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NIGHT OWLS BY JENN BENNETT // spoiler-free book review: lowkey the most absurd YA romance i’ve ever read but its absolutely wonderful and you 100% need it in your life!!!
This last year has been really great for me tbh, look at me catching up on all of my fave authors. And you should feel very blessed that I’m shoving it down your throats. At least I’m not recommending boring books amirite,,, Okay enough yapping now, into the review!!! Title: Night Owls [or The Anatomical Shape of a Heart]Author: Jenn BennettPage count: 304Date published: 3 November 2015Genre: YA contemporary romance 🫀 Synopsis: Beatrix Adams knows exactly how she’s spending the summer before her senior year. Determined to follow in Da Vinci’s footsteps, she’s ready to tackle the one thing that will give her an advantage in a museum-sponsored scholarship contest: drawing actual cadavers. But when she tries to sneak her way into the hospital’s Willed Body program and misses the last metro train home, she meets a boy who turns her summer plans upside down. Jack is charming, wildly attractive, and possibly one of San Francisco’s most notorious graffiti artists. On midnight buses and city rooftops, Beatrix begins to see who Jack really is—and tries to uncover what he’s hiding that leaves him so wounded. But will these secrets come back to haunt him? Or will the skeletons in her…
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SERIOUS MOONLIGHT BY JENN BENNETT // spoiler-free book review: may I present this gorgeous YA contemporary workplace romance that deals with grief that you really need to read…
Took me a bajillion months to write this freaking review and then post this freaking post and I don’t even want to dwell on it anymore so instead we will get right into all the gushing!!! Title: Serious Moonlight Author: Jenn BennettPage count: 429 pagesDate published: 16 April 2026Genre: Young adult contemporary romance 🌙 Synopsis: After an awkward first encounter, Birdie and Daniel are forced to work together in a Seattle hotel where a famous author leads a mysterious and secluded life in this romantic contemporary novel from the author of Alex, Approximately. Mystery-book aficionado Birdie Lindberg has an overactive imagination. Raised in isolation and homeschooled by strict grandparents, she’s cultivated a whimsical fantasy life in which she plays the heroic detective and every stranger is a suspect. But her solitary world expands when she takes a job the summer before college, working the graveyard shift at a historic Seattle hotel. In her new job, Birdie hopes to blossom from introverted dreamer to brave pioneer, and gregarious Daniel Aoki volunteers to be her guide. The hotel’s charismatic young van driver shares the same nocturnal shift and patronizes the waterfront Moonlight Diner where she waits for the early morning ferry after work.…
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CHASING LUCKY BY JENN BENNETT // spoiler-free book review: need your next childhood friends to lovers YA romance? look no further
Nobody is more shocked than me that you’re seeing me again so soon? Might need to get my head checked? But hey, can I get some credit for trying here… Anyways, technically I read another of this author’s books before this one, but I have a ~VISION~ for the photo, so you’ll have to wait on her! Enjoy in the meantime <3<3<3 Title: Chasing Lucky Author: Jenn BennettPage count: 432Date published: 10 November 2020Genre: Young adult contemporary romance 📸 Synopsis: Sometimes to find the good, you have to embrace the bad. Budding photographer Josie Saint-Martin has spent half her life with her single mother, moving from city to city. When they return to her historical New England hometown years later to run the family bookstore, Josie knows it’s not forever. Her dreams are on the opposite coast, and she has a plan to get there. What she doesn’t plan for is a run-in with the town bad boy, Lucky Karras. Outsider, rebel…and her former childhood best friend. Lucky makes it clear he wants nothing to do with the newly returned Josie. But everything changes after a disastrous pool party, and a poorly executed act of revenge lands Josie in some big-time…
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MOST ANTICIPATED 2026 RELEASES // books, movies & shows coming this year that I’m excited about & so should you!!!
Idk if its just me, but this post took way quickly to put together so idk where all the authors are hiding this year? There are pretty fantabulous books though so without any rambling, let’s get into it! Wait, you can also watch this post in video format and all attention would be appreciated because I’m vain <3<3 books — JANUARY Fated Skates by Victoria Schade (13 January): i’m back in my skating era because to a gay show that I definitely haven’t watched and that’s all I have to say at this time Graceless Heart by Isabel Ibañez (13 January): Rebecca Ross loves this author and I will listen to everything that woman says Next Level Love by Shameez Patel (20 January): Shameez please whack me over the head with a brick, I deserve it for being so behind ~hides in shame~ Half His Age by Jeanette McCurdy (20 January): ofc I have her memoir and haven’t read it but I have FOMO and will be just as excited as the internet about this book!!! FEBRUARY The Which Word by Catriona Ross (February): my favourite publisher has a new adult sexy urban fantasy coming out and I will be…
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MID YEAR BOOK FREAK OUT TAG // 2022 edition ft. lots of new favourites, backlist books & exciting upcoming releases
Eyyyyy it’s that wonderful (belated) time of the year and here in book world, maybe better than Christmas. I don’t know what I’m saying either, but at least I’m getting this post up (semi) on time. Lmao, imagine this is future Ruby speaking to you because apparently, I’ve deemed this bookish Christmas in July in past tags AND I FORGOT. Ahaha at least I find this funny,,, Anyways, I shall stop babbling and just get into my second favourite post of the year!!! Though please ignore the fact that I’m behind on my reading goal, I am *trying* to catch up but it is a slow process friends. Absolutely love doing this tag, so let’s just get into it. If you’re keen to read last year’s for whatever reason, then here you go: Mid Year Book Freak Out Tag 2021 edition LET’S GO!!!! BEST BOOK YOU’VE READ THIS YEAR SO FAR ✯ Alex, Approximately by Jenn Bennett There are multiple options for this category, but I’ve managed to squeeze them in elsewhere and I also just love this book a whole lot omgggggg. I don’t even remember what finally pushed me to read this book, but boy am I slapping…
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ALEX, APPROXIMATELY BY JENN BENNETT // spoiler-free book review: my new fave ya contemporary ft. all the summery beach vibes & stunning enemies to lovers romance
Eeep I’m finally caught up on old reviews so now I can yell about books I’ve read fairly recently. Are you proud of me? Because I am. This book means a whole lot to me and I’m very mad at myself for taking so long to read it. But it was absolutely everything and I need to shove it down all of your throats. Yup, you have no choice. Let’s get into the squealing <3<3<3 Title: Alex, ApproximatelyAuthor: Jenn BennettPage count: 392Date published: 4 April 2017Genre: Young Adult contemporary romance ☀️ Synopsis: Classic movie buff Bailey “Mink” Rydell has spent months crushing on a witty film geek she only knows online by “Alex.” Two coasts separate the teens until Bailey moves in with her dad, who lives in the same California surfing town as her online crush. Faced with doubts (what if he’s a creep in real life—or worse?), Bailey doesn’t tell Alex she’s moved to his hometown. Or that she’s landed a job at the local tourist-trap museum. Or that she’s being heckled daily by the irritatingly hot museum security guard, Porter Roth—a.k.a. her new arch-nemesis. But life is whole lot messier than the movies, especially when Bailey discovers…
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FEBRUARY, MARCH, APRIL & MAY RECAP // i’m back! ft. uni was a lot, many essays, new fave books, mental health updates & ST4
God, I’m awful, but we’re used to this by now, right? Uni kept me busy hence this recap with far too many months in the title but better late than never. Semester literally started in February so you’ve missed it all, and there’s much to catch up on. I’m excited to be back, and you know the drill, let’s stop rambling and get into it! — Required Reading for The Disenfranchised Freshman by Kristen R. Lee {★★★½☆}: I read this for a blog tour and have already posted a whole review, so I won’t talk too much about it. This is a NA contemporary that deals with racism and microaggressions on modern college campuses, which I’ve never seen talked about in fiction, so I loved that. Overall, I loved the message and thought this was a solid debut, though it wasn’t as hard-hitting for me as I anticipated it. Big thanks to Crown Readers at Random House for the eARC and Turn The Pages Tours for having me on the tour. Complete review here! – It Happened One Summer by Tessa Bailey {★★★★☆}: Who else would have thought I’d be here telling you about how much I enjoyed this book?…
