May Wrap-Up and June TBR- 2021

Title: Loathe at First Sight

Author: Suzanne Park

Rating: 3⭐️⭐️⭐️

Blurb: When Melody becomes a video game producer, she is faced with many challenges for being a woman in the field which are only more complicated when she develops feelings for a coworker.

Title: Sunny Song Will Never Be Famous

Author: Suzanne Park

Rating: 3⭐️⭐️⭐️

Blurb: Sunny Song has worked to become a social media influencer, so when a viral brownie video causes her parents to send her to a digital detox camp, Sunny needs to come up with a new plan for her summer.

Title: Better Together

Author: Christine Riccio

Rating: 3.5⭐️⭐️⭐️💫

Blurb: Siri and Jamie are sisters who were separated in an ugly divorce years ago, but when they meet as adults at a summer camp, they decide to switch places and confront their parents with the help of a little magic.

Title: Kiss and Repeat

Author: Heather Truett

Rating: 3.5⭐️⭐️⭐️💫

Blurb: Stephen has lived in fear of his Tourette’s syndrome impacting his relationship ability, so he sets out to use the scientific method to determine how kissing impacts his anxiety and spasms.

Title: Flame in the Mist and Smoke in the Sun Duology

Author: Renée Ahdieh

Rating: 4⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

Blurb: Mariko is the daughter of a prominent Samurai family, but when her caravan is attacked on the way to the capital, Mariko embraces the life of an outlaw searching for justice and answers.

Title: The Bright & the Pale

Author: Jessica Rubinkowski

Rating: 4⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

Blurb: After escaping her village that was overtaken by a magical ice that froze over everything and everyone, Valeria lives the life of a thief until one day when she is captured and forced into stealing a valuable commodity from her cursed hometown.

Title: The City of Brass

Author: S. A. Chakraborty

Rating: 4⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

Blurb: Living the life of a con-woman on the streets of 18th century Cairo, Nahri has never believed in magic. But that changes one day when Nahri accidentally summons a djinn warrior from the legends, Dara, who leads her to the magical capital, Daevabad, to learn about the history of her magical abilities and her people.

Title: Arsenic and Adobo

Author: Mia P. Manansala

Rating: 4⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

Blurb: When Lila’s ex-boyfriend, who is also a mean food critic, dies while eating at her family’s restaurant, things go from bad to worse for the family, causing Lila to examine the case to find the murderer.

Title: Twice Shy

Author: Sarah Hogle

Rating: 4⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

Blurb: Maybell has always been a dreamer, so when her Great-Aunt passes away and leaves her her charming house, Maybell moves to a new life as the proud owner of a run-down old house full of clutter and a grouchy, attractive groundskeeper who actually owns half of the property.

Title: Shadow and Bone Trilogy

Author: Leigh Bardugo

Rating: 4-5⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️(⭐️)

Blurb: Years ago, the nation of Ravka was split by the Shadow Fold and has since struggled to survive. When Alina displays the power to bend light and conquer the Shadows, she is rushed to the Little Palace to train her abilities all while dealing with a mysterious attraction to the Grisha leader and a longing for her best friend, Mal.

Title: A Rogue of One’s Own

Author: Evie Dunmore

Rating: 4.5⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️💫

Blurb: Lady Lucie and her band of women’s suffragists have spent years gathering support to take over a publishing house where they can publish their feminist messages, but Lucie’s old rival, Lord Ballentine, retains partial ownership of the company which messes up all their plans.

Title: Life’s Too Short

Author: Abby Jimenez

Rating: 4.5⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️💫

Blurb: Ever since Vanessa learned she may carry the gene for ALS, she has lived life to the fullest because she never knows what day will be her last. When Vanessa adopts her niece and meets her neighbor, Adrian, her life takes a turn for the better but it can be hard to love when life feels too short.

Title: Ariadne

Author: Jennifer Saint

Rating: 4.5⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️💫

Blurb: In this Greek mythology retelling Ariadne is a Princess of Crete, but when she falls in love with the hero, Theseus, and helps him kill the Minotaur, her life is forever changed.

Title: People We Meet on Vacation

Author: Emily Henry

Rating: 5⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

Blurb: After ten years of friendship and summer trips, Poppy and Alex made a mistake and lost contact. Years later, they reconnect and go on one last summer trip to try and fix what they broke.

Title: Raybearer

Author: Jordan Ifueko

Rating: 5⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

Blurb: Tarisai is sent to the global empire to compete with other children to become a member of the Crown Prince’s Council of 11, and she is thrilled. That is until she realizes her mother raised her to eliminate a target- a target who just so happens to be the Crown Prince that Tarisai is sworn to serve.