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To the Moon and Back by Melissa Brayden | ARC Review

22nd March 2020
To the Moon and Back by Melissa Brayden
- Publisher: Bold Strokes Books, 2020
- Genre: Romance, LGBTQ+
- Format: Paperback (eARC)
- Page Count: 264 pages
- My Rating: ⭐⭐⭐⭐ (4/5)
To the Moon and Back is the 7th Melissa Brayden novel I have read, and it quickly became one of my favourites. The relationship between stage manager Lauren Prescott and fallen movie star Carly Daniel was sweet, intense, and ultimately mature. I rooted for them throughout the story, and my heart ached for them as they worked out issues. There were plenty of plot twists, and while none were very unexpected, all worked perfectly for the story. The pacing was precise, and not once had anything felt rushed.
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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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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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Keeping Long Island by Courtney Peppernell

8th June 2018
Keeping Long Island by Courtney Peppernell
- Publisher: Pepper Books, 2017
- Genre: Romance, LGBTQ+
- Format: Ebook
- Page Count: 268 pages
- My Rating: ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ (5/5)
Wow.

This book deserves so much more attention! I finished it in less than a day and was left feeling very, very loved. It was written in a similar format as The Perks of Being a Wallflower was, as both protagonists dealt with mental health issues by writing letters to strangers, but that is not to say that these books were at all alike in contents.
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The Upside of Unrequited by Becky Albertalli

1st June 2018
The Upside of Unrequited (Simonverse #2) by Becky Albertalli
- Publisher: Balzer + Bray, 2017
- Genre: Young Adult
- Format: Ebook
- Page Count: 336 pages
- My Rating: ⭐⭐ (2/5)
It was an okay yet sweet YA book. I enjoyed some of the scenes but not really the whole plot.
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