I can tell I’m probably going to go on a tangent about home decor in this review, but I don’t feel like reigning it in to stay on topic. I will, however, summarize the book first. Astrid Parker Doesn’t Fail by Ashley Herring Blake follows the titular character, about a year after the events of …
Tag: contemporary fiction
Book Review | A Game Most Foul (ARC)
I received a digital advance reader’s copy (ARC) of A Game Most Foul by Alison Gervais. Since this version is just a proof and not the final version, I won’t quote directly and will keep my comments general. In A Game Most Foul, we follow Jules as she travels to London for a summer writing …
Book Review | Triple Sec
I thought that few, if anyone, could compare to Casey McQuiston in terms of books about queer love and queer joy, but… I think I found someone to give Casey a run for their money. Triple Sec by TJ Alexander follows Mel, a bartender. She has distant dreams of owning her own bar someday, but …
Book Review | Past Present Future
Now THIS is how you make a sequel! In Past Present Future by Rachel Lynn Solomon, Rowan and Neil have gotten together, after four years of rivalry in high school. Now, they’re heading away to college in Boston and New York City respectively. Life in these cities is quite different from in Seattle, though, and …
Book Review | Seasick (ARC)
I received a digital advance reader’s copy (ARC) of Seasick by Kristin Cast and Pintip Dunn. Since this version is just a proof and not the final version, I won’t quote directly and will keep my comments general. In Seasick, Yana has felt like an outsider at school, and in her small town, for ages, …