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challenging
funny
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
The book premise is there. I loved Shayla’s character! I love a badass unapologetically herself FMc who doesn’t compromise her values and beliefs for anyone. It’s refreshing in books. I liked Xavier and my goodness the moment that man ripped her underwear off in a bar and put it in his drink to taste her my mouth dropped open. I was blushing hard core.
But the book was choppy in its transitions. It didn’t feel like a cohesive storyline because it was trying to do too much with the plot twists and turns and that’s where it lost me. I love a romance suspense story and there needs to be some plot twists so no issue with that but they have to make sense and connect back to the overall plot and there needs to be a flow to them to work as a story and I think that’s the part of this book that lost me.
Fat rep- amazing very fat positive and body neutral.
But the book was choppy in its transitions. It didn’t feel like a cohesive storyline because it was trying to do too much with the plot twists and turns and that’s where it lost me. I love a romance suspense story and there needs to be some plot twists so no issue with that but they have to make sense and connect back to the overall plot and there needs to be a flow to them to work as a story and I think that’s the part of this book that lost me.
Fat rep- amazing very fat positive and body neutral.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Fatphobia, Gun violence, Blood, Stalking
Moderate: Death
funny
hopeful
lighthearted
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
After the mafia book this cozy novella was just what I needed. I was kicking me feet and just having a good ol’ time with it.
Emmy is a wrestling coach and former Olympian winner wrestler. He is fat and the body descriptions were great and just very fat positive. Emmy is Korean and Bi and recently divorced and moved to Texas. He loves to hang out in this book shop and runs into the owner, Jamir.
Jamir is a sexy Black glass wearing man who is also Bi and notices Emmy right away, but even more so when Emmy leaves his copy of Pride and Prejudice in the store. When Emmy returns to pick it up he is caught in a storm and ends up in the home with Jamir.
Jamir is struggling to figure out the direction with his life. Having the bookstore was never his dream, he wanted to be a photographer but he was passed down the bookstore. Emmy is having to battle his ex who now wants him back after leaving him for another guy. I loved the friendship dynamics with Jamir’s friends they had me smiling and laughing. It felt homey and just amazing vibes. I really enjoyed this novella and cannot wait to read more from Georgina.
Emmy is a wrestling coach and former Olympian winner wrestler. He is fat and the body descriptions were great and just very fat positive. Emmy is Korean and Bi and recently divorced and moved to Texas. He loves to hang out in this book shop and runs into the owner, Jamir.
Jamir is a sexy Black glass wearing man who is also Bi and notices Emmy right away, but even more so when Emmy leaves his copy of Pride and Prejudice in the store. When Emmy returns to pick it up he is caught in a storm and ends up in the home with Jamir.
Jamir is struggling to figure out the direction with his life. Having the bookstore was never his dream, he wanted to be a photographer but he was passed down the bookstore. Emmy is having to battle his ex who now wants him back after leaving him for another guy. I loved the friendship dynamics with Jamir’s friends they had me smiling and laughing. It felt homey and just amazing vibes. I really enjoyed this novella and cannot wait to read more from Georgina.
challenging
emotional
funny
hopeful
inspiring
lighthearted
sad
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
This book was one that I knew would be a lot for me to process as a fat person who grew up with a fat body as a kid, teen and adult and it also was so healing.
Charlie is in high school and her father is deceased. She has a mother who was fat and lost weight and projects her insecurities about being fat onto Charlie and as a result it strains the relationship and Charlie feels that her mother would love her more if she was more like her best friend. As a result it also puts a strain on the friendship because Charlie cannot handle if she is picked 2nd which becomes a conflict as she is dating someone for the first time.
Charlie begins dating and he is also fat and this is also something her mother struggles with because she feels that by dating another fat person she will not be motivated to make better decisions to lose weight. Charlie is constantly reminded that her body is not okay yet she is seeking out fat liberation and fat positivity on her own to feel good about her body and some of that comes through her first relationship. She is finally being desired and wanted and it feels good, she also learns that some of her validation cannot come from him and she needs to learn how to have it on her own.
There are a couple themes in this book that I connected with so much- the way in which you the fat friend are targeted by other teen boys through friendship in an effort to get close to the conventionally attractive straight sized friend. This happened to me a bunch in middle/ high school to a point that I thought some of these boys were my true friends but they were not, I was just a pawn to them.
challenging
emotional
sad
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
This book tackles a really important conversation- the cyclical nature of domestic violence in family systems and cultures when not addressed and dismantled. In addition to young teen girls finding their own paths in some very traditional Arab families when it comes to marrying young and having a family.
We get the POV of three women in the book:
Isra: A young Palestinian woman who immigrates to the United States from Palestine and marries Adam. Isra deals with the pressure to produce a son in order to be seen as worthy for the family. She also is dealing with domestic violence and depression as a result of feeling out of control with her life circumstances and having to fulfil a role as mother and wife.
Deya: a young teen girl who is navigating the loss of her parents, trying to figure out her path and pressure to marry and continue her role as a woman in the family to continue the family line, but she wants to understand her parents and if she has another choice.
Fareeda : Is the matriarch of the family, she immigrated from Palestine to the United States and is Isra’s mother-in-law. She experiences domestic violence when her children were younger and has been raised to see the worth of women to produce a male son to care for the family line.
This book packs a punch, it is beautiful, harrowing, raw and shows the cycles of family violence. I had tears streaming down my face at points of this book, I felt pride, anger and joy it truly evokes so much in you and is one that will sit with me for a very long time.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Domestic abuse, Physical abuse, Rape, Murder
Moderate: Alcoholism, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide
challenging
emotional
hopeful
sad
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
adventurous
dark
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
dark
mysterious
tense
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
challenging
funny
hopeful
inspiring
lighthearted
mysterious
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
This book is a mix of spooky and cozy and I really loved the creativity, Indigenous storytelling/ influence through the Lipan Apache MC. Ellie is such a compelling character and hooks you right away. The audiobook is great!
funny
hopeful
lighthearted
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
This is a very cute sapphic NA romance with a Korean FMC and Black FMC. I liked the nerdy woman getting the perceived player, seeing the emotional depth of both of them was great and growth. I struggled with the rushed ending from ending of the conflict to declaration of love. It didn’t seem to flow right but I still loved this one a lot. The graphic art is incredible.
challenging
emotional
hopeful
informative
reflective
sad
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
This book is beautiful, haunting, full of joy and pain, laughter and death. This book follows a family starting with the 6 day war in 1960s in Palestine and having to flee for safety and become refugees in Kuwait and then having to deal with more displacement, upheaval and life being separated across borders and continents but also still trying to stay together.
With the current genocide of Palestinian people and the images of displacement, pain and suffering it hit hard and I had to take steps back at times to really get through the emotions this book evoked.
With the current genocide of Palestinian people and the images of displacement, pain and suffering it hit hard and I had to take steps back at times to really get through the emotions this book evoked.