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The Love Hypothess

  (3.5/5.......I think?) Well then. Unpopular book opinion – I’ll go first. This was, in fact, not as hyped as BookTok and Bookstagram made it out to be… but it was still pretty good . Okay, a quick synopsis of what we are dealing with here for you newbies. In short, we have Olive Smith, who is a third-year PhD. biology student studying biology at none other than the prestigious Stanford University. What is she doing there, you ask? Researching pancreatic cancer. After losing her mother to it, she was determined to make a kit that could help catch it earlier in people affected, therefore possibly extending their lifetime. In comes Dr. Adam Carlsen, who is a professor at said university. In the prologue, we see that they have an exchange in one of his lab bathrooms because someone (Olive) has burning eyes from wearing expired contacts. He remembers her and starts pining after her, and Olive remembers The Guy , as she likes to call him, but can’t remember him, though she has a few...
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Wild Side - Elsie Silver

  (4.5 Shock. Horror.) So I’ll be the first to admit that I go though these phases of liking an author and lifting them to the heaven and then forgetting all about them based off of one bad experience. When I think of small-town anything two authors come to mind – Ana Huang & Elsie Silver. I discovered Elsie back in 2023 when I read her Chesnut Springs series in 2 weeks flat. I’ve got the whole series up on my blog and I of course have some fan favorites. Then came along the Rose Hill series with Wild Love. I didn’t love it so I wasn’t that hyped for Wild Eyes. However, that one snippet we got at the end of the book was giving major Brendan and Piper vibes from It Happened One Summer by Tessa Bailey so I had no qualms about pre-ordering it. I fell in love with West and Skyler instantly. It was a 5/5 read and got me into this small-town country vibe reading slump. Then Wild Side was coming out. Truth me told I never cared much about Tabitha or Rhys from what we were fed in Wi...
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King of Envy - Ana Huang

  (Who wrote it? Thank you. This book rates itself) First and foremost I know it's been a while since I've been on here but there was a great reason for that. One I'm not ready to share not now however I will eventually. So when I say this is the hardest Ana Huang book I’ve waited for, I really mean it. The days were going so, so slow and I just couldn’t wait to get it in my hands. Normally, whenever I pre-order, I get the “click and collect” notification 1–2 days before, but Ana caught on—and I’m guessing someone got told off. Awkward. I went onto the Waterstones website, searched the book, saw that the in-store collection option was available, so my detective skills told me it was already there even though I didn’t get the text. I rang them, they saved me one from the delivery—and here we are. Call me obsessed, but I say consistent. Wow. Vuk and Ayana. First of all, Vuk was definitely morally grey, but he had this sunshine side to him. Shadow? I’m dead. That cat was...
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Promises and Pomegranates – Sav R. Miller

  (A little birdie told me it was a 5 star read) You’re telling me Dr. Killer, aka Kallum Anderson, and Elena Ricci have been written to perfection since 2021, and I’m just now finding out? BookTok, seriously, where was the hype? Then again, it’s not a surprise, considering it was the tropes that pulled me in. We’ve got Dr. Death, age gap, and a secret affair from decades ago with her mother. Okay, it sounds gross, but, having never read a book with this trope, I was definitely intrigued. The story kicks off with Kallum negotiating terms with Rafe Ricci (Elena’s father) to... acquire Elena, if you will. Sound familiar? Reminds me of how Nico Russo took Elena, or how Christian snatched Gianna. The flashbacks to the past were so vivid. Fast forward to Elena getting ready for her wedding day, surrounded by her mother, two sisters, and grandmother. It’s all set up to look like a traditional wedding, but in reality, it’s more like a business arrangement with Mateo. Or at least, she ...
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Bad Little Bride – Meagan Brandy

  (5/5 stars. The MMC is called Enzo. Exactly) You know, I’ve read about a couple of men called Enzo throughout my time, but none has hit the spot just like Enzo Fikile. Oh. My. God. Meagan didn’t enter 2025 to joke around. She came to serve, and serve she did. This is book number 2 in the Girls of Greyson series. The one prior is Tempting Little Thief , starring Bastian Bishop and Rocklin Revenaw, aka Boston Revenaw’s twin sister, AKA Enzo’s wife! Did we forget about Enzo? We can never do such a crime. Now, we don’t lie on this page, and I’m not going to start today. Unless my poor eyesight read something wrong – highly likely – I was under the misconception that this was a fantasy book. I don’t read stories set in fantasy worlds where wings, fangs, and, most importantly, weird bodily fluids other than blood and something else are explored. I opened this book with one eye, and that eye stayed closed until chapter 2. Then I was all in on Enzo and Boston’s glory. The story st...
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Best Books Of 2024

  Why do I feel like this is going to be Paper Pages meets Therapy Session ? That’s because it is, Vivian. You know it is; you planned it would be, and therefore you will write it exactly like it is. Well then, let’s get into it. I’m not going to talk too much about life, so let’s talk books first. I’ve read almost 100 books —more like 75; however, that was alongside life being life and job hunting being as evil as ever. I only blog about the ones that made an impact on my reading life. I tend to steer away from the ones that gave me indigestion. As a blogger, I need the journey to be ravishing. As an editor, I need the literature to speak to me in a way only words can. The right ratios of dialogue to description and steady character development. After reading so many tropes, there are only ever limited ways for the story to take its toll. The art of recycling lines is not lost, but what I look for is the book that gives me something I never expected. I expected the arrang...
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Book & Movie Talk 2024

           We have books, a movie, and now a series to talk about. I know, tell me about it. This is hard. It is so hard because I’ve read some bad books, but twice as many good books. You couldn’t possibly ask me what my top 5 are. No one did, Vivian; you asked yourself. First and foremost, I have never pre-ordered and then not read so many books in my life. Tessa Bailey —the one who started it all for me—has an unread book sitting on my TBR. Did no one read that correctly? It’s on my TBR, not on my read pile. I don’t know why. Second of all, I’m confused as to what era of reading I’m in now. Is it mafia? Is it billionaire? Is it small town? Single dads? The goddamn 1980s?! No idea. This year has been a mess in terms of jobs, life, and also in terms of paper pages. Where do we begin? Oh yes, the paper pages. If you’ve been here for a while, then you know I started this blog before 2023 finished, alongside my Instagram bookish page. I’ve made great progres...
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