“For as long as you’re here, you’re mine.” - Calypso's Odyssey by Anna Ellison With The Odyssey on my summer TBR, I thought Calypso's Odyssey by Anna Ellison would be a fun complement to it. As someone who can't resist a retelling (in this case, a mythological retelling) I was thrill[...]
I understand it so simply now, it is a love that lives in the body but unlike the body it never dissolves. It lasts forever. - Wild Dark Shore by Charlotte McConaghy When my bookclub chose Wild Dark Shore by Charlotte McConaghy, my immediate thought (and regret) was: "I should have grabbed[...]
Why had I been so sure a therapist would know we were strangers? Maybe our chemistry had been undeniable from the start. Because we did have it—chemistry. It simmered there under the surface whenever he was around. - Stranger Things Have Happened by Kasie West Another heartfelt romcom by K[...]
For a moment, our eyes met in a silent conversation that said everything. I knew what he needed—because I needed it too. - The Soldier and The Swan When a book is said to have yearning, The Soldier and The Swan by Catherine Brooks is the perfect definition of it, and what I will now be ho[...]
Real is all it's ever been. - No Place Like You After a month of straight horror reads (seriously, why do I do this to myself), No Place Like You by Jillian Meadows felt like a breath of the cleanest air. Not just because it's literally the complete opposite of horror, but because it has thi[...]
I closed my eyes and for a moment in time it was eight years earlier and it was just me and him. Two kids who didn't have the slightest idea where a few lingering glances would lead us. - All Our Yesterdays by Elenor Wells The nostalgia of the ‘90s and early 2000s music references absolut[...]