The Chosen and the Beautiful

I read, and really enjoyed, Vo's novella The Empress of Salt and Fortune a few years ago. Since then, she's published a few full length novels and I have been meaning to pick them up. This wasn't the one I thought I'd read first, as I never really did get the Gatsby hype. But I found it at a used…

Cinderella Is Dead

I have had a soft spot for fairy tales since I was young. And, as we all know by now, I love a retelling. I especially love it when they reclaim the original as something feminist, queer, revolutionary. It's like, the best of all the worlds. So, I've had this one on my TBR for…

Legends & Lattes

Well, this exploded onto the literary scene last year and there was no chance I wasn’t going to read it. A cozy fantasy about a coffee shop with a sapphic (ish – I mean they both use she/her pronouns, but also aren’t technically human so, idk exactly what that means), and a blurb that talked…

Love in Color

I love mythology. I love retellings. And I, like Babalola, love love. Plus, I enjoyed her debut romance novel Honey & Spice, when I read it last year. So really, reading this collection was a no brainer. And I managed to plan it to coincide with Valentine's Day this year so, check me out! Haha. Love…

An Education in Malice

I read, and loved, A Dowry of Blood when it came out a year or so ago. So when I saw this sapphic dark academia vampire situation from Gibson on NetGalley, I requested it immediately. And I was hype (thanks Orbit) when I was approved for an eARC. Then I saw it was a sorta retelling/inspired by Carmilla, which…

A Power Unbound

Alright, I started this *so fast* after the second book. This series has been bomb.com and I was also so hype for this final romance. I haven't been this excited to pick up a book/finish a series in awhile and goodness I forgot how much I love that feeling! A Power Unbound by Freya Marske "I would…

A Restless Truth

I started this series (with A Marvellous Light), very recently. And it was SO good. Five stars. So, I picked this second book up right away. A Restless Truth by Freya Marske “But if I have to create myself every day, with every choice I make, then I want to make the choices I won't regret when I…

Lore Olympus: Volume 5

We’re back! I didn’t even realize the fifth volume had been published ‘til I saw it on the holds shelf at the library and I *immediately* added my name to the list. Just got it a couple days ago and…I totally just sped through it all in one quick sitting. (Check out my reviews for…

The Nsibidi Scripts Trilogy

My brother gave me the first book in this series last year as a Holiday gift, and I feel like getting started on it about a year later is really pretty good, for me! But for real, it was such a great surprise book choice because I have read, and loved, Binti (and Home and The Night Masquerade). So, of course,…

The Future King

I read, and *loved* The Other Merlin earlier this year. But then I had to wait *months* for my library to get a copy of this second book! UGH. And now, just when I thought this was going to be a duology, I have read it and realized it is, in fact, a trilogy...and the final book doesn't come…