October 2025 – magical reads
2 posts published by michelle during October 2025| magical reads
**I received an ARC from the publisher through Netgalley. These are my honest opinions, and in no way was I compensated for this review.** Book: Cover Story by Mhairi McFarlane Release Date: October 7, 2025 My Rating: 4.5 stars Rep: British Indian side character CW: stalking, gaslighting, mentions of suicide, past suicide ideation, depression Summary:… Continue reading REVIEW: Cover Story by Mhairi McFarlane→| magical reads
I am grossly overdue in posting this update but that should tell you how busy my October has been lol. But that’s a post for next month! September was a good month for me; I went to two conce…| magical reads
**I received an ARC from the publisher through Netgalley (thank you, Ann and HarperTeen!). These are my honest opinions, and in no way was I compensated for this review.** Book: I Am Not Jessica Ch…| magical reads
**I received an ARC from the publisher (thank you, Scholastic Press!). These are my honest opinions, and in no way was I compensated for this review.** Book: I Hope This Doesn’t Find You by A…| magical reads
**I received an ARC from the publisher through Edelweiss / for this blog tour (thank you, Colored Pages Book Tours and Scholastic!). These are my honest opinions, and in no way was I compensated fo…| magical reads
**I received an ARC from the publisher (thank you, Inkyard Press!). These are my honest opinions, and in no way was I compensated for this review.** Book: If You Could See the Sun by Ann Liang Rele…| magical reads
**I received an ARC from the publisher through Netgalley. These are my honest opinions, and in no way was I compensated for this review.** Book: You Belong with Me (Who’s That Girl? #2) by Mh…| magical reads
**I received an ARC from the publisher through Netgalley. These are my honest opinions, and in no way was I compensated for this review.** Book: The Villain Edit by Laurie Devore Release Date: July…| magical reads
**I received an ARC from the publisher through Netgalley. These are my honest opinions, and in no way was I compensated for this review.** Book: The Weaver Bride (The Weaver Bride #1) by Lydia Cregovic Release Date: September 30, 2025 My Rating: 4 stars Rep: sapphic side characters Summary: A sweeping fantasy about a witch… Continue reading REVIEW: The Weaver Bride by Lydia Gregovic→| magical reads
**I received an ARC from the publisher through Netgalley. These are my honest opinions, and in no way was I compensated for this review.** Book: All the Way Around the Sun by XiXi Tian Release Date: September 30, 2025 My Rating: 4.25 stars Rep: Chinese-American protagonist and love interest CW: death of a loved one… Continue reading REVIEW: All the Way Around the Sun by XiXi Tian→| magical reads
I’ve been feeling really nostalgic lately, brought on by the Halsey’s Badlands 10-year anniversary rollout and the announcement of Carly Rae Jepsen’s EMOTION 10-year anniversary e…| magical reads
**I received an ARC from the publisher through Netgalley. These are my honest opinions, and in no way was I compensated for this review.** Book: Once a Villain (Monsters #3) by Vanessa Len Release …| magical reads
**I received an ARC from the publisher through Netgalley. These are my honest opinions, and in no way was I compensated for this review.** Book: The Jasad Crown (The Scorched Throne #2) by Sara Hashem Release Date: July 15, 2025 My Rating: 5 stars Rep: Egyptian inspiration and -coded characters; (Egyptian-American author) Summary: In the… Continue reading REVIEW: The Jasad Crown by Sara Hashem→| magical reads
July honestly passed by in such a blur; I feel like I blinked and the middle part of the month just completely disappeared. I was super busy but somehow managed to fit in a lot of reading (maybe be…| magical reads
I already knew that after the good reading month I had in May that I would hit a hard reading slump this month, and yet I was still shocked when it came around…There was just nothing I felt like reading, but I got really into the Baru Cormorant series which was kinda surprising. Sometimes the… Continue reading SUMMARY: june→| magical reads
**I received an ARC from the publisher (thank you, Simon Teen!). These are my honest opinions, and in no way was I compensated for this review.** Book: Goodbye, My Princess by Fei Wo Si Cun, transl…| magical reads
**I received an ARC from the publisher (thank you Ann and I Read YA!). These are my honest opinions, and in no way was I compensated for this review.** Book: Never Thought I’d End Up Here by …| magical reads
**I received an ARC from the publisher through Netgalley. These are my honest opinions, and in no way was I compensated for this review.** Book: Just Another Meet Cute by Jenn P. Nguyen Release Dat…| magical reads
**I received an ARC from the publisher through Netgalley (thank you, Orbit Books!). These are my honest opinions, and in no way was I compensated for this review.** Book: The Raven Scholar (Eternal…| magical reads
