Hi, it's Olivia, and I hope your day is going well.
I hope your month is going well, actually.
And today, I have a Book Haul for you for the month of April.
And before I get into it, I just took off all the dust jackets because I wanna show
you something that I thought was so cute.
Okay, do you see these colors?
I love these solid bright colors.
It's giving spring, it's giving spring, and
I just thought that was really neat and I'd show you.
But let me put the dust jackets back on and let's get started.
So first off, we have Nothing Burns as Bright as You by Ashley Woodfolk.
This was that yellow one, and I adore this cover, by the way.
[LAUGH] I love both of their faces overlapping on the design, and
one of them, their hair has such a big beautiful afro, I adore it.
And Ashley Woodfolk, who is also the co-author of the book Blackout, and
this is her first novel in verse.
Nothing Burns as Bright as You is also a fast-paced read, it takes
place over the course of just a single day but you also get glimpses into the past.
And this is a stunning exploration of queerness and
intense female friendships and relationships.
This book also has just a ton of praise already.
And I love this blurb on the front by Nic Stone that says this book has completely
transformed the way I think about what it means to love unconditionally.
So, check this one out.
Next up, we have Sense and Second-Degree Murder by Tirzah Price
which if you couldn't tell is a retelling of Sense and
Sensibility with a healthy dose of homicide.
This is the second book in the Jane Austen Murder Mystery series.
So each book is a standalone that is a retelling of a classic Jane Austen
work with a murder mystery element added in.
And the first book was Pride And Premeditation,
which is a retelling of Pride and Prejudice, and this is,
like I said, a retelling of Sense and Sensibility.
That is a tongue twister for me, by the way.
[LAUGH] Sense and sense,
say that ten times fast, I don't know, it trips me up, but anyway.
This follows Elinor Dashwood who has discovered her father dead.
And upon his death, her and her sister are kind of forced to move out because in
her father's will, he left the estate to their half-brother and his wife, and
his wife is kind of kicking them out.
But before they go, they make a discovery that points to some foul play,
and a possible killer in the family.
So it sounds juicy.
It sounds like a lot of fun.
And I just love these kinda twists on these classic titles.
Also, by the way, this is the pink book, so check this one out, too.
Next up we have Ebonwilde by Crystal Smith.
This is the purple one.
Now that I'm just showing the colors of each one, but
this is actually a conclusion.
This is the third and final book in The Bloodleaf trilogy.
Our main character Princess Aurelia has this forbidden magic that forced her to
flee her country in the wake of an assassination attempt and at this point,
the stakes are very high.
She kinda has,
it's one of those scenarios where she has the fate of the world on her shoulders.
And being that it's book number three, I'd like to not tell too much of the plot, but
I can definitely tell you some of the elements of these stories.
This is a deliciously creepy fantasy series that is filled with romance,
blood-thirsty magic, and also it's got a nice dose of political intrigue.
So it's got a lot of fun elements.
So if any of that caught your attention, definitely check out this trilogy and
it's cool that now you have a completed trilogy to binge if you wanted to.
And last but not least, we have Someday We'll Find It by Jennifer Wilson.
This is the blue book, and
let me let you get a good look though at this full cover cuz it's really pretty.
See this, very pretty.
And when I first looked at this cover, my very first thought was summer, and
what do you know?
This is a debut coming of age of summer story with themes of self worth,
understanding and finding the people who believe in you.
So this follows our main character Bliss, who feels stuck, she feels stuck in
the cornfields of Illinois, she feels stuck with her boyfriend.
She feels stuck with her cousin who has been rooming with her for
much longer than she agreed to ever since her mom left her.
And now it's the summer before senior year and a couple of things are happening.
She's met this person named Blake, and also her mom,
who had left her many years ago, has returned out of the blue.
This is supposed to be perfect for fans of books like Emergency Contact, and
Far From the Tree, and also authors like Jandy Nelson and Brian Bliss.
So yeah, that wraps up all of the books for this haul.
I would love to know your thoughts on any of them, and, of course, any information
or links that you would need to get your hands on them will be in the description.
Also, feel free to check them out or request them from your local library.
And thank you so much for watching, and I will see you in another video, bye.