What Moves The Dead by T. Kingfisher

When the fungus is among us

Diavola by Jennifer Thorne

La Diavola, La Dama and La Family Drama

Don't Let The Forest In by C.G. Drews

 YA horror that gets lost in its own woods 

The Chaotic Orbits trilogy by Beth Revis

Fun, fast, light sci-fi with an unreliable narrator that slaps

Red, White, and Royal Blue by Casey McQuiston

Red, White, and Royal Blah

Red Rising by Pierce Brown (pt 2)

When a book is so bad it makes you hate reading

Red Rising by Pierce Brown (pt 1)

Predictability in a piss suit

I Think I'm In Love With An Alien by Ann Aguirre

It's a man in a lizard suit

<p>Tired of pretending that “diverse” bestseller wasn’t a hot mess of tokenism and plot holes? Yeah, us too. That’s why we buddy read books and absolutely demolish them (with love), diving deep into whether women and queer characters actually get the representation they deserve or if we're just getting fed the same tired bullshit in a prettier package. We’re here for the messy details everyone’s too polite to mention —&nbsp;brilliant writing or basic bullshit, coherent plot or complete chaos, dimensional characters or just disappointment.. We don’t do nice just because a book is popular. The best conversations happen when you’re honest about what sucks, because that’s how you figure out what actually slaps. Come for the spoilers, stay for us roasting that "life changing" book that was really just 400 pages of your life you’ll never get back.</p>

We're here, we're queer, we're buddy reading books ✌️

<p>Tired of pretending that “diverse” bestseller wasn’t a hot mess of tokenism and plot holes? Yeah, us too. That’s why we buddy read books and absolutely demolish them (with love), diving deep into whether women and queer characters actually get the representation they deserve or if we're just getting fed the same tired bullshit in a prettier package. We’re here for the messy details everyone’s too polite to mention —&nbsp; brilliant writing or basic bullshit, coherent plot or complete chaos, dimensional characters or just disappointment.. We don’t do nice just because a book is popular. The best conversations happen when you’re honest about what sucks, because that’s how you figure out what actually slaps. Come for the spoilers, stay for us roasting that "life changing" book that was really just 400 pages of your life you’ll never get back. </p>

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