Mini Reviews: Tokyo Dreaming and My Mechanical Romance

Tokyo Dreaming by Emiko Jean Rating: 4.25/5 Publication Date: May 31st, 2022 I received this for the publisher in exchange for a review. This does not affect my review which is unbiased and honest. At first, I was a little sad about some events in the beginning BUT THEN Emiko Jean threw in some of…

Review: Long Story Short by Serena Kaylor

Long Story Short by Serena Kaylor Rating: 5/5 Publication Date: July 26th 2022 GOODREADS--BOOKSHOP AFFILIATE LINK* *by using this link to purchase the book I would receive a small commission at no extra cost to you I received this for the publisher in exchange for a review. This does not affect my review which is…

Review: Once Upon a K Prom by Kat Cho

Once Upon a K Prom by Kat Cho Rating: 5/5 Publication Date: May 17th 2022 GOODREADS--BOOKSHOP AFFILIATE LINK* *by using this link to purchase the book I would receive a small commission at no extra cost to you I received this for the publisher in exchange for a review. This does not affect my review…

Review: Zachary Ying and the Dragon Emperor by Xiran Jay Zhao

Zachary Ying and the Dragon Emperor by Xiran Jay Zhao Rating: 4.5/5 Publication Date: May 10 2022 Book links:   Goodreads Blackwells Amazon Book Depository Barnes & Noble I received this from the publisher in exchange for a review. This does not affect my review which is unbiased and honest. I also received a finished copy…

Review: This May End Badly

by Samantha Markum Pub Date: April 12 Rating: 3.75/5 Thank you to Wednesday Books for this eARC. My review is unbiased and honest. I wasn’t sure how I was going to feel about this book because from the beginning, I could just tell it was one of the classic high school stories about high school…

Review: Queen of Tiles by Hanna Alkaf

by Hanna Alkaf Publication Date: April 19th, 2022 Rating: 5/5 Thank you to Simonteen/Salaam Reads for the eARC. My review is unbiased and honest. All I knew about this book going in was that it was Hanna Alkaf and it had a scrabble tournament. What I didn’t know because I didn’t need to know any…

Review: With and Without You

by Emily Wibberly and Austin Siegemund-Broka Publication Date: April 19th, 2022 Rating: 3.25/5 Thank you to PenguinTeen for the eARC. My review is unbiased and honest. I’m not going to lie, I almost stopped reading about 20% through the book because Siena was so frustrating because she wasn’t making a decision about breaking up with…

Review: All My Rage by Sabaa Tahir

by Sabaa Tahir Publication Date: March 1st, 2022 Rating: 5/5 Thank you to PenguinTeen for the ARC. My review is unbiased and honest. This book discussed some incredibly intense topics of abuse and addiction as well as racism and Islamophobia and loss of a parent. Be mindful of these as you read! This book follows…

Gilded by Marissa Meyer

Rating: 4/5 Pub Date: November 2nd, 2021 Goodreads - Bookshop Affiliate Link* After months of not being in the right mood for this Rumplestiltskin retelling I finally read this! I wish I had known it was a duology because I was at like 90% and I thought it was going to wrap up and then…

You Truly Assumed by Laila Sabreen

Pub Date: February 8, 2022 Rating: 3.75/5 Thank you to Inkyard for the copy. My review is unbiased and honest. I can’t speak to the experiences in this book as a non Black Muslim, so I won’t be talking about that. I can say, however, that it was really insightful seeing these three unique Black…