Book Review

by Madeline Miller 🐣🐣🐣🐣🐣 5/5 ducklings tl:dr: I thought I knew how this 3000 year old story ended, and I did, and yet some how Madeline Miller surprised me and I may never recover. I am not ok. I have been emotionally devastated, I am broken and I truly will never be the same. As dramatic as that sounds, it’s true, I finished this in my car while on my lunch break at work and had to go back to work and pretend I hadn’t just had my heart ripped out and trampled on by a li

by Kelly Andrew 🐣🐣🐣🐣 4/5 ducklings tl;dr what happens when your boyfriend’s boyfriend’s sister goes missing in a forest that may or may not literally eat people? Um. What the hell did I just read? I haven’t yelled at a book this much in very long time. I went on a picnic and decided it was time to leave the third time I yelled “Oh, shit!” and got some concerned looks from two lovely people playing with their dogs. I had so much fun reading The Gravewood! It’s the kind of

by Emma Denny 🐣🐣🐣🐣🐣 5/5 ducklings tl;dr: Ash finally gets his happy ending! A perfect ending for a perfect series. I’ve waited a long time for Ash’s story and I'm so glad I finally got to read his happy ending and watch my favorite grumpy eldest child heal in so many ways. If you have talked books with me any time since 2022, I’ve probably gushed at you about One Night in Hartswood . It’s a lovely tale of Medieval queer romance with a happy ending that found me at exactl

by Susan J. Morris 🐣🐣🐣🐣 4/5 ducklings tl;dr men are the worst…nope, that’s it. Men are the worst. This sequel to Strange Beasts is a fun gaslamp fantasy romp that reunites me with two of my favorite fictional women right now. I was so happy to be back with Sam and Hel and watch them solve the latest mystery while being harassed by various men. The events of Strange Beasts left their marks on Samantha Harker and Dr. Helena Moriarty. Sam still has flashbacks to her encounte

by Freya Marske 🐣🐣🐣🐣 4/5 ducklings tl;dr can a dead girl become a house? Can a house feel rage? Can a house fall in love? Can a house...

by Samantha Shannon 🐣🐣🐣🐣🐣 5/5 ducklings tl;dr those side characters from the main story you had questions about? Yeah, this is about...

by Kelly Creagh 🦆🦆🦆3/5 ducklings tl;dr: Reincarnation is a bitch. I’ll be very honest, the only reason I picked this book up at all is...

I'm definitely reaching, but I love a deep literary analysis.

by Caitlin Starling 🐣🐣🐣🐣🐣🐣 6/5 ducklings - yes, that's 6 ducklings, no I'm not good at math, but that's not relevant here. It's my...

The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins 🐣🐣🐣 3/5 ducklings tl;dr: child gladiators duke it out in the world's most brutal game of Survivor...

🐣🐣🐣🐣🐣 5/5 ducklings tl;dr: Never make a deal with Baba Yaga. You’ll probably get stabbed. Oh. My. God. What a read. This is the...

By Chloe Gong 4/5 🐣🐣🐣🐣 t;dr What if Juliet was a badass? What if Romeo wasn’t a little shit? What if you upended the trope, gave it...

By Freya Marske tl;dr: A sociopath’s plans for a magical dictatorship come to fruition and our motley crew of assorted magical persons...

By Ethan M. Aldridge 5/5 ducklings 🐣🐣🐣🐣🐣 tl;dr Nev finds a skull with mysterious carvings on it in the Deephaven basement. Then bad...

By Ethan M. Aldrigde 5/5 ducklings 🐣🐣🐣🐣🐣 tl;dr Nev’s new school is hiding a dark secret and, along with their best friend Danny,...

By Susan J. Morris Originally published October 2024 Strange Beasts by Susan J. Morris 4/5 🐣🐣🐣🐣 tl;dr The daughters of two of the...

By Rebecca Ross 4/5 ducklings 🐣🐣🐣🐣 tl;dr Iris Winnow spent months spilling her guts to a stranger on the internet (the internet being...

By Natalie C. Parker Originally published September 2024 3/5 ducklings 🐣🐣🐣 tl;dr The real horror is homophobia. *** Something lives in...

By Rebecca Thorne Originally published March 2019 4/5 🐣🐣🐣🐣 tl;dr: Two exes are forced to spend time together on a dangerous mission...