The Last to See Her by Courtney Evan Tate My rating: 2 of 5 stars Thank you to the publisher, Mira, for providing me with an ARC of The Last to See Her in exchange for an honest review. All opinions are my own. The Gist I have to confess I don’t know how to write this review. How do I start and what should I write? What little anecdote should I include before getting to the details? I never had the pleasure of reading any of the author’s other works, so I didn’t know what to expect. The synopsis sounded intriguing and I sure could have used another distraction…
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Aurora Rising
Aurora Rising by Amie Kaufman My rating: 2 of 5 stars The Gist The time stamp says I read Aurora Rising in May of this year. I didn’t write the review until a few months later, because I didn’t really know how I felt about it. And I guess by December this hasn’t changed, so I’m finally going to post this review. 70%! 70% of Aurora Rising was absolutely fantastic. Then, it had to take a most spectacular nosedive. My god why?! I have been in a bit of a sour mood, since I finished this story yesterday afternoon. For good reason, too. I feel more than a little duped…
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The Code for Love and Heartbreak
The Code for Love and Heartbreak by Jillian Cantor My rating: 2 of 5 stars Thank you to the publisher, Inkyard Press, for providing me with an ARC of The Code for Love and Heartbreak in exchange for an honest review. All opinions are my own. The Gist So, I have been staring at the computer screen for a good 20 minutes. I checked my Facebook three times. Trust me, I don’t have enough friends to see new content every time I log in. And I have checked my email so many times, I’m starting to feel really sad and lonely. Still, I have no clue how to write this…
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These Vengeful Hearts
These Vengeful Hearts by Katherine Laurin My rating: 2 of 5 stars Thank you to the publisher, Inkyard Press, for providing me with an ARC of These Vengeful Hearts in exchange for an honest review. All opinions are my own. The Gist I was obsessed with the Pretty Little Liars TV show for its entire run. High school thriller, with lots of intrigue and conspiracy. Sign me up! I welcomed the possibility of high school being the exact opposite of what it was like for me. So, it’s a sort of nostalgic feeling I get when reading high school thrillers that offer me an alternative option for experiencing the good…
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All the Stars Left Behind
All the Stars Left Behind by Ashley Graham My rating: 2 of 5 stars Thank you NetGalley and Entangled for providing me with an ARC of All the Stars left Behind in exchange for an honest review. All opinions are my own. The Gist I was on a sci-fi binge when I came across this book. I tried to find as many books that had to do with space travel, strong female characters, exciting adventures and the word “stars” in the title. A book with a heroine, who is a little different, set in a place that in mainstream North American young adult books usually doesn’t get much attention certainly…
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The Spaceship Next Door
The Spaceship Next Door by Gene Doucette My rating: 2 of 5 stars Thank you NetGalley and John Joseph Adams/Mariner Books for providing me with an ARC of The Spaceship Next Door in exchange for an honest review. All opinions are my own. The Gist I was in a really good space, reading-wise when I started this book. On a book high, if you want to call it that. I was pumped by having just finished a string of really good stories and I was eager to continue digging my nose into books and getting lost in stories that made it feel good to curl up with a book and…
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Annabeth Neverending
Annabeth Neverending by Leyla Kader Dahm My rating: 2 of 5 stars Thank you NetGalley and Create Space for providing me with an ARC of Annabeth Neverending in exchange for an honest review. All opinions are my own. The Gist I still have quite a few books sitting on my “to-read” NetGalley shelf, so I thought now is just as good a time to finally check them out and review them as any other. In the past, I would have a few weeks off during which I had enough time to get super excited about new books and then schoolwork would catch up with me again, putting my reading and…
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Stranger in the Lake
Stranger in the Lake by Kimberly Belle My rating: 2 of 5 stars Thank you to the publisher, Park Row, for providing me with an ARC of this book in exchange for an honest review. All opinions are my own. The Gist Two words: murder mystery! I’m weird in the sense that murder mysteries calm me down. When I have had a stressful day, I put on an episode of some murder show and I feel better. When I’m anxious and feeling on edge: murder mystery. Here is the thing, though. It has been very hit and miss for me when it comes to murder mystery books. Some of them…
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Breath Like Water
Breath Like Water by Anna Jarzab My rating: 2 of 5 stars Thank you to the publisher, Inkyard Press, for providing me with an ARC of this book in exchange for an honest review. All opinions are my own. I read most of the book in one day, staying up until 2 o’clock in the morning just to finish it. It wasn’t because I was so hooked on the story, instead I kept seeing all this potential and held out hope that the story might improve or at least find its centre. I checked out a few other reviews in this story and I must warn you, this is going…
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Emotional Detox For Anxiety
Emotional Detox for Anxiety: 7 Steps to Release Anxiety and Energize Joy by Sherianna Boyle My rating: 2 of 5 stars I voluntarily read and reviewed an ARC of this book. All thoughts and opinions are my own. I received a digital copy of this book back in September of 2019, when the world was very different from what we are experiencing right now, April 2020. While I was reading I kept asking myself how much of the information contained in this book and how much of the techniques that describe coping and healing methods to tackle anxiety that was part of the “old world problems”, so to speak, will…
