K. Ancrum

Icarus

Lindsay

Hardening yourself to survive has a cost and it takes incredible bravery to begin removing that protection to allow yourself to grow.

"Do you do this on purpose," Luca asked once they started walking again. "Manipulate supply and demand to make being with you feel like a luxury good?"

Some of us lead lives that would require suspension of belief from others. The strange, the magical, the devastating, and the unbelievable. You deserve to have someone walk beside you. You deserve outstretched hands. You shouldn't have to live to house secrets. You should be allowed to just live.

cheesy at times but ultimately this book was so sweet

envie,

Cindy McKee

I really wanted to love this book, but it just didn’t land with me. I just could not connect with the characters for some reason. That said, I know it will probably be someone else’s cup of tea, and that’s great
**Thank you NetGalley for the advance copy of this audiobook.**

Okay somehow from the blurb and the cover I thought his was magical realism or fantasy. It’s not. But it’s still an interesting premise that only revealed itself further for compelling family secrets. CW for abusive parents. I also loved the way the romance unfolded in that perfect YA kind of way. My issue is that the end didn’t carry the same weight and fairytale kind of writing the rest of it did. This was so gripping until it ended in a lukewarm place (still a romance with an HEA though and I felt closure just not enough). 

Abigail

I really wanted to love this book, but it just didn’t land with me. I just could not connect with the characters for some reason. That said, I know it will probably be someone else’s cup of tea, and that’s great

Thank you NetGalley for the advance copy of this audiobook.

I really wanted to love this book, but it just didn’t land with me. I just could not connect with the characters for some reason. That said, I know it will probably be someone else’s cup of tea, and that’s great

Thank you NetGalley for the advance copy of this audiobook.

Emily Perkovich

This was one of those books that I wanted to skip sleeping to read. I did find the sheer amount of short chapters to be a bit disruptive to the reading experience, but at some point I just stopped even looking at the chapter headings. This story is sweet, full of inclusivity that feels done with purpose, with a ridiculously quick strangers to lovers storyline, but one that kept me rooting for it the entire time. 

Thank you to HarperTeen and NetGalley for the ARC

Icarus

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