Book Review: Firekeeper’s Daughter by Angeline Boulley

ARC provided by the publisher via NetGalley Wow-wow-wow. Angeline Boulley's Firekeeper's Daughter is a fantastic debut. But if you only talk about it as a YA thriller, you’re missing half the book. That’s just the plot. Yes, Daunis is an 18-year old biracial Anishinaabe woman gets who pulled into an FBI investigation into the…

ByMichelleMarch 16, 20210Comments

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Book Review: Accidentally Engaged by Farah Heron

Review copy provided by the publisher In Accidentally Engaged, Farah Heron sets up vivid characters, sibling conflict, a hot neighbor, delivers some funny lines, and introduces a realist MC who calls it like she sees it. Accidentally Engaged bursts with personality and is uplifting without being treacly. Although I'm not South Asian, this feels…

ByMichelleMarch 2, 20210Comments

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Review: A Pho Love Story by Loan Le

ARC provided by the publisher for review Relatable characters, Sweet Romance, Stand Out Vietnamese American Representation At face value, Loan Le's A PHO LOVE STORY is a Romeo & Juliet-esque romance between two teens from rival pho shop families. But really, it's about love of family, community, and the push-pull between immigrant parents and their…

ByMichelleFebruary 9, 20210Comments

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Vanessa Yu’s Magical Paris Tea Shop | Book Review

ARC won in a giveaway from Read It Forward Lush...dreamy...magical. If you're looking for an escape this summer, VANESSA YU is truly it. It's really not fair when a book has its best descriptor in the actual title, but VANESSA YU's MAGICAL PARIS TEA SHOP truly is magical. As with Natalie Tan's Book of Luck…

ByMichelleJuly 16, 20200Comments

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12 Summer Reads by Asian Authors to Put on Your TBR

Because Your TBR Isn't Out of Control Enough Already May is Asian & Pacific Islander Heritage Month, so we're spotlighting 12 summer reads by Asian authors we're coveting. While summer is looking a lot different than in years past, the good news is you'll have plenty of great reads, even if your vacation only puts…

ByMichelleMay 5, 20200Comments

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Real Talk About the Representation in Temporary Wife Temptation by Jayci Lee

I Didn't Love This Book and I Still Bought a Copy Here’s the truth about Temporary Wife Temptation by Jayci Lee. I thought it was fine. Harlequin allowed me to read it via NetGalley. I didn’t love it, but I still bought my own copy. Why? As an Asian American reader, it feels important to…

ByMichelleApril 22, 20200Comments

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Once Upon a Sunset by Tif Marcelo |Book Review

Review Copy Provided by the Publisher How often do you get a happily ever after in contemporary fiction? Not just romantically, but just in the sense that things work out....that it all goes better than you could have expected? Without spoiling anything, it’s all’s well that ends well in Tif Marcelo’s Once Upon a…

ByMichelleMarch 3, 20200Comments

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Trashed by Mia Hopkins| 5-star review

ARC provided by the author for review Are my eyebrows on fire? Trashed is a scorcher! Damn, Mia! Mia Hopkins keeps it sexy in Trashed (Eastside Brewery #2), wrapping Eddie and Carmen’s romance in a story that’s ultimately about culture, community, and the happily ever after we all deserve. Eddie’s six months out of prison…

ByMichelleJuly 11, 20190Comments

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NATALIE TAN’S BOOK OF LUCK AND FORTUNE by Roselle Lim | Book Review

ARC provided by the publisher for review I loved the first half of NATALIE TAN's BOOK OF LUCK AND FORTUNE by Roselle Lim. Natalie's been traveling the world and comes back to San Francisco after the death of her mother. The neighborhood she once knew as thriving and vibrant is a shadow of its former…

ByMichelleJune 18, 20190Comments

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THIS TIME WILL BE DIFFERENT by Misa Sugiura | 5-Star Review

ARC provided by the publisher via Edelweiss I absolutely adored THIS TIME WILL BE DIFFERENT , Misa Sugiura's new book out June 4. It’s the novel with a Japanese American main character that I wish existed when I was teen…. While first generation American stories are dominating shelves, Misa Sugiura breaks away from the…

ByMichelleMay 29, 20190Comments