May 2025 Wrap-Up and Haul

This was another great reading month for me as I read 29 books in total, including all of my monthly TBR. You can check out my thoughts on most of this in my Recent Reads recaps (#118 and #119). I was also lucky enough to receive lots of amazing books, so a huge thank you to all the publishers and you can find out more details in the Haul section.

Reviews:

Haul:

Thank you to Sarah Doyle and House of YA for sending me an ARC of A Treachery of Swans by A. B. Poranek. Team BKMRK sent me a summery package for How The Other Half Die by P. C. Roscoe, while Headline made my month by sending me Yardsticks for Failure by Ivo Graham and a VIP proof package for Hot Wax by M. L. Rio.

Scholastic gifted me a copy of Never Thought I’d End Up Here by Ann Liang, while Electric Monkey surprised me with copies of Gentlest of Wild Things by Sarah Underwood and Lady’s Knight by Meagan Spooner and Amie Kaufman. Bloomsbury kindly sent me The Hero Complex by Helen Comerford and First Ink Books sent me a festival-ready package for Wish You Were Her by Elle McNicoll.

Simon YA very kindly invited me to their Spring Brunch where we heard about the amazing titles they’ve already published this year and some more they have coming up. In every goodie bag was a proof of Forest of Hearts by M. A. Kuzniar and This Story is a Lie by Benjamin Dean.

Finally, my pre-order of The Examiner by Janice Hallett arrived and I picked up Fundamentally by Nussaibah Younis & Madwoman by Chelsea Bieker.

Netgalley: