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Review: All That’s Left to Say

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So much to say about All That’s Left to Say. The novel, written by Emery Lord, follows protagonist Hannah MacLaren after her cousin and best friend Sophie dies from an overdose. Hannah’s world is completely shattered, as she deals with this loss and the mystery surrounding it. The Sophie she knew wouldn’t have used drugs, wouldn’t have kept such a huge secret from her. Yet that’s the truth she’s left with. Her grief is big and all-consuming, the only thing driving her forward being her determination to find out who gave Sophie the pills that ended her life.

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Review: Throwback

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Throwback by Maurene Goo is a coming-of-age fantasy YA novel about a Gen Z Korean-American named Samantha who travels back to the 1990’s and meets her teenage mother, with the mission to change their future. With that description alone, I was ready to swan dive into this book. It sounded like a wonderful package of the things I love, like a zany k-drama meets 90’s teen movie. And I’m so glad that it fully delivered.

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Mini Review: The Wives

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What. The. Fuck. (And I mean that in a positive way.) It took me a while to get used to Tarryn Fisher’s writing, as she writes characters that I can never fully understand. But reading her latest novel and first thriller The Wives, I realized that that’s what makes these characters so damn interesting. Being in protagonist Thursday’s head, I was on her side instantly, and I wanted to stay on her side till the very end. I questioned her thoughts, her choices, but there was something about her that I wanted to trust. Continue reading “Mini Review: The Wives” →