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Top Ten Tuesday

Secondary Characters Who Deserve More Love

Secondary Characters Who Deserve More Love

Aug 10, 2021

This week I’m sharing some of my favourite secondary characters. Top Ten Tuesday was created by The Broke and Bookish and is hosted by The Artsy Reader Girl. 

For me, secondary and minor characters can make or break a novel. They are the glue that can stick a novel together. So today I thought I would share some of my favourite secondary characters who I think, deserve some more love. From fantasy to romance novels and more, here are those characters that I want people to know more about. 

While doing this I realised that there are a lot of secondary characters that I love. There are so many that I would easily add to this list, but they end up having their own book. So I did play with the topic a little and while they might have their own book now if they were a secondary character in a book first, I’m including them. Like always these are in no order.  

The whole friendship group from One Last Stop by Casey McQuiston | Grim from Academy of Stardom by Bea Paige | Miles from Lore by Alexandra Bracken | Nick friendship group from The Extraordinaries by T.J Klune

Betsy from Lord of London Town by Tillie Cole | Kit from the Psy-Changeling Series by Nalini Singh | Bergman Family from the Bergman Brothers series by Chloe Liese | Ash from the Hades Hangmen series by Tillie Cole

And there we go, those are some of my favourite secondary characters that deserve more love. Have you read any of these books? Do you agree? Let’s Chat! 

 

Covers That Made Me Want to Buy the Book

Covers That Made Me Want to Buy the Book

Aug 3, 2021

This week I’m sharing the books I’ve bought or wanted to buy because the cover caught my eye first. Top Ten Tuesday was created by The Broke and Bookish and is hosted by The Artsy Reader Girl. 

Now the covers weren’t always the reason that I bought or wanted to buy the book, but it was the first thing that caught my eye. As someone who works in a bookstore, I see hundreds of books each and every day. So, when I’m processing books and a book catches my eye, it’s the cover that does. And that isn’t a bad thing. I love me a gorgeous cover. 

So today I’m sharing the books that I have bought or added to my tbr because the cover caught my eye first. 

A Touch of Darkness (Hades & Persephone #1) by Scarlett St. Clair | Bringing Down the Duke (A League of Extraordinary Women #1) by Evie Dunmore – Review | A King so Cold (Royals #1) by Ella Fields – Review | The House in the Cerulean Sea by T.J. Klune – Review

The Kingmaker (All the King’s Men #1) by Kennedy Ryan | House of Salt and Sorrows by Erin A. Craig – Review | The Belles (The Belles #1) by Dhonielle Clayton | The Lady Rogue by Jenn Bennett

A Pack of Blood and Lies (The Boulder Wolves #1) by Olivia Wildenstein | Gild (The Plated Prisoner #1) by Raven Kennedy

And there we go, those are some of the books that I either bought or added to my tbr because the covers grabbed my attention first. 

What are the books that you have bought or added to your tbr because of the cover? Do we share any that is the same? Let’s Chat! 

Books I’d Want With Me While Stranded On a Deserted Island

Books I’d Want With Me While Stranded On a Deserted Island

Jul 27, 2021

This week I’m sharing the books that I want with me while stranded on a deserted island. Top Ten Tuesday was created by The Broke and Bookish and is hosted by The Artsy Reader Girl. 

If I somehow become stranded on a deserted island I would want my favourite books with me. The ones that would make me happy, the ones that would take me away. Those books just make me feel good. So, today I’m sharing not only the books I that would want with me while stranded on a deserted island, but some of my favourite reads. 

There are all different kinds of books on this list. From young adult to romance and everything in between. While I have been reading more romance over the last few years. YA still has a very big spot in my heart. And I mean if I could just have bind-up’s of all the series that I mention then I’ll be good. Anyway enough of this – let’s go. 

Check, Please! Book 1: #Hockey (Check, Please! #1-2) by Ngozi Ukazu | The House in the Cerulean Sea by T.J. Klune | This is How We Change the Ending by Vikki Wakefield | Only When It’s Us (Bergman Brothers #1) by Chloe Liese

The Duchess Deal (Girl Meets Duke #1) by Tessa Dare |With the Fire on High by Elizabeth Acevedo| The Lightning Thief (Percy Jackson and the Olympians #1) by Rick Riordan | Slave to Sensation (Psy-Changeling #1) by Nalini Singh

Lady Midnight (The Dark Artifices #1) by Cassandra Clare | Eyes Turned Skyward (Flight & Glory #2) by Rebecca Yarros

And there we go, those are the books that I would want to have with me if I was stranded on a deserted island. Have you read any of these? What did you think of them? Are you planning on reading them? Nevertheless, what are some of the books that you would want with you? So, let’s chat!   

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I have a love-hate relationship with this series. I have a love-hate relationship with this series. But I ended up really enjoying this one. It’s best friends to fake dating to-lovers. It’s always been you, bad-boy/good-girl, and I loved that. While Save Your Breath has quite a few tropes, it really leads itself to it, and it works. 

Aleks and Mia have known each other for years now. Since they were teenagers, that angst has been building up this whole time. And you can tell right from the get-go, it’s fantastic. I even wanted more of it, because I love pain. When Aleks went to live with Mia’s family as a teenager, sparks flew, but for many reasons, they both put their feelings aside. And well, now they are not only going to be fake-dating, but they might as well be engaged, too. 

I really enjoyed seeing how both Aleks and Mia both tried to hide how they were feeling throughout the whole ‘fake-dating’ situation, but anyone could see it. They know each other as no one else does. Aleks has a lot going on, and while I do think this was brushed over a little too much, Mia is his centre. Mia is a massive music star and is a female in the industry, so yeah, people don’t respect her. Obvsiouly because why couldn’t a female star be badass and write about the things that she has gone through? Aleks and Mia get each other, and that is very clear from the start; they are both just trying to squash everything. We get to see them slowly start to show how they feel, and well, one night it all explodes. 

Overall, I enjoyed this one a lot; it’s not my favourite of the series, but I had a great time reading it. I liked Aleks and Mia a lot as characeters and while I think the mental health aspect could have been explored a whole lot more, I can see why it wasn’t. The romance was slow and spicy, the angst was great, and the payoff for these two was what they needed. 

Tropes
🏒Sports/Hockey Romance
🎤Fake Dating/Engagement
🏒Childhood Friends to Lovers
🎤Forced Proximity
🏒Athlete x Pop Star 
🎤Angsty Slow Burn 

Content Warnings
Mental Health Struggles 
Suicide Intention 
Family Deaths 
Alcohol Consumption
Violence on Ice

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Well February wasn’t the best reading month. I onl Well February wasn’t the best reading month. I only ended up reading 3 books in. 3 pretty fun books but one of my slowest readings months in a while. 

And I’m going to be honest here it’s because I’ve been constantly reading Heated Rivalry fanfics. 🤷‍♀️ I’m having the best time though. 

How was your reading in February? Any 5  star reads? 

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January was a really solid reading month. I read s January was a really solid reading month. I read some books that had been on my tbr for some time, reread a few things that peaked my interest. I also started a few new series. And just had a good time!

I just had a really good start to the year. While February is a little slow so far I’m looking forward to what I can pick up.

What did you read in January? Any 5-star reads? Let’s chat! 

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Can you believe that it’s already February? I know Can you believe that it’s already February? I know I can’t. But that means it’s a new month with more releases coming out! And that makes me excited. Some fantastic titles releasing this month and I cannot wait to read them. 📚

A couple of these are on my TBR already and some have just caught my eye and that makes me super excited to pick them up. 🖤

What are you looking forward to reading this month? Let’s chat! ✨

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