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There wasn’t a whole lot of depth here, but this was an enjoyable romance. Honestly, you’re not going to get a lot of complex plot in 166 pages! The ages of the students in this book (they’re basically all 18) might lead you to think this is Young Adult, but based on content I find it to be much closer to New Adult. I did
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This was my first Talia Hibbert book, and I loved it! It’s a sweet contemporary romance with a non-traditional (in race, size, and health) female lead and a male lead who is actually respectful and sensitive and not afraid of things like therapy. The hurt feelings feel real, as do the solutions to those feelings. What I especially liked is that Chloe’s race, size, and
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Children of Blood and Bone is a YA fantasy based on a Nigerian religious tradition. In Adeyemi’s world, the Magi once had powers that were tied to the gods: being able to raise the dead (in ghost form), manipulate fire or water or wind or earth, manipulate dreams and feel what others feel, etc. Due to a personal tragedy, the current king has killed all
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This second book in the Broken Earth Trilogy doesn’t pack the same punch as the first one, but it is still quite good. Essun now lives in the underground settlement of Castrima. She still wants to find her daughter Nassun, but the oncoming Season makes this nearly impossible. But in Castrima she has found Alabaster, the man who broke the world, who was her teacher,
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