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Girl Dinner Book Review
coffeestarsbooks January 6, 2026 3:52 pm Girl Dinner Release date: 21st October 2025 Publisher: Tor Books Genres: Horror ⊹ ⋆ Contemporary Horror ⊹ ⋆ LGBTQ+ ⊹ ⋆ Add to Storygraph Add to Goodreads Join the conversation: Bluesky Instagram Twitch Discord “Was it strictly sinful to eat well among other women? It wasn’t just the food, but the freedom. To eat among women unencombered by shame was the actual delicious part.” ― Olivie Blake, Girl Dinner ☕✨ CONTENT WARNINGS: (click to reveal) Cannibalism, sexual assault (off page), sexism, infidelity, murder, blood, gaslighting Synopsis: Every member of The House, the most exclusive sorority on campus, and all its alumni, are beautiful, high-achieving,…
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Katabasis Book Review
coffeestarsbooks November 24, 2025 8:17 pm Katabasis Release date: 26th Aug 2025 Publisher: Harper Voyager Genres: Fantasy ⊹ ⋆ Dark Academia ⊹ ⋆ Add to Storygraph Add to Goodreads Join the conversation: Bluesky Instagram Twitch Discord “Academia respected discipline, rewarded effort, but even more, it adored genius that didn’t have to try.” ― R.F. Kuang, Katabasis ☕✨ CONTENT WARNINGS: (click to reveal) Suicidal thoughts, suicide, animal death, death, sexual harassment, sexual assault, chronic illness, child death, eating disorder Synopsis: Katabasis, noun, Ancient Greek: The story of a hero’s descent to the underworld Alice Law has only ever had one goal: to become one of the brightest minds in the field of Magick.…
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Hekate Book Review
coffeestarsbooks November 21, 2025 1:12 pm Hekate Release date: 16th Sep 2025 Publisher: Little Brown Books for Young Readers Genres: YA Fantasy ⊹ ⋆ YA Poetry ⊹ ⋆ YA Mythology ⊹ ⋆ Add to Storygraph Add to Goodreads Join the conversation: Bluesky Instagram Twitch Discord “A woman they cannot control, whether Goddess or mortal, is a dangerous woman.” ― Nikita Gill, Hekate ☕✨ CONTENT WARNINGS: (click to reveal) War, violence, death, rape, death of a parent, blood, grief, torture, genocide, forced marriage Synopsis: Born into a world on fire, Godling Hekate has never known safety. After her parents are on the losing side of the war between the ruling Titans and…
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Brigands and Breadknives Book Review
coffeestarsbooks November 21, 2025 12:00 pm Brigands and Breadknives Release date: 11th Nov 2025 Publisher: Tor Genres: Fantasy ⊹ ⋆ Cosy Fantasy ⊹ ⋆ High Fantasy ⊹ ⋆ LGBTQ+ ⊹ ⋆ Add to Storygraph Add to Goodreads Join the conversation: Bluesky Instagram Twitch Discord “A life truly lived is a glorious tangle. One is never lost. And if one is lucky, one is never found either.” ― Travis Baldree, Brigands and Breadknives ☕✨ CONTENT WARNINGS: (click to reveal) Violence, alcohol, injury, death, blood, mild religious bigotry (towards fictional religion) Synopsis: Fern has weathered the stillness and storms of a bookseller’s life for decades, but now, in the face of crippling…
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We Love You, Bunny Book Review
coffeestarsbooks October 29, 2025 6:10 pm We Love You, Bunny Release date: 23rd Sep 2025 Publisher: Simon & Schuster Genres: Contemporary ⊹ ⋆ Literary Fiction ⊹ ⋆ Horror ⊹ ⋆ Magical Realism ⊹ ⋆ Add to Storygraph Add to Goodreads Join the conversation: Bluesky Instagram Twitch Discord “We do hope you’re still with us, Bunny, even though it’s late now. And the world so terribly quiet at this hour […] which is really the perfect time for a story. This story in particular, of course.” ― Mona Awad, We Love You, Bunny ☕✨ CONTENT WARNINGS: (click to reveal) Violence, murder, blood, self harm, sexualised content, eating disorder, suicidal thoughts, body shaming.…
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The Raven Scholar Book Review
coffeestarsbooks September 29, 2025 8:49 am The Raven Scholar Release date: 24th April 2025 Publisher: Hodder & Stoughton Genres: Fantasy ⊹ ⋆ High Fantasy ⊹ ⋆ Mystery ⊹ ⋆ Add to Storygraph Add to Goodreads Join the conversation: Bluesky Instagram Twitch Discord “We are here, exactly where we should be, at exactly the right moment, because we are the Raven, and we are magnificent.” ― Antonia Hodgson, The Raven Scholar ☕✨ CONTENT WARNINGS: (click to reveal) Violence, death, murder, body horror, confinement, suicide, vomit, fire/fire injury Synopsis: She might win the throne. She might destroy an empire. Either way, it begins with murder. After twenty-four years on the throne, it…
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Blood Over Bright Haven Book Review
dark academia⊹ ⋆fantasy⊹ ⋆high fantasy coffeestarsbooks May 27, 2025 4:11 pm Blood Over Bright Haven Release date: 25th July 2023 Publisher: Del Rey Genres: Dark Academia ⊹ ⋆ Fantasy ⊹ ⋆ High Fantasy ⊹ ⋆ Pair with: A cup of English breakfast tea and blueberry scones Add to Storygraph Add to Goodreads Join the conversation: Bluesky Instagram Twitch Discord “Having spent a few months in the High Magistry, she had let herself forget that, outside the ranks of Tiran’s top innovators, a man could get to a very high level of magic without ever having an original thought.” – M.L. Wang, Blood Over Bright Haven ☕✨ CONTENT WARNINGS: (click to reveal) Racism, colonialism,…
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An Education in Malice Book Review
dark academia⊹ ⋆fantasy⊹ ⋆gothic fantasy⊹ ⋆lgbtq+⊹ ⋆retelling coffeestarsbooks February 27, 2025 12:02 pm An Education in Malice Release date: 13th Feb 2024 Publisher: Orbit Genres: Dark Academia ⊹ ⋆ Gothic ⊹ ⋆ Fantasy ⊹ ⋆ LGBTQ+ ⊹ ⋆ Pair it with: A bitter black coffee and raspberry jam on toast Add to Storygraph Add to Goodreads Join the conversation: Bluesky Instagram Twitch Discord “I learned how to survive the cutthroat world of girlhood, where all strangeness was unrooted as ruthlessly as weeds from a garden.” ― S.T. Gibson, An Education in Malice ☕✨ CONTENT WARNINGS: (click to reveal) Homophobia, Blood, Alcohol, Toxic Relationship, Death of a parent, Teacher/Student relationship, Death, Murder, Abandonment, Sexual…
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Portrait of a Thief Book Review
From Goodreads: History is told by the conquerors. Across the Western world, museums display the spoils of war, of conquest, of colonialism: priceless pieces of art looted from other countries, kept even now. Will Chen plans to steal them back. A senior at Harvard, Will fits comfortably in his carefully curated roles: a perfect student, an art history major and sometimes artist, the eldest son who has always been his parents’ American Dream. But when a mysterious Chinese benefactor reaches out with an impossible—and illegal—job offer, Will finds himself something else as well: the leader of a heist to steal back five priceless Chinese sculptures, looted from Beijing centuries ago. His…
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The Jasmine Throne Book Review
From Goodreads: Author of Empire of Sand and Realm of Ash Tasha Suri’s The Jasmine Throne, beginning a new trilogy set in a world inspired by the history and epics of India, in which a captive princess and a maidservant in possession of forbidden magic become unlikely allies on a dark journey to save their empire from the princess’s traitor brother. Imprisoned by her dictator brother, Malini spends her days in isolation in the Hirana: an ancient temple that was once the source of the powerful, magical deathless waters — but is now little more than a decaying ruin. Priya is a maidservant, one among several who make the treacherous journey to the top of the…
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