Twin Crowns by Catherine Doyle & Katherine Webber | How a completely unexpected YA fantasy became my favourite book of the year

I never would’ve bought this book. I’d seen it, admired the pretty cover with art by the incredible Charlie Bowater, and read the synopsis one time. It was not even close to being on my radar. In no world would I have ever gone out and bought this book. And now it’s my favourite of …

The Pride Month Megapost PART ONE | Where I list every queer book I’ve EVER read

Hello, my lovely lemons! 🍋 Welcome! Come in, sit down, and strap in for the long haul. I’m going to take you on a journey - a journey through every book I’ve ever read with LGBTQIA+ representation. This may be the craziest post I’ve ever done. We’re about to find out. I’m doing this in …

Romance Books I Want to Read | Letting myself fall in love with a new genre

Hello, my lovely lemons! 🍋 I hope you’re doing well and that 2022 is treating you nicely so far. (How are we nearly 4 months in already? How???) A lot of things happened last year, and one of those things was that I started to read romance books. Sure, I’ve read plenty of books with …

Trying New Things | Finding a new comfort zone in romance novels and manga

Hello, my lovely lemons! 🍋 I hope you're doing well today! I've been trying new things recently. I've always been fairly set in my reading ways. For quite a few years now my genres have been Fantasy, Sci-Fi, and Queer YA Contemporary. I had little to no interest in anything else, bar the occasional graphic …

They Both Die at the End by Adam Silvera | Profound and Heartbreaking

This was the second book by Adam Silvera that I read - and following straight on from History Is All You Left Me, I quickly came to the conclusion that he enjoys the pain of his readers. I don't know what I thought I was getting from a book called They Both Die at the …

Top 5 Tuesday | 5 Books I Predict Will Be 5 Stars

This is such a fun topic, I couldn't wait to write this post! Sometimes I'm really good at predicting which books I'll rate 5 stars, but sometimes I just pick up a random novel and it takes me by surprise. So, it's a toss up as to how many of these will be right, but …

Favourite Bookish Romances | I List Some Couples I Love

After going on a pretty amazing date I'm in a very romantic mood, so I've decided to list my favourite bookish romances. Some are heartwarming, some are heartbreaking, and some are just plain cheesy and wonderful. *Beware of ship spoilers!* They Both Die at the End - Rufus & Mateo This one definitely falls under …