• Book Reviews,  Y,  Yarros, Rebecca

    Fourth Wing Book Review

    YA fantasy⊹ ⋆YA romance⊹ ⋆YA romantasy coffeestarsbooks May 15, 2025 10:09 pm Fourth Wing Release date: 2nd May 2023 Publisher: Piatkus (UK), Red Tower Books (US) Genres: YA Fantasy ⊹ ⋆ YA Romantasy ⊹ ⋆ YA High Fantasy ⊹ ⋆ Pair it with: A honeycomb latte and a slice of decadent chocolate cake Add to Storygraph Add to Goodreads Join the conversation: Bluesky Instagram Twitch Discord “I am the sky and the power of every storm that has ever been. I am infinite.” ― Rebecca Yarros, Fourth Wing ☕✨ CONTENT WARNINGS: (click to reveal) Violence, death, loss of a parent, sexual content, war, injury/injury detail Synopsis: Twenty-year-old Violet Sorrengail was supposed to…

  • Book Reviews,  M,  Menon, Sandhya

    Of Princes and Promises Book Review

    From Goodreads: Caterina LaValle is determined to show she’s still the queen of St. Rosetta’s Academy. Sure, her crown may be slightly askew after her ex-boyfriend, Alaric, cheated on her, but she’s a LaValle. She’ll find a way to march right back in there, her hands clutching the strings to the whole puppet show. This time, she’s going to be untouchable. Rahul Chopra knows that moment he shared with Caterina LaValle at the winter formal meant something. Surely she feels it, too. He’s a little uncertain how someone like him (socially inept to a point way past “adorkable”) could fit into her world, but he’s loved Caterina for years. He knows…

  • Book Reviews,  D,  Donne, Alexa

    The Stars We Steal Book Review

    The Stars We Steal by Alexa Donne From Goodreads: Engagement season is in the air. Eighteen-year-old Princess Leonie “Leo” Kolburg, heir to a faded European spaceship, only has one thing on her mind: which lucky bachelor can save her family from financial ruin? But when Leo’s childhood friend and first love Elliot returns as the captain of a successful whiskey ship, everything changes. Elliot was the one that got away, the boy Leo’s family deemed to be unsuitable for marriage. Now, he’s the biggest catch of the season and he seems determined to make Leo’s life miserable. But old habits die hard, and as Leo navigates the glittering balls of the…

  • A,  Albertalli, Becky,  Book Reviews,  S,  Saeed, Aisha

    Yes No Maybe So Book Review

    Yes No Maybe So by Becky Albertalli and Aisha Saeed From Goodreads: YESJamie Goldberg is cool with volunteering for his local state senate candidate—as long as he’s behind the scenes. When it comes to speaking to strangers (or, let’s face it, speaking at all to almost anyone), Jamie’s a choke artist. There’s no way he’d ever knock on doors to ask people for their votes…until he meets Maya. NOMaya Rehman’s having the worst Ramadan ever. Her best friend is too busy to hang out, her summer trip is canceled, and now her parents are separating. Why her mother thinks the solution to her problems is political canvassing—with some awkward dude she hardly knows—is beyond…

  • Book Reviews,  W,  Wood, Laura

    Under a Dancing Star Book Review

    Under a Dancing Star by Laura Wood From Goodreads: In grey, 1930s England, Bea has grown up kicking against the conventions of the time, all the while knowing that she will one day have to marry someone her parents choose – someone rich enough to keep the family estate alive. But she longs for so much more – for adventure, excitement, travel, and maybe even romance. When she gets the chance to spend the summer in Italy with her bohemian uncle and his fiancée, a whole world is opened up to Bea – a world that includes Ben, a cocky young artist who just happens to be infuriatingly handsome too. Sparks…

  • Book Reviews,  R,  Riccio, Christine

    Again, But Better Book Review

    Again, But Better by Christine Riccio From Goodreads: Shane has been doing college all wrong. Pre-med, stellar grades, and happy parents…sounds ideal—but Shane’s made zero friends, goes home every weekend, and romance…what’s that?  Her life has been dorm, dining hall, class, repeat. Time’s a ticking, and she needs a change—there’s nothing like moving to a new country to really mix things up. Shane signs up for a semester abroad in London. She’s going to right all her college mistakes: make friends, pursue boys, and find adventure!  Easier said than done. She is soon faced with the complicated realities of living outside her bubble, and when self-doubt sneaks in, her new life…

  • Book Reviews,  K,  Kemmerer, Brigid

    Call It What You Want Book Review

    Call It What You Want by Brigid Kemmerer TRIGGER WARNING: Book includes mentions and gives description of attempted suicide. From Goodreads: When his dad is caught embezzling funds from half the town, Rob goes from popular lacrosse player to social pariah. Even worse, his father’s failed suicide attempt leaves Rob and his mother responsible for his care. Everyone thinks of Maegan as a typical overachiever, but she has a secret of her own after the pressure got to her last year. And when her sister comes home from college pregnant, keeping it from her parents might be more than she can handle. When Rob and Maegan are paired together for a…

  • Book Reviews,  R,  Reynolds, Justin A.

    Opposite of Always Book Review

    Opposite of Always by Justin A. Reynolds From Goodreads: Jack Ellison King. King of Almost. He almost made valedictorian. He almost made varsity. He almost got the girl . . .  When Jack and Kate meet at a party, bonding until sunrise over their mutual love of Froot Loops and their favorite flicks, Jack knows he’s falling—hard. Soon she’s meeting his best friends, Jillian and Franny, and Kate wins them over as easily as she did Jack. Jack’s curse of almost is finally over. But this love story is . . . complicated. It is an almost happily ever after. Because Kate dies. And their story should end there. Yet Kate’s…

  • Book Reviews,  C,  Crompton, Laurie Boyle

    Pretty in Punxsutawney Book Review

    Pretty in Punxsutawney by Laurie Boyle Crompton From Goodreads: A Groundhog Day meets Pretty in Pink mashup from author Laurie Boyle Crompton, Pretty in Punxsutawney tells the tale of a girl willing to look beneath the surface to see people for who they really are. Andie is the type of girl who always comes up with the perfect thing to say…after it’s too late to say it. She’s addicted to romance movies—okay, all movies—but has yet to experience her first kiss. After a move to Punxsutawney, PA, for her senior year, she gets caught in an endless loop of her first day at her new school, reliving those 24 hours again…

  • Book Reviews,  G,  Goodman, Alison

    Dark Days Deceit Book Review

    The Dark Days Deceit by Alison Goodman SPOILER FREE FOR THIS BOOK. However, since this is the third book in a series, there will be spoilers for the first two books. From Goodreads: Lady Helen has retreated to a country estate outside Bath to prepare for her wedding to the Duke of Selburn, yet she knows she has unfinished business to complete. She and the dangerously charismatic Lord Carlston have learned they are a dyad, bonded in blood, and only they are strong enough to defeat the Grand Deceiver, who threatens to throw mankind into chaos. But the heinous death-soaked Ligatus Helen has absorbed is tearing a rift in her mind.…