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Book Review | Café con Lychee
Title: Café con Lychee Author: Emery Lee Published: 9th June 2022 Publisher: Harper Collins Genre: YA, Contemporary, Queer, Trigger Warnings: Homophobia, Racism, Bullying Rating: 4.5/5 stars From the author of Meet Cute Diary comes a delectable rom-com that’s brimming with zest and a sprinkle of sweetness. A must-read for fans of Casey McQuiston and Julian Winters. Theo Mori and Gabriel Moreno have always been at odds. Their parents own rival businesses-an Asian American cafe and a Puerto Rican bakery-and Gabi’s lack of coordination has cost their soccer team too many games to count. Stuck in the closet and scared to pursue his own dreams, Gabi sees his parents’ shop as…
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Book Review- Romanov
Title: Romanov Author: Nadine Brandes Published: 30th May 2019 Pages: 352 Genre: YA, Historical, Fantasy, Magic The history books say I died. They don’t know the half of it. Anastasia “Nastya” Romanov was given a single mission: to smuggle an ancient spell into her suitcase on her way to exile in Siberia. It might be her family’s only salvation. But the leader of the Bolshevik army is after them . . . and he’s hunted Romanov before. Nastya’s only chances of survival are to either release the spell, and deal with the consequences, or enlist help from Zash, the handsome soldier who doesn’t act like the average Bolshevik. Nastya’s never…
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Book Review- Awakened
Title: Awakened Authors: James S. Murray, Darren Wearmouth Published: 26th June 2018 Pages: 304 Genre: Horror, Sci-Fi Series: Awakened #1 Rating: 3.5/5 stars The star of truTV’s hit show Impractical Jokers—alongside veteran sci-fi and horror writer Darren Wearmouth—delivers a chilling and wickedly fun supernatural novel in the vein of The Strain, in which a beautiful new subway line in New York City unearths an ancient dark horror that threatens the city’s utter destruction and the balance of civilization itself.After years of waiting, New York’s newest subway line is finally ready, an express train that connects the city with the burgeoning communities across the Hudson River. The shining jewel of this state-of-the-art line…