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Mini-Reviews #24: The Seven Year Slip, Bad Summer People & Royal Blood

June 23, 2023

Mini-Reviews is a blog series where I’ll be sharing mini reviews of the books I’ve been reading lately.  Each post will include 3 books I’ve recently read and will be grouped by genre (though we’re bound to get a hodgepodge post every once in a while!).  Let me know if you’ve

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    Books with orange and black on the cover for Summe Books with orange and black on the cover for Summerween day 4! I skipped yesterday since I’m just not a reels girlie 💁🏼‍♀️ once I finish my current read, I’ll have completed all of the prompts!! How’s your reading week going?! 
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    It’s Summerween day three! I’m so glad this re It’s Summerween day three! I’m so glad this readathon has inspired me to pick up A Dowry of Blood by stgibsonauthor instead of waiting until autumn to read it. The prose is beautiful and the story is both compelling and haunting. I think I’m finding a new favorite in this one! (Plus the fairyloot edition is beyond gorgeous and I’m glad I’ll have it read before they potentially post any sequel edition news 👀) 
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    The Summerween day two photo prompt is to make a c The Summerween day two photo prompt is to make a candy corn colored book stack so here’s my fantasy filled take 🎃 I’ve already finished two of my TBR books so I feel confident that I’m going to read everything I planned to this week! 
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    Happy thisissummerween! I’m so excited to be joi Happy thisissummerween! I’m so excited to be joining this readathon for the first time 🎃 I’ve wanted to participate for years but the timing never seems to work out for me so this year I just decided to go for it anyway. I’ll be filming a weeklong reading vlog to review my picks! My TBR is part ambitious, part hoping I’ll get to at least 5 of these books. #summerween #summerween23
    Here for all of the vampire books 🩸The first re Here for all of the vampire books 🩸The first read of my kindle unlimited subscription is going swimmingly. I wasn’t expecting to love The Serpent and the Wings of Night as immediately as I did but I was sucked in right from the beginning! I’m so excited to have a new fictional world to be falling in love with ❤️
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    I’ve been waiting a whole year but we finally go I’ve been waiting a whole year but we finally got to see the rose arches in bloom at plantingfields 😍 definitely worth the wait!
    My most anticipated book for the rest of 2023 land My most anticipated book for the rest of 2023 landed on my doorstop this week and I can’t stop screaming about it! Eternally grateful to randomhouse for sending me a free review copy of Sword Catcher by Cassandra Clare! I’m so excited that we’re getting a brand new / non-Shadowhunter story!! And it’s epic fantasy to boot 😍
    Really wish I were sitting at my pool today instea Really wish I were sitting at my pool today instead of at my desk at work! Summer Rental was my first Kindle Unlimited read and I really enjoyed it. It’s a YA slasher novel that’s comped as Mean Girls meets Scream and I would say that’s spot on!
    Another very belated post but here are all of the Another very belated post but here are all of the books I read in May! Favorites include Happy Place, The Happy Ever After Playlist and Family of Liars. PS: good luck to everyone who’s also trapped in the never ending FairyLoot Fourth Wing queue 🙃
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    So excited to have more heyashposton in my reading So excited to have more heyashposton in my reading life! The Seven Year Slip takes place in a magical apartment in NYC following Clementine, who works in publishing, and her unexpected roommate who’s currently living his life seven years in Clementine’s past. I’m halfway into this one and I can’t wait to see how things are going to wrap up. Thank you berkleyromance for the copy!
    Photo dump from our week in the Poconos! Photo dump from our week in the Poconos!
    Belated May Book Haul! Belated May Book Haul!
    I’m so glad that illumicrate has been doing spec I’m so glad that illumicrate has been doing special editions of Lore Olympus! I binge read the whole first season of the webcomic in 2020 and I’ve been reading it weekly ever since! The artwork is so lovely and I love Hades and Persephone!
    Finishing out my Last Hours post series with the w Finishing out my Last Hours post series with the waterstones editions! I love the cover designs on each, with Chain of ahold being my favorite (I can never resist a good looking sword).
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