I read this for a Goodreads challenge and also because I wanted to watch the movie. It was such a cute and whimsical little read! I loved Sophie as an old lady and I loved Howl being a complete drama queen!! I always love a little found family fantasy, so obviously I was going to enjoy this. The

I didn’t really know anything about this going into it because I just picked it up for one of the Goodreads challenges, but it was a cute little read! There were a couple of times where it felt a little bit infodumpy, but overall it was pretty easy to read and very whimsical. #thesummerwar #n

I was really looking forward to this after enjoying First Time Caller, and this was another cute little read! I liked the characters, I liked their chemistry, and I really enjoyed watching their relationship develop. My only complaint is that I wish there had been a little more conflict between

I wish I’d known literally anything about the history of the massacre before going into this because I feel like it probably would have made the whole thing a lot more interesting. I do think some of my problems with this were a me issue, but I found it really difficult to follow at times, espec

I’ve had my eye on this one ever since one of my TikTok mutuals recommended it a while ago, and when it came up in one of the reading challenges it seemed like as good a time as any to finally pick it up. I really didn’t know anything about it going in, so I wasn’t quite sure what to expect. It

I went into this one knowing basically nothing other than there were women trapped in a bunker. For some reason I was expecting something a bit more like The Handmaid's Tale or something but it wasn't really that at all. This is definitely vibes over plot which normally isn't my thin

I saw the film quite a few years ago and remember enjoying it so I figured it was finally time to give the book a go. I can't lie, I really struggled to make sense of what was going on for a lot of it. Who'd have thought reading an entire book written in made-up slang would be hard to follo

This was a fun sequel and I definitely enjoyed coming back to this world. I was a little confused about the whole Jack situation for a while because it kept making it seem like he'd actually gone and Hazel was dealing with that grief, but the ending of the first book all but explicitly told us

This is another duology that has been on my radar for years, and I’m glad to finally be getting around to it. After how very YA Fable felt to me, I was a bit worried this would be similar and that I wouldn’t connect with it as much, but thankfully this book had a bit more of the dark, gritty at

I can't decide if I liked this more or less than the first book, so I'm giving it the same rating for now. Once again, I think the fact that it's YA meant it didn't quite do as much for me as it probably would have a few years ago, but it was still a really fun read. I do feel li

I've had this book on my radar for years, so I'm glad I finally got around to reading it, even if I'm slowly finding myself growing out of YA fantasy. It was a really quick, easy read that kept me engaged throughout. I thought the characters were interesting, I enjoyed the plot, and I e

One more gift from another lovely BookTok mutual! I spotted this in Waterstones a while ago and was definitely intrigued by it, but I don't think I was really the target audience for it (if anyone was). It was definitely creepy, really atmospheric, and actually felt like a really bad trip wh

Another gift from one of my lovely TikTok mutuals and another book I’ve had on my wishlist for ages. I’d heard quite a few mixed reviews about this one, so I was a little apprehensive going into it, and I can’t lie, I found it a bit confusing more than anything. I think I might have zoned out at

This was on my wishlist for so long and I’ve been so excited to read it ever since I was lucky enough to be gifted it by one of my lovely BookTok mutuals, so I’m very happy to say I thoroughly enjoyed it! I was so intrigued by the mystery that I somehow managed to fly through the whole thing in a d

This was a cute read, not my usual thing but I enjoyed it. I loved the characters, I found them really easy to connect with, I was really intrigued by the world building and I enjoyed their travels and all the different places they got to see. I really love the message of this book as well and I th

I’d seen mixed reviews for this so I didn’t go into it with super high expectations, and maybe that’s why it ended up being such a pleasant surprise. I did have to suspend my disbelief a little at the beginning when they were somehow having full conversations while conveniently skirting the massive

Thanks to NetGalley and Creature Publishing for this ARC! The premise sounded really interesting and I usually love a good witch story, but unfortunately this one just wasn’t for me. I think this was meant to be a coming-of-age story, but no matter how hard I tried I just couldn’t connect with G

The more books I read with transmasc characters, the more secure I feel in my own identity because they're just so relatable, and that was especially true with this one. Silas knowing deep down that he's not a girl but still feeling the pressure to perform femininity for his own safety and

Okay don’t get me wrong, I can absolutely see why everyone loves this book. The concept is really cool and the writing is so so so beautiful. But I think this might have been one of those books that was written for someone much smarter than me. A lot of it went completely over my head. I spent a

I don't know how this is considered YA horror when it had me so scared at my big age. I'd heard so much praise for this book before picking it up, so I went in with pretty high expectations, and somehow it still lived up to them. This book was deeply unsettling and just so intense from star