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REVIEW: Open House: A Rivalry Romance (Uptown Book 2) by Ruby Lang

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Love can take root where you least expect it. Tyson Yang never imagined that one day he’d be the de facto spokesperson for an illegal community garden. But when the once-rat-infested-but-now-thriving Harlem lot goes up for sale, Ty can’t just let all their hard work get plowed under. Even if ... more >

illustrated over in teal, featuring a polaroid type photo in the bottom left, of a F/M couple, both of colour

REVIEW: Girl Gone Viral by Alisha Rai

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CW: Emotional abuse. Depiction of mental illness, including panic attacks, flashbacks and nightmares. Disordered eating is also mentioned/suggested. Dear Alisha Rai, I loved The Right Swipe last year and ever since have been looking forward to Katrina’s story in Girl Gone Viral. Katrina King-Arora, a Thai-American, is a former supermodel ... more >

REVIEW: Pride, Prejudice, and Other Flavors by Sonali Dev

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Trigger / content warnings: Dear Sonali Dev, As is evident from its title, your recent novel, the start of a series about the Raje family, is a retelling of Jane Austen’s Pride and Prejudice. I know what some readers of this review must be thinking: Does the world really need ... more >

REVIEW: A Touch of Forever by Jo Goodman

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Lily Salt has sworn off men. After finally gaining her independence, the last thing she needs is another man telling her what to do. But the handsome railroad engineer from New York isn’t at all what she expected. He’s kind, gentle…and tempting enough to make her wonder what a second ... more >

REVIEW x 2: The Wedding Date by Jasmine Guillory

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A groomsman and his last-minute guest are about to discover if a fake date can go the distance in this fun and flirty debut novel. Agreeing to go to a wedding with a guy she gets stuck with in an elevator is something Alexa Monroe wouldn’t normally do. But there’s ... more >

REVIEW: Where the Stars Rise – Anthology

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SHORT DESCRIPTION: Take a journey through Asia and beyond with twenty-three original thought-provoking and moving stories about identities, belonging, and choices—stories about where we come from and where we are going—each wrestling between ghostly pasts and uncertain future. LONG DESCRIPTION: ALL EMOTIONS ARE UNIVERSAL. WE LIVE, WE DREAM, WE STRIVE, ... more >

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