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The Road Home by Erin Zak | ARC Review

10th May 2020
The Road Home by Erin Zak
- Publisher: Bold Strokes Books, 2020
- Genre: Romance, LGBTQ+
- Format: Paperback (eARC)
- Page Count: 263 pages
- My Rating: ⭐⭐⭐⭐ (4/5)
Gwendolyn Carter left home seventeen years ago and never looked back. When she went home to celebrate her father’s birthday after failing to get a big acting role, Gwen came to face Lila Machowicz, a woman who basically became the Carters’ second daughter over the last fifteen years. Getting off on the wrong foot yet mutually attracted, Gwen and Lila had to work together and navigate through Carol Carter’s life-threatening cancer as well as other familial issues.
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Waiting for You by Elle Spencer | ARC Review

6th May 2020
Waiting for You by Elle Spencer
- Publisher: Bold Strokes Books, 2020
- Genre: Romance, LGBTQ+
- Format: Paperback (eARC)
- Page Count: 242 pages
- My Rating: ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ (5/5)
Ever since Lindsay learned about her past-life lover Roo while hypnotized with her BFF Patty in high school, she couldn’t forget her. Now, in her late thirties, Lindsay was divorced with a teenage daughter Brooke, painting a little boy no one knew and Roo. When Ren dropped by the small town of Salt Creek visiting her BFF Deb before moving to work in Paris, Lindsay promptly fainted at the sight of her.
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Lobizona by Romina Garber | ARC Review

29th April 2020
Lobizona (Wolves of No World #1) by Romina Garber
- Publisher: Wednesday Books, 2020
- Genre: Young Adult, Fantasy
- Format: eARC
- Page Count: 400 pages
- My Rating: ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ (5/5)
Manuela Azul has special eyes. Eyes that her mother made her hide behind sunglasses. Raised in Miami to a single Argentine mother, Manu dreamed of the day when she would be a U.S. citizen and the end of her almost 17 years of hiding. But when her “grandmother” was injured and mother taken away by ICE, Manu was left to fend for herself for the first time in her life. A life she understood almost nothing about.
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THE EXTRAORDINARIES by TJ Klune | ARC Review

22nd April 2020
THE EXTRAORDINARIES (The Extraordinaries #1) by TJ Klune
- Publisher: Tor Teen, 2020
- Genre: Fantasy, Young Adult, LGBTQ+
- Format: Ebook (eARC)
- Page Count: 400 pages
- My Rating: ⭐⭐⭐⭐ (4/5)
Click on the cover for my review on Goodreads.

When I started reading The Extraordinaries, I did not have any expectations. The opening of the story was a fanfic chapter by Nick, and I did not really appreciate it nor realise Shadow Star and Pyro Storm were real in the book. But as I read on into the main story, it was surprisingly enjoyable and gave me a few laughs. The book was the kind of YA fantasy with queer main characters I needed back in my teens.
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The Last Place You Look by Aurora Rey | ARC Review

12th April 2020
The Last Place You Look by Aurora Rey
- Publisher: Bold Strokes Books, 2020
- Genre: Romance, LGBTQ+
- Format: Paperback (eARC)
- Page Count: 314 pages
- My Rating: ⭐⭐⭐ (3/5)
“Things don’t have to be malicious to do harm.”
Taylor

Moving home from New York City after her wife of 8 years left her for another woman, Julia Pierce had no choice but to take on a job at her family’s winery. She had also missed out on dating life since nineteen, so going casual to make up for the lost time sounded like a good idea. When Taylor Winslow, who had an ongoing crush on her for years unbeknownst to Julia, volunteered to friend-zone herself as a wingman, neither knew this friendship would take on a deeper meaning.
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