After the year from hell, Haf is ready to blow off steam at a Christmas …
Living the drama
5 stars
You know I always love fake dating stories. But this one is a particularly good implementation of it. Cheers to this bunch of bisexual disasters!
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Enum & Valerie reviewed Dragon Bike by Elly Blue
Dragon Bike
5 stars
So many amazing short stories! And they all had different ideas and interpretations of the two themes, and how to combine them. Loved every single one of them!
Enum & Valerie reviewed Revenge Game by Jordyn Taylor
Alyson is a romantic, and sometimes it gets her into trouble. Like last summer, she …
Dickwads get wracked
5 stars
Dickwads get wracked, and there's kissing girls! CW: sexual assault
Dickwads get wracked, and there's kissing girls! CW: sexual assault
Enum & Valerie reviewed Youngblood by Sasha Laurens
Two queer teen bloodsuckers attending an elite vampire-only boarding school must go up against all …
Vampire Politics for revolutionaries
5 stars
Great story in a well-engineered universe with so many little aspects. If you like gay communist vampire revolutionaries schemeing their ways to overthrow the conservative vampires elites, this book is for you.
Enum & Valerie commented on Youngblood by Sasha Laurens
Two queer teen bloodsuckers attending an elite vampire-only boarding school must go up against all …
One thing I love about this book is Taylor's and Evangeline's enemies-with-benefits relationship. Like hatefucking your bully and nemesis every week is a totally normal thing that people just do. And no, it's not an enemies-to-lovers plot.
One thing I love about this book is Taylor's and Evangeline's enemies-with-benefits relationship. Like hatefucking your bully and nemesis every week is a totally normal thing that people just do. And no, it's not an enemies-to-lovers plot.
Enum & Valerie reviewed Only Mostly Devastated by Sophie Gonzales
Will Tavares is the dream summer fling—he’s fun, affectionate, kind—but just when Ollie thinks he’s …
Not bad
4 stars
... but it didn't really stand out either, you know? Or maybe I'm just too old for coming-of-age stories.
... but it didn't really stand out either, you know? Or maybe I'm just too old for coming-of-age stories.
At Camp Mirror Lake, terror is the name of the game . . . but …
Wonderful slasher fiction
4 stars
A horror-movie recreation camp that turns out too real? Check. A weirdo cult that murders people as a sacrifice? Check. Alphabet mafia? Check.
A horror-movie recreation camp that turns out too real? Check. A weirdo cult that murders people as a sacrifice? Check. Alphabet mafia? Check.
Enum & Valerie reviewed Iris Kelly Doesn't Date by Ashley Herring Blake (Bright Falls, #3)
Everyone around Iris Kelly is in love. And she's happy for all of them, truly. …
What offense, sweet Beatrice?
5 stars
Everybody who's read 'Delilah Green Doesn't Care' or 'Astrid Parker Doesn't Fail' already knows that Iris Kelly is an absolute goddess. If you haven't read those, do that first, it's a trilogy.
Now imagine our beloved Iris in a goddamn Fake Dating plot! Yes okay, I see, the Fake Dating trope is quite common these days and it's always the same predictable main arc, but I love well-written Fake Dating stories, so let me enjoy this treat. And it is really WELL MADE.
AHB just doesn't disappoint, this book is entertaining and full of well working side arcs. Turns and twists that feel "just right", instead of easy choices. Mostly.
What I cannot really stomach is Iris moving to New York. For fuck's sake, Ms Blake, you moved Delilah from NY to Bright Falls and into the friends group just to move Iris away from them two …
Everybody who's read 'Delilah Green Doesn't Care' or 'Astrid Parker Doesn't Fail' already knows that Iris Kelly is an absolute goddess. If you haven't read those, do that first, it's a trilogy.
Now imagine our beloved Iris in a goddamn Fake Dating plot! Yes okay, I see, the Fake Dating trope is quite common these days and it's always the same predictable main arc, but I love well-written Fake Dating stories, so let me enjoy this treat. And it is really WELL MADE.
AHB just doesn't disappoint, this book is entertaining and full of well working side arcs. Turns and twists that feel "just right", instead of easy choices. Mostly.
What I cannot really stomach is Iris moving to New York. For fuck's sake, Ms Blake, you moved Delilah from NY to Bright Falls and into the friends group just to move Iris away from them two books later?? How cruel is that D: And how in hell has Delilah become so soft that Astrid - Astrid! - is often more rad than her these days?
Enum & Valerie commented on Iris Kelly Doesn't Date by Ashley Herring Blake
it's so sweet when authors reference each other in their book dedications
Ashley H. Blake in "Iris Kelly": "For Meryl and Brooke" Meryl Wilsner in "Cleat Cute": "For Ashley, and so"
Coincidence? I don't think so
it's so sweet when authors reference each other in their book dedications
Ashley H. Blake in "Iris Kelly": "For Meryl and Brooke" Meryl Wilsner in "Cleat Cute": "For Ashley, and so"
Coincidence? I don't think so
Enum & Valerie reviewed The Third Daughter by Adrienne Tooley
A prophecy poisoned. A queendom at stake. A magic vial of tears holds their fates.
…Church vs Crown
3 stars
All of this is some multi-layerey power play (which I like) with kissing girls (which I also like). But then again, most of it is about spirituality, prophesies, and birthright (which I don't like).
All of this is some multi-layerey power play (which I like) with kissing girls (which I also like). But then again, most of it is about spirituality, prophesies, and birthright (which I don't like).
Enum & Valerie started reading La Légende de Korra: 1. Guerres de territoires by Michael Dante DiMartino (La Légende de Korra, #1)
Un homme d'affaires douteux projette de transformer le portail spirituel, situé au cœur de la …
Allons-y, pour le première fois j'essaye de lire un livre en français D:
Allons-y, pour le première fois j'essaye de lire un livre en français D:
Enum & Valerie reviewed Count Your Lucky Stars by Alexandria Bellefleur (Written in the Stars, #3)
Margot Cooper doesn't do relationships. She tried and it blew up in her face, so …
I'm bored
2 stars
There were a handful of entertaining moments, but mostly it's just the old, overrated and overused trope where both girls think "too bad she just want's casual" instead of just talking to each other. Apart from all the petit-bourgeois stuff about weddings. Oh and apparently it's the third part of a trilogy, but the summary and backcover don't indicate that. What the fuck.
There were a handful of entertaining moments, but mostly it's just the old, overrated and overused trope where both girls think "too bad she just want's casual" instead of just talking to each other. Apart from all the petit-bourgeois stuff about weddings. Oh and apparently it's the third part of a trilogy, but the summary and backcover don't indicate that. What the fuck.
Enum & Valerie commented on This Wicked Fate by Kalynn Bayron
Just remembered this banger scene, where the characters fly from the US to Turkey on a private plane, but take an immediate stop in France for ... CUSTOMS!?!?
Sure, French customs totally cares about what you carry between two totally unrelated countries. Ms Bayron, have you ever been outside the US?
Enum & Valerie commented on Count Your Lucky Stars by Alexandria Bellefleur (Written in the Stars, #3)
Margot Cooper doesn't do relationships. She tried and it blew up in her face, so …
The cat is called Cat. Do I even have to comment on that?? Though I think I did once read a book where the cat was called Hund....
The cat is called Cat. Do I even have to comment on that?? Though I think I did once read a book where the cat was called Hund....
Enum & Valerie reviewed Hier ist es immer noch schön by Xixi Tian
Annalie jobbt in den Ferien in der örtlichen Eisdiele und wünscht sich nichts sehnlicher, als …
Manche Kackpfeifen verdienen nur noch aufs Maul
3 stars
Die Geschichte dreht sich vollständig um ein rassistisches Graffiti, und wie verschiedene davon betroffene oder nicht betroffene Menschen damit umgehen. Wie unterschiedlich die einzelnen Auswirkungen auf den Alltag sind. Und schließlich wiedergefundener Schwesternliebe.