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Just Friends By: Haley Pham
Catching up on some ARC reads I did this summer. Coming to you in spring of 2026! Heartwarming and swoon-worthy second chance romance about childhood friends reconnecting as adults is the highly anticipated debut novel from BookTok icon Haley Pham. Let’s get the biases out-of-the-way, I do watch Haley’s YouTube channel. I do enjoy her cute…
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Butcher & Blackbird By: Brynne Weaver
The synopsis of this book describes it as the TikTok viral novel of friends to lovers, romantic, dark comedy. I would put this story in a young adult category right next to Twilight. Listen, could I ever read Twilight again? Probably not. Yet, it’s a story that I remember fondly. I wouldn’t recommend Twilight to…
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A Spell to Wake the Dead By: Nicole Lesperance
Maisie and Nora are two highschoolers who are dabbling in magic. It’s all light magic until a spell on the beach one night brings up a body. Soon Maisie and Nora are pulled in to solving a series of murders in their small Cape Town. To set the vibe: this book was extremely YA. YA…
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Thieves’ Gambit By: Kayvion Lewis
The Quest family are famous for being thieves. During a heist, Ross mom is kidnapped she needs to find a way to save her. It seems an impossible task coming up with a billion dollars, until she remembers a competition where she can win a wish. A wish for anything she wants. All she wants…
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