Even though it’s already halfway through Pride month I had to mention a few LGBTQ+ books that I really want to read in the near future! These are 5 books that I have seen everywhere from booktube & bookstagram that come highly recommended.
Felix Ever After by Kacen Callender
The Black Flamingo by Dean Atta
The House in the Cerulean Sea by TJ Klune
We Are Okay by Nina LaCour
Cemetery Boys by Aiden Thomas
A Sky Beyond the Storm by Sabaa Tahir
Lightbringer by Claire Legrand
All the Tides of Fate by Adalyn Grace
Cytonic by Brandon Sanderson
Burn Our Bodies Downb by Rory Powers – I was expecting more
The Fifth Season by N.K. Jemisin – Didn’t think it would live up to the hype and it did!
Krystal Sutherland
I’ve always had a soft spot for Elias
Alyssa ana’Raisa
The Deep by Rivers Solomon
Well Played by Jen DeLuca
Harry Potter – the only one I’ve read and watched so far this year
Same as last year it has to be my monthly stats!
January Stats | February Stats | March Stats | April Stats | May Stats
The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue by V.E. Schwab – I love the simplicity!
I figured it was time for another WWW Wednesday update:
The Girl and the Mountain by Mark Lawrence
The Ones We’re Meant to Find by Joan He
The Wicker King by K. Ancrum
This week’s Top Ten Tuesday prompt is the books I plan to read this Winter! I thought for this season that I would circle back to last years Winter TBR I created and catch up and complete the books that I still haven’t read and the sequels to the other books on the list!
The Girl and the Stars by Mark Lawrence
Red Tigress by Amelie Wen Zhao
Sword of Destiny by Andrzej Sapkowski
Heart of Flames by Nicki Pau Preto
Shorefall by Robert Jackson Bennett
The Seven Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle by Stuart Turton
The Red Queen’s War Series by Mark Lawrence
*A FEW SPOILERS*
Cee has been trapped on an abandoned island for three years without any recollection of how she arrived, or memories from her life prior. All she knows is that somewhere out there, beyond the horizon, she has a sister named Kay, and it’s up to Cee to cross the ocean and find her.
I think the first thing that I was intrigued about with this book was the world and how apocalyptic it is. How they have had to build these cities in the sky to contain what is left of the human race and how they are trying to reduce their environmental footprint by living their lives in these stasis pods for a good majority of their days.
But we are kind of thrust into the storyline which did overwhelm me a little and was a tad confusing. We aren’t really given a lot of explanation at the start as to what was happening it’s just Kasey reliving moments of her life and trying to figure out what happened with Celia. I have to admit the parallel storylines between Kasey finding out the truth and Cee on the island had me intrigued and wondering how these events played out for sure.
Cee and her experiences on the island seemed very repetitive to me and I was more interested in what was happening with Kasey. However, once Hero came along and we see the duality of his character and how he interacted with Cee I was more invested yet still confused as to how they came to be in this situation.
This book was not what I was expecting at all. A lot of the scientific explanations really went over my head, and even though it was crucial to the storyline and the reasonings behind Kasey and Art’s actions I was still lost for the majority of the time. I understood what was happening but the prose wasn’t what I was expecting for a YA book. You really had to pay attention and focus on what you were reading to be able to fully comprehend the story.
But I have to admit it was highly original and unlike anything I have read before. The way the plot evolved and we finally learn about Kasey’s secrets and why she was banned from science and the revenge she planned to take on behalf of her sister and everyone else who has died was highly gratifying.
⭐️3/5 stars a slow build, buckle up!
Amy Leigh Reads 