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isabelleverdino's Reviews (368)
Hardcore Sword Art Online vibes. I love when weak dudes get crazy strong and impress everyone so I’m glad I bought the box set! Also so impressed by this being in full color.
3.5⭐️ Very cute. The authors bio on the back says she aims to answer the question: what if this beloved trope were gay? And yes this satisfied my “where the fuck is my sapphic hallmark movie” feeling I’ve had the whole season.
It had more going for it than a hallmark movie though! Lots of emotional maturity and important communication that usually gets glossed over. Also every pop culture reference I got in this made me very happy.
It had more going for it than a hallmark movie though! Lots of emotional maturity and important communication that usually gets glossed over. Also every pop culture reference I got in this made me very happy.
4.5⭐️ Iconic. A little targeted about the fear of imagined failure like damn.
Also this is my first time reading a romance with a demisexual lead since I started exploring my own demisexuality. Which is pretty cool.
But of fucking course Elle is a Pisces. I’m a Pisces moon but I literally can’t with Pisces
Also this is my first time reading a romance with a demisexual lead since I started exploring my own demisexuality. Which is pretty cool.
But of fucking course Elle is a Pisces. I’m a Pisces moon but I literally can’t with Pisces
4.5⭐️ I wasn’t sure that this book would be for me when I started. Though sometimes I think I pull away from characters that start to feel a bit too much like me. I was frustrated with Maddie’s insecurities and actions when I probably would have acted much the same.
But when the story took its turn 100 pages in and became a story about grief and guilt and learning about yourself I just fell into it. I finished the last 200 some odd pages in one sitting. It’s a heavy story and my eyes stung a few times but it is absolutely worth the read. Very grateful to have read this arc.
But when the story took its turn 100 pages in and became a story about grief and guilt and learning about yourself I just fell into it. I finished the last 200 some odd pages in one sitting. It’s a heavy story and my eyes stung a few times but it is absolutely worth the read. Very grateful to have read this arc.
3.5⭐️ such a sweet read! I can’t tell you the last time I read a Young Readers book for just this age range. It reminded me a lot of Aiden Thomas’ Sunbearer trials for a younger audience!
I’m hoping to pick up a copy when it’s officially published so I can see all of the illustrations. The cover art is beautiful so I’m sure the rest of the art will be as well.
I received this arc through my bookseller job at B&N! Very glad to have read it!
“Worms always think they know everything…”
I’m hoping to pick up a copy when it’s officially published so I can see all of the illustrations. The cover art is beautiful so I’m sure the rest of the art will be as well.
I received this arc through my bookseller job at B&N! Very glad to have read it!
“Worms always think they know everything…”
I DNF’d this book. I was listening to it on audiobook which makes this sadder for me tbh. There’s an excellent review already posted that talks about the infantilization of the main characters autism. And coming from a neurotypical author, that’s something I’m skeptical of and did not appreciate.
I don’t know how this won a goodreads award. I wish it had been an Own Voices writer or that the mystery had been less predictable.
I don’t know how this won a goodreads award. I wish it had been an Own Voices writer or that the mystery had been less predictable.