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Yeah, I did not like this book as much as I was hoping to.

This book follows who is haunted by a fire that destroyed the palace she was staying at and trying to find her place as the third daughter of a queen. When an old lover comes back into play, it takes all her courage to finally face both the fire and her new role as negotiator against a woman she loves.

The plot of it was something I did really like, while I think its execution was a little too complicated and it took me more than halfway through the book to work out half the things that were going on, I did enjoy it.

The characters themselves I wasn't really rooting for, there was little that made me want characters to actually win. Despite this, the characters we weren't supposed to root for I didn't which was great.

About the romance, I just didn't see what was so appealing about Eldris, maybe that's just me but yeah.

Overall I wish there was a little more development and the worldbuilding was slowed down a little just so I could understand better but I did finish it so that's great.

I did not expect to like this book as much as I did because I'm not keen on ghosts stories but I was pleasantly surprised. 

This book follows a group of friends who go to this ghost house in the middle of nowhere to do as people in ghost stories do. But as the tension grows between these friends the house takes notice and decides to give them exactly what they want.

The characters themselves were not likeable at all. They weren't meant to be and it made the tension between the friends that much more believable which I enjoyed. I did feel also that even though they weren't likeable Khaw has a way of writing them that does make you want to root for them. 

I love that the book was rich in history and culture. While I didn't understand basically any of it, I do now have stuff to look up when I eventually reread it. 

Also shoutout to Lin he gave the best lines, love that guy.

My biggest issue is that I felt the ending seemed rushed. I understand why it ended that way and also it is a short story but I kind of expected more to happen.

Overall I would recommend and I would 100% reread. 

Maybe I'm a little bias because I've been an avid listener of the podcast for probably 4 years now but this book was incredible.

You think you've heard it all on the podcast itself but there is so much more these women can share and so much that I have learnt reading things.

I related to each of the women in different ways with different feelings and I appreciate the way it was written that allowed me to do that.

That being said, I specifically felt seen and related to a lot of what Tolly was saying. This is not me picking favourites at all but just me saying that she's the person who's a voice in this book I felt the most moved by.

Overall, everyone's voice in this book felt distinct and I read it in each of their voices as though I were listening to an episode. I already want to reread and write down or tab what I've learnt and things to remember because that truly means a lot to me. Basically for me, this felt like an essential read and if you like this an essential listen, so yeah I 1000% recommend it.

This has to be the single weirdest book I have ever read.

This book follows Zoe and Agnes who originally correspond about the selling of an antique apple peeler but as the two women continue their conversation things get a little too dependent and spiral out of control. 

I didn't know what to expect coming into this book but it certainly was not that. The slow descent into dependency and madness by both characters came naturally and each shocking moment felt subdued as though not done for shock value.

It's hard to talk about this book since it's so short which is one of the issues I had here. I do wish that this story was set over a larger period, I felt like it would have added more to the characters and made this feel more natural.

The characters themselves were both unlikable and even with the ending I have no idea how to feel about either of them but they were flawed and dark and honestly that didn't feel too far fetched. 

Overall it's weird as hell and also pretty disturbing but I think worth the read.

We are on a roll with these romances.

This book follows Jordan who after a little issue with the apartment she rents with her boyfriend gets kicked out and as a last resort ends up staying with her boyfriend's father, a grumpy older man who had a little run-in with Jordan before. With her boyfriend seeming more distant and her forced to stay around his grumpy father, a friendship blooms and maybe a little more does too.

I was expecting to have mixed feelings about this book since literally the love interests name is Pike however I wasn't pleasantly surprised. I read this in giant chunks and enjoyed every bit of it.

The story itself was fun and light and it felt natural, their fondness for each other never seemed artificial and I loved watching them fall in love.  I also loved the ending, I wasn't expecting to like it because I feel like the ending of romance books I've read before felt rushed or out of place but here it fits very well and I'm glad everything turned out the way it did. 

My only issue was that sometimes the characters would say or do things that made me like them a little less when I think we were supposed to like them but that's just me nitpicking. 

Overall this was great, I enjoyed and I'm very shocked that Douglas actually made me like a guy called Pike, so yes I would recommend it.

This book was insane in the best way.

This book follows Chiamaka and Devon the only 2 black students at a prestigious private school. After entering their senior year, their lives seem to take a nosedive as someone known only as Aces starts to spread their deepest darkest secrets around the school.

Someone described this book as gossip girl meets get out and they couldn't be more right. The tension and anger that this book made me feel were insane. It has been a while since a book has garnered such a reaction out of me.

The characters read exactly as they were supposed to. They were likeable at times and not so much at others. However, they all went through some serious growth and change especially Devon and Chiamaka of course. I also found that even though they were teens and acted like teens it wasn't in a way that was too annoying. It was a lot more realistic and I think that made me like them a lot more.

The plot is something I've never even thought about in my life. The idea is original and the way it was executed incredibly. There were so many plot twists I didn't expect and things I thought I understood but got slightly wrong. I love that it was unpredictable but in a way that you still understood how and why certain things happened because they didn't come out of nowhere.

Overall I'm still shook over this book. I think it'll stay with me for a while because the idea isn't as far off as one would like to believe. I would 100% recommend this.