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Review: Tokyo Ever After by Emiko Jean
Tokyo Ever After is a comforting and nuanced story about a girl finding out she's a princess, connecting with her heritage and falling in love in unexpected ways. If you're looking for a book that feels like a hug to make you cry and laugh, this is it! Plus, there's a sequel coming out in 2022, what's not to love?!
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Audiobook Review: How We Fall Apart by Katie Zhao
How We Fall Apart is a diverse YA dark academia thriller with surprising twists, complex and compelling characters and writing that'll have you devour the book in one sitting. It also explores the academic and familial pressure that is put on Asian teenagers and the dark consequences of these expectations. Read my full review to find out more!
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Audiobook Review: The Other Side of Perfect by Mariko Turk
The Other Side of Perfect is a joyful and heartbreaking story about art, passion and loving something that might not love you back. It also features theatre (namely high school musical productions), friends and wholesome romance. It's the kind of book I need someone to give younger me whenever we invent time travel.
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Review: Nevermoor. The Trials of Morrigan Crow by Jessica Townsend
Nevermoor: The Trials of Morrigan Crow is a magical adventure for readers of all ages. It's full of wonder and mystery but also a lot darker than I assumed. Jessica Townsend takes her readers seriously and trusts children to be able to handle darker themes such as death and complicated family dynamics.
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Review: I Killed Zoe Spanos by Kit Frick
I Killed Zoe Spanos is a thrilling YA Mystery that is not what it seems. A confession that doesn't add up, missing memories and a town full of people who know more than they let on. I went into it not knowing anything about the story and am glad I did, it amplified the mystery and made discovering the truth extra exciting. I highly recommend the audiobook version of this story, all the narrators are wonderful and their performances drew me in and didn't let go.
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Review: Blazewrath Games by Amparo Ortiz
Blazewrath Games is a fantasy novel with a relatively common hero story that is made unique and enticing through its execution and the worldbuilding. I expected a cute adventure featuring dragons. Instead, I got a wonderful world with a magic system I am desperate to learn more about, characters I fell in love with on page one and a lot of twists and turns I was excited to follow.
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Review: The Inheritance Games by Jennifer Lynn Barnes
The Inheritance Games is a young adult mystery featuring a large inheritance, a house filled with riddles and a family with powerful secrets unwilling to give up what they're owed. The comparison to Knives Out and my love for mysteries drew me to this book, but unfortunately, it didn't quite meet my expectations.
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How Audiobooks Saved My Year
Almost half of the books I read this year have been audiobooks. As I am writing this, of the 74 books I read 35 were ones I listened to. Here are the three ways in which audiobooks saved my year and why I’ll continue to listen to them. 1) It was comforting in a time of crisis Audiobooks helped me through 2020, I was generally anxious and unfocused and neither was helped by me spending 24/7 scrolling through my social media feed. I often didn’t feel like picking up a physical or even ebook. Having someone read to me was comforting. My mum used to read to me a lot…
