This was a sweet, quick romcom! I found the main characters very cute to read about. The demographic for this was a little lost on me— the characters are in grad school, but live on campus and are really into college sports. Even the way the way affection is shown in public read a little high school / early college to me. The premise of the school being under attack by love potions is so out of the norm and silly, but it surprisingly ventures into defining explicit consent. Overall, I enjoyed this feel-good read.

I had a lot of fun reading this! I love both tabletop RPGs and video games, so this was definitely a great mix of both. There were some misogynistic and fat-phobic red flags, but I’m hoping it’ll improve throughout the series. I did the immersive read, which I think is the way to go for this series. The audiobook is stellar, but there’s a couple phrases that I would be a little lost on without the book in front of me.

This is a heavy, uncomfortable read, but purposefully so. Jeanette McCurdy’s voice is just as gutting and honest as her memoir. I think this book is a great length for the story it tells. It’s fast paced, and every chapter is filled with commentary on class and power. I don’t think it impacted me the way other lit fics have, but it could just be a personal preference.

This was a very ambitious book that tackled literary fiction commentary on social media and age-gap relationships, and an unraveling mystery. The mystery elements were done well, it definitely could have leaned more into “weird girl lit” territory during the moments reality seems a little off. The book was still grounded enough to never question what’s real or not. I liked the variety of characters and their “niche.” There was definitely a strong range of type of influencers and their views on content/parasocial relationships.