February Wrap Up | 2021

The (Other) F Word*

This was my first audiobook of the year – an own voices anthology of essays, discussions and letters from a collection of fat authors. This was such an empowering and self affirming read for me. Not every fat person’s story is the same, and I loved and appreciated seeing all these different takes from authors who are are trans, non binary, queer, Latinx, Black, Asian, survivors of abuse and sexual assault and more. I would highly recommend but please do take care if this content may be triggering for you in any way.

A Court of Frost and Starlight by Sarah J. Maas*

I love this story, which bridges the gap between ACOWAR and the future instalments. It delivers us exactly what it promises as a novella and gives us an insight into how the Inner Circle spend their days recovering and celebrating Solstice. I wrote a full post on this if you wanted some more info!

A Court of Silver Flames by Sarah J. Maas*

Well, here we go. My most anticipated read and wow, what a read it was. I’m still working on my blog posts and reading vlog for this, and trying to sum up my thoughts coherently, but this book was everything. The romance, the smut, the plot and the character development were all 10/10 sure, but what made this such a standout read for me was the exploration of mental health and Nesta’s journey. There was just so much depth to this book and it really woke something in me, allowing me to see some things in myself I maybe hadn’t been brave enough to consider before.

I’m still working through my many, many tabs and taking lots of notes and theorising. It made me laugh, squeal, scream and cry and honestly this is one of my fave books of the series now. Promise I’ll have my content published soon!

Set by Alexandria House

I came across this book in one of Riley Marie’s recommendation videos and it sounded like exactly the kind of thing I needed: a short, sweet and smutty read. And it’s available on Kindle Unlimited which is even a better! This was a friends to lovers story, with the main male character having crushed on the woman since they were in school. Now in their 40s, they reconnect and start a friends with benefits relationship which soon develops into… well I’m sure you can work that out! This also featured own voices Black rep.

The Project by Courtney Summers

I loved Sadie by this author, so this book made its way on to my most anticipated releases list. A thriller about two sisters who have separate experiences with The Project, deemed by ‘outsiders’ as a cult. The premise of the story really intrigued me, and despite being a slow burn with the thriller element a little more subtle but all the more insidious for it, I raced through the audiobook. I didn’t quite love this as much as Sadie but I do have to say that Courtney Summers is a very talented writer and I can’t wait to read what she writes next. Content warnings for abuse, gore, pedophilia, assault, death, near death experiences, cults and more.