Tag: romance
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Review – Chaotic Energy – Stephanie Yeboah
Accidentally (on purpose) catfishing by a plant-fluencer with a great friendship running through, what more could you want? This is a book that lives up to its name – it’s total chaos and I’m here for it.
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Review – All My Rage – Sabaa Tahir
A story of difficult and disruptive families, found families and strained friendships. This is a heartbreaker and absolutely one to read.
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Books for the Girls – Forever Learning
Books for the girls is an ode to the incredible women I’ve met in this space. It’s inspired by Monika Radojevic’s A beautiful lack of consequence, which looks at the experience of womanhood through many lenses and was just brilliant. I love finding themes that spread across genres and authors and this short series will…
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Books for the Girls – Love and Friendship
Books for the girls is an ode to the incredible women I’ve met in this space. It’s inspired by Monika Radojevic’s A beautiful lack of consequence. First we had Books That will Break You and now we have a gorgeous theme of love and friendships.
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Review: An Echo in the City – K. X. Song
What happens when the two sides clash and truths need to be revealed? One hell of a story! The grip this book had on me was like few others.
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Books for the Girls – Feminine Rage
Books for the girls is inspired by Monika Radojevic’s A beautiful lack of consequence, which looks at the experience of womanhood through many lenses and was just brilliant. Up next is ne of my favourite themes: feminine rage, but I’m expanding it slightly.
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Review: Say You’ll Be My Jaan – Naina Kumar
Fake dating to get your parents to leave you alone in their plans for you? Sounds easy! And anyway, any man that tries to calm a situation with ice cream is a going to be a winner in my book.
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Review: Highly Suspicous and Unfairly Cute – Talia Hibbert
Academic rivals sign up for the same extra curriculum outdoor adventure for extra credit, but they get a lot more than they bargain for. In typical Hibbert fashion, this is another beautiful romance to add to her repertoire.
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Review: Four Eids and a Funeral – Faridah Àbíké-Íyímídé and Adiba Jaigirdar
Said and Tiwa meet again at a town funeral after not speaking in years, but is it enough to rekindle what they had? And is that what they want? This is how teenage romance should be written, it was brilliant.
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Review: Pride and Protest – Nikki Payne
When gentrification threatens Liza’s community, she stands up to the developers but doesn’t expect to find love in the process. If you love Pride and Prejudice or a great romance with lots of yearning and built up energy, then you’re going to love this.
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Disabled Representation Recommendations
This blog was wrote as an accompaniment for my 2025 reading challenge: Read nine books from nine prompts over the first six months of the year and be entered into a draw to win a bundle of bookish goodies.
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Indigenous Representation Recommendations
This blog was wrote as an accompaniment for my 2025 reading challenge: Read nine books from nine prompts over the first six months of the year and be entered into a draw to win a bundle of bookish goodies.
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Review – The Henna Wars – Adiba Jaigidar
Nishat and Flávia end up working on the same idea for their businesses in school that forms a rivalry and some.. Another brilliant YA romance from Jaigirdar!
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Festive Romances
I hope this one doesn’t need much of an introduction, because who doesn’t love a festive smooch or holiday fling? Get your fix with my list.
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Review – Chaos Theory – Nic Stone
Shelbi and Andy keep finding each other, but how far can their relationship be pushed? Deeply complex and messy teenagers make for the best love story.
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Review: The Night Ends with Fire – K. X. Song
A Mulan retelling with the grit and determination of a woman told she can’t do something. Absolutely glorious.
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