I usually stay away from contemporary novels, but I’ve been making an active push to read more of them. I am so glad I read this book and all I can do is hope you will read it, too. Rep: Latinx, LGBTQIA+ Trigger warning: grief/death, sexual harassment My Review: Emotionally Evocative, Raw, and Absolutely Beautiful Where do I begin with…
My Review: Important Message, Not-So-Great Delivery A strong feminist novel with witches? I was so excited to read this novel! Instead, I got a mess. The Pros: What worked for me I liked the main character of the story. Her fears, her anxiety, her behaviour … it all made sense and it made me really understand her and empathize with…
My Review: Raw, gritty, and emotionally-charged Trigger warning: . I don’t like reading many novels around grief. But this one was written so well and I really cannot praise it enough. The Pros: What worked for me This story covers some hard-hitting topics but does it with the proper gravitas. The way the author describes the grief Sydney feels was…
After reading one thriller after another, I was desperately seeking a novel that was from a different genre. I was glad to have been approved for this ARC as I haven’t read a contemporary story in a while! My Review: More character development than I expected! While this story was initially marketed as a rom-com, it was more about developing…
After thoroughly enjoying When Dimple Met Rishi by Sandhya Menon, I knew I wanted to read more by this author. Lo and behold – I found this novel! I loved that the author was going to continue to stick with Indian-American characters but had also decided to go with a very different scenario than in her previous work. Here are…
When I saw this title at my library, I knew I had to get my hands on this book. As an Indian-Canadian, I was really excited to read a book that showed what life is like for a child growing up “Indian” while being raised in a Western country. So here are my thoughts: My Review This book made me…
When I first read Dumplin’, I absolutely adored it. It was by far one of my favourite teen books and its focus on body image and body positivity was absolutely fantastic. I was super excited to hear about this novel, which focuses on another character that was featured in Dumplin’ and I’m so glad I got to read an eARC of it! Here…
I rarely read contemporaries because my usual go-to genres are either fantasy or thrillers. However, the cover and description for this book intrigued me enough that I wanted to try it. Here is my review: My Review: Highly Enjoyable Contemporary I wasn’t expecting to like this novel as much as I did. But I actually could not pull myself away…
My Review: Beautifully written but bland story I don’t always like reading novels that are sad or deal with grief, but the beautiful cover and the softness of the writing style really had me interested. But when I actually read this novel, I didn’t actually like it. The Pros: What worked for me The writing was beautiful, with a softness…
