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Book Reviews, Fiction

Soldier of Dorsa by Eliza Andrews

28th February 2020
Soldier of Dorsa (The Chronicles of Dorsa #2) by Eliza Andrews
- Publisher: Self-Published, 2020
- Genre: Fantasy, LGBTQ+, Romance
- Format: Ebook
- Page Count: 586 pages
- My Rating: ⭐⭐⭐⭐ (4/5)
I am definitely biased because I adore Princess of Dorsa.

While Soldier of Dorsa did not grasp my heart as much as the first book did, I still enjoyed it very much. There were times I was so scared for Tasia and Joslyn that I dared not continue reading. But I pushed myself to read on because the suspense of not reading was killing me anyway. The overall plot was very good despite some flow disruptions due to multiple flashbacks and alternations between Tasia’s and Joslyn’s storylines. The pacing was also a bit too fast towards the end as even more things were happening at the same time. I figure the story would flow amazingly if adapted to screen.
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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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Princess of Dorsa by Eliza Andrews

5th February 2020
Princess of Dorsa (The Chronicles of Dorsa #1) by Eliza Andrews
- Publisher: Eliza Andrews, 2018
- Language: English
- Genre: Fantasy, LGBTQ+, Romance
- Format: Ebook
- Page Count: 589 pages
- My Rating: ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ (5/5)
A book that leaves me a puddle from my own sheer emotion is always a good book.

I haven’t read fantasy in a couple of months and Princess of Dorsa has made me want to find all the fantasy books with strong, queer, female leads and read them. While I would not say it is perfectly written (an example, and sole example to date, of a perfectly written fantasy is Brandon Sanderson’s Mistborn), the overall story is amazing and I love it for igniting all kinds of emotions within me.
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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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