Book Review: ParaNorthern: And the Chaos Bunny A-hop-calypse

I received ParaNorthern: And the Chaos Bunny-A-Hop-calypse as a part of the Books Forward BFF program in exchange for an honest review! Synopsis: A witch named Abby and her three friends—a wolf-girl, a ghost, and a pumpkinhead—band together to try and save their supernatural town from an invasion of rabid (but adorable!) chaos bunnies in …

Book Review: The Taking of Jake Livingston by Ryan Douglass

Thank you to Penguin Teen for providing me with a copy of The Taking of Jake Livingston in exchange for an honest review! Synopsis: Get Out meets Danielle Vega in this YA horror where survival is not a guarantee. Jake Livingston is one of the only Black kids at St. Clair Prep, one of the others …

Book Review: Razorblade Tears by S.A. Cosby

Thank you to Macmillan Audio for providing me with an early audiobook of Razorblade Tears in exchange for an honest review! Synopsis: A Black father. A white father. Two murdered sons. A quest for vengeance Ike Randolph has been out of jail for fifteen years, with not so much as a speeding ticket in all that time. …

Book Review: The Queen of Cicadas by V. Castro

Thank you to Flame Tree Press & Netgalley for providing me with an e-ARC of The Queen of Cicadas in exchange for an honest review! Synopsis: 2018: Belinda Alvarez has returned to Texas for the wedding of her best friend Veronica. The farm is the site of the urban legend, La Reina de Las Chicharras …

Games from 2021’s E3 that I’m Excited For!

Let me address the pesky elephant in the room: I, Becca, have been in a gaming slump for ages. The only games I have been able to really get into are games that I can play with my pals; mainly Overwatch and Dead by Daylight. & it's not even the games that are keeping me …

Book Review: Ride or Die by James Newman

Thank you to Silver Shamrock Publishing for providing me with a copy of Ride or Die in exchange for an honest review! Content Warnings: Racial Slur, Homophobic Slur Synopsis: Amelia Fletcher is a good girl. She's a straight-A student, second chair in her middle-school chorus, and she never uses the Lord's name in vain. But …

Book Review: For Rye by Gavin Gardiner

Thank you to Gavin Gardiner for providing me with a copy of For Rye in exchange for an honest review! Content Warnings: Suicide Mentions + Attempts, Loss of Parent, Abuse (Spouse & Child), Animal Death/Cruelty. Kidnapping + Torture Synopsis: Renata Wakefield, a traumatised novelist on the brink of suicide, is drawn back to her childhood …

Book Review: Trouble Girls by Julia Lynn Rubin

Thank you to Wednesday Books for providing me with an e-ARC of Trouble Girls in exchange for an honest review! Synopsis: When Trixie picks up her best friend Lux for their weekend getaway, she’s looking to escape for a little while, to forget the despair of being trapped in their dead-end Rust Belt town and …

Book Review: Unfortunate Elements of my Anatomy by Hailey Piper

Thank you to Netgalley for providing me with an e-ARC of Unfortunate Elements of my Anatomy in exchange for an honest review! Synopsis: Love twisted into horrific shapes, nightmares driven by cruel music, and a world where what little light remains fractures the sky into midnight rainbows in eighteen stories tracing the dark veins of …

Blog Tour: Hurricane Summer by Asha Bromfield (Excerpt)

On-sale: May 4th, 2021 In this sweeping debut, Asha Bromfield takes readers to the heart of Jamaica, and into the soul of a girl coming to terms with her family, and herself, set against the backdrop of a hurricane.Tilla has spent her entire life trying to make her father love her. But every six months, …