Rating... 5/5 Genre... Historical Fiction, Fantasy Oh my god... This is the first time I've read a transmigration novel where it's not the main character who's migrated. And the first time I didn't know about it beforehand. And honestly, I loved it! Knowing that Wangcheng was going to die, and yet still hoping... There's more volumes, so I'm sure he comes back somehow, but Jesus Christ...

Rating... 5/5 Genre... Historical Fiction, Fantasy Oh Jiang Cheng, my little angry meow meow... I really do adore this series, and I'm honestly surprised I took so long to read the official translation of the last book. MXTX's use of morality and social stigmas (maybe not stigmas...) to add weight to this story. How it truly is down to rumors and public perception to tell who is "evil". I just... adore this world and its characters as my first danmei...

Rating... 4.5/5 Genre... Historical Fiction, Fantasy I initially started this because the idea of a bald guy in a BL made me laugh. And now, I am unfortunately, invested! In addition to a bald, amnesiac monk, there is a disabled dragon, meek ghost, and a now-blind psychic child. I'm genuinely unsure where the plot is going from here - that maybe the monk was the one who stole the dragon's bones?

Rating... 5/5 Genre... Historical Fiction, Fantasy I have officially named Chu Wanning one of my little meow meows. But, my god, are these two characters stupid. My current hypothesis is that the fake Gouchen is somehow a part of Mo Ran, or that he's She Mei. My bet is that it's She Mei, because multiple Mo Rans seems a little too confusing.

Rating... 4.5/5 Genre... Historical Fiction, Fantasy This book was a fun read, and I really loved the characters by the end. There were a few mistakes, typos or a missing word every once in a while. But as perusal, since this is self-published, I'm a little more lenient on that. (If I keep finding typos in traditionally published books, I won't fault indie books for them.

Rating... 4.75/5 Genre... Historical Fiction, Fantasy Entirely fucked up. I'm obsessed... And to leave off on such an insane cliffhanger! Mo Ran believing it's She Mei and not Chu Wanning (again)? Ought... The prose has me hooked, and the comedy is, in fact, landing! Even with the translation from Chinese, where I find a lot of jokes sometimes have a hard time translating into English. I'm a little worried about the rest of the series because I've now seen that it's apparently very sad...

Rating... 4.5/5 Genre... Realistic Fiction I absolutely devoured this book, and it was exactly what I needed to help me out of my reading slump! There were low stakes, and a cozy-is romance between two renfaire performers. There were a few parts of the novel that had some obvious errors, but as this was indie/self-published, I'm willing to go easy on them.

Rating... 4.5/5 Genre... Speculative Fiction This novel was very slow. It wasn't exactly a part that I disliked, but I was very aware of how slow it felt. I thought this one ended in a satisfactory way, with the main characters acceptance of herself and her mother (and of course, the death of her creepy boss!) Originally, I worried that this was going to be another vampire novel that felt a lack of actual vampirism, but instead I found Lyd's journey entirely enjoyable in the end.

Rating... 2.75/5 Genre... Historical, Horror For a Carmilla retelling, there was… a lack of Carmilla. And beyond that, I just wanted more from the novel. The descriptions of gore were beautiful, but I often felt as if I was being told the character’s emotions rather than shown them. The novel itself also felt slow, and I found it a struggle to be truly invested until about 200 pages in.

Rating... 4/5 Genre... Fantasy, Young Adult I really liked this book! Kirek and Samansa were likeable, the plot kept my hooked throughout, and J soent multiple scenes gasping. There were a few parts from Samansa’s PoV that read a little too pro-life for me, but that was genuinely my biggest complaint. A solid standalone novel, but I don’t think I’ll ever feel insane over it outside of reading it.

Rating... 3.5/5 Genre... Classic, Poetry, Fantasy I hate Beowulf. The character at least. But also kind of the poem, too. I had to put the poem down multiple times because of how much it pissed me off. Grendel and his mother were in the right, actually, and I think they should have killed more people! If I was living my life peacefully and men were being bad neighbors and loud and yelling at me?

Rating... 4.5/5 Genre... Fantasy, Young Adult This book actually had me sniffling and tearing up in a tea shop, which was admittedly a little embarrassing because it was just me and the owner in the building. The Iron Sword wasn't particularly well written - some parts felt spelled out to me, as if Kagawa didn't trust her readers to be able to figure it out themselves.

Rating… 5/5 Genre… Fantasy, Romance This book had me so invested that I had to lay down on the floor multiple times in exasperation. The main character was horrible, in a relatable way, and I ended up growing to love him very much as he learned to love himself. The world building felt cozy, and the plot kept a good pace throughout, even when the character himself slowed. Hopefully Rowland returns to this genre or this world, as it was a beautiful novel.

Rating... 5/5 Genre... Horror How utterly disgusting! And that's meant as a compliment!! This book kept the confusion going until the very end, even when it was 'resolved'. The creature was absolutely beautiful, the descriptions vivid and unlike any monster that I have had the pleasure to read about. And the liar was such a good choice for the Final Girl, her feeling of being an outcast propelling not only her but the plot.

Rating… 5/5 Genre… Sci-Fi, Fantasy I think this book changed my life. And I wish I was being dramatic. But I did not feel like the same person after putting this book down and crying over it for about two hours straight. And I could probably go into depth about every little thing in this book that I loved, but I'll try to stick to the bigger parts.

Simply because I have not posted any reviews recently! I am still reading, I promise. Though, the past few months have been rather slow for me. (I went from reading ~20 books a month to struggling to hit 3!) I know I’ve never done a post like this, because I’ve never really had the need to? But I figured transparency that April and May were…