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4 Star Reviews

…perhaps, vehicle for every kind of fear, she contained enough for all. - The Hauting of Hill House by Shirley Jackson

I will have you without armor…Or I will not have you at all. - Six of Crows by Leigh Bardugo

Lily was struck by how duplicitous a song could be, as if multiple languages were hidden within the lyrics. - Last Night at the Telegraph Club by Malinda Lo

Turn Out the Lights, the Party’s Over - Malibu Rising by Taylor Jenkins Reid

Like a fantastical, queer Sherlock Holmes. - The Secret Casebook of Simon Feximal by K. J. Charles

Love story in the lab - The Love Hypothesis by Ali Hazelwood

“I am a bad Mother, but I am learning to be good.” - The School for Good Mothers by Jessamine Chan

War seems like a wonderful way to make everyone poor and miserable - Wrath Goddess Sing by Maya Deane

“This isn’t fun. It isn’t exciting. I walked into adventure and adventure has given me blisters.” - Stray (Touchstone, #1) by Andrea K. Höst

Women’s work and worker’s rights in 1920s Appalachia - The Widows by Jess Montgomery

This series should have been two big books instead of four smaller ones. - City of Dragons (The Rain Wild Chronicles, #3) by Robin Hobb

DNA app as plot device. - You Have a Match by Emma Lord

Yes, Darcy, you are queer! - Perfect on Paper by Sophie Gonzales

Catharsis - The Castleton Massacre: Survivors’ Stories of the Killins Femicide by Sharon Anne Cook and Margaret Carson

The Pandemic mystery that got me out of my thriller slump - 56 Days by Catherine Ryan Howard

Enemies to lovers paranormal romance, with a mouse! - Boss Witch by Ann Aguirre

Thanks to all the Cannonballers who put this on my radar! - The Blue Castle by L.M. Montgomery

A (very strange but lovely) fantasy for book lovers. - Among Others by Jo Walton

Komodo dragon fascinators!! - Four Aunties and a Wedding (Aunties, #2) by Jesse Q. Sutanto

Atlantic Pity - Mafia Prince by Phil Leonetti

First contact, near-past historical science fiction. - Axiom's End (Noumena, #1) by Lindsay Ellis

“We knew it was coming, but we behaved inconsistently.” - Sea of Tranquility by Emily St. John Mandel

This will be a short review considering the length of the book - Troubled Blood by Robert Galbraith

It’s A Problem That Needs Fixing - No Place to Go: How Public Toilets Fail Our Private Needs by Lezlie Lowe

Overboard - Overboard by Sara Paretsky

“Telling her best friends about accidentally summoning a goddess, being named her priestess, and being blessed with the ability to breathe fire wasn’t something that Kenna would like to repeat” - Forged in Flames by Ali Williams

“Words are our tools of resurrection.” - The Dictionary of Lost Words: A Novel by Pip Williams

The value of female friends over boys wins for once - Komi Can't Communicate, vol. 17 by Tomohito Oda

The Red Devil Rides Again - Red Sonja Volume 3: The Forgiving of Monsters by Gail Simone

I hope you die, I hope we both die - The Cruel Prince by Holly Black

Put your SPF 5000 on and hit the beach - Vampire Vacation by Laura Lavoie

Strap on your tiara and wear your pirate sword - Beautiful by Stacy McAnulty

The Netanyahus: An Account of a Minor and Ultimately Even Negligible Episode in the History of a Very Famous Family - The Netanyahus by Joshua Cohen

I am quite sure that I need time with you more than I need star sprinkles. - If You Want Me Close by Skye Kilaen

A Bonkbuster Double Feature - Mistral's Daughter by Judith Krantz; Princess Daisy by Judith Krantz

“I wish our happiness was enough.” - A Show for Two by Tashie Bhuiyan

Romance-adjacent historical mystery - The Right Sort of Man by Allison Montclair

How Great is this reef anyway? - The Great Barrier Reef by Helen Scales

Sssshhh! It’s a secret! - Secret Schools: True Stories of the Determination to Learn by Heather Camlot

I’m hooked on these books - Obsessive About Octopuses, by Owen Davey; Curious About Crocodiles by Owen Davey

Let’s go to the twilight zone - Curious Creatures Glowing In The Dark by Zoe Armstrong

Believe the hype: a masterclass in tension - Jade City by Fonda Lee

Beautiful story of sexual identity awakening and first love - Last Night at the Telegraph Club by Malinda Lo

Penguins! - Passionate about Penguins (About Animals) by Owen Davey

The Glory of a Tool - Curious Creatures Working with Tools by Zoe Armstrong

Freedom, We Sing  - Freedom, We Sing  by Amyra León

Arkham Center for Independence? Sounds cozy…. - The Oracle Code_ by Marieke Nijkamp

Marriage and friendship in middle age - Good Company by Cynthia D'Aprix Sweeney

The Scapegoat - The Scapegoat by Daphne du Maurier

The Final Girl Support Group - The Final Girl Support Group by Grady Hendrix

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