• All Reviews,  Literature

    ARC Review: Jack of Hearts (And Other Parts)

    5 October, 2018
    40609443

    Meet Jack Rothman. He’s seventeen and loves partying, makeup and boys – sometimes all at the same time. His sex life makes him the hot topic for the high school gossip machine. But who cares? Like Jack always says, ‘it could be worse’.

    He doesn’t actually expect that to come true.

    But after Jack starts writing an online sex advice column, the mysterious love letters he’s been getting take a turn for the creepy. Jack’s secret admirer knows everything: where he’s hanging out, who he’s sleeping with, who his mum is dating. They claim they love Jack, but not his unashamedly queer lifestyle. They need him to curb his sexuality, or they’ll force him.

    As the pressure mounts, Jack must unmask his stalker before their obsession becomes genuinely dangerous…

    Jack of Hearts (And Other Parts)

    Lev A. C. Rosen

    Rating: 3/5 ðŸŒˆ
    Published: 30th October 2018
    Goodreads
    Rep: gay mc and side character (ownvoices), black side characters (not ownvoices), two sapphic side characters (one bi, one not stated)

    My first time getting it in the butt was kind of weird. I think it’s going to be weird for everyone’s first time, though.

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    ARC Review: What If It’s Us

    2 October, 2018
    39704614

    Arthur is only in New York for the summer, but if Broadway has taught him anything, it’s that the universe can deliver a showstopping romance when you least expect it.

    Ben thinks the universe needs to mind its business. If the universe had his back, he wouldn’t be on his way to the post office carrying a box of his ex-boyfriend’s things.

    But when Arthur and Ben meet-cute at the post office, what exactly does the universe have in store for them?

    Maybe nothing. After all, they get separated.

    Maybe everything. After all, they get reunited.

    But what if they can’t quite nail a first date . . . or a second first date . . . or a third?

    What if Arthur tries too hard to make it work . . . and Ben doesn’t try hard enough?

    What if life really isn’t like a Broadway play?

    But what if it is?

    What If It’s Us

    Becky Albertalli and Adam Silvera

    Rating: 1/5 ðŸŒˆ
    Published: 9th October 2018
    Goodreads
    Rep: gay mcs (one ownvoices, one not), Puerto Rican mc (ownvoices), Jewish mc (ownvoices), mc with ADHD, side character with anxiety, side non-white characters

    I don’t know if we’re in a love story or a story about love.

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    ARC Review: Love Like This

    1 October, 2018
    40183920

    Sometimes the most imperfect match is the most perfect surprise. 

    Hadley Cooper believes in happily-ever-afters with her whole heart. Described by her friends as a wide-eyed, eternal optimist, she looks for the bright side in most any situation. However, when her job as the assistant manager of Silhouette, a posh boutique on Rodeo Drive, is on the line, she realizes it’s time to pull her head out of the clouds and find a way to turn business around, and that just might mean partnering with the most stubborn up-and-coming fashion designer she’s ever encountered. 

    Spencer Adair has a passion for fashion, but hates the fact that it rhymes. She’s serious about her designs, fiercely protective of her work, and is waiting patiently for her big break. What she didn’t plan on, however, was the unsolicited opinions of that overly friendly blond boutique manager. Or the way her heart beats faster every time she’s around.

    Love Like This

    Melissa Brayden

    Rating: 2/5 ðŸŒˆ
    Published: 16th October 2018
    Goodreads
    Rep: lesbian mc and li (ownvoices), Latina(?) li (not ownvoices, also never specified)

    Her soul soared, her heart sang, and her life could go in so many different directions.

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    Book Review: Almost Like Being in Love

    30 September, 2018
    239092

    A high school jock and nerd fall in love senior year, only to part after an amazing summer of discovery to attend their respective colleges. They keep in touch at first, but then slowly drift apart.

    Flash forward twenty years.

    Travis and Craig both have great lives, careers, and loves. But something is missing …. Travis is the first to figure it out. He’s still in love with Craig, and come what may, he’s going after the boy who captured his heart, even if it means forsaking his job, making a fool of himself, and entering the great unknown. 

    Told in narrative, letters, checklists, and more, this is the must-read novel for anyone who’s wondered what ever happened to that first great love.

    Almost Like Being in Love

    Steve Kluger

    Rating: 4/5 🌈
    Published: 11th May 2004
    Goodreads
    Rep: gay mc and li (ownvoices)

    And as long as I’m being brutally candid, I only wound up teaching American History because I followed a cute ass into the country-and-western section at Barnes & Noble (…).

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