Review: Delay of Game by Tracey Richardson

This post is part of the #PrideLibrary19 challenge. Day 18: F/F Romance Women's hockey players Niki and Eva ended their relationship twelve years ago before they competed against each other on the biggest stage of Women's hockey, the Olympics. Now Niki coaches Team Canada, while Eva is preparing for her last Olympic Games as a player for …

Review: I Wish You All The Best by Mason Deaver

This post is part of the #PrideLibrary19 challenge. Day 12: Trans/Nonbinary MC Ben gets thrown out by their parents after coming out as nonbinary, and moves in with their estranged older sister and her husband. Between struggling with an anxiety disorder and being the new kid at their school they try to keep a low profile during …

Review: Bright We Burn (The Conqueror’s Saga, #3) by Kiersten White

Lada is determined to prove that Wallachia can survive without the Ottomans, and she is willing to risk everything for the independence of both her and her people. Meanwhile Radu and Mehmed know they have to stop her, and with Radu returned to Mehmed's side, they will stand together to face Lada and her wrath. …

Review: Boy Meets Boy by David Levithan

This post is part of the #PrideLibrary19 challenge. Day 7: Blue Books Paul's gay, a sophomore at high school and he thinks he has just found The One. Noah is the new guy at Paul's school, and Paul is sure there is a connection between them. Then Paul messes up and if the betting odds are any …

Review: What If It’s Us by Becky Albertalli and Adam Silvera

This post is part of the #PrideLibrary19 challenge. Day 4: Orange Books When Ben and Arthur meet at the post office they have the perfect meet-cute. Except until it's not and they lose each other. Luckily the universe helps them out and after finding each other again they get to have that first date. And all the …

Review: The Tethered Mage (Swords and Fire, #1) by Melissa Caruso

Amalia Cornaro is heir to one of the most powerful families in the Raverran Empire, and she definitely wasn't meant to become a falconer, safe-keepers of the few people with magical abilities in the Empire. By chance she becomes the Falconer to Zaira, who has lived on the streets for most of her life, and …

Review: The Upside of Unrequited by Becky Albertalli

Molly has never had a boyfriend, all she has ever got was unrequited love. She prefers to play it safe rather than risk the rejection.  When her twin sister Cassier gets a new girlfriend, Molly meets Will, who seems like the perfect guy to be her first boyfriend.  But there's also her co-worker Reid, the …

ARC Review: Safe Passage (Black Flag, #1) by Rachel Ford

Thanks a lot to Rachel Ford for sending me an eARC of her book in exchange for an honest review. After a huge job for the Conglomerate Kay needs to get back to Union space or risk being stranded and eventually killed. Margaret, a privateer, may be her way home. But Margaret wants the very …

Review: Forest of a Thousand Lanterns (Rise of the Empress, #1) by Julie C. Dao

Xifeng is beautiful and fated to become empress of all of Feng Lu. But to fulfil that fate she has to embrace something dark and terrible inside of her. Only if she breaks the heart of the man she loves, and uses the magic her aunt taught her can she become what she is destined …

Review: The Language of Thorns – Midnight Tales and Dangerous Magic by Leigh Bardugo

The Language of Thorns is a collection of short stories set in the Grishaverse. It includes six stories, three that have been published before, and three new ones. I've been in love with Bardugo's writing and her Grishaverse ever since I first opened Six of Crows,  and so I was really looking forward to The Language of …