Blind Bake - ARC Review

Special shout out to the author, Denise Grover Swank, for allowing me on her review team and giving me access to this eARC in exchange for an honest review. All opinions are my own.

Blind Bake

by: Denise Grover Swank

My Rating: 4.75 Stars/Would Recommend

Released: February 22, 2022
Genre: Mystery (some comedy and some romance)

I loved the beginning of this new series by Denise Grover Swank! If you've read any of her backlist, this series gives me some Rose Gardner/Summer Butler vibes, while also being its own story. There was a bit of romance, but the mystery was the main part. I was absolutely amazed by the way the author was able to take so many small details and weave them together so expertly so that the answer to the mystery makes perfect sense, even though the evidence is leading you in a million different directions the entire time. I'm very excited for the second book (and the rest of course)!

 

Food Triggers - ARC Review

Shout out to NetGalley for my free eARC in exchange for my honest opinions. All opinions belong to me.

Food Triggers

by: Amber Lia

My Rating: 3 Stars/Would Recommend to a small group of people

Released: January 4, 2022
Genre: Non-fiction, Christian, Self-Help

Food Triggers was a non-fiction, Christian, self-help type book for people who struggle with food. The author combines personal experience with stories from the Bible and prayer. It's meant to be read as a chapter a day, devotional type book. I did really like a lot of what the author was saying and I wish I had read this at a different time in my life (being pregnant, I couldn't really do much with some of the advice she was giving lol) because I do think that it could be helpful with my struggles that I've had with food. I would recommend this book, but only to a select group of people (those struggling with food/eating disorders and Christians). 

February Wrap-Up

Um...well, sorry it's been 6 months since our last wrap-up post! HAHA. Here's a look at books we loved, books we didn't love, and books we DNF'd during the month of February.

Jayme's Reads (9):

What I Rated Them:
This Close to Okay ☕☕☕☕
Queen of Babble ☕.5
Solutions and other Problems ☕☕☕☕.75
Party of Two ☕☕☕☕
Hello Girls ☕☕☕☕.75
Fix You ☕☕☕☕.75
Soulmate Equation ☕☕☕☕.5
While We Were Dating ☕☕☕☕.5
Malibu Rising ☕☕☕☕.75

Favorite Read:
Hello Girls

Least Favorite Read:
Queen of Babble

DNF?
You'll Be the Death of Me
Bridget Jones' Diary

Rolling into March:
Coronavirus & Christ
Food Triggers
Rock, Paper, Scissors
Redirect
Blind Bake

Reminders of Him - Five Star Review

 Reminders of Him

by: Colleen Hoover

FIVE STARS!!

Released: January 18, 2022
Genre: Romance +

If you didn't already know by now, now you know - Colleen Hoover is an absolute auto-buy author for me. The moment I hear about her releasing a book, it's pre-ordered. However, this may be one of my absolute favorites of hers.

This book was SO MUCH MORE than just a romance. I laughed. I cried! Heck, a couple times I had to just full on shut the book and take a deep breath. I literally loved every single piece of this book and I know I'll be hungover for a very long time! Colleen brought all of the real, raw personality traits to her characters in this book (which she's known for - don't get me wrong) and the way that it is tied together through her dual narrative was simply a work of art.

RUN, don't walk....to pick up this book. Seriously, it makes you look at so many things in a different way and it might just make you a better human being. (Also, isn't the cover art lovely?)

As Good As Dead - Five Star Review

 As Good as Dead

by: Holly Jackson

FIVE STARS!

Released: September 28, 2021
Genre: YA Mystery

I've read along to this entire trilogy (A Good Girl's Guide to Murder) as it came out and honestly had almost forgotten about it until I saw that As Good As Dead was coming out and it would be the final one. Again, we follow Pip as she continues on with her podcast, exactly where it left off. Only this time, the danger seems to be even closer. I absolutely loved this series and this finale did not disappoint in the slightest! This book kept me on the edge of my seat the whole time, waiting to see what was going to happen next. Although most times, when I see an ending like the one this had, I roll my eyes and think about how cliche it is, for this book it 100% worked and I found it to be the perfect ending to a great series. 

Fix You - ARC Review

 Huge shout out to the author and Book Sirens for my free eARC in exchange for my honest opinions. All opinions belong to me.

Fix You

by: J.C. Doan

My Rating: 4.75 Stars/Would Recommend

Released: February 11, 2022
Genre: Unknown (It was way too hard to pinpoint this one!)

Fix You was my first introduction to this author and I was not disappointed! It took a few chapters to get invested in the story because, at least for me, it was hard to keep the people straight in the beginning. But once the characters were off on their own, I couldn't put the book down! It's so hard to categorize this book though. There's definitely some romantic type feelings going on, but it's definitely not a romance. Maybe just contemporary? It's for sure a good coming of age type story, though I won't lie I was a little shocked that it was being marketed towards teens. There's quite a few darker moments with a large variety of content warnings, so beware. What really god me is the ending. It was such a random cliffhanger, so I'm really hoping it ends how it does because it's leading us into a sequel. Overall, I really enjoyed this book!

Content Warnings: drugs, self injury, suicidal attempts/ideation, sexual assault, domestic violence, homelessness, etc.