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Hello sassy people! Today’s post is about Group Therapy by B.B. Easton! Thank you, B.B. Easton and Social Butterfly PR for providing this copy in exchange for an honest review!

Genre: Romance, ARC

Publisher: Art by Easton

Year: 2022

Nº of pages: 280

Goodreads rate: 4,35

Tropes: British mc, Curvy heroine, Forbidden relationship, Mental Health, Psychologist-client, Rom-Com, Writers in Romance

Smut factor: 🔥 🔥 🔥 🔥 4/5 (steamy)

TRIGGER WARNINGS (Based on StoryGraphs): No content Warnings According to StoryGraph

Main characters: Lou (Luna) and Thomas

Pacing: Medium

Mood: Deep, Delicious, Fun, Hilarious, Hot and complicated, Sweet

Hero: Sturn Brunch Daddy

Plot or character-driven: Character Driven

P.O.V.: Double P.O.V.

Character development: Deep

Read in: 2022

My Rate: ⭐⭐⭐⭐ 4/5 

To be honest, it was 5 stars up until de last few chapters when all the madness started. Despite being hilarious, this book has a humor very “How I Met Your Mother” like, with parts that are very real, and parts that are a bit absurd and unrealistic, which is not exactly my favorite type of humor. This was the only reason I didn’t give this book 5 stars, because otherwise, it’s beautifully written and delicious.

Also, this was an unconventional rom-com, and I LOVE that. Normally rom coms are very cute and sweet and light, but this book manages to use heavy subjects lightly, using humor to talk about very important things. 

Feminist rate: ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 5/5 

I love the deep mental health dive this book has, not only on Thomas but pretty much on every single character. This can not be used as an example of what therapy is like, however, I do believe that this book brings a lot of very useful advice and insight to mental health in a very fun and entertaining way, and any book that deals with this subject gets a good feminist rate out of me. 

Adjectives and general thoughts: Delicious, hilarious, insightful, and deep

Recommend this to anyone who loves rom coms with steam and amazing heroines!

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Well, that is all for today, I hope you like this post, hope you enjoy this book as much as I did. Feel free to leave your opinion about it in the comments and I will see you next time! 

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• I know that some comments I make about decent guys on my posts are the bare minimum a guy should do, so no, they don’t deserve to be treated like gods for doing the minimum, but at the same time, I’ve read a lot of sexist books and I appreciate authors who make characters that can serve as role models and examples of how a decent guy acts and what a loving and respectful relationship looks like. I believe we should always encourage these authors and bring attention to the ones that still write sexist characters and stories. 
• I make a lot of comments about sexism and healthy role models in books, but a lot of times these characteristics don’t make the book a bad book and definitely don’t make the author a bad author. Please never shame these authors and these books for these comments, I simply feel that we need to have awareness of the less than ideal situations some books bring us, and not use the romanticized problem as examples of what a relationship should be. Most of these authors are still amazing, and the content they write doesn’t reflect directly with their personal views and opinions. Always make sure to respect and be kind to everyone, even while criticizing their content. 

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Hello sassy people! Today’s post is about Lockdown on London Lane by Beth Reekles! Thank you, Beth Reekles and NetGalley for providing this copy in exchange for an honest review!

Genre: ARC, New Adult, Romance, Women’s Fiction

Publisher: Wattpad Books

Year: 2022

Nº of pages: 352

Goodreads rate: 3,75

Tropes: COVID Quarantine Romance, Mixed race couple, One-night stand, Relationship in trouble

Smut factor: 🔥 🔥 2/5 closed-door (kissing and sex is implied)

TRIGGER WARNINGS (Based on StoryGraphs): Alcohol, Outing

Main conflict: We have: 

1 couple in a one night stand

1 couple is separated 

1 long term couple

1 new relationship couple 

A group of friends

And we get to see what confinement does to all of them!

Pacing: Medium 

Mood: Deep, Delicious, Fun, Hilarious, Important, Sweet

Plot or character-driven: Character Driven

P.O.V.: Multiple P.O.V.

Character development: Good (it didn’t dive deep into their pasts or the reasons for their actions, but being a book with multiple stories and POVs, it worked really well, and the amount of context the author provided was great, giving balance to the whole story, not too deep but also not too shallow)

Diverse Cast: Yes! People of different cultures, skin colors, and sexual orientations

Read in: 2022

My Rate: ⭐⭐⭐⭐ 4/5 To be honest, when I saw “from the author of “Kissing Booth” on the cover I thought “Oh my God what did I sign up for” but 3 paragraphs in I was already hooked! I loved this book! The diversity of situations, all the very deep and very personal deliberations was incredibly interesting. This book is almost a study of human relationships, we need companionship and community, but that doesn’t mean we can be locked in a room with our partners or our best friends 24/7. I loved the need for alone time and independence that happened to all the characters. Also, the comparison between situations, what happens in closed quarters with a couple that’s together for a long time, compared to a couple that’s together for 1 month, to a couple that was a one night stand. This was extremely funny and entertaining while also giving me plenty of food for thought, which makes this the best kind of book for me. This was going to be 5 stars read up until chapter 44 (the second to last chapter) because I needed a HEA, this was honestly the only reason it didn’t get 5 stars. Now, I understand why it happened what happened, it made sense for the book, but even thinking about it makes my heart squeeze, so I couldn’t give it 5 anymore.  

Feminist rate: ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 5/5 This book, like I mentioned before, was a study in relationships, and I have to say, most of them were really healthy. It talks about communication, independence, respect, compromise, roles inside the household, things we keep hidden from our partners and so much more. Also, this was a very diverse cast and I loved that!

Adjectives and general thoughts: Deep, real, incredibly interesting, funny, and sweet

Recommend this to people who like analyzing things (at least for me this book was perfect for that) but also someone who likes an incredibly real read, that makes a very sad and anxious situation light and fun, without taking away its severy.

Well, that is all for today, I hope you like this post, hope you enjoy this book as much as I did. Feel free to leave your opinion about it in the comments and I will see you next time! 

Bye sassy people! 

• I know that some comments I make about decent guys on my posts are the bare minimum a guy should do, so no, they don’t deserve to be treated like gods for doing the minimum, but at the same time, I’ve read a lot of sexist books and I appreciate authors who make characters that can serve as role models and examples of how a decent guy acts and what a loving and respectful relationship looks like. I believe we should always encourage these authors and bring attention to the ones that still write sexist characters and stories. 
• I make a lot of comments about sexism and healthy role models in books, but a lot of times these characteristics don’t make the book a bad book and definitely don’t make the author a bad author. Please never shame these authors and these books for these comments, I simply feel that we need to have awareness of the less than ideal situations some books bring us, and not use the romanticized problem as examples of what a relationship should be. Most of these authors are still amazing, and the content they write doesn’t reflect directly with their personal views and opinions. Always make sure to respect and be kind to everyone, even while criticizing their content. 

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Hello sassy people! Today’s post is about the audiobook for The New Girl by Jesse Q. Sutanto, narrated by Eunice Wong! Thank you, Jesse Q. Sutanto and NetGalley for providing this copy in exchange for an honest review!

Genre: ARC, Thriller, YA

Publisher: Sourcebooks Fire

Year: 2022

Goodreads rate: 3,64

TRIGGER WARNINGS (Based on StoryGraphs): Bullying, Death, Drug Abuse, Drug use, Gore, Murder, Panic attacks/disorders, Racial slurs, Racism, Violence, Xenophobia

Main characters: Lia

Pacing: Medium 

Mood: Deep, Delicious, Heavy, Important, Thrilling

P.O.V.: Single P.O.V.

Character development: Good

Diverse Cast: This book has an incredibly diverse cast, with different Asian cultures, Latino characters, black characters, LGBTQi+ characters…

Read in: 2022

My Rate: ⭐⭐⭐⭐ 4/5 

This book was very riveting, I couldn’t stop listening and thinking “what’s going to happen next?”, but it was also full of me shouting “DON’T DO THAT” up until the very end. There was not one down moment, we had surprise after surprise and you could never guess where the story was going next. So it was awesome in terms of writing. And in terms of subjects, this story brings up very important topics, that need to be talked about but rarely are. 

• Racism and classicism. 

It was very eye-opening, being that I had never even imagined there was racism between Asian cultures. There is an amazing quote (that I could not find, since I listened to this and didn’t make any notes) where Lia talks about how the rest of the world doesn’t see the difference between different Asian cultures, and as a Brazilian, I’m very sad and disappointed to admit it’s true, I didn’t know anything about these cultures, much less the problems and racism between them. 

• Drug use, abuse, and sale between teenagers. 
• Bullying and cyberbullying
• The pressure and desperation teens go through to get into colleges, and at such a young age
• Homophobia 

It was very satisfying to me, for a book to show that girls with different sexual orientations can be friends

• Teacher and adult responsibility

One of the most impactful phrases in this book, to me, was Lia talking about how her teachers and principals were supposed to be there for these teens, to protect them, teach them, help them, but they were not doing that, their biggest concern was money and that is just honestly sad and revolting, however a very real fact. 

So this book gives us space for lots of reflection while being incredibly entertaining, fun, sweet but very heavy most of the time. 

Adjectives and general thoughts: A bit frustrating when the character does stupid things but is incredibly written, with deep subjects and an extremely riveting plot. 

Recommend this to anyone who enjoys a good thriller and a good YA book, is not afraid of some violence, and has no heart problems. 

Well, that is all for today, I hope you like this post, hope you enjoy this book as much as I did. Feel free to leave your opinion about it in the comments and I will see you next time! 

Bye sassy people! 

• I know that some comments I make about decent guys on my posts are the bare minimum a guy should do, so no, they don’t deserve to be treated like gods for doing the minimum, but at the same time, I’ve read a lot of sexist books and I appreciate authors who make characters that can serve as role models and examples of how a decent guy acts and what a loving and respectful relationship looks like. I believe we should always encourage these authors and bring attention to the ones that still write sexist characters and stories. 
• I make a lot of comments about sexism and healthy role models in books, but a lot of times these characteristics don’t make the book a bad book and definitely don’t make the author a bad author. Please never shame these authors and these books for these comments, I simply feel that we need to have awareness of the less than ideal situations some books bring us, and not use the romanticized problem as examples of what a relationship should be. Most of these authors are still amazing, and the content they write doesn’t reflect directly with their personal views and opinions. Always make sure to respect and be kind to everyone, even while criticizing their content. 

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Hello sassy people! Today’s post is about the audiobook for The Guest Room by Rona Halsall, narrated by Emma Gregory, my first thriller of the year! Thank you, Rona Halsall and NetGalley for providing this copy in exchange for an honest review!

Genre: Thriller

Year: 2022

Nº of pages: 311

Goodreads rate: 3,96

TRIGGER WARNINGS (Based on StoryGraphs): Bullying, Drug use, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Toxic relationship

Main characters: Steph

Main conflict: Steph is recently separated, with both of her children out of the house, when weird things start happening around her house and in her life.

Pacing: Slow

P.O.V.: Single P.O.V.

Character development: Too deep

Read in: 2022

My Rate: ⭐⭐⭐ 3/5 

This book has an interesting premise, however, it was a bit slow on the delivery. For me, a really good thriller is a book where everything happens for a reason and when the plot twist happens, everything clicks and everything makes sense. However here this didn’t happen. It felt like the author just filled the first 70% of the book with random characters, situations, and flashbacks to give us other suspects but most of it was a bit unnecessary and only slowed the story down for me. The ending was good, the plot twist was not as surprising as I wished it was, because I was thinking of that person for a good portion of the book, but the ending was enjoyable and with a really good motivation. The narration was one of the best I’ve ever heard, the characters’ voices were amazing and it set an amazing mood. 

Adjectives and general thoughts: A bit slow and not so “tight” but in the end enjoyable. 

Recommend this to people who like deep character development and a nice psychological ending

Well, that is all for today, I hope you like this post, hope you enjoy this book as much as I did. Feel free to leave your opinion about it in the comments and I will see you next time! 

Bye sassy people! 

• I know that some comments I make about decent guys on my posts are the bare minimum a guy should do, so no, they don’t deserve to be treated like gods for doing the minimum, but at the same time, I’ve read a lot of sexist books and I appreciate authors who make characters that can serve as role models and examples of how a decent guy acts and what a loving and respectful relationship looks like. I believe we should always encourage these authors and bring attention to the ones that still write sexist characters and stories. 
• I make a lot of comments about sexism and healthy role models in books, but a lot of times these characteristics don’t make the book a bad book and definitely don’t make the author a bad author. Please never shame these authors and these books for these comments, I simply feel that we need to have awareness of the less than ideal situations some books bring us, and not use the romanticized problem as examples of what a relationship should be. Most of these authors are still amazing, and the content they write doesn’t reflect directly with their personal views and opinions. Always make sure to respect and be kind to everyone, even while criticizing their content. 

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