“She watched the rat mother scurry and fall, shock herself over and over and over again, and thought Yes. Yes, that's exactly how it feels sometimes, doesn't it?” - Mom Brain by Nicole Hackett The title alone drew me into this book. Yes, I eventually read the synopsis and thought, “Oka[...]
“The days of killing women for their connection to the earth, for the power they wielded, were not gone. Not entirely. But they were changing.” A Time of Witches by Madeline Martin There are few things that will get me to pick up a book faster than witches and witch trials. I’ve been c[...]
"In the beginning, everything felt dark and big. Lonely and serious. But as time went on, everything grew lighter and smaller, less alone. It was a love story." - Homewrecker by Becky Mandelbaum This was such a weird, beautiful, strangely comforting, and alarmingly human story about grief, n[...]
Sometimes the tiniest detail lodges into our minds for a reason. It's a clue to something much bigger. Don't doubt your intuition. -The Women in White by Sarah Pekkanen When my best friend asks me to do a buddy read with her, I don't even need to know what the book is before I answer yes. Be[...]
"No feelings, but feeling something all the same." - Not on the Same Page by Allie Samberts A cute workplace romance with a no-strings-attached fling (that you just know will inevitably turns into something more)... Not on the Same Page by Allie Samberts sounded like such a fun premise. And[...]
"You are the sun, thawing the cold that has ruled me for so long." - Of Thrones and Savage Things by Jada McCrary After falling deep, deeply in love with Of Fae and Wicked Kings, I desperately wished it had been a full-length novel. That was it's only flaw, if we can even call it a flaw. Bec[...]