This HaBO is from Tarli, who wants to find this book: Ok honestly I feel like I remember so much I could just rewrite the book myself, but I’ve honestly been looking for it for over 10 years. It was a Mills and Boon type book that I read in the early 2000s (but it was probably published earlier—maybe 1980s or 1990s). The heroine had red hair and was on an anthropological expedition (maybe archaeology-related). … Continue reading HaBO: Anthropological Expedition Leads to Shifters →
Welcome back to Hide Your Wallet! This week, we’re looking forward to some time travel, a vampire romance, and there’s a new Naomi Novik novella. Which releases are on your TBR pile this week? Let us know in the comments!
Daughter of Tides by Kit Rocha is $1.99! This is book one of the Born to Sea and Storm series, which came out in May. Have you read this one?
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It’s Comics, but it’s not Comic Sans! Recently Cat Sebastian revealed on Instagram the cover for her new book, Star Shipped, coming out in March 2026: Vintage comic style! I dig it. It conveys an era without being exactly specific, and it’s a style that’s nostalgically familiar. I’ve noticed this style as a growing trend in romance. Now, usually when I notice a trend, it’s after two similar occurrences. That’s a coincidence, I know. This … Continue reading Comic Style Covers Keep On Coming →
I have to be upfront about some personal pet peeves first. I hate cosy witch stories. I don’t like twee and I don’t like cutesy. This book has touches of that initially and a lot towards the end, which has definitely coloured my experience of this book. So if cutesy, twee, and cosy are things that bring you joy, then bump this grade up a level or two. Lara, it’s already a B, I hear … Continue reading Love at First Fright by Nadia El-Fassi →
Welcome back, everyone! This round has a romance and a thriller, plus more nonfiction (as always). I just can’t help myself. Out of the nonfiction, one is more biography and the other is definitely a bummer. Do you have any recommendations to share? Let us know in the comments!
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Welcome back to Whatcha Reading! Here’s how we’re kicking off the month of September: Lara: I’ve totally given in to the impulse to read the rest of the Guild Hunter novels. I’m currently reading Archangel’s Light. This series is big and comforting and cathartic. I’m so thankful to have another quiver to my bow of therapy reads. Good people doing good things, defeating evil and loving each other while they do it. Balm for the … Continue reading Whatcha Reading? September 2025, Part One →
Manic Pixie Dream Earl by Jenny Holiday is $1.99! I’m hoping this one isn’t an expiring deal. Fingers crossed! It came out this spring and I know many of you were excited for it.
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The second book in Holly Black’s Night duology, Thief of Night, is out now, and I was so excited to talk with her about it. We start right off by talking about creepy places – like, what kind of magic comes out of Jersey? Then we talk about world building, starting with atmosphere instead of plot, and the intricacies of shadow magic in her duology. Plus, we squee about books we’ve loved, magic powers we … Continue reading 684. Thief of Night with Holly Black →
Under Loch and Key by Lana Ferguson is $1.99! This came out last December. I remember reading this one and found it had a little too much going on for me.
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