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Looking for a Contemporary Young Adult Book? Look No Further
Book Review of A Good Kind of Trouble by Brooke Blurton & Melanie Saward Published: January 29th, 2025 by HarperCollins AURating: ⭐⭐⭐⭐.25 (4.25 Stars)Genres: YA (Young Adult), Coming of Age, LGBTQIA+Series: Book 1 of Unknown CW/TW: Bullying, racism, homophobia, sexism. A Good Kind of Trouble High school is hard for most people, especially in a small town. People get bullied for being queer, they get discriminated against for being Aboriginal and suffer the sexist double standards for being a girl. Jamie is all three. She survives the day-to-day struggles of high school by focusing on footy, her family and her crush on her best friend, Loz. When a new girl…
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What’s The Best Way to Learn about Black History? Time Travel.
Book Review of Time Tub Travellers and The Silk Thief by Claire Linney Published: March 21st, 2024Rating: ⭐⭐⭐⭐.5 (4.5 Stars)Genres: Middle-Grade (7-12 years), Sci-Fi, Historical Fiction, AdventureSeries: Time Tub Travellers (Book 1 of 3) CW/TW: Mentions of kidnapping, brief systematic racism (at the beginning and is a critically plot point). Welcome to The World of Time Travelling Bathtubs Zula is crushed when she receives the grade for her history project. No math team for her. But when she asks why, her teacher explains that there were no Black people in Tudor London. But that can’t be true, can it? Determined to find out the truth, Zula’s dad takes her and…
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Duty or Heart, What Would You Choose?
Crown Princess Layna's kingdom is on the brink of war. She is prepared to do her duty and secure a alliance through a political marriage. However, her heart has other plans. Warrior Prince Zarian arrives at court and works his way into the heart of the princess. Beholdent to his own mysterious duty, Zarian finds himself struggling between a secret prophecy and the call of his heart. Can Layna lead her kingdom to survive the inevitable war and follow her heart at the same time? Or will the prophecy alter her entire world?
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Women Just Do It Better
Signe Lange hates her 9-to-5. All she wants is to make a living by writing smutty romance novels. When one of her stories goes viral, her life long dream is suddenly within reach. The only issue is, the love interest is based off her extrememly attractive Chief Technology Officer, Zaid Ansara. Zaid is doing his best to not let his small crush on the beautiful Signe Lange affect his job. He thinks nothing of it when he walks in on her doing a livestream. Until he learns exactly how much he resembles Signe's main character. Maybe Signe feels the same way about him too.
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An Emotionally Raw Look at Grief and Addiction
Book Review of The Things We Cannot Change by Allison Spooner Published: September 30th, 2024Rating: ⭐⭐⭐⭐.5 (4.5 Stars)Genres: Magical Realism, Contemporary Fiction Disclaimer: Thank you Allison Spooner for sending me this book. All thoughts and opinions are 100% honest and my own. CW/TW: Death of a parent, grief, addiction, alcoholism, ghosts, mention of physical abuse, blood, seizures, medical emergency. Haunted by The Past It’s nearly been a year since Callie’s dad lost his battle with alcoholism. And she’s doing just fine. She’s about to finish her first year at college – she’s fine. She hasn’t returned home since starting college – she’s fine. She’s having nightmares about her dad coming…
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Can a 21st-Century Woman Survive in The 1800s?
Elena and Elle are the spitting image of one another. The major difference? They live centuries apart. However, with the aid of a magical wardrobe (a nod to Narnia) the end up switching places. The only way they can return home is for 21st century Elena to complete a quest set forth by Victorian-era Elle. The task? Find her missing friend. With no knowledge of Elle's history (other than her diary), no internet and having to play the part of a good Victorian socialite, Elena is in for quite the adventure.
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Fluffy Romance, Video Games and Spice, What More Could You Want?
When your ex breaks up with you over a game the next logical step is obviously to level up in the game and out rank him. That's exactly what Emma did, it may have taken her three years, but she did it. However the celebration is ruined by toxic insults from a teammate. The mood is ruined so much that Emma barely speaks to the man in the internet cafe that watched her rank up and congratulates her. It's not until a friend sends her a video of that same man, who turns out to be one of the most famous pro gamers in North America, reaching out on to…
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Your New Favourite High Fantasy Series
A royal betrothal A treasonous plot The betrayal of a lifetime As two young royals prepare for their upcoming nuptials, dark forces are at work in the elven queendom of Ailiar. Towns along the Colosian border are being burned to the ground and the Queen seems to have nothing to say about it. Whispers of war are stirring, and the fragile peace that the royal marriage is intended to bring seems so very far out of reach. Crown Princess Calliope is dreading the arrival of her intended, while Prince Di’Ath of Zadanai wars with his sense of duty and his desire for freedom. Could they possibly find love and companionship…
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Steamy Workplace Romance in a Small-Town Inn
Jackson's grandmother has passed, leaving him her shares in a country inn that the family didn't know she owned. With the plea for Jackson to at least give it six months before giving up on the inn and selling. Meyer is about to inherit the inn from her mother. She has big plans for the inn. Plans that will show the town that she's no longer the little girl they once knew but a successful businesswoman. Little does she know that her mum doesn't outright own the inn, and when Jackson arrives, Meyer has a few choice words for him.
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A Coming-of-Age Story of a Girl Banished to Earth
Traumatised from being kidnapped and left to die in a forest on Earth at age four, Faunella is left with no memory of the world she comes from. Her only friends are the Fae also stuck on Earth and they raise her as if she were theirs. For Faunella and the fae to stay safe there's one rule they must all follow - stay away from the humans. However, as Faunella grows, she becomes fascinated by the creatures that resemble her so much. She craves connection and friendship. Fate may agree, as it keeps pushing Faunella and Derick together, whilst others keep them apart. Maybe not all humans are the…
