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The Bone Spindle

When life gives you a queer Sleeping Beauty retelling, you read it.

In a dark, emotional, and violent setting in the world of revolutionary art, Mick gets thrust into a world she’s unprepared for and fighting for her independence and right to exist as she wants to. With a new girlfriend in Veronica, she meets Nico, a passionate artist who believes in using art to change theContinue reading “She’s Too Pretty To Burn”

The Chosen and the Beautiful

In this magical reimagining of The Great Gatsby, Nghi Vo takes us on a trip that focuses the story around Jordan Baker, a Vietnamese, adopted, tennis star and the events of the original story.

The Guinevere Deception

Never has a book made me realize I don’t know something like this book has. Or I guess I should say don’t know something fictional because WOW I really did not know the whole tale of King Arthur and his Knights of the Round Table. I really just know it from other books where kidsContinue reading “The Guinevere Deception”

Most Ardently

A modern retelling of Pride and Prejudice following Elisa Benitez and her four sisters as they navigate their mother’s wishes for them to marry rich, school, and for Elisa especially: the incredibly rude and irritating classmate: Darcy Fitzgerald. A big thanks to Entangled Publishing for letting me read this in advance in return for anContinue reading “Most Ardently”