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*please read this if you need context: Strawberry: 2 Lines & A Circle : An in-depth description: Strawberry (tumblr.com)

To be perfectly honest I’m stuck on how to explain Riddle because he belongs so much with team strawberry that it’s hard to describe it. So, it might be hard to understand. Alright so Riddle is super cute like a strawberry, so I don’t think I need to explain his cuteness.

However, his tart side would be the, well, the other side of Riddle. I wouldn’t say it’s just his rules or anything like that but it’s the other parts that make Riddle well, Riddle. He’s someone who is very honest and loyal, yet he also gets cocky at times. 

(In order read, trigger warnings in the ‘keep reading’)

Rolling in the Deep and Into the Drowning Deep

 by Mira Grant

This month I read both ‘Rolling in the Deep’ and ‘Into the Drowning Deep’ which are horror books centered around two expeditions one to the Mariana Trench and the other to the Challenger Deep with the aim to find mermaids, following as they find exactly what they’re looking for. Though I enjoyed them both, if I had to pick one that I preferred it would have to be the novella prequel Rolling in the Deep, I just found it a very fun time maybe it’s because I read it first but I found it really refreshing. Both books lean more towards scifi rather than fantasy, to me they had a bit of an Alien vibe though they don’t really follow a set protagonist switching POV often. 4/5 Stars

When the Tiger Came Down the Mountain by Nghi Vo

This month if I had to pick a favourite book I’ve read it would be ‘When the Tiger Came Down the Mountain’ the second book in Nghi Vo’s ‘The Singing Hills Cycle’ the story like ‘the Empress of Salt and Fortune’ follows the cleric Chih, this time follows them as they tell the story of Ho Thi Thao and her courtship of Dieu in a hope to stall their audience long enough to survive the night... kind of in the spirit of Shahrazad. I personally love Nghi Vo’s writing style I find it lyrical and simply enchanting. I simply loved it and will definitely reread it at some point.  4.5/5 Stars

Get a Life, Chloe Brown by Talia Hibbert

Get a Life Chloe Brown is just chamomile and honey for the heart, it’s a contemporary enemies to lovers romance following Chloe a web designer who lives with chronic pain and as a result has somewhat withdrawn from the world and Red the superintendent of her building, artist and domestic abuse survivor as they fall in love. This story is really cute and the characters are lovable and realistic, and the banter between the two feels natural. Its just a nice fun story if you like or want to try more adult romance I definitely recommend. 4/5 Stars

The Tea Dragon Society by Katie O’Neill

The Tea Dragon Society is absolutely adorable and wholesome with a diverse cast of characters and beautiful art. It's about a young blacksmith discovering Tea Dragons, a creature that grows different teas on their horn and the people that care for them. 4.5/5 Stars

Happiness Vol. 1 & 2 by  Shūzō Oshimi

Happiness is a manga series following a boy who one night survives an attack from a vampire and how his life changes along with him after being bitten. Thought the story seems pretty straight forward I really love the artwork of this series, the character development and what can I say, I love a good vampire story. 4/5 stars

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