Technically it’s a misleading to say this is an update of a fairy tale. Really, this is a reimagining of several, woven together with a Latinx flair and a contemporary openness to LGBTQIA sensibilities. If that sounds like a lot to pack into 375 pages, you aren’t wrong, but I think it’s a decent effort. Blanca & Roja tells the story of the del Cisne sisters, one of whom is destined by a family curse to become a swan. Told from four perspectives, this book […]
A Fun, Fluffy, but Also Terrible Read
Crazy Rich Asians as been at the top of my TBR pile for ages and I was THRILLED to receive a copy from the Cannonball Holiday Exchange (I still don’t know who sent these so I say to the universe – THANK you, the Cannonball Book Exchange is always a delight!) Rachel and Nick are a couple of college-professor lovebirds working at NYU who decide to spend their summer traveling around Asia as this is something that college professors do on the regular (no it […]
I Don’t Know How Anyone Calls This Suspenseful
I guess this is another one of those books where I am apparently too picky. It got many great reviews on Amazon and Goodreads alike with buzzwords like, “Thrilling!” “Tense” “Suspenseful!” and “Keeps You Guessing Until the End!” None of those things are true from my reading experience. At all. Ok, maybe it was a little tense…but not really. (To me) it was not thrilling, suspenseful nor did it keep me guessing until the end, in fact, I figured out the whole situation out […]
Marry Groundhog Day With Clue and Quantum Leap…and then do weird stuff
Aiden wakes up not knowing who he is or where he is…he’s told three rules: Evelyn Hardcastle will be murdered at 11 pm. There are eight days and eight witnesses that Aiden will physically inhabit in order to find clues. He can only leave Blackheath House once he can tell “them” who killed Evelyn Hardcastle. This book sounds amazing, right?!? And it was recommended by a person whom I really like and admire her taste in books so I was excited to read it and […]