Tag: Book – Standalone
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First and Forever, by Lynn Painter
Book Stats Book Rating Overall: ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ / 5 Spice: 🌶️🌶️ / 5 Summary & Review Lynn Painter is one of those authors whose books I will automatically add to my TBR. I love her writing style and her cute story plots. Almost every book of hers I’ve read has been 4-5 stars because I just…
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Such Quiet Girls, by Noelle W. Ihli
Annnnnnnnd we’re back with our next joint review! 🥳 Another Noelle W. Ihli book because we’ve finally jumped on the bandwagon and have started devouring all of her books. This story follows the kidnapping of a bus full of students. We switch between 4 different POVs – Jessa, the bus driver; Sage, a 12-year-old student…
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Married to the Mafia, by Lucy Smoke
Book Stats Book Rating Overall: ⭐⭐⭐⭐/ 5 Spice: 🌶️🌶️/ 5 Summary & Review This was a fun listen. I hadn’t heard either of the narrators before (Lisa Zimmerman or Gomez Pugh), but both did a great job with their characters. This was a dual narration, not a duet, so be mindful that during Daisy’s chapters,…
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Call Me Freak, by J.A. Roles
Book Stats Book Rating Overall: ⭐⭐⭐⭐/ 5 Spice: 🌶️🌶️🌶️/ 5 Summary & Review What a wild ride. The story is dark, obsessive, chaotic, and super unhinged. The author wrote an insane story and the narrators helped breathe life into it. This is one intense, wild ride of a story. Whew. Honestly, Joe Arden and Lucy…
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Gray After Dark, by Noelle W. Ihli
It’s been a minute since our last joint review, but we’re back and ready to share our newest book club book – Gray After Dark! We were both approved for this ARC via NetGalley and were so excited, we dove right in! This story follows Miley, primarily, after she finds herself kidnapped and trapped in…
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The Night We Met, by Abby Jimenez
Book Stats Book Ratings Book Rating: ⭐⭐⭐⭐/5 stars Spice Rating: 🌶️/5 chili peppers Summary & Review If Abby Jimenez writes a book, I’ll read it. She is such a wonderful Rom-Com author and I adore all of her work. So imagine my excitement when this book became available to borrow on Libby! I paused all…
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Metal Slinger, by Rachel Schneider
Book Stats Book Rating Overall Rating: ⭐⭐⭐⭐/ 5 Spice Rating: 🌶️🌶️/ 5 Summary & Review I initially read this book in April 2025, but once this became available again on NetGalley, I was excited to jump at the chance to re-read it and refresh myself on the details of the story before book 2 comes…
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Good For Her, by Tylor Paige
Book Stats Book Rating Overall Rating: ⭐⭐⭐⭐/ 5 Spice Rating: 🌶️🌶️🌶️/ 5 Summary & Review Okay, this one was FUN. I was pulled in immediately and enjoyed every minute of it. This is considered a horror/dark Rom-Com type of book. It’s unique, cheesy, and entertaining. There are several tropes, such as – Second Chance, Fake Dating,…
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Axolotl-Ella, by Kate Messner
Book Stats Summary & Review This book is hilarious. I mean, I’m a 31-year-old woman and I was giggling at it and reading passages to my mom. 😂 Paired with the illustration, this was a very entertaining and enjoyable read. I initially requested this because I have a 9-year-old who is OBSESSED with axolotls, and…
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Lettuce Turnip the Beet, by Berlin wick
Book Stats Book Rating Overall: ⭐⭐⭐/5 Spice: 🌶️🌶️🌶️🌶️/5 Summary & Review Well this was an interesting story that I did NOT expect. I decided to go into this one blind – I didn’t read the blurb and had never read this author’s work before. I simply decided to try this based on the cute cover/title…