Chloe Gong and “Foul Lady Fortune”

The rich writing and worldbuilding of Chloe Gong is back and better than ever. Foul Lady Fortune [Buy Bookshop Amazon] takes place a few years after the events of These Violent Delights [Buy Bookshop Amazon] and Our Violent Ends [Buy Bookshop Amazon]. Those two books were a Romeo and Juliet [Buy Bookshop Amazon] retelling, setContinue reading “Chloe Gong and “Foul Lady Fortune””

“The Ballad of Never After” by Stephanie Garber

Ok y’all. Full disclosure: I read an ARC of The Ballad of Never After by Stephanie Garber [Buy Bookshop Amazon] and needed a minute to process it before I wrote my review… and then forgot to come back to it. It’s now been nearly four months, so my memory might be a little fuzzy inContinue reading ““The Ballad of Never After” by Stephanie Garber”

Dr. Travis Langley and “Stranger Things Psychology: Life Upside Down”

If you haven’t figured out that I’m a big nerd yet, this will surely paint that picture for you. I’m 100% okay with that. I first learned of Dr. Travis Langley while attending my first San Diego Comic Con. He was on a psychology of cult TV shows panel with an author who worked onContinue reading “Dr. Travis Langley and “Stranger Things Psychology: Life Upside Down””

“Daisy Jones & The Six” by Taylor Jenkins Reid

I can’t decide if this is a ‘Bookstagram made me do it’ read or not. I picked up the book because I had the opportunity to watch the Daisy Jones and The Six TV adaptation before its release, and I felt like I should probably read the book first. So I did. (Check out myContinue reading ““Daisy Jones & The Six” by Taylor Jenkins Reid”

Colleen Hoover’s “It Ends With Us”

There are those books all over booktok and bookstagram that make you wonder if they really are worth the hype. It Ends With Us [Buy Bookshop Amazon] by Colleen Hoover is one of those. But this book doesn’t just come with positive hype, and that’s part of why I procrastinated picking it up. Like, IContinue reading “Colleen Hoover’s “It Ends With Us””

Ann Liang’s “This Time It’s Real”

Brace yourself for a boatload of cuteness. Ann Liang has gifted us a dang good time in the form of her YA novel, This Time It’s Real [Buy Bookshop Amazon]. Our protagonist in this novel is Eliza. She’s moved around a lot over her short life due to her mom’s job and that’s caused herContinue reading “Ann Liang’s “This Time It’s Real””

Dustin Nickerson on “How to be Married (To Melissa)”

Have you ever bought a book at a comedy show? I hadn’t until I went to see Taylor Tomlinson live, and her opener, Dustin Nickerson, had a book for sale. He was pretty good, so I figured I’d give it a shot. I mean, I’m not one to turn down a signed book, so IContinue reading “Dustin Nickerson on “How to be Married (To Melissa)””

Tessa Bailey’s “Secretly Yours”

In case you are new here, LiteraryHypewoman is a Tessa Bailey stan page. I will read whatever that woman writes. Her newest romance romp is coming at us hard and fast with two novels in 2023, the first being Secretly Yours [Buy Bookshop Amazon] and Unfortunately Yours [Buy Bookshop Amazon] coming in the summer. I’veContinue reading “Tessa Bailey’s “Secretly Yours””

“The Second You’re Single” by Cara Tanamachi

The Second You’re Single by Cara Tanamachi [Buy Bookshop Amazon] is a book I spotted on Netgally’s “Read Now” list and selected on a whim. I didn’t look at the description or anything beyond the cover. Just jumped right on in, but maybe I should have looked just a smidge. The Second You’re Single followsContinue reading ““The Second You’re Single” by Cara Tanamachi”

“Finlay Donovan Jumps the Gun” from Elle Cosimano

Why are there cheese fries in the picture with the third installment of Elle Cosiman’s Finlay Donovan series, you ask? Well, there’s one kinda throwaway line in Finlay Donovan Jumps the Gun [Buy Bookshop Amazon] that mentions cheese fries and it became all I could think about. So, I drove 15 minutes to get someContinue reading ““Finlay Donovan Jumps the Gun” from Elle Cosimano”