Equal parts intoxicating, quick-witted, and emotionally resonant, Act Your Age, Eve Brown is one of the best romances I’ve ever read.
Review // Act Your Age, Eve Brown
Review // Act Your Age, Eve Brown
Review // Twice Shy
Sarah Hogle’s newest release, Twice Shy, is a sweet, earnest, slow-burn romance, with enough humor to keep it from feeling too saccharine.
Review // You Had Me at Hola
I can think of very few things that feel as satisfying and wonderful as when you’ve been waiting patiently (or, in my case, impatiently) for a book and you finally read it and it’s everything you hoped it would be. With You Had Me at Hola, it was everything I hoped it would be and then some.
Wrap-Up // What I Read in July
I haven’t actually gotten around to posting my wrap-ups for May and June but that’s mainly because I was in a pretty big reading slump for a couple of months. I barely read anything in both May and June (only 7 books total in 2 months). Thankfully, I was able to snap out of it in July and I ended up reading 21 books! And I found so many new favorites!
Review // They Wish They Were Us
Jessica Goodman’s debut, They Wish They Were Us, is definitely one of the most interesting young adult thrillers I’ve read and tackles privilege and entitlement in a way I haven’t yet seen done before.
Review // Romeantically Challenged
If you enjoy forced proximity and enemies-to-lovers, Romeantically Challenged, the first book in Marina Adair’s new When in Rome series, is a cute summer read.
Review // Take a Hint, Dani Brown
Get a Life, Chloe Brown was one of the first books I ever reviewed when I started. As such, it holds a special place in my heart (don’t ask me why, but I just get sentimental about certain things), and the Brown sisters hold a special place in my heart. Take a Hint, Dani Brown has only cemented my love of Hibbert’s characters and this special series.
Review // Musical Chairs
If you enjoy stories about family dynamics and large casts of characters, Amy Poeppel’s newest release, Musical Chairs, is for you.
Review // Home Before Dark
I’ve been a huge Riley Sager fan ever since I read and loved Lock Every Door, so I was very excited when I heard that his newest release would be a horror/thriller with some serious The Haunting of Hill House and Amityville Horror vibes. Home Before Dark did not disappoint and this is one of the best books I’ve read this year.
Review // One to Watch
Kate Stayman-London has burst onto the scene with her body positive, diverse, and razor-sharp romantic comedy debut, One to Watch. Equal parts romantic, funny, and vulnerable, this is the perfect summer rom-com.
![Book mail is the best mail ✨ thank you to all the tagged publishers for the gifted books! I’m so excited for all of these.
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