I’m excited for this. I really like Leigh’s writing.
What I’m Reading Now: The Familiar by Leigh Bardugo
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What I’m Listening to now: All the Feels by Olivia Dade
I try not to have more than one audiobook going at a time so I don’t have to deal with decision paralysis about what to pick up. However, this became available at the library while I was still reading Renegades and I need to know about the characters in the B plot of Spoiler Alert and I’m told we find out what happened to them. I am so excited.
What I’m Listening to Now: Renegades by Marissa Meyer
Quick Review: Spoiler Alert by Olivia Dade (Read by Isabelle Ruther
Y’all, this story was adorable. April Whittier is a geologist who writes fan fic in her spare time. Her favorite OTP are Aeneas and Lavinia from a series turned television show called Gods of the Gates. Marcus Caster-Rupp plays Aeneas on the television show. He has the reputation of being hard-working, very pretty, but very dumb. So, no one would know he has a secret. He also writes Lavinia-Aeneas fan fiction. April and Marcus meet online and have a wonderful friendship, never knowing who the other person is behind the screen.
Then April posts a picture of herself and Marcus gets tagged by a bunch of asshole fanboys who are making fun of a fat cosplayer. Marcus wants to make it clear that he’s not on their side, so he follows April and then asks her out. Their first date is bland and Marcus is able to get a second date. Then he realizes the woman in front of him is his friend from the fan fiction community. Can he keep that a secret while also trying to woo April? What if she finds out and they break up and she tells the press? That could ruin his career.
This book was fun. It was very touching. It had spicy sex scenes. It had me texting non-sensical things to Beth while I was listening. I really annoyed the character arcs of both April and Marcus. They struggle and grow, both as individuals and together. I really enjoyed this! I can’t wait to dive into the sequel.
What I’m Reading/Listening to Now: Spoiler Alert by Olivia Dade
Beth gave me her copy of this to read and I’m excited to get to it. I’ve got the audio book from the library, so I’ll do some listening as well. We’ll see how it goes!
What I’m Reading Now: House of Flame and Shadow by Sarah J Maas
So we get a crossover event of two of Sarah J Maas’ series. Let’s see how this goes.
What I’m Listening to Now: Yolk by Mary H. K. Choi
A book set in contemporary times on Earth! How unusual for this year! This is a novel with two sisters at the center and that’s all I remember about it. The library didn’t have access to it for awhile, but it does now and I’m excited to check it out!
What I’m Listening to Now: Nona the Ninth by Tamsyn Muir
Am I going to have to re-read all of these in 4 years or whenever the next book comes out? Probably. Am I excited to rip my way through this one? Absolutely.
Quick Review: Harrow the Ninth by Tamsyn Muir
Harrow the Ninth is a sequel and picks up where Gideon the Ninth left off. Harrowhark finds herself a wreck, but in the emperor’s service. She is not well-liked by her colleagues, she has, at best, acquaintance who will keep her around as long as she’s useless, and she lives on a space station that the angry ghost of a planet is heading towards. Her body is also not on-side. How does she survive all this mess?
This was just has fun and engrossing as the prequel. The writing is spectacular and full of little clues to the bigger picture that made it a fun puzzle to work through. These are really enjoyable reads and I can’t wait for the next one.
What I’m Listening to Now: Harrow the Ninth
I’m am going to lose so much sleep to this series.
2 Women, So Many Books 