Thanks to the publisher and Netgalley for the complimentary ARC. All opinions provided are my own. Just a little bit of chaos in this shot as my daughter runs nearly out of frame with her raincoat fluttering on her back & I hold a tablet like it’s a stinky bit of laundry 😆. Only another day around here 🤪. 📖 Q: if you had to get rid of one of these three FOREVER—historical romance, contemporary romance, or fantasy romance / fantasy with romantic elements—which would it be? I was really excited to get my hands on Hannah Whitten’s For the Throne, a daring follow-up book to For the Wolf that focuses on Red’s sister, Neve. Neve, a former queen & now kinda villain who took herself to the Shadowlands (ie The Bad Place) & now finds herself in the company of a once-king & god named Solmir who is even more villainous. But don’t worry: Solmir has a plan to take out the group of evil kings also inhabiting the Shadowlands & he must have Neve for the plan to work. If she can trust him that is. If this sounds appealing to you: 🖤 Complicated characters (these two leads have made some mistakes! but I love it) 🖤 Steam & a big sense of the forbidden 🖤 Fantastic chemistry—he basically snarls a romantic declaration & my heart went pitter patter 🖤 Books that say over & over again how important sisters are 🖤 Solid worldbuilding with high stakes 🖤 Chunky books You might really like this duology! Each book focuses on a different sister though we see the same characters populating each one. For the Throne is just as cinematic at book 1 but on the romance front I wanted more (mostly because book 1 set such a precedent). But this is another great fantasy & you can count me as a fan of Hannah Whitten’s work. 4.5 ⭐️. Out 06/07.
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(Thanks to the publisher and Netgalley for the complimentary ARC. All opinions provided are my own.)Fun(ish) fact about me: one of my worst movie memories is of being a kid watching Groundhog Day in theatres with my dad & stepmom & feeling such angst like WHY does this keep happening & WHY do I have to watch it 😆😆. Groundhog day is the basic plot of Rachel Lynn Solomon’s See You Yesterday but I really enjoyed it in this iteration 😅: a freshman in college named Barrett Bloom finds herself reliving the same day over & over again—though the events in “each new day” differ drastically. She soon realizes that the guy who pissed her off her first day in physics might be able to relate to her problem… This book made me feel lots of things, especially bc Barrett wants college to be so different from her horrible & traumatic high school experience. Solomon considers all of the emotions drudged up by the ways college is different, & the ways it can be similar, skillfully. The relationship between Barrett & Miles is something that’s comforting, thrilling, & challenging for both of them, & not only is it really fun watching two different personalities work together for a cause (like, you know, getting themselves out of a time loop), it’s also lovely & engrossing watching them understand what they could gain (& possibly lose) by making it back to where they’re supposed to be. See You Yesterday delivers on whimsy & imagination & emotion. It’s not my fave of Solomon’s books (that goes to Weather Girl or Today Tonight Tomorrow) but it kept me on my toes & it was very very sweet. 4.5 ⭐️. Release date: 05/17.
📖 Q: what’s been one of your fave reads of the year so far? This is one of mine! 👆🏻 I feel like I’m still unpacking some of the things I was explicitly & implicitly taught about how young girls & women should act & books like Emily Henry’s Book Lovers, where the heroine, Nora, is often referred to as a shark, freaking delight me. She loves high heels, she is a devotee of her phone, contracts, & NYC, she is shamelessly devoted to pros & cons lists, & the hero, Charlie Lastra (*swoon*) tells her YOU DON’T NEED TO CHANGE (that might be an exact quote from the book FYI), you are a terrifying force of nature & I worship the ground you conquer. Book Lovers is a dream book to me, one that I’ll be thinking about for a long time. It’s dislike to love and fish out of water with two uptight, big city leads who move temporarily to a small town, & it’s peppered with references to Jane Austen, the Dewey Decimal system, & Rebekah Weatherspoon. I wanted two Epilogues. It’s also about the relationship between sisters & how that can be affected by feelings of responsibility & protectiveness—how hard it can be to throw those things off & chase something for yourself. This book had me smiling & thinking how funny it was, it had me swooning for both leads, it had my heart twisting…it’s sooo good!! 5 ⭐️. Out today!
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