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Book: The Year of the Witching (Bethel #1) Author: Alexis Henderson Genre: witchy thriller Rating: 7/10 Trigger warnings: religious fanaticism, sexual abuse, pedophilia, animal sacrifice, grooming, coercion, racism, cults, probably more I'm not remembering. Read if you like: mean witches, creepy religious weirdness, women taking back their power, coming of age stories but with a … Continue reading Book review: The Year of the Witching
Book: Woman on the Edge Author: Samantha Bailey Genre: Thriller Rating: 8/10 Read if you like: short, fast-paced thrillers, domestic thrillers, thrillers where someone is chasing and stalking the main characters. Trigger Warnings: SIDS, baby abuse, suicide, postpartum depression Good morning bookworms! Happy Monday! How was your weekend? Mine was busy but all fun stuff! … Continue reading Book Review: Woman on the Edge
Book: Not a Happy Family Author: Shari Lapena Genre: Domestic Thriller Rating: 7/10 Read you like: family thrillers, lots of suspects, police procedural, family drama. I've read quite a few of Shari Lapena's books and this one was pretty good. Not my favourite, I think my favourite is still Someone We Know. But It's definitely … Continue reading Book Review: Not A Happy Family
Book: The Holiday Swap Authors: Maggie Knox - AKA Karma Brown and Melissa Stapley Genre: Holiday Romance Release Date: October 12th, 2021 Rating: 8/10 Read if you like: Star's Hollow, Christmas books, baking, Life swap stories, the movie The Holiday, cute romance with almost zero steam. What a perfect cozy winter romance this is. Thank … Continue reading Book review: The Holiday Swap
This post contains affiliate links. By clicking on the title of the book you will be taken to indigo.ca for purchase and I will make a small commission. See Contact page for disclaimer. October is my favourite readathon month. I have been hosting Thriller October for three years now and every year is more fun. … Continue reading October TBR
Book: Instructions for Dancing Author: Nicola Yoon Genre: Young Adult Rating: 9/10 Read if you like: young love, ballroom dancing, a bit of magic This photo is an affiliate link. By clicking it you will be taken to indigo.ca for purchase. I will make a small commission. See Contact page for disclaimer. I'm so glad … Continue reading Book Review: Instructions for Dancing
Book: Eight Perfect Hours Author: Lia Louis Genre: Romance Rating: 10/10 Release date: September 28th, 2021 Read if you like: books set in England, books with positive mental health talk, a really sweet love story. Trigger Warnings: severe anxiety, depression, sick parent, suicide, death of a friend, post postpartum depression. Thank you so much to … Continue reading Book Review: Eight Perfect Hours
Book: Mistress of Rome (The Empress of Rome #1) Author: Kate Quinn Genre: Historical Fiction Rating: 8/10 Read if you like: stories set in ancient Rome, historical fiction with strong female leads. Trigger warnings: cutting, attempted suicide, suicide, extreme violence, sexual abuse, racial slurs against Jewish people. I have loved Kate Quinn for a while. … Continue reading Book Review: Mistress of Rome
Book: Ghosts Author: Dolly Alderton Genre: romcom/lit fic Release Date: August 3, 2021 Rating: 7/10 Read if you like: British humour, romcoms, books about dating (and its horrors) Thank you Penguin Random House for this gifted copy. This was a book that actually ended up surprising me. It took me 3 weeks to read the … Continue reading Book Review: Ghosts
Book: The Inheritance of Orquidea Divina Author: Zoraida Cordova Genre: fantasy, witchy Rating: 9/10 Release date: September 7, 2021 Read if you like: witchy books, family sagas, magical realism Thank you to Simon and Schuster Canada for the advanced copy. I really enjoyed this one! It starts with an invitation from Orquidea Divina, a woman … Continue reading Book Review: The Inheritance of Orquidea Divina
