Blog Tour + Review: Ghosts by Dolly Alderton

On July 19, 2021 By Beth JonesIn Blog Tour, Book Review5 Comments

Nina Dean has arrived at her early thirties as a successful food writer with loving friends and family, plus a new home and neighbourhood. When she meets Max, a beguiling romantic hero who tells her on date one that he’s going to marry her, it feels like all is going to plan.
A new relationship couldn’t have come at a better time – her thirties have not been the liberating, uncomplicated experience she was sold. Everywhere she turns, she is reminded of time passing and opportunities dwindling. Friendships are fading, ex-boyfriends are moving on and, worse, everyone’s moving to the suburbs. There’s no solace to be found in her family, with a mum who’s caught in a baffling mid-life makeover and a beloved dad who is vanishing in slow-motion into dementia.

Thank you to Penguin for having me as part of this blog tour and for providing me with a copy of this book in exchange for an honest review!

To be completely blunt, I wasn’t 100 percent sure this was going to be a book I enjoyed. I have read some brilliant adult contemporaries in the past few years, but I’ve also read a few I didn’t enjoy at all. And this sounded in some ways similar to the one’s I didn’t enjoy as much, so naturally I was a little hesitant. However, I am very happy to say I absolutely loved this book. It was bold and beautiful and confident without being abrasive or brash – striking a perfect balance that I just didn’t expect.

We follow Nina Dean, who I found to be a likable character from the second page, when she visited Hampstead Ladies Pond (I love outdoor swimming so I loved this instantly). I always find I enjoy books so much more when I actually like the main character and want the best for them – and I really did with Nina. She felt honest and relatable, a real and imperfect character with her own troubles and mistakes.

Maybe friendship is being the guardian of another person’s hope.

I found the pacing slow at first, but after around 150 pages I couldn’t put this book down and finished it the following day. The plot really picks up and I just wanted to know what happened to Nina and those around her. The writing was absolutely brilliant and may be my favourite part of the book as a whole – it was easy to read but had some real depth and honest discussions I loved reading.

There was something in the writing that just made me feel so connected to Nina, it made me cry (and I mean tears running down my cheeks!) but also made me laugh. It is so rare I find a book that makes me properly laugh, but this one did. It made me chuckle over and over again, and I applaud the writing for that! It also made my heart drop and brought a sick feeling to my stomach when certain things happened in Nina’s life that I just felt so emotional over.

I also love how this book was feminist without being men-hating. I have read books before that felt like they crossed that line and I didn’t appreciate it – Ghosts, however, appreciates both sides of a story and brings in both successful and unsuccessful relationships. It was the balance I really wanted from this book. The relationships felt so real and were another reason I felt so connected to Nina, especially the difficult relationship with her parents (it was a scene between her and her mum that made me cry).

Leave it with me and I’ll look after it for a while , if it feels too heavy for now.

This book was a really pleasant surprise and there is honestly so much to love about it. Despite the slow start I found it so engaging and brilliantly written. An emotional but funny and uplifting read all at the same time!

★★★★★
4.5 out of 5 stars

-Beth

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Review: All Our Hidden Gifts by Caroline O’Donoghue

On July 18, 2021July 15, 2021 By Beth JonesIn Book Review3 Comments

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Maeve Chambers doesn’t have much going for her. Not only does she feel like the sole idiot in a family of geniuses, she managed to drive away her best friend Lily a year ago. But when she finds a pack of dusty old tarot cards at school, and begins to give scarily accurate readings to the girls in her class, she realizes she’s found her gift at last. Things are looking up – until she discovers a strange card in the deck that definitely shouldn’t be there. And two days after she convinces her ex-best friend to have a reading, Lily disappears.
Can Maeve, her new friend Fiona and Lily’s brother Roe find her? And will their special talents be enough to bring Lily back, before she’s gone for good?

I have to admit, this is exactly what I wanted House of Hollow to be. Both have parallels, but this was much more what I expected (and wanted) for the trope of ‘girl goes missing and could be in a place nobody can reach her’. Even though the trope was similar to others I’ve seen, this book was so unique in it’s premise and plot itself, which I loved. It felt like such an oddity of YA, and breaches a gap between contemporary and magical realism, giving off a spooky feel.

I really liked the atmosphere and felt it was portrayed really well. I definitely had goosebumps in places and felt slightly spooked by the scenes in this book, which beautifully showed the thinning of the veil between our world and somewhere else. I really enjoyed how much tarot played a part in the story and the fact it is set in the real world makes the story easy to follow.

The characters were so diverse and I really liked the friendship dynamic. I think my biggest struggle was sometimes how much I disliked the main character, Maeve, who occasionally felt very immature in her actions and the way she spoke to people around her. Although she did grow throughout the book, I did sometimes struggle to like her character. However, I loved the side characters and the way all of their stories intertwined and they all had different plots working alongside each other. Each character had their own struggles and demons but they came together to fight as a team.

One of the main characters spends this book exploring his gender identity, which I really enjoyed reading about and sparked some really interesting and important conversations between the characters. The entire cast felt very diverse and it was great to see a non-binary side character, although I found the main character still presumed the genders of others, which felt a little backwards in places. I did really like the romance, however, and seeing how the two characters communicated with one another and had a level of understanding I didn’t expect really warmed my heart.

This book is set in Ireland, which I really liked. It also felt like it played a key role in the story, including discussions of the Catholic Church but also the folklore of Ireland. This brought out some really interesting and important topics that I definitely wasn’t expecting to come up.

If you’re looking for a quirky and atmospheric creepy YA, I would really recommend this one. I can see how this is only the first one in a series and I’m looking forward to seeing where Maeve’s story goes!

★★★★
4 out of 5 stars

-Beth

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Review: Ace of Spades by Faridah Àbíké-Íyímídé

On July 16, 2021August 4, 2021 By Beth JonesIn Book Review1 Comment

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Welcome to Niveus Private Academy, where money paves the hallways, and the students are never less than perfect. Until now. Because anonymous texter, Aces, is bringing two students’ dark secrets to light.
Talented musician Devon buries himself in rehearsals, but he can’t escape the spotlight when his private photos go public. Head girl Chiamaka isn’t afraid to get what she wants, but soon everyone will know the price she has paid for power.
Someone is out to get them both. Someone who holds all the aces. And they’re planning much more than a high-school game…

Thank you to Usbourne for providing me with a review copy of this book in exchange with an honest review.

I’ve been hearing good things about this one recently, but I have to admit it surpassed all expectations. I did not expect this one to be such a page turner with dark but really important themes. This book reminded me of SLAY in a lot of ways, as both are such compelling reads that focus heavily on race. I didn’t really know much about this book going in, so most of the themes came as a bit of a surprise. I’m glad I went into this one with little knowledge, however, as it made the book even more gripping.

We follow Chiamaka and Devon, two Black students at their private school who are suddenly targets of an anonymous texter who spreads their deepest, darkest secrets around the school. The two band together to try and find out who Aces, the anonymous texter is. Although this is the basic premise of the story, there was so much more to it than that. Both of these characters have a lot going on in their lives, resulting in exploration of sexuality, class boundaries and elitism.

I stop myself from apologizing-because what would I even be sorry for?

The writing was brilliant and really kept me on the edge of my seat. I buddy read this with Alex over 10 days, but every single day I wanted to keep reading when we reached the end of the chapter. I sped through the section for the day and couldn’t put this book down, it was so compelling and such an easy read despite the difficult topics it explores. Although I had my suspicions about who Aces was, the plot also kept me guessing and intrigued.

I really liked Devon as a main character and I grew to like Chiamaka too, although I never fully connected with her and definitely found her unlikable at the start. Devon’s chapters were just more emotional for me and I really felt for what he was going through. Both of their relationships with the side characters were also interesting to read about and I really liked some of the dynamics between the main pair and others.

Existing too loud?

Overall, this was such a compelling read that had an in depth look on racism and inequality. I loved how the teenagers had some really deep and important discussion about racism without it feeling inauthentic, which is something SLAY also does well. My only criticism would be that a few aspects of the plot felt just a little far fetched, but I would still highly recommend this book!

★★★★★
4.5 out of 5 stars

-Beth

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Review: The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald

On July 15, 2021July 15, 2021 By Beth JonesIn Book Review5 Comments

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Here is a novel, glamorous, ironical, compassionate – a marvelous fusion into unity of the curious incongruities of the life of the period – which reveals a hero like no other – one who could live at no other time and in no other place. But he will live as a character, we surmise, as long as the memory of any reader lasts.
It is the story of this Jay Gatsby who came so mysteriously to West Egg, of his sumptuous entertainments, and of his love for Daisy Buchanan – a story that ranges from pure lyrical beauty to sheer brutal realism, and is infused with a sense of the strangeness of human circumstance in a heedless universe.
It is a magical, living book, blended of irony, romance, and mysticism.

It has been years (and I mean, years) since I finished a book and then just started it again immediately to re-read it. Although in this case it didn’t happen in quite that fashion, as I read the physical format and then switched to the audiobook for an immediate re-read. Although there were parts I enjoyed about my first attempt, I found re-reading this on audio gave me a new found appreciation for the book. I buddy read this one with my boyfriend (our first buddy-read!) and although we have yet to discuss our full thoughts and feelings, it’s been really enjoyable to read something together.

The Great Gatsby is a study of New York in the 1920’s, and all of the opulence, extravagance, decadence and pure drama that comes with it. I found the characters largely unlikable but also absolutely fascinating to read about, their relationships with each other fueled by infatuation and lust.

And so with the sunshine and the great bursts of leaves growing on the trees, just as things grow in fast movies,

I found the writing compelling and humorous, something I didn’t notice until my audio re-read, which put emphasis on lines I otherwise skipped over. Some of the writing is so poetic, beautiful and almost lyrical, including the quote in this post which remains to be my favourite. Other lines made me chuckle out loud with their brashness or ludicrousness.

I loved the way this book took the concept of the American Dream and turned it on it’s head, instead showing that everything is not always as it seems, and behind closed doors anything could be going on. I found myself intrigued over and over again by the actions of each character, wondering about their drives and motivations – usually wealth, greed and lust.

I had that familiar conviction that life was beginning over again with the summer.

Overall, although not perfect, I did enjoy this window into the high society of New York in the 1920’s. It sometimes feels unbelievable and utterly ludicrous, but also makes for an entertaining and interesting read.

★★★★
4 out of 5 stars

-Beth

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Review: A Pho Love Story by Loan Le

On July 8, 2021July 7, 2021 By Beth JonesIn Book Review1 Comment

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Linh and Bao like each other. A lot. The only problem? Their families own rival pho restaurants and hate each other’s guts, so they have to keep their relationship a secret.
But they can only steal kisses in dark alleys and the art room at school for so long. Can their love transcend an age-old feud and heal the rift between these two families? Or have these high school sweethearts bitten off more than they can chew?

Thank you so much to Simon and Schuster for sending me a copy of this book in exchange for an honest review!

Ahhh, I loved this book. Give me a romance with food and South East Asian culture, and I will read it. And I will probably love it. I listened to this on audiobook, which I really liked and also helped with the pronunciation of everything! I really adored the audiobook of this, which made me feel very involved in the story and I couldn’t help thinking about these characters when I wasn’t reading.

These two characters were so cute to read about and I loved that the romance was so slow burn. The way these two fall for each other just felt so authentic and real, which I think is why I loved them both so much. The side characters were also so lovely, and I like how individual they were but still played a part in Linh and Bao’s relationship.

But in anything you love, isn’t there always some bit of sadness, some essence of suffering? That, to me, is what makes art worth it.

Linh and Bao start to realise there might be more to their families rivalry as their relationship goes on, and although I won’t say more, I will say I really liked having the mystery element to this one that definitely drew me into the story! The pho restaurants also gave way to some very interesting and deep discussions, including some about racism. These felt so gut punching and were super hard to read about but so important to include.

The writing was so compelling and easy to get into. I didn’t want this book to end, it went by too quickly. This book focuses a lot on family, family drama and conflicts. This felt really authentic and I thought all of the relationships developed naturally throughout the book.

Suffer through it—mine the emotions you keep inside yourself, face whatever’s emotionally burdensome, take control of it—then emerge reborn in the end.

Overall, there was just so much I loved about this book. It was so cute but had some real depth and discussions. Highly recommend for contemporary lovers out there!

★★★★★
4.5 out of 5 stars

-Beth

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Review: Weathering With You Vol. 1 by Makoto Shinkai and Wataru Kubota

On July 6, 2021July 2, 2021 By Beth JonesIn Book Review1 Comment

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During the summer of his first year in high school, a young man named Hodaka runs away from home to the bustling city of Tokyo. Alone and exhausted, he decides to kill time in a fast food place, where he meets a young woman named Hina who happens to work there. Little does he know that Hina possesses powers that not only affect the weather, but the whole world…

There are a few people in this world that I will read anything they ever produce. Alice Oseman being one of them. Makoto Shinkai being another. I love Your Name, it is one of my favourite films in the world and I also love the light novel and manga. Weathering With You quickly became another favourite, and I read the light novel soon after the movie release. Me and Mark spotted this manga recently and knew we both wanted to pick it up, as we both loved the film so much. This is the first of 3 volumes (completed as far as I am aware) in the Weathering manga, and I read this in around half an hour. Naturally, the art style is well suited to manga due to the film being anime. I also love how some pages are completely given over to one drawing, giving big scenes the space, size and therefore impact they deserve.

Weathering with You - Kodansha — Copyright Vertical Comics 2020

I love the characters in Weathering so much, and just thinking about their friendship makes me emotional. This first volume heavily focuses on them meeting and developing their friendship, which already feels authentic and heartwarming. I also really enjoyed the slightly different insight reading the manga gives to Hodaka’s thought processes and feelings. His story feels almost slightly more raw due to this narrative, and even though only a few pieces of dialogue were changed, I felt the change.

I’m really excited to pick up the rest of this manga and it has definitely made me want to rewatch the film!

★★★★★
5 out of 5 stars

-Beth

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Review: Circe by Madeline Miller

On July 5, 2021July 2, 2021 By Beth JonesIn Book Review3 Comments

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In the house of Helios, god of the sun and mightiest of the Titans, a daughter is born. But Circe has neither the look nor the voice of divinity, and is scorned and rejected by her kin. Increasingly isolated, she turns to mortals for companionship, leading her to discover a power forbidden to the gods: witchcraft.
When love drives Circe to cast a dark spell, wrathful Zeus banishes her to the remote island of Aiaia. There she learns to harness her occult craft, drawing strength from nature. But she will not always be alone; many are destined to pass through Circe’s place of exile, entwining their fates with hers. The messenger god, Hermes. The craftsman, Daedalus. A ship bearing a golden fleece. And wily Odysseus, on his epic voyage home.
There is danger for a solitary woman in this world, and Circe’s independence draws the wrath of men and gods alike. To protect what she holds dear, Circe must decide whether she belongs with the deities she is born from, or the mortals she has come to love.

I really wanted to like this book. It has so much hype and I know so many people love Madeline Miller’s writing. But sadly, this really didn’t hit the spot for me. I did read this very quickly over two days because I wanted to finish this before the end of June, and I’m not sure how much this changed my opinion of the book. It is definitely more of a slow burner, and I may have enjoyed it slightly more if I had paced myself over a longer period of time.

However, I do think this was more about the book itself. The writing was incredibly slow paced and really quite dense in my opinion. I found it a strange mixture of scenes I really enjoyed and could vividly picture and scenes I absolutely zoned out on and took nothing in. I just couldn’t quite grasp the writing style.

But in a solitary life, there are rare moments when another soul dips near yours, as stars once a year brush the earth.

I loved the character of Circe and her strength and independence definitely shines through. I didn’t appreciate the romances too much, and felt almost as if this book was just a long string of them. However, I did like the introduction of other Gods and their own stories. I definitely feel I would have enjoyed this book more if I had a better understanding of Greek mythology, as I had little to no knowledge prior to reading. I would love to go back to this one with more of an understanding of the myths themselves.

I would also like to point out there are some graphic scenes in this book, in many different ways. The one that sticks most vividly in my mind is a birthing scene, which I unfortunately stumbled across while eating dinner. I would definitely recommend looking up trigger warnings for this one and watch out for anything you may have a phobia of!

Such a constellation was he to me.

Overall, I am so sad to say this was such a mixed one for me and I definitely didn’t enjoy it as much as I wanted to. I would love to give it another go in the future, however, and will also be reading The Song of Achilles at some point!

★★★
3 out of 5 stars

-Beth

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Review: Cinderella is Dead by Kalynn Bayron

On July 4, 2021July 2, 2021 By Beth JonesIn Book Review1 Comment

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It’s 200 years since Cinderella found her prince, but the fairytale is over.
Sophia knows the story though, off by heart. Because every girl has to recite it daily, from when she’s tiny until the night she’s sent to the royal ball for choosing. And every girl knows that she has only one chance. For the lives of those not chosen by a man at the ball . are forfeit.
But Sophia doesn’t want to be chosen – she’s in love with her best friend, Erin, and hates the idea of being traded like cattle. And when Sophia’s night at the ball goes horribly wrong, she must run for her life. Alone and terrified, she finds herself hiding in Cinderella’s tomb. And there she meets someone who will show her that she has the power to remake her world.

I’ve heard mixed things about this but I honestly really enjoyed it. I read most of it in a day and if I didn’t have so much going on, would have probably finished it in the same day rather than two days. I loved the characters, I found it easy to read, fast paced and couldn’t put it down!

We follow Sophia, a Queer Black girl in a world dominated by men. Taking inspiration from Cinderella’s story, who died 200 years prior to this book, their world is very focused on marrying a man and settling down. Women are oppressed and being Queer is not seen as an option. But Sophia is ready to fight back.

I don’t want to be saved by some knight in shining armour.

I loved the way this book twisted the fairytale of Cinderella and gave it a whole new meaning, while also creating a whole world and patriarchy inspired by the tale itself. The retelling of Cinderella is quite dark and creepy, but I enjoyed the twisted side of it. This book as a whole was very powerful and some of the scenes in particular I loved and could picture very vividly. I really felt for the women in this world and I loved the main character of Sophia.

Sophia was not afraid to stand up for what she believed in and I really admired that about her. Seeing a strong, female, badass, Black main character is so amazing to see in YA and I love her as a role model for younger readers. My only criticism is this book did lack a little character development and didn’t make full use of the side characters, which was a shame as I found some of their dynamics really interesting.

I’d like to be the one in the armour, and I’d like to be the one doing the saving.

However, it is worth remembering this book is fairly short and almost doesn’t have the space to deep dive into characters or setting. I actually enjoyed how punchy it was and flew through it. I would highly recommend this one for an accessible fantasy read with kick-ass Black women taking down the patriarchy!

★★★★
4 out of 5 stars

-Beth

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Review: Ghosts of the Shadow Market by Various Authors

On July 2, 2021July 2, 2021 By Beth JonesIn Book Review1 Comment

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The Shadow Market is a meeting point for faeries, werewolves, warlocks and vampires. There the Downworlders buy and sell magical objects, make dark bargains, and whisper secrets they do not want the Nephilim to know. Through two centuries, however, there has been a frequent visitor to the Shadow Market from the City of Bones, the very heart of the Shadowhunters. As a Silent Brother, Brother Zachariah is sworn keeper of the laws and lore of the Nephilim. But once he was a Shadowhunter called Jem Carstairs, and his love, then and always, is the warlock Tessa Gray.
Follow Brother Zachariah and see, against the backdrop of the Shadow Market’s dark dealings and festive celebrations, Anna Lightwood’s first romance, Matthew Fairchild’s great sin and Tessa Gray plunged into a world war. Valentine Morgenstern buys a soul at the Market and a young Jace Wayland’s soul finds safe harbor. In the Market is hidden a lost heir and a beloved ghost, and no one can save you once you have traded away your heart. Not even Brother Zachariah…

I have to say, this was an absolute joy to read. I loved being back in this world a lot more than I expected. It’s been a couple of years since I read all of the Shadowhunter books for the first time over the course of 3 months. I haven’t really dived back into the world since, so I was a little unsure how I would find this one after so long. But it took me no time at all to get myself back into this world, and I instantly remembered all of the characters and felt quite nostalgic.

This book mainly follows Brother Zachariah, or Jem Carstairs from The Infernal Devices series. TID is my favourite Shadowhunter series so I was thrilled to find out this one focused mainly on the characters from that series. I read this book on audio and I was absolutely thrilled with the audiobook, it was narrated by an entire cast and it honestly really showed. The atmosphere was wonderful and really drew me in.

This is a collection of short stories following different characters all around the Shadowhunter world. Even though this book tends to follow Jem, sometimes he just appeared as a side character as the stories focused on lots of different characters and their stories. This felt super diverse and had some LGBT stories which was brilliant. Some of these stories made me really emotional as they included some of my favourite characters. This one also spans decades throughout the Shadowhunter stories we already know, without making it confusing or taking the reader out of the stories.

Reading this has honestly made me miss the Shadowhunter universe a lot and I can’t wait to be back in this world soon when I read The Red Scrolls of Magic and The Last Hours.

★★★★★
4.5 out of 5 stars

-Beth

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ARC Review: XOXO by Axie Oh

On July 1, 2021 By Beth JonesIn Book Review2 Comments

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Jenny didn’t get to be an award-winning, classically trained cellist without choosing practice over fun. That is, until the night she meets Jaewoo. Mysterious, handsome, and just a little bit tormented, Jaewoo is exactly the kind of distraction Jenny would normally avoid. And yet, she finds herself pulled into spending an unforgettable evening wandering Los Angeles with him on the night before his flight home to South Korea.
With Jaewoo an ocean away, there’s no use in dreaming of what could have been. But when Jenny and her mother move to Seoul to take care of her ailing grandmother, who does she meet at the elite arts academy she’s just been accepted to? Jaewoo.
Finding the dreamy stranger who swept you off your feet in your homeroom is one thing, but Jaewoo isn’t just any student. Turns out, Jaewoo is a member of one of the biggest K-pop bands in the world. And like most K-pop idols, Jaewoo is strictly forbidden from dating anyone.
When a relationship means not only jeopardizing her place at her dream music school but also endangering everything Jaewoo’s worked for, Jenny has to decide once and for all just how much she’s willing to risk for love.

Thank you to Harper 360 for sending me a copy of this book in exchange for an honest review.

I thought I would enjoy this book, but I didn’t expect to love it quite as much as I did. I loved the characters, the setting, everything. I completely fell in love with this book and it really surprised me. This one followed Jenny and Jaewoo, who have a chance meeting at the start of this book. After months of no contact, Jenny ends up attending the same music school in South Korea, where she finds out the boy she met was actually a K-pop idol.

I love South Asian inspired books, but I didn’t realise just how much until reading this one. I adored the setting, I found the writing really vivid and I could picture the city really well and all of the surroundings. I was so happy that this one was set in South Korea and it had such a lovely atmosphere that felt really authentic and taught me a lot about Korean food and culture.

The characters were a joy, and their relationships and friendships felt natural. The side characters were also lovely and the friendship group Jenny ended up in was so cute. I really liked her friendship with her roommate and how it progressed throughout the book too! The relationship between Jenny and Jaewoo was defnitely my favourite aspect of this book, and I ended up rooting for them so much I had tears in my eyes for the last 20ish pages of the book.

This book also offered an honest and open discussion of idol life in Korea and mental health, which felt like a really important part of this book and I was so glad to see it included. Although this book was very cute and fluffy, I appreciate how it didn’t shy away from important topics.

Overall, this was such a cute romcom with lovely characters and I couldn’t put it down. It was just what I needed and I would highly recommend it!

★★★★★
5 out of 5 stars

-Beth

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Blog Tour + Review: Ghosts by Dolly Alderton

Review: All Our Hidden Gifts by Caroline O’Donoghue

Review: Ace of Spades by Faridah Àbíké-Íyímídé

Review: The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald

Review: A Pho Love Story by Loan Le

Review: Weathering With You Vol. 1 by Makoto Shinkai and Wataru Kubota

Review: Circe by Madeline Miller

Review: Cinderella is Dead by Kalynn Bayron

Review: Ghosts of the Shadow Market by Various Authors

ARC Review: XOXO by Axie Oh