Book Reviews

Recommended Reads

For the sake of encouraging other writers, I have included only the reviews of books that I recommended. All reviews are from books that I received through ARCs (Advanced Reader Copies). As always, although I was sent a complimentary copy of these books, all reviews are voluntarily and honest.

6th December, 2025

Garnet by Jennifer Severn

“Bindi had cringed at the romantic expression—especially coming from her mother. She was no Bollywood movie heroine, but of course she wanted a say, and …

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2nd December, 2025

When Silence Shatters by Mahitab Mahmoud

“Here, being LGBTQ means living underground. You blend in, you laugh at the same homophobic jokes as everyone else, you nod along when people call …

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27th November, 2025

He Lies on the Jester’s Cart by M.D. Mare

“The demon is on him. His scream is cut short. His back arches in a spasm of pain and terror. The jester raises his hands …

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20th November, 2025

Made in America by Jack Chase

“Dean’s sigh was longer, wearier. The exhalation of a man who’d seen too much and understood too little about what humans were capable of doing …

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7th November, 2025

Love, Anyways by Thanh Dinh

“He never thought one day, the things he sacrificed will be reduced to dust, and people will go on killing one another, filled with hatred …

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5th November, 2025

Lucky Me by Greg Golebiewski

“What they didn’t grasp—I finally did—was this: You can’t build a life by disowning the one you’ve already lived. No matter how flawed its beginning.” …

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