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  • Book Reviews,  Fiction

    All the Worlds Between Us by Morgan Lee Miller

    7th June 2020
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    All the Worlds Between Us (All the Worlds Between Us #1) by Morgan Lee Miller

    • Publisher: Bold Strokes Books, 2019
    • Genre: Young Adult, Romance, LGBTQ+
    • Format: Ebook
    • Page Count: 240 pages
    • My Rating: ⭐⭐⭐⭐ (4/5)

    Quinn Hughes never knew why her best friend Kennedy Reed broke off contact after moving away and refused to acknowledge her after moving back. It had been four years since that goodbye peck on the lips when they were thirteen.

    Since then, Quinn had came out, failed to qualify for the Olympics, and did her best to move on from losing her best friend. When she ran into Kennedy in the restroom at a party, they really faced each other for the first time in four years.

    But Quinn could not allow herself to be side-tracked when the swimming World Championships were coming up. Plus, Kennedy had acted that she did not exist for the past four years. Could they pick up from where they left off and be best friends again? Or whatever it was that they were both feeling? With Quinn’s twin brother Liam also crushing on Kennedy, things were destined to end up in a mess. Right?


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    Drawn by Carsen Taite | ARC Review

    1st June 2020
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    Drawn by Carsen Taite

    • Publisher: Bold Strokes Books, 2020
    • Genre: Mystery, Romance, LGBTQ+
    • Format: Paperback (eARC)
    • Page Count: 240 pages
    • My Rating: ⭐⭐⭐ (3/5)

    Artist Riley Flynn was about to get her big break when Detective Claire Hanlon entered her life, investigating in a murder case that occurred where she was painting. And then came more cases with the same MO (modus operandi). With the escalating stakes as well as mutual attraction, Claire knew it was a horrible idea to get involved with Riley, one of her suspects. But what should they do about the growing bond between them?


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    By Design by J.A. Armstrong

    29th May 2020
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    By Design (By Design #1) by J.A. Armstrong

    • Publisher: J.A. Armstrong Books, 2015
    • Genre: Romance, LGBTQ+, Novella
    • Format: Ebook
    • Page Count: 117 pages
    • My Rating: ⭐ (1/5)

    By Design is the kind of book that makes you wonder if you just read the same book as everyone else.

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    Before You Say I Do by Clare Lydon

    27th May 2020
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    Before You Say I Do by Clare Lydon

    • Publisher: Custard Books, 2020
    • Genre: Romance, LGBTQ+
    • Format: Ebook
    • Page Count: 292 pages
    • My Rating: ⭐⭐⭐ (3/5)

    Jordan Cohen is nothing but professional. Hired as Abby Porter’s bridesmaid by the groom Marcus Montgomery, Jordan knows she should ignore her attraction toward the gorgeous soon-to-be-married Abby. And it would have been easier if Abby was not also attracted to her and sending her mixed signals. So what about the Porter-Montgomery wedding?


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    In the Role of Brie Hutchens… by Nicole Melleby | ARC Review

    24th May 2020
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    In the Role of Brie Hutchens… by Nicole Melleby

    • Publisher: Algonquin Young Readers, 2020
    • Genre: Middle Grade, LGBTQ+
    • Format: eARC
    • Page Count: 272 pages
    • My Rating: ⭐⭐⭐️⭐ (4/5)

    Brie Hutchens lied to her mom in a panic when she almost got caught looking up naked photos of her favorite actress. Being a mediocre student at a Catholic school, her lie of being chosen to crown Mary was unlikely to come true. And it certainly did not help when Kennedy, the perfect girl in her class, gave Brie butterflies in the stomach.


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