Kyra

I really really wanted to like this book being from Alberta myself. However I found the description of the book to be very misleading, it's not really a spooky ghost story more similar to like a Christmas carol like story. It was little all over the place and end though sweet a bit odd. Overall a weird read not terrible but weird.

Took me a bit to getting into the rhythm of the writing but once I did, I fell in love with the characters and the world. Beautiful story, and I love stories that talk about folklore or cultural tales from other places so this was a perfect read. It's a perfect mix of the supernatural/spiritual and the real world.

Good book, I loved the over arching story, was a little slow in some spots but pretty dang good for a debut novel and I really do hope she writes more. If you love horror or suspense themed around the cultural stories of POC this book delivers! The characters are super relatable and the story is while being horror is also a beautiful story about grief and love.

This book isn't bad, it just feelings like it's missing something. Weird dream sequences that don't feel like they add to the plot and flash backs that are unneeded. The characters are okay but the escalation of the problem seems overall weird. And it has a twist that I found very meh. The idea was there the execution just didn't feel like it carried it.

What a fantastic book, the way the religion in this book worked felt like a mirror to a lot of the way the church has does act. It was magical and yet felt really grounded in problems we have in the real world. If you love books that have a deeper meaning behind the fantastical elements than I highly recommend this book for you!

This is really hard to review, I really Wooly bully,Glamour-us and on the origin of trans femmes. I also enjoyed a few others but overall wasn't exactly what I was looking for. Not bad just didn't feel like it was for me. About a 3.75

4.5 Another hard one to rate, I really really love Josh Malerman's writing, this book was as creepy and tense as the other ones I have read from him. However, while reading it it did feel a bit like a lecture on animal rights, and I am not personally into media like that. All in all creepy and good just a little too heavy handed for my taste.

So I have to put this out there first, I actually know this author personally she and I went to school together and our little sisters were best friends. So was super excited to read her book!

Now I am not as into fantasy as I use to be but this book felt very nostalgic for me, took me back today some of my early reading days and was very enjoyable to read. I love the variety of fae and magical beings, and I think them not all just being sexy was great and unique. I liked the pace I found it to be quick but interesting. And I really enjoyed a lot of the side characters. For me personally the romance was less my thing I am not as big a fan of large (100+) age gaps in books but that is a personal taste thing other wise it was written well. The written was good especially for a debut novel. Overall I give this a solid 3.75/5

Again this graphic novel series is amazing, and this one had me crying which is rare for me with books. The characters are adorable and the story feels very real. Super excited to continue!

I don't know what more I can say about these books they are so sweet and so cute. They tackle a more than just being gay, and even when it feels a little sad I never want to put them down.

I really wanted to like this book because it had a cool premise and an interesting style but it was hard to follow and felt more like rambling inside someone's head. I do think it has an audience out there but I am not it. Also tons of really gross imagery so be careful if you're squeamish.

I did receive a Digital copy from Brigids Gate Press via NetGalley.

Once again a beautiful book with amazing representation of both queer experience and mental illness issues.

Thank you to NetGalley and North Star Editions for giving me early access to this book.

Wow! This is how YA should be wrote more often! This story was incredible and the main character Olive was very relatable to teens and young adults dealing with grief. Death isn't something we talk a lot about even as adults and I feel like this story really captures a lot of the fears and emotions that come along with the unknown that is death. This was tackled in a beautiful and fun way, the spooky elements helped keep it fun and more lighthearted making it a more accessible way to talk about the hard stuff.

The pacing felt pretty close to perfect didn't really lag but also didn't speed past the interesting parts. And though the ending wasn't a huge surprise it still managed to be enjoyable and kept my interest throughout.

I did feel like there was a tiny bit of not like other girl vibes, but it wasn't super bad and not as outright as most YA.

I think even if you're not a fan of YA this can be an interesting read especially if you have experienced any type of grief, then it feels really relatable. About a 4.75 which I am rounding up to a 5.

I really enjoyed the atmosphere of this book! Though it wasn't scary it still gave a pretty spooky vibe. The characters were all equally as interesting so I did really enjoy the multiple characters pov. Perfect book to get cozy with during the fall season. It's a little over the top in some sections, but overall super happy I pick it up.

A thank you to Netgalley and Severn House for access to an early copy for review.

This was a very disappointing read for me. The plot seems all over the place, for one so many things happening that don't really feel connected, no tension and no sense of purpose. And two in the end I felt super lost in what I was supposed to understand had happened.

And everyone in this book is super unlikeable I couldn't really root for anyone. And normally I am all for morally grey characters but these people just suck. Also was way to much description of things and details that didn't really add much, or certain people's backgrounds that I couldn't care about.

If I wasn't reading this for a review I probably wouldn't have finished it. Though I get the atmosphere that the author was going for, to me it fell very short of it.

So much fatphobia it stupid, it is a big problem in the horror genre especially. Always talking about how “fat and disgusting” a character is, making fatness some time of character flaw. It's horrible and I hate reading it. On top of that the only female characters is incredibly sexualized, and was also a stereotype on “angry” feminists it was painful to read.

And finally holy cow was it slow 50% through and like nothing is happening. Had to DNF it ,very disappointing read.

I really really loved this read! I think the narrators did an amazing job especially Sam, I highly recommend the audiobook.

The plot was dark and I think really captured the horrors that can come from hobbies like caving and mountain climbing, as well as feeling very accurate in terms of what living with trauma can be like. The descriptions really helped with the feeling of the cave and mountain without being overbearing.

All the characters were written well even when unlikable they felt very really, and I really felt for them. And the main character Simon really goes through it and changes quite a lot of the course of the story.

Was a very enjoyable read from beginning to end!

Though some of things that happen in this book are quite terrible it is an amazing read. and even though it is fictional the story tells from a perspective that I haven't read before and it was enjoyable. The use of Ibo words throughout the story really helped to bring the world alive. And the description of tribal life, culture and belief was probably my favourite part. I also think that this story shares a piece of the history of colonization that is hunting and makes you reflective. Definitely will be reading more of his work.

This books isn't fast it's an incredibly slow burn but it builds the tension so well, and I enjoyed it. Though at some places it did drag a little and took me longer to read than I was expecting. The characters were great for the most part flawed but they feel real even when unlikable. I love story that takes place in basically one setting, and this one did a great job not feeling to stale. 4.5 rounded up for Goodreads

The first times I read this book it was a 5/5 but I was younger and hadn't read a ton of adult fiction, was also before I understood how weird large age gaps felt. It still has a nostalgic feel for me so that definitely plays into my feelings.

I still do really enjoy this book, it is however very very slow and there are tons of moments where it feels like nothing but talking is happening but I really enjoy it. The focus on science and history is super fun to me. I love basically all the characters however as I've gotten older I've really come to dislike a lot of Mathew's traits sexism isn't cool and controlling behaviour like that shouldn't be romanticized. That is common in these types of books so not really surprised, especially for when this book came out.

In the end I still do love this book even though it has problems and will likely read it again.

First a thank you to NetGalley and Poisoned Pen Press for give me early access for review.

I don't really know what to say when it comes to this book, I think that the premise is super interesting however it didn't really live up to it. Nothing really feels all that explained at the end, feels very unfinished. It also kinda feels like nothing really happens in it and none of the revels really had any emotional weight.

The characters are very one dimensional and they seem to lack clear motive.

There is though pieces of a really great story, the religion aspect seemed super cool and I definitely wish it was expanded on more. I also think that though the characters were kinda bland they had some promise. A lot of potential that just wasn't reached for me.

I was given this ARC so that I could review it before it comes out.

The idea behind the world of this book is incredibly interesting. The writing in this book also shows a great deal of growth for Laura from her last book, I really enjoyed the flow of it and though some things felt a little over descriptive it was still very very enjoyable to read. This is especially true in the first and second parts of the book both which were well paced and mysterious. The world building had a few places that I was a little confused but overall those two part were pretty great. The third party and end however was very abrupt and it felt like a lot of loose threads are still hanging, definitely unpredictable as it went way off in a direction I wasn't expecting. Not necessarily bad just felt a little empty and off to me because it felt like it was building to something else. Finally though more mature than her last book in tone it still felt a little more YA but not in a bad way at all.

Overall a decent read and I hope to see more the author.

Thank you to NetGalley and Gillian Flynn Books for giving me early access to this audiobook for review.

This was a wild one for sure, and it may need a second reading for me to really grasp the whole thing. There are many things however that it says about womanhood and being a woman of colour that felt very really and struck a cord with me.

Also as a linguistics major I absolutely adored how this book looked at and talked about language, how it relates to us and our culture as well as how these things make us who we are.

It is a bit of a think piece and there is a lot of nothing that does seem to happen with my interest in languages and my love of reading about different POC it was enjoyable but I think it might not be for everyone.

I do think that once it comes out I may give it another read as I imagine this is the type of book that benefits from multiple reads.

i really enjoyed John Greens looking for Alaska, his writing style is enjoyable and I love reading from a male perspective but I didn't like the character Margo and it made the end of the book kind of not very enjoyable. I love Q overall isn't a bad character, but near the end I find him to be quite selfish, though he does end up redeeming himself a little in the end. it was okay for a one time read but definitely won't be reading again

First a big thanks to NetGalley and Poisoned Pen Press for giving a copy to review.

This was a very well done thriller mystery, I had so many constant and changing theories about what might be happening, some twists were less surprising than others but it kept me on my toes the whole time.

The main character had very enjoyable POV to read, and the rest of the characters all had just enough flaws to make them seem guilty while also having enough reason to see them as innocent.

That's really all I can say as I don't want to spoil any of it, highly suggest this book for those who love a good thriller mystery.