What the Woods Took by Courtney Gould My rating: 2 of 5 stars Thank you to the publisher and NetGalley for providing me with an ARC of What the Woods Took in exchange for an honest review. All opinions are my own. The Gist What the Woods Took sets out to be a moody, atmospheric thriller, but for me, it ended up feeling flat and uneventful. The premise is intriguing—a girl searching for her missing sister in a town filled with secrets and surrounded by ominous woods—but the execution just didn’t deliver. The Details From the beginning, the pacing felt painfully slow. I kept waiting for something—anything—to really happen. While…
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Smash It!
Smash It! by Francina Simone My rating: 1 of 5 stars Thank you to the publisher, Inkyard Press, for providing me with an ARC of Smash It! in exchange for an honest review. All opinions are my own. The Gist A few months ago I saw a book promotion for the upcoming Fall publications and Smash It! got a lot of attention. I checked it out and hoped I would have enough time to read it once it was published. One could only imagine how lucky I felt when I found out Smash It! is one of the books included in the Fall Reads Blog Tour I’m participating in. Based…
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Out Now: Queer We Go Again!
Out Now: Queer We Go Again! by Saundra Mitchell My rating: 5 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 have seen people rave about the first anthology of this collection and I wish I could have checked it out before diving into this one, but since the lockdown is still going strong in my neck of the woods, I am dependent on the digital books my library has to offer. Unfortunately, All Out was not listed in its database. So, I’m putting a pin in reading…
