Bully by Penelope Douglas Book Review: Not Dark, Just Bad

bully by penelope douglas book review

📖 Genre Romance, Contemporary, Adult 📃 Number of Pages 333 pages 🪴 Average Goodreads Rating 3.88 ⭐ 🌻 My Rating 2 ⭐ In essence: Bully by Penelope Douglas was a quick, but ultimately unsatisfying read with weak romance and horrible characters (spoilers below). Let me explain. So, the first thing that bugged me was: Why … Read more

Archer’s Voice Book Review: Overall Disappointing

Archer's Voice book review

📖 Genre Romance, Contemporary, Adult 📃 Number of Pages 345 pages 🪴 Average Goodreads Rating 4.24 ⭐ 🌻 My Rating 2.5⭐ Even though Archer’s Voice came out ages ago, it got popular again via BookTok, so I thought I’d give you my quick thoughts. I expected a lot with a premise like that – because … Read more

5 Popular Books I Didn’t like + Reasons Why

popular books I didn't like

We’ve all been there – eagerly picking up a book that everyone seems to be raving about, only to find ourselves scratching our heads and wondering if we read the same thing. And, well, that happens to me a lot. I tend to get major FOMO when I see book hype — sometimes it becomes … Read more

6 Best Underrated Romance Novels (Swoony & Funny)

Romance is one of my favorite genres to read. They’re like a warm cup of tea at the end of a long day. And these underrated romance novels are all particularly great. They’re swoony, sweet, smutty at times, and definitely funny. So, if you’re (like me), overwhelmed by popular recs on BookTok and rarely like … Read more

Small Things Like These Review: Short But Powerful

Great Books Under 300 Pages

Short books are my catnip. There’s something undeniably charming about them. And Small Things Like These is as short as it gets. At only 114 pages (in my edition, others may be shorter since the font and margins are huge), it packs a powerful punch — which could have been more powerful if the main character was someone else. 

Maps of Our Spectacular Bodies by Maddie Mortimer Review

Pub Date March 31, 2022 Publisher Picador Page Count 448 pages Genre Lit Fic, Contemporary, Adult Goodreads Star Rating 3.98 My Star Rating  4.1 Maps of Our Spectacular Bodies Book Summary Maps of Our Spectacular Bodies by Maddie Mortimer is a novel about a woman whose cancer returns, and so does her past. It’s a … Read more

Forget Me Not by Julie Soto Book Review

Forget Me Not by Julie Soto

Forget Me Not by Julie Soto is a romance book about a wedding planner and a florist falling in love. Ama’s wedding planning business is growing, and she just got contracted to plan one of the biggest weddings of the season. The catch is, she has to work with Elliot, the florist who broke her heart.