“Don’t stop believing. Ever. Without belief, there is no hope. And without hope, there is nothing. Always believe and then you’ll always have hope.”― Jodi Taylor, The Nothing Girl Grade: 4 The Nothing Girl is a slow burner romance that, for the first 2/3 of the book, felt like a story about nothing. But just when… Continue reading The Nothing Girl by Jodi Taylor
“You don’t get to live your dreams by waiting around for someone to hand them to you.” – Mariana Zapata, Kulti Grade 5.0 Take Bend It Like Beckham, amp up the sexual tension by a million, throw in a dash of sex and you have Kulti, a book about a female professional soccer player who has the… Continue reading Kulti By Mariana Zapata
“And perhaps the humans did create their God. But does that make him less real? Take this arch. They created it. Now it exists.” -Helene Wecker, The Golem and the Jinni Grade: 4.0 Topping out at 512 pages and 25 listening hours this book is brimming with magical realism, history, hope, lost dreams, and love that crosses the globe… Continue reading The Golem And The Jinni By Helene Wecker
“You know, just because my name is Charming doesn’t mean I have some kind of damsel-in-distress complex!” -Elliott James, Daring Grade: 4.5 Daring may not be as good as the first book in the series but it’s still an exceptionally good read. It feels like the author looked around and said, “Oh, so I have to… Continue reading Daring (Pax Arcana Series book 2) By Elliott James
“I stopped believing in ‘happily ever after’ a long time ago, Anna Marie,” I said. “You don’t know what I’m capable of.” – Elliott James, Charming Grade: 5 I picked this book up on sale on Audible because it looked intriguing and I’ve learned that with the 1 year return policy Audible has you might as… Continue reading Charming (Pax Arcana Book 1) By Elliott James
“I love you,” I said, and stabbed him.” – Sarah J. Maas, A Court of Thorn and Roses Grade: 2.5 I fell in love with the writing style of Maas in her Assassins Blade series so I was psyched to read something different by her. Beauty and the Beast is one of my favorite fairy tales and… Continue reading A Court of Thorns and Roses By Sarah J. Maas
