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A cute fairy tale retelling

By the Book by Jasmine Guillory

April 8, 2023 by Malin Leave a Comment

3.5 stars Isabelle (her friends call her Izzy) was so elated when she got a job as an assistant editor for a big publishing company. It was like a dream come true. Several years later, when she’s overworked, underappreciated and still living with her parents at twenty-five, without even getting a promotion, she is starting to wonder if she should change careers. After having her own attempts at writing a book politely criticised by one of her more senior colleagues, that’s another dream she’s shelved, […]

Filed Under: Fiction, Romance Tagged With: authors, beauty and the beast, BIPOC, CBR15, Contemporary Romance, fairy tale retelling, jasmine guillory, Malin, Meant to Be, movie stars

Malin's CBR15 Review No:12 · Genres: Fiction, Romance · Tags: authors, beauty and the beast, BIPOC, CBR15, Contemporary Romance, fairy tale retelling, jasmine guillory, Malin, Meant to Be, movie stars ·
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“You know who you are, I know who you are, and our Lady does, too.”

Cemetery Boys by Aiden Thomas

April 8, 2023 by Malin Leave a Comment

#CBR15 Passport Challenge: Different genres (paranormal fantasy) Being a queer teen can be difficult enough, even if you don’t come from a long line of magic users with very traditional gender roles. In Yadriel’s family, the brujos can summon the spirits of the dead and help them find peace in the afterlife. The brujas have tremendous healing powers. However, Yadriel’s family won’t let him go through the traditional rite for brujos, because of the gender he was born with. The only ones who seem to […]

Filed Under: Fantasy, Fiction, Mystery, Romance, Young Adult Tagged With: #ownvoices, Aiden Thomas, CBR15, CBR15Passport, Cemetery Boys, ghosts, LGBTQIA, magic, Malin, mystery, paranormal fantasy, witches, Young Adult

Malin's CBR15 Review No:11 · Genres: Fantasy, Fiction, Mystery, Romance, Young Adult · Tags: #ownvoices, Aiden Thomas, CBR15, CBR15Passport, Cemetery Boys, ghosts, LGBTQIA, magic, Malin, mystery, paranormal fantasy, witches, Young Adult ·
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Fake dating and heart-shaped cakes

Not Your Valentine by Jackie Lau

March 12, 2023 by Malin Leave a Comment

This was an ARC from the author. My views are my own. Helen Tsang has sworn off love as a lost cause after her boyfriend dumped her last Valentine’s Day and someone filmed it, making her a very involuntary viral sensation. However, as Valentine’s Day is approaching once more, she feels like she is getting excessive sympathy and pity from friends, family, and even the staff of her regular bubble tea shop. She doesn’t really want to field any more questions and decides to ask […]

Filed Under: Fiction, Romance Tagged With: #food, ARC, BIPOC, Canada, CBR15, Contemporary Romance, fake dating, Jackie Lau, Malin, Not Your Valentine, novella

Malin's CBR15 Review No:10 · Genres: Fiction, Romance · Tags: #food, ARC, BIPOC, Canada, CBR15, Contemporary Romance, fake dating, Jackie Lau, Malin, Not Your Valentine, novella ·
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“You rescue me. I rescue you. That’s how this works.”

Hell Bent by Leigh Bardugo

February 16, 2023 by Malin 2 Comments

This is the second book in the Alex Stern series. This review will contain some spoilers for the first book in the series, Ninth House because I’m not sure how to review it without referencing things that happened in the last book. So if you’re new to this series, start there. Darlington is still missing, “in Spain” to those not in the know, and in Hell, possibly dead to those initiated in the secrets of Lethe House. Galaxy “Alex” Stern doesn’t have a lot of […]

Filed Under: Fantasy, Fiction, Horror, Mystery Tagged With: alex stern, CBR15, dark academia, demons, ghosts, Hell Bent, horror, Leigh Bardugo, magic, Malin, mystery, paranormal fantasy

Malin's CBR15 Review No:9 · Genres: Fantasy, Fiction, Horror, Mystery · Tags: alex stern, CBR15, dark academia, demons, ghosts, Hell Bent, horror, Leigh Bardugo, magic, Malin, mystery, paranormal fantasy ·
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“When you catch someone lying about a murdered girl, you go ask them why”

A Good Girl's Guide to Murder by Holly Jackson

February 14, 2023 by Malin Leave a Comment

CBR15 Passport Challenge – New to me author Five years ago, blonde and beautiful high school girl Andie Bell was murdered, although no one ever found her body, despite careful searching. However, Andie’s boyfriend Sal Singh confessed in a text message to his dad and then committed suicide before he could be arrested by the police. So everyone knows that he did it, and the case is closed. Pippa Fitz-Amobi remembers Sal Singh as a kind and considerate young man, with a promising university career […]

Filed Under: Fiction, Mystery, Suspense, Young Adult Tagged With: a good girl's guide to murder, CBR15, CBR15Passport, contemporary fiction, Holly Jackson, Malin, murder, mystery, teenage sleuth, Young Adult

Malin's CBR15 Review No:8 · Genres: Fiction, Mystery, Suspense, Young Adult · Tags: a good girl's guide to murder, CBR15, CBR15Passport, contemporary fiction, Holly Jackson, Malin, murder, mystery, teenage sleuth, Young Adult ·
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“My inner being is exceptionally cranky and I often don’t want her company myself.”

The Last Graduate by Naomi Novik

February 13, 2023 by Malin 3 Comments

CBR Passport Challenge: Books Recommended by Friends This is the second book in a trilogy. It doesn’t really make sense if you’ve not read the series from the beginning. So if you’re not caught up, go read A Deadly Education. It’s great, I’ll wait. El and Orion are now seniors in the Scholomance, and they have absolutely no way of knowing if their very dangerous mission just before graduation to fix the furnaces worked. Did they manage to clear the graduation hall of the majority […]

Filed Under: Fantasy, Fiction, Mystery, Suspense, Young Adult Tagged With: adventure, CBR15, CBR15Passport, friendship, LGBTQIA, magic, Malin, monsters, Naomi novik, paranormal fantasy, romantic, the last graduate, the scholomance, Young Adult

Malin's CBR15 Review No:7 · Genres: Fantasy, Fiction, Mystery, Suspense, Young Adult · Tags: adventure, CBR15, CBR15Passport, friendship, LGBTQIA, magic, Malin, monsters, Naomi novik, paranormal fantasy, romantic, the last graduate, the scholomance, Young Adult ·
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