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  • ARCs,  Book Reviews,  Fiction

    We Go Together by Abigail de Niverville | ARC Review

    7th August 2020
    Cover of We Go Together (Abigail de Niverville)

    We Go Together by Abigail de Niverville

    • Publisher: NineStar Press, August 10th 2020
    • Genre: Young Adult, Romance, LGBTQ+
    • Format: Ebook (eARC)
    • Page Count: 275 words
    • My Rating: ⭐⭐⭐⭐ (4/5)

    CW: off-page rape, abusive relationship, (possible) PTSD, off-page transphobia, off-page pregnancy, off-page incarceration

    This was heavy. The narrative tone is somber and reminiscent. With its main theme being Kat dealing with an abusive past relationship, the story is less about what is happening in the physical world but more about what goes on in Kat’s mind. That being said, the many events during Kat’s time at Grand-Barachois are so sweet they made me slightly emotional again and again. In We Go Together, we follow her journey of healing as she begins to acknowledge what she has gone through, relearns to trust others, and finds her own voice again.

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  • ARCs,  Book Reviews,  Fiction

    What Unbreakable Looks Like by Kate McLaughlin | ARC Review

    25th June 2020
    Cover of What Unbreakable Looks Like (Kate McLaughlin)

    What Unbreakable Looks Like by Kate McLaughlin

    • Publisher: Wednesday Books, June 23rd 2020
    • Genre: Young Adult, Contemporary
    • Format: eARC
    • Page Count: 336 pages
    • My Rating: ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ (5/5)

    Lex was trafficked, and in that life, she was Poppy. When Lex’s aunt Krys came to take her home after the police’s rescue, she had the chance to live as Lex again. But soon, her new boyfriend and his friends sexually assaulted her. Would Lex decide to own her past and fight back as an activist?


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    the sun and her flowers by rupi kaur

    25th May 2018
    cover of the sun and her flowers (rupi kaur)

    the sun and her flowers by rupi kaur

    • Publisher: Andrews McMeel Publishing, 2017
    • Genre: Poetry
    • Format: Ebook
    • Page Count: 258 pages
    • My Rating: ⭐⭐⭐(3/5)

    this is a collection of heaviness, disguised in few words that might be mistaken as lightness. yet how can poems sprung from the depth of heart ever be jolly and happy; they can only be warning and warming.

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Lí-hó!! I am Hsinju (they/she), a Taiwanese book blogger, writer, and full-time grad student in engineering. Here, I mainly review books featuring authentically represented LGBTQ+ characters and/or written by LGBTQ+ authors. You’d usually find me going about life with my heart stuck in the last book I finished.

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