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  • Places and Faces: A Review of The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue by V. E. Schwab

    Places and Faces: A Review of The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue by V. E. Schwab

    Some might mistake immortality for a dream come true but for Adeline LaRue immortality is agony…

  • Shakespearean Horror: Review of All’s Well by Mona Awad

    Shakespearean Horror: Review of All’s Well by Mona Awad

    Mona Awad’s newest horror release, All’s Well, is a masterpiece of Shakespearean hyperbolic metaphor.

  • Trivial Thrills: Book Review of Survive the Night by Riley Sager

    Trivial Thrills: Book Review of Survive the Night by Riley Sager

    As I kept reading, and my patience grew thin, all signs began to point towards what…

  • Grief Food: Review of Crying in H Mart by Michelle Zauner

    Grief Food: Review of Crying in H Mart by Michelle Zauner

    Being two halves of different things can often make you feel less of a whole.

  • Coming Out: Review of Girl, Serpent, Thorn by Melissa Bashardoust

    Coming Out: Review of Girl, Serpent, Thorn by Melissa Bashardoust

    What better way to spend Pride than with a queer rebel princess who fights to be…

  • A Switchblade Girl With a Candy Heart: Review of One Last Stop by Casey McQuiston

    A Switchblade Girl With a Candy Heart: Review of One Last Stop by Casey McQuiston

    One Last Stop is a heartwarming story of found-family chock full of eccentric, colorful characters that…

  • The Difficult Transition to Self-Acceptance: Review of We Were Promised Spotlights by Lindsay Sproul

    The Difficult Transition to Self-Acceptance: Review of We Were Promised Spotlights by Lindsay Sproul

    This book does more harm than good in the negative stereotypes it perpetuates.

  • Casting a Story: Review of Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents by Isabel Wilkerson

    Casting a Story: Review of Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents by Isabel Wilkerson

    No one wants to hear about this ugliness. But everyone loves a well-told story.

  • Fragments of a Meandering Life: Review of A Manual for Cleaning Women by Lucia Berlin

    Fragments of a Meandering Life: Review of A Manual for Cleaning Women by Lucia Berlin

    Nearly every story in the collection is captivating in its constant motion and minute detail.

  • Desperate Love: Review of “The Case for and Against Love Potions” by Imbolo Mbue

    Desperate Love: Review of “The Case for and Against Love Potions” by Imbolo Mbue

    After reading this story, readers may wonder whether a love potion is worth the trouble and…

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