star Daughter to review! Did I get hyped about this book from the cover alone like everyone else? Yes, I absolutely did and it was one of my most anticipated releases. But the cover isn't the only beautiful part of this …

Girl Serpent Thorn by Melissa Bashardoust | Review

Thank you to Hodderscape for sending me a copy of Girl Serpent Thorn for review. Content warnings: violence, death, battle Four words: Persian inspired sapphic fantasy. This was enough to get me super interested in this book. I'd heard good things about Bashardoust's previous novel, Girls Made of Snow and Glass, so I immediately added …

We Set The Dark On Fire by Tehlor Kay Mejia | Review

I was super excited to read We Set The Dark on Fire, it's an f/f fantasy/dystopian and God knows we need more f/f/ fantasy. It's also from a Latinx author and set in a world inspired by Latin America, so points for ownvoices and Diversity! Content warnings: arranged marriage, sexism, dystopia In the land of …

Smoke in the Sun by Renee Ahdieh | Review

Thank you to Hodder and Stoughton for sending me a copy of Smoke in the Sun to review. In 2017 I read Flame in the Mist and had a great time with it. And I was super excited for its sequel, but it took me over a year to get to it because I'm a …

The Iron Will of Genie Lo by F. C. Yee | Review

Thank you to Abrams & Chronicle for sending me a copy of The Iron Will of Genie Lo for review. Content warnings: death, violence, alcohol/partying I adored The Epic Crush of Genie Lo in 2017. So I was obviously sad when the sequel kept getting pushed. But it's here now and I'm so happy that …

Song of the Crimson Flower by Julie C. Dao | Review

Thank you to Penguin Random House International for sending me a copy of Song of the Crimson Flower for an honest review. Content warnings: drugs, addiction, death, violence, anxiety, panic attacks, abandonment of a child I was a big fan of Forest of a Thousand Lanterns. I continue to recommend it to people for how …

Girls of Storm and Shadow by Natasha Ngan | Review

Thank you to James Patterson Presents and netgalley for a copy of this book in exchange for a review Content warnings: past rape/sexual harassment, trauma, panic attacks, violence, murder, war, alcoholism, grief This is the sequel to Girls of Paper and Fire so I will give you the summary of the first book so I …

Girls of Paper and Fire by Natasha Ngan | Review

Content warnings: sexual abuse, rape, trauma sexual slavery and trafficking, violence, murder, grief, abduction, torture, animal abuse/death, This is a dark book, please be aware of that before going in, the last thing I would want is for someone to be triggered by the content and there is a content warning at the front of …

We Hunt the Flame by Hafsah Faizal | Review

Thank you to My Kinda Book for sending me a copy of this book for an honest review! Content warnings: lots of death, grief, torture, parental abuse, sexism We Hunt the Flame was one of the most hyped YA debuts of 2019 so I was super excited when My Kinda Book announced they were releasing …

A Reaper at the Gates by Sabaa Tahir

Content warnings: death, mass murder, violence, mentions of rape, domestic abuse There was a huge focus on Helene in this book, much more so than in previous books and to be honest I am still not sure how I feel about this because I honestly just cannot stand Helene. I think she's a big old …