I received this book from the author in exchange for an honest review. “‘Here I am, God,’ she prayed. But what am I here for?” (Denny 20). In 2019 Peri Fuller is just about to start school at Harvard University when she finds a hairpin with a strange symbol engraved on it on the beaches …
“It sounds wild, I know, but racism is a spectrum and they all participate in it in some way. They don’t all have white hoods or call us mean things… But racism isn’t just about that – it’s not about being nice or mean. Or good versus bad. It’s bigger than that,” (Àbíké-Íyímídé 166). At …
“Change is good. Change is necessary. Change is needed,” (Jackson 3). After her mom accepts a new job in Cedarville, Marigold and her blended family move from sunny California to midwestern Cedarville. Mari misses her home but after everything that happened and the mistakes she’s made, she knows she needs a change. Aside from the …
I received this book from TCK Publishing in exchange for an honest review. “It is a long wait, hence I’m writing in this journal for you, my dearest Raelyn. I apologize for not listening to you, but I was left with no other choice,” (Hault 2). Told in epistolary style, The Devil’s Whispers follows British lawyer Gerard Woodhouse is …
Kink was a surprisingly meh read. I don’t know exactly what I was expecting, I guess just for a little more. The stories, while diverse, didn’t differentiate all that much from one another. I don’t know, I guess when you’re publishing an erotic literary anthology called Kink I expected more of a range in the stories. There were …
“Grieving the dead, I’ve learned, is also about grieving your lost self, the self that only existed in relation to that person. When they die, those versions of you die as well,” (Gartner 264). After the death of her beloved cousin Zoltan, strangers begin confessing things to Lucy. She doesn’t ask them to, doesn’t pry, …
“I wanted a kind of logic. A reason. An assurance that things worked the way they were supposed to. Creatures lived and they died and sometimes they returned in a different form. Sometimes they haunted the living, and sometimes they let us be,” (LaCour 145). Mila has graduated from high school and aged out of …
“‘But not too much pain, am I right? Not too much, never too much. If it was too much, you wouldn’t know what to do with me, would you? Too much would make you uncomfortable. Bored. My crying would leave a bad taste. That would just be bad theater, wouldn’t it? A bad show. You …
I wrote a blog post for Hamilton Hive earlier this month all about strength called Strength: How Can We Be Strong? I really enjoyed writing it, you can read it on Hamilton Hive’s blog here!
I received this book from Wunderkind PR in exchange for an honest review. “‘Permission to speak of doom, Captain?’ Permission denied,” (Rambo). Retired former Admiral in the Grand Military of the Hive Mind Niko Larson has set up a restaurant on the edge of the known universe with her former unit. They work hard to …
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