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4 Star Reviews

A Journey of Survival and Self-Discovery With A Complex Character - The Jasad Heir by Sara Hashem

Rouge: this was a fever dream - Rouge by Mona Awad

Freaky, Funny, and Frustrating (In a Good Way) - Parasol Against the Axe by Helen Oyeyemi

Napoleonic Europe Weren’t No Fairy Tale - The Wild Girl by Kate Forsyth

“Maybe the question shouldn’t be why am I doing this, but why isn’t everyone looking?” - Before She Disappeared by Lisa Gardner

Sometimes you just need to read a gay fish isekai comedy novel - The Disabled Tyrant's Beloved Pet Fish (Volume 1) by Xue Shan Fei Hu

“…his own losses were irreplaceable:” The Life and Times of a Private Secretary to Royalty - End of an Era: Letters and Journals of Sir Alan Lascelles 1887-1920 by Sir Alan Lascelles (Edited by Duff Hart-Davis); King's Counsellor (Abdication and War: The Diaries of Sir Alan 'Tommy' Lascelles) by Sir Alan Lascelles (Edited by Duff Hart-Davis)

Stormin’ the Normans - Essex Dogs: A Novel by Dan Jones

“Oh, you were a vampire and, baby, I’m the walking dead” - Night’s Edge by Liz Kerin

“Mama always said to be successful in life you need to do three things: learn everything you can, try your hardest, and be the best at what you do.” - First Lie Wins by Ashley Elston

New Jackie Lau with Fake Dating – I was automatically in! - Love, Lies, & Cherry Pie by Jackie Lau

A sudden sound of wings and screech sends our hero on an adventure of his life time - Orris and Timble: The Beginning by Kate DiCamillo

“We are messes and we are messed up and I don’t want to go through this world without the one person I can’t hide from and who can’t hide from me.” - The Prisoner's Throne by Holly Black

So. You Like Mountaineering? Say No More. - Singing Waters by Ann Bridge

Magic and Anxiety - Secret Passages 1985-1986 by Axelle Lenoir; The Ghostkeeper by Johanna Taylor

Jack is back! Except nobody ever calls him Jack. - (Jack Reacher #4) Running Blind by Lee Child

Zombies, and cops, and religious zealots, Oh My! - Revival: Deluxe Collection, Volume 1 by Tim Seeley

Another Stone Barrington romp - (Stone Barrington #8) The Short Forever by Stuart Woods

The Never Tell Collection - The Ghost Writer by Loreth Anne White; The Other Side of the Road by Andrea Bartz; Scorpions by Rachel Howzell Hall; Everywhere You Look by Liv Constantine; The Bad Friend by Caroline Kepnes; Jackrabbit Skin by Ivy Pochoda

Growing and Changing: Exposure to Toxins Will Do That - Wilder Girls by Rory Power

Hey, teacher! Leave those kids alone! - Where the Drowned Girls Go by Seanan McGuire

One curse, one family, a lifetime of growing up - Salt Magic by Hope Larson

“I should like to be famous and unknown.” Edgar Degas - Degas & Cassatt : A Solitary Dance by Salva Rubio

More romance in Swedish - En enda hemlighet (Falling) by Simona Ahrnstedt

Dorothy Dingle: the Perfect Mother - The Tenth Mistake of Hank Hooperman by Gennifer Choldenko

A Journey Through Time and Memory - The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue by V. E. Schwab

“You signed up for me … And I signed up for you, whatever that means, wherever that takes us” - The Kingmaker by Kennedy Ryan; The Rebel King by Kennedy Ryan

What Happens When You Get a Two For One Deal When Summoning a Savior From Another World - The Other World's Books Depend on the Bean Counter Vol. 1 by Kazuki Irodori; The Other World's Books Depend on the Bean Counter Vol. 2 by Kazuki Irodori; The Other World's Books Depend on the Bean Counter Vol. 3 by Kazuki Irodori; The Other World's Books Depend on the Bean Counter Vol. 4 by Kazuki Irodori

Academia, Fae, and Falling In Love - Emily Wilde's Encyclopaedia of Faeries by Heather Fawcett

“Maybe I was right. We’re not normal people. We are monsters. But if we’re monsters, we’ll thrive in the dark. Together.” - Butcher & Blackbird by Brynne Weaver

Lady pirate called out of retirement for, “One last job”. - The Adventures of Amina al-Sirafi by Shannon Chakraborty

Jackson Brodie strikes again - Big Sky by Kate Atkinson

The Book that Helped Influence a Movement - Kim Jiyoung, Born 1982 by Cho Nam-Joo

Can you hear the horses? ‘Cause here they come - Across the Green Grass Fields by Seanan McGuire

“Isn’t it nice,” the older lady said, leaning in so that only Penelope could hear her words, “to discover that we’re not exactly what we thought we were?” - Romancing Mister Bridgerton by Julia Quinn

Memorable but not fun for me - Yellowface by R.F. Kuang

A love note to romance novels and healthy masculinity - Fake Flame by Adele Buck

A special cup of tea - The Amazing Leaf in the Cup: A Tale of Tea Retold in English and Chinese by Yiping Wei

The historical and personal flood of events that lead a woman to find herself - Feeding Ghosts: A Graphic Memoir by Tessa Hulls

Little box of crayons, a lot of hope - Simone by Viet Thanh Mguyen

“I realized I didn’t want to carry them around for the rest of my life.” - Nude Model and Other Stories by Tsubasa Yamaguchi

Oh Lois, you hold my heart so gently. - Komarr by Lois McMaster Bujold

Ruh roh. - The Fragile Threads of Power (Threads of Power, #1) by V.E. Schwab

Hero Poetry - Queer and Fearless: Poems Celebrating the Lives Of LGBTQ+ Heroes by Rob Sanders

Home is where your body is - Homebody by Theo Parish

Actor, activist, and author - My Lost Freedom: A Japanese American World War II Story by George Takei

Odd little review for a cool book - The Pocket Guide To LGBTQIA+ Identities by Queer Haven Books

Read with Pride every time - Meaning of Pride by Rosiee Thor

Poems About Indonesia and Infidelity - The Corpse Pose by Erik Campbell

I’m glad you’re happy. But we are never going to be friends because you will always be the guy who sold me out for the price of a Toyota Supra. - Husband Material by Alexis Hall

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