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Face the Music by Ali Vali | ARC Review

1st April 2020
Face the Music by Ali Vali
- Publisher: Bold Strokes Books, 2020
- Genre: Romance, LGBTQ+
- Format: Paperback (eARC)
- Page Count: 264 pages
- My Rating: ⭐⭐⭐ (3/5)
Country music queen Sophie Roddy probably ruined career after two consecutive drug overdoses. When Mason Liner, a producer from Sophie’s record label, intervened, she wasn’t expecting to experience feelings for Sophie’s daughter and manager, Victoria Roddy. Growing up with Sophie was not exactly pleasant for Victoria, and she usually keeps everyone at arm’s length to avoid getting hurt worse. But the pull towards Mason was strong, and was the risk of letting her in a right decision?
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ARCs, Book Reviews, Fiction

The Mercenary’s Daughter by Jessica Therrien & Joe Gazzam | ARC Review

29th March 2020
The Mercenary’s Daughter by Jessica Therrien, Joe Gazzam
- Publisher: Acorn Publishing, 2020
- Genre: Thriller, Young Adult
- Format: Ebook (eARC)
- Page Count: 288 pages
- My Rating: ⭐⭐⭐⭐ (4/5)
This book was definitely not what I had expected. I was annoyed if not angry at the usage of “exotic” on Andy, so let’s just say The Mercenary’s Daughter did not leave a great first impression. However, plot-wise, it really amazed me. It was exciting and made my heart thump.
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Book Reviews, Fiction

Just Three Words by Melissa Brayden

26th February 2020
Just Three Words (Soho Loft #2) by Melissa Brayden
- Publisher: Bold Strokes Books, 2015
- Genre: Romance, LGBTQ+
- Format: Ebook
- Page Count: 271 pages
- My Rating: ⭐⭐⭐⭐ (4/5)
Of late, I’ve been reading a lot of wlw (women-loving-women) romance novels. Approximately 1-book-per-day kind of “a lot” for a month straight. Or not so straight. Must be a quarter-life crisis thing since I pretty much never read romance in the past. I have yet to read one fall-in-love-with-best-friend story. Until now.
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Book Reviews, Fiction

How to Make a Wish by Ashley Herring Blake

22nd June 2018
How to Make a Wish by Ashley Herring Blake
- Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2017
- Genre: Young Adult, LGBTQ+
- Format: Ebook
- Page Count: 336 pages
- My Rating: ⭐⭐⭐⭐ (4/5)
In short, this book is about wounded characters doing their best to heal each other with love. Ashley captures every possible emotion for the readers to experience: we get annoyed at how incompetent Maggie is, astonished by Grace’s unrequited love for her mother, compassionate towards the recovering Eva, warmed by Luca’s forever-loving family, etc.
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Book Reviews, Nonfiction

Born a Crime by Trevor Noah

18th May 2018
Born a Crime by Trevor Noah
- Publisher: Spiegel & Grau, 2016
- Genre: Biography
- Format: Ebook
- Page Count: 304 pages
- My Rating: ⭐⭐⭐⭐ (4/5)
You separate people into groups and make them hate one another so you can run them all.

This book is an enthralling, completely action-packed autobiography that took place in the transition from apartheid to post-apartheid eras of South Africa. It was easy to read, and should be read by everyone. By easy, I meant the language, not the content. Some of the stories were pretty disturbing.
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