“Rouge” follows the unraveling of our main character, Mirabelle. After her mother’s passing, Belle stays in California, cleaning up her mother’s apartment. From there, she’s recruited to Rouge, a Spa that promises her that she can be her Most Magnificent Self, the very same Maison de Méduse that her mother attended before she went the Way of the Roses.
Book Review: Rouge by Mona Awad
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Book Review: Red, White & Royal Blue by Casey McQuiston
“Red, White & Royal Blue” follows the fake friendship between Alex Claremont-Diaz, the U.S. President’s son, and Prince Henry of England, who happen to be nemeses. A confrontational picture of the two at a wedding makes the tabloid, resulting in Alex and Henry having to reclaim their disastrous narrative by becoming diplomatic friends to save Alex’s mother’s electoral campaign… but they accidentally become lovers instead.
Book Review: Through My Window (Hidalgos #1) by Ariana Godoy
“Through My Window” follows good girl Raquel Álvarez’s crush on her mysterious bad boy neighbour Ares Hildago. This is a steamy, proximity romance about first love and heartbreak.
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“Woman, Eating” follows a 23-year-old vampire starting her art internship and living independently from her mother for the first time.
Book Review: Mary and the Birth of Frankenstein by Anne Eekhout
“Mary and the Birth of Frankenstein” is a dual-timeline reimagining of Mary Shelley’s life. In the first timeline, we follow Mary and her friends (including the notorious Lord Byon) at Lake Geneva in 1816, during the “year without summer.” In the second timeline, we follow a younger Mary, aged fourteen in 1812, during her visit to the Baxter family in Dundee, Scotland.