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The Devil You Know: Stories of Human Cruelty and Compassion by Eileen Horne, Gwen Adshead

challenging dark informative reflective medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide, Mental illness, Sexual violence, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, and Physical abuse

Moderate: Drug abuse, Addiction, Drug use, Chronic illness, Death, Death of parent, and Alcoholism

Minor: Excrement, Fire/Fire injury, Islamophobia, Pedophilia, Grief, and Gun violence

Bless Your Heart by Lyra Parish

funny lighthearted relaxing medium-paced

4.0

Bless your heart is the first book in a brand new series that is bound to capture your hearts!! 

Expect: small town romance, best friends brother, enemies to lover, sassy heroine, dirty talking cowboy, slow burn, family saga, rivalry, secret pining, childhood friends to lovers and allllllllll the spice 🌶️🔥 

I read this book in one sitting. It was such a fun read! I am a big fan of enemies to lovers and small town romance so this book was right up my street. Books like these just make me want to run off to the countryside.

It was filled with so much wit and humour, Beckett and Summer had such funny banter with each other but there was also so much tension and angst between them! 

This book can be read as a stand-alone but I can’t wait for the rest of the books in this series to explore more into the other characters lives and return to the little town of valentine 💌 

Thankyou to the author for the arc in exchange for an honest review 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content

Minor: Toxic friendship, Toxic relationship, Sexual harassment, and Sexual assault

The Castaways by Lucy Clarke

adventurous dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Injury/Injury detail, Body horror, Blood, Violence, Infertility, Death, and Murder

Moderate: Alcoholism

Minor: Gore, Death of parent, Alcohol, Sexual harassment, Suicidal thoughts, Sexual content, Cancer, and Medical content

The Sister Effect by Susan Mallery

emotional hopeful informative inspiring lighthearted reflective sad slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Alcoholism, and Addiction

Moderate: Death of parent, Vomit, Death, Drug abuse, Blood, Murder, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Sexual harassment, Grief, and Mental illness

Twisted Lies by Ana Huang

challenging dark lighthearted sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Kidnapping, Sexual content, Blood, Death, Panic attacks/disorders, and Stalking

Moderate: Dementia, Murder, Physical abuse, Suicide, Death, Death of parent, Gore, Panic attacks/disorders, Pregnancy, and Grief

Rewrite Our Story by Kat Singleton

emotional funny hopeful lighthearted relaxing sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes

5.0

Have I found a new favourite author?? Yes. Yes I have. 

Small town romance, second chance, soulmates, best friends brother, friends to lovers with a little bit of spice, right person wrong time and a dirty talking cowboy. Sign me up ✍️ 

Marigold and Cade will tug on your heartstrings from the prologue till the very end and make you believe in true love (if you don’t already). Honestly they are the perfect couple 🥺 

The angst and spice in this book was on another level. 🌶️🔥 (special mention to the saddle scene, iykyk 😏). It wasn’t until reading this book that I realised I needed a dirty talking cowboy called Cade Jennings in my life. 

Kat has created such a beautiful story, characters and world within Rewrite our story. 

I am well and truly in my Sutten Mountain era and will be counting down the days until the sequel.

Read 👏 this 👏 book 👏 (just incase you couldn’t get that from my gushing million star review)

Thanks so much to the team with Kat Singleton for giving me an arc 🥰

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content

Moderate: Death of parent, Cancer, Death, and Grief

So Close by Sylvia Day

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Toxic relationship and Sexual content

Moderate: Car accident, Death, Gaslighting, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Mental illness, Trafficking, and Violence

The Last Piece of My Heart by Paige Toon

hopeful inspiring lighthearted sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Death of parent, Grief, and Infertility

The Legacy by Elle Kennedy

emotional funny hopeful lighthearted relaxing medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Loveable characters? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content and Pregnancy

Minor: Vomit, Abortion, Injury/Injury detail, Physical abuse, and Alcohol

Misery by Stephen King

adventurous dark tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Self harm, Death, Death of parent, Gore, Violence, Blood, Car accident, Drug use, Kidnapping, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Gaslighting, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Alcohol, Suicidal thoughts, Emotional abuse, Addiction, Drug abuse, Medical content, and Fire/Fire injury