Hi guys, sadly this is not a good period of time for our country and the world in general, and I don’t really know what to say about it except that for “It will get better, we’ll be alright”. I strongly believe that.
In the meantime please stay safe, wash your hands and stay at home if you can. Let’s do this in the hope of better times.
Apart from that, on a much brighter note, today I want to show you five books that I will surely read this Spring, no doubt about that.
So, without further ado, let’s get into it.
(All the summaries will be taken from Goodreads.)
1. House of Earth and Blood (Crescent City #1) by Sarah J. Maas
Synopsis: Bryce Quinlan had the perfect life—working hard all day and partying all night—until a demon murdered her closest friends, leaving her bereft, wounded, and alone. When the accused is behind bars but the crimes start up again, Bryce finds herself at the heart of the investigation. She’ll do whatever it takes to avenge their deaths.
Hunt Athalar is a notorious Fallen angel, now enslaved to the Archangels he once attempted to overthrow. His brutal skills and incredible strength have been set to one purpose—to assassinate his boss’s enemies, no questions asked. But with a demon wreaking havoc in the city, he’s offered an irresistible deal: help Bryce find the murderer, and his freedom will be within reach.
As Bryce and Hunt dig deep into Crescent City’s underbelly, they discover a dark power that threatens everything and everyone they hold dear, and they find, in each other, a blazing passion – one that could set them both free, if they’d only let it.
This book is for sure my first priority. I couldn’t get to it as soon as it came out because I had to read my other most anticipated book of the year, “Chain of Gold” by Cassandra Clare, but I’m definitely looking forward to reading Maas’s new release. I love her writing and I adored both “Throne of Glass” and the ACOTAR series. She just writes such addictive books and romances, and this one seems like a perfect mix of both, so yeah, I’m excited.
2. Since We Last Spoke by Brenda Rufener
Synopsis: When Aggi Frank and Max Granger finally admitted their feelings for each other last December, it felt like love was beautiful and endless… until it wasn’t.
A fatal car accident involving their older siblings throws their lives into sudden chaos. And with a restraining order now in place between the two bitter households, Aggi and Max’s love runs cold. Being together again seems like a distant fantasy, even though they share the same driveway.
Still, Plum Lake is a small town, and staying apart can’t last forever. Aggi and Max eventually reunite at a lake-house party hosted by a mutual friend and break the ice after a year of silence. But just as they begin to rebuild their relationship, the unthinkable happens when Aggi’s little sister, Grace, flees from home after their father spirals into a fit of rage. With a support system of friends close by, Aggi and Max must confront each other and their families in the hopes of mending all the broken pieces.
This book is our March book of the month and I can’t wait to dive into it. It seems like the perfect YA book for me. There’s romance, there’s a lot of angst (I love angsty books, don’t even ask me why) and I can’t wait to read more YA books, they’re just my favourites. Also, I know this book has some serious trigger warnings, so please go check them out before picking it up.
Always check books for trigger warnings, in my opinion it’s the best thing to do for my mental health. I don’t care if they spoil something about the novel, my mental health is more important.
3. Heartstopper: Volume Three by Alice Oseman
Synopsis: In this volume we’ll see the Heartstopper gang go on a school trip to Paris! Not only are Nick and Charlie navigating a new city, but also telling more people about their relationship AND learning more about the challenges each other are facing in private…
Meanwhile Tao and Elle will face their feelings for each other, Tara and Darcy share more about their relationship origin story, and the teachers supervising the trip seem… rather close…?
I’m so addicted to this graphic novel, it’s just the cutest ever. I can’t even begin to describe how much I’m rooting for these guys and this love.
I’ve read two books by Alice Oseman, and even though they were good, I really don’t get all the hype. Yeah they’re cute, but for me they’re not the best out there – just opinions of course.
But I love this graphic novel, it surely has all the fluff, the romance, and the cuteness I look for in a story. And these boys are the cutest beans ever, confirmed by me.
4. On Earth We’re Briefly Gorgeous by Oscar Vuong.
Synopsis: On Earth We’re Briefly Gorgeous is a letter from a son to a mother who cannot read. Written when the speaker, Little Dog, is in his late twenties, the letter unearths a family’s history that began before he was born — a history whose epicenter is rooted in Vietnam — and serves as a doorway into parts of his life his mother has never known, all of it leading to an unforgettable revelation. At once a witness to the fraught yet undeniable love between a single mother and her son, it is also a brutally honest exploration of race, class, and masculinity. Asking questions central to our American moment, immersed as we are in addiction, violence, and trauma, but undergirded by compassion and tenderness, On Earth We’re Briefly Gorgeous is as much about the power of telling one’s own story as it is about the obliterating silence of not being heard.
This is the book that I picked from my (digital) TBR jar for the month of March and I’m so happy about it. I’m honestly growing more and more attracted to adult fiction in this time of my life. Yeah, I’m growing old – 24 is a good age as ever to start to read adult fiction lol, so I can’t wait to read this book.
I love the story that’s set out in the synopsis, give me a good LGBTQ+ book with Call Me By Your Name vibes set partly in the past and I’m sold.I kinda hope to cry, to be honest with you. I know this is weird, but since the beginning of the year I’ve read maybe two books (Chain of Gold and The Two Lives of Lydia Bird) that were able to move me. I love to be moved by books.
Please, writers out there, make me cry, I’m literally asking for it.
5. By The Book by Amanda Sellet
Synopsis: As a devotee of classic novels, Mary Porter-Malcolm knows all about Mistakes That Have Been Made, especially by impressionable young women. So when a girl at her new high school nearly succumbs to the wiles of a notorious cad, Mary starts compiling the Scoundrel Survival Guide, a rundown of literary types to be avoided at all costs.
Unfortunately, Mary is better at dishing out advice than taking it—and the number one bad boy on her list is terribly debonair. As her best intentions go up in flames, Mary discovers life doesn’t follow the same rules as fiction. If she wants a happy ending IRL, she’ll have to write it herself.
I’m so grateful to have a digital ARC of this book to read, thanks to the publishing house, and I’m over the moon about it. Give me a good contemporary and I will (possibly) be yours. Add a dose of literary references and a quite moody teenager that I’d possibly want to protect or scold according to times, and I’m surely in. If this does not have good banters, I’m out. I really have high hopes.
Okay, guys, these are the five books in my TBR I’m going to read for sure this Spring. Which are some books you’re hoping to read? Let me know in the comments down below.
We’ll talk soon and stay safe!
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