My SPOILER ALERT Book Reviews!

THE CLINIC ⭐⭐✨ (2.5 out of 5 stars) Great premise. Missed execution. Luxury rehab, but make it boring. ⚠️ TRIGGER WARNINGS (Read Before Continuing) Addiction & substance abuse Drug withdrawal Death & suicide (on-page and referenced) Mental illness Physical abuse Child abuse & child sexual abuse (recalled memories) Sexual violence Graphic violence Medical abuse & unethical treatment Cursing 🚨 SPOILER WARNING 🚨 This review includes FULL spoilers , including the ending and major twists . If you don’t want to know who dies, who fakes their death, and who gets electrocuted with a cable… turn back now 😬⚡ 🧠 Quick Thoughts / Vibes Check This is one of those books that should have been incredible . A luxury rehab clinic? Addicts as unreliable narrators? A mysterious death? Sign me UP. Unfortunately… THE CLINIC just never gets there . Yes, the chapters are short (love that). Yes, the premise is solid. But the writing style isn’t immersive , the tension fizzles out, and by th...

Finlay Donovan Knocks ’Em Dead Review ⭐⭐⭐⭐✨ (4.5 Stars) | Chaos, Crime, and One Very Complicated Family Tree If you loved Finlay Donovan Is Killing It , good news: book two absolutely delivers. 🎉 Finlay Donovan Knocks ’Em Dead is just as funny, just as chaotic, and somehow even more unhinged. The humor is still doing the heavy lifting here—and honestly? I didn’t mind one bit. I laughed, I gasped, I got mildly confused about who was related to whom, and I still couldn’t put it down. 😂 ⚠️ Spoiler Warning This review contains FULL AND COMPLETE SPOILERS , including the ending. Read at your own risk. 🛑 🚨 Trigger / Content Warnings Murder Gun violence Dismembered corpse Organized crime Threats against children Arson 🕵️‍♀️ What Is Finlay Donovan Knocks ’Em Dead About? This is the second book in the Finlay Donovan Mysteries series by Elle Cosimano , and it picks up right after the events of book one. Finlay Donovan is a struggling mystery writer who keeps accidentally getting tangled u...

A Court of Thorns and Roses Review ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ | ACOTAR Made a Romantasy Believer Out of Me I’ll admit it: this is one of those wildly popular books I somehow skipped for years. I’m not a big fantasy reader, and the whole romantasy thing? Never quite clicked. UNTIL NOW. Wow. ACOTAR didn’t just win me over—it fully converted me. When a book is so famous people casually refer to it by an acronym , you know it’s doing something right. 😏 ⚠️ Spoiler Warning This review contains FULL AND COMPLETE SPOILERS , including the ending. Proceed only if you’ve read ACOTAR or don’t mind knowing everything . 🧚‍♀️⚔️ 🚨 Trigger / Content Warnings Graphic violence Torture Sexual coercion Death Emotional abuse War themes 🌹 What Is A Court of Thorns and Roses About? A Court of Thorns and Roses (2015) by Sarah J. Maas is the first book in her iconic adult fantasy series. It’s a loose retelling of Beauty and the Beast , infused with Celtic fae folklore , political intrigue, and slow-burn romance. The story...

ONE PLUS ONE by Jojo Moyes ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ (5/5 Stars) Sometimes one plus one equals chaos… and then somehow equals everything. 💛🚗➕➕ This was my first Jojo Moyes novel , and yes—consider me officially converted. One Plus One completely surprised me with how unique , warm , and emotionally real it felt. This is very much a “when it rains, it absolutely pours” story—but written with heart, humor, and characters that feel so real it’s honestly unreal. ⚠️ Content / Trigger Warnings Bullying (including anti-gay harassment) Physical & emotional abuse Financial hardship & poverty Substance use (alcohol, marijuana) Illness & hospitalization Sexual content Violence (non-graphic) Homophobia 📖 What This Book Is About (Spoiler-Free Setup) Jess is a struggling single mom barely holding things together. Ed is a wealthy but disgraced tech millionaire hiding from his imploding life. When fate (and a very illegal Rolls-Royce) throws them together, they embark on a chaotic road trip to Scotland...

MADWOMAN by Chelsea Bieker ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ (5/5 Stars) Survival over twists. Trauma over thrill. And a book I could not stop thinking about. ⚠️ SPOILER WARNING ⚠️ This review contains FULL PLOT DETAILS AND THE ENDING . Proceed only if you’re okay with knowing everything . 🚨 Trigger Warnings (Read Before Continuing) This book is heavy . Please take care. Spousal abuse Child abuse Graphic violence Sexual assault Emotional abuse Mental illness Addiction & substance use Suicidal ideation Death Gender-based violence Cursing 📖 Overview: What Is Madwoman About? With a Goodreads rating hovering around 3.7 , I honestly did not expect to love this book as much as I did — but here we are. 😌 Madwoman (2024) by Chelsea Bieker is a deeply unsettling psychological thriller / survival story centered on Clove , a woman who has spent her entire adult life carefully outrunning her past. That past comes crashing back when she receives a letter from her estranged mother — a woman serving a life sentence ...

  ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ THE POWER BROKER — WHY DID I DO THIS TO MYSELF (AND WHY IT WAS WORTH IT) Rating: 5 out of 5 stars ⭐ Man… why did I even do this to myself. 😩📚 This book is LONG . Like, 1246-pages-long . The longest book I have ever read in my life. I picked it up fully aware of its reputation and still thought, Sure, how bad could it be? Reader, it was a COMMITMENT. And yet — here’s the annoying part — it’s really, really good . Robert Caro somehow writes a book with nearly 50 chapters about infrastructure, bureaucracy, and power… and makes almost all of it interesting. If you enjoy long biographies , political history , or books that explain how power actually works , this is honestly not a bad way to spend a ridiculous amount of reading time. ⚠️ Content & Trigger Warnings This book includes discussions of: Political corruption & abuse of power ⚖️ Racism & systemic discrimination Forced displacement of communities Urban destruction & slum clearance Classism Death (histo...