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Heart, Haunt, Havoc Review | Betwixt the Books Reviews | T4T Horror Romance Review

Wherein Michaela and I discuss this trans romance novella with a bit of a mild disagreement. That’s why we are here though, to discuss how we all read and enjoy things differently! (And, honestly, we should all know how I feel about novellas at this point…)

Ep. 7 | American Presidential Reading Challenge

Is there any other way to celebrate President’s Day than with my first OFFICIAL APRC video in, like, a year? The quality of these books is extremely mediocre, but I’ve only got 7 left, guys. I want to finish this before there’s someone new in the White House … again …

My Best and Worst of 2022

I filmed this a while ago but I had a bunch of ARC reviews I wanted to get out to you guys, so … here this is, finally! My top 5 were really hard to choose from but my bottom 5 were pretty easy. . What did I choose? Watch on to find out!

Radiant Sin ARC Review | Betwixt the Books Reviews | Dark Olympus #4 Book Review

Wherein me and Michaela review the next book in the Dark Olympus book series between Cassandra and Apollo. This is … not the best book in the series, by a lot. However, the rest of the series has been so good, I suppose we had to have a clunker at some point? Here’s why we think what we think…

Insta-buy author confirmed | Just My Type ARC Review

Falon Ballard did a great job with their first book, Lease on Love, but could it happen again? Spoiler alert: it can. This book might be even better? It’s so hard to review a book you love, but I’m going to give it my best shot!

WHAT is going on here? | Secretly Yours ARC Review

I’m not sure that I am going to answer the question I pose in my title, but I can only explain what I mean. This book was so technically bizarre and confusing. This is not at all Tessa Bailey’s best work.

TOO REAL but so good | Do I Know You? ARC Review

There are romance novels that are easy to read, and then there are romance novels like this that remind you that love is really, really hard. Don’t let that stop you, though, because this book was great! I can’t wait to tell you about it, even if I’m going to be making a lot of TOO REAL faces.

A Guide to Being Just Friends | ARC and Series Review

I have now read 3 books by Sophie Sullivan and WOW has it been a wild ride. Book 1, Ten Rules for Faking It? Liked it! Book 2, How to Love Your Neighbor? Did NOT like it! So here’s an ARC review of book 3 in the Jansen brothers series and wow did it have a lot of work to do to stick the landing for me. Did it? Let’s find out!

The Reunion ARC Review | I LIKED this?

I got another ARC read on time! Thanks to Edelweiss and the publisher for this copy. This is a single POV, second chance romance – otherwise known as something I don’t like and something I do. It won be over in the end!

Betwixt the Books Buddy Reading Challenge 2023 Announcement | We Created Our Own Reading Challenge

Wherein Michaela and Gretchen talk about the challenges that they chose for themselves to help guide their buddy reads in 2023. Are half of them failed challenges from last year … yep … but that’s okay. We are just going to try again until we succeed! You can join the challenge or see some of the books we have tentatively planned for these challenges here: https://app.thestorygraph.com/reading…

If you just want to know what our challenges are they are also listed below. If you want more information or clarification on any of these challenges we talk a bit about them in the video or you can visit the storygraph page where we describe them in a bit more detail as well!

1. Read an antiracist nonfiction book.

2. Read a book featuring an Ace protagonist.

3. Read a book that has been translated into English.

4. Read an entire series.

5. Read a second chance book.

6. Read an ARC and review it on time.

7. Read a queer romance.

8. Read an adult book written by a traditionally YA author.

9. Reread a book we have already read and reviewed.

10. Listen to a full cast audio book.

Bonus Challenges

1. Read a book recommended by one of Gretchen’s favorite authors.

2. Read a book recommended by one of Michaela’s favorite authors.