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bookaddict24-7 · 7 months

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New Young Adult Releases! (September 26th, 2023)

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Have I missed any new Young Adult releases? Have you added any of these books to your TBR? Let me know!

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New Standalones/First in a Series:

The Scarlet Veil by Shelby Mahurin

The Prince & the Coyote by David Bowles

A British Girl's Guide to Hurricanes & Heartbreak by Laura Taylor Namey

If I Have to Be Haunted by Miranda Sun

Mermaids Never Drown by Various

Down Came the Rain by Jennifer Mathieu

Find Him Where You Left Him Dead by Kristen Simmons

Firsts & Lasts by Various

The Changing Man by Tomi Oyemakinde

A Pretty Implausible Premise by Karen Rivers

This Dark Descent by Kalyn Josephson

Thieves' Gambit by Kayvion Lewis

Roses & Violets by Gry Kappel Jensen

Mall Goth by Kate Leth, Diana Sousa, & Robin Crank

New Sequels:

A Grim & Sunken Vow (The Hollow Star Saga #3) by Ashley Shuttleworth

Foul Heart Hunstman (Foul Lady Fortune #2) by Chloe Gong

Cage of Dreams (City of Nightmares #2) by Rebecca Schaeffer

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Happy reading!

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thereadingchallengechallenge · 1 year

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JOMP BPC - May 3rd - Rainy Day

it actually rained today! quite a lot! while it was sunny! very strange weather lol but it matches the vibe of When We Were Them by Laura Taylor Namey pretty well, huh? 🌦

#when we were them #laura taylor namey #justonemorepage #jompbpc #booklr #bookblr #trcc original #portraits

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thegirlivealwaysbeen · 2 months

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A BRITISH GIRL’S GUIDE TO HURRICANES AND HEARTBREAK by Laura Taylor Namey

#2024 reads #a british girl’s guide to hurricanes and heartbreak #laura taylor namey #litblr #lit aesthetic #book aesthetic #booklr #bookblr #kaela's 2024 reads

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the-final-sentence · 5 months

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‘Evelyn Maxwell - a good mother.’

Laura Taylor Namey, from A British Girl’s Guide to Hurricanes and Heartbreak

#A British Girl’s Guide to Hurricanes and Heartbreak #laura taylor namey

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andiree · 2 years

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Uhhhh big awesome news?! A Cuban Girl’s Guide to Tea and Tomorrow is being adapted for the screen by Ace Entertainment, starring Maia Reficco as Lila and Kit Connor as Orion!

I have a special place in my heart for this book and this cover, being the first in my career. I remember reading the manuscript on the plane to SCBWI and serendipitously meeting Laura at the sign up tables the next day. What a ride, girl!

I can’t wait to see it ☕️💖

#a cuban girl's guide to tea and tomorrow #acggttat #laura taylor namey #kit Connor #maia reficco #andi porretta #news #reese’s book club #ace entertainment #ya romance

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haleyfury · 6 months

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A British Girl’s Guide to Hurricanes & Heartbreaks Review

Summary (from the publisher):Winchester, England, has always been home for Flora, but when her mother dies after a long illness, Flora feels untethered. Her family expects her to apply to university and take a larger role in their tea-shop business, but Flora isn’t so sure. More than ever, she’s the chaotic “hurricane” in her household, and she doesn’t always know how to manage her stormy…

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#A British Girl’s Guide to Hurricanes & Heartbreaks #A Cuban Girl Guide to Tea & Tomorrow #Laura Taylor Namey #YA #YA Contemporary

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noctem-novelle · 1 year

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Book: A Cuban Girl’s Guide to Tea and Tomorrow by Laura Taylor Namey Genre: YA Romance Rating: ✩✩✩

Review below the cut!

This book was so sweet (haha) and the perfect antidote to my ~sad vibes~ a few weeks ago. A Cuban Girl’s Guide to Tea and Tomorrow follows Lila Reyes, soon-to-be co-owner of her family's Miami-based Cuban bakery, as she is sent overseas to visit family in England after a...less than stellar reaction to a trifecta of personal tragedies: the death of her beloved abuela, a breakup, and being abandoned (in her opinion) by her best friend. When she arrives in Winchester, Lila is determined to have a bad time and to do whatever she can to get herself an earlier flight back to sunny Florida. But she's not counting on a dreamy inn kitchen, new friends, or the sort-of infuriating boy who runs the local teashop. I really loved the characters, the plot, AND the setting. Winchester reminds me of Buxton and I miss it so much! The whole time I was reading, I was having flashbacks to rainy walks through the park or up Green Lane to High Street, probably heading to Scrivener's. I'm telling you, if you ever want the quiet English town experience, skip London and head straight to Derbyshire. I felt so bad for Lila, dealing with the weight of so much loss, and I definitely understand why she reacted the way she did. Sometimes you just need to feel in control of SOMETHING, you know? And Orion??? His endless knowledge about superstitions was v endearing. While I enjoyed the book overall, I'm giving this one three stars (a high three stars!) because the writing itself just wasn't my thing. There were times when the baking references were very overdone (hahahaha) and there were a few instances where it really pulled me out of the story. BUT, if you wouldn't be bothered by baking puns, and you're mostly here for the plot and characters, definitely read this one! I can’t wait to see the film adaptation!

TW: loss & grief

IG: @noctem.novelle

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jessread-s · 7 months

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Thanks to @rivetedbysimonteen for providing me with an ARC in exchange for an honest review.

✩🌊📸Review:

Namey’s newest release is a heart-wrenching story about weathering life’s storm.

“A British Girl’s Guide to Hurricanes and Heartbreak” follows Flora Maxwell who, after losing her mother to a long illness, decides to escape to Miami without telling anyone—including her longtime friend Gordon Wallace. But Flora’s change of scenery doesn’t cast away her self-doubt or her stormy emotions. Instead, it leaves her caught between teen influencer Baz Marín and Gordon, a future architect and the friend she has beginning to see in a new light.

One of my favorite aspects of this book is the extended metaphor Namey creates surrounding Flora and her personality. In the beginning, she likens Flora to a chaotic hurricane destroying everything in her path before it can get close enough to hurt her. Over time, Flora realizes the extent of the damage her behavior has inflicted on her friends and family and makes a commitment to weather life’s storms with those she loves instead of trying to do it alone. Watching Flora develop as a character in coming to this conclusion mends the soul.

Much like Flora’s, my emotions were all over the place reading this book. I laughed, I cried, and I swooned—all because I felt so attached to Namey’s characters and the world she created. Flora as a protagonist is complex and compelling. She goes on a journey of self-discovery as she comes to terms with her grief. Her pain felt so real and something I could empathize with and even relate to. Seeing her raw emotions on display and get to a place of healing filled me with hope and validation. Seeing her fall in love and gain the courage to act on her feelings tugged on my heartstrings and shed tears of joy.

Because Flora is immersed in Cuban culture while she is staying in Miami, so are we as readers. Spanish is seamlessly woven into much of the dialogue and Cuban cuisine is described at great length. I loved learning more about the customs and traditions of a region of the world I am not as familiar with and seeing its impact on Flora as she comes into her own!

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randomjreader · 2 years

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Book review: A Cuban Girl's Guide to Tea and Tomorrow

Note: I have never really done a book review before, so I apologise in advance if this is more random ramblings than insightful comments or deep character and plot analysis or smtg. Also, spoilers ahead, you have been warned.

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So, I guess I gotta start by saying that this was a really enjoyable read. It's not a literary masterpiece or anything, and was kind of predictable, but it was wholesome and heartwarming and nice. It was a feel good fluffy story, with just the right amount of angst mixed into it that it didn't make me feel extra sad, but enough to drive the story and make it interesting.

For some context, I am a simple person; it doesn't take much to please me in a story as long as it stays away from a very small handful of tropes and themes that I despise. HOWEVER, I have a very short attention span. A book really has to captivate me to stop me from skipping paragraphs or chapters, or simply just skipping to the end to find out what happens and be done with it. ACGGTTAT did that.

The thing about this book is that a lot of emphasis is put on the experiences Lila faces, both in Miami and in Winchester. The ending was predictable enough: Lila and Orion getting together and making things work despite living in two different continents. So my impatient ass wasn't desperate to know what happened in the end, and instead could just enjoy the journey that Lila went on over the summer. It was well written, made me feel like I was there, and when Lila said she fell in love with England, I could imagine why.

My favourite thing about the book, though, is definitely learning about the Cuban culture. I'm not Latinx, or am from a place that gives exposure to Latinx culture at all really, so I loved reading about it and learning about some of the history and traditions and of course, the food. It was mind opening, and you can tell that this was personal, that the author really put a piece of herself into it. If I ever wrote a book, I would want to be able to do that. Tell a story that shares a part of my heritage and my identity with the world. I've also been meaning to learn Spanish, though I haven't really found the time, so now I have a few more words to add to my word bank and hope that I'll remember them.

Let's take a moment to talk about our main characters tho. I may not have faced a trifecta loss like Lila, but I do see myself in parts of her, the way she's stubborn and ambitious, has trouble handling change, and can sometimes be not aware of how her fire may affect people, like with Andrés and Stefanie. Her character arc was nice; she doesn't lose her drive or her ambition, it just changed along with her, and she becomes more aware of herself and works to better herself.

Her dynamic with Orion was also something I quite liked. Orion himself is such a great character. I've never been big on the mysterious, bad boy type of MCs, I much prefer kind, sensitive, a little goofy, a bit of golden retriever energy kind of boys. Orion is definitely the latter, but he also has darker depths. Him and Lila complement each other well. He slows her one track mind down, and she gives him hope and someone to fight for when he has grown to just accept what is given to him. I love how they are from two different worlds, but share their lives with each other and teach each other about their cultures.

But most of all, I really liked that Lila and Orion didn't have to kiss, or do anything extremely passionate, for us to see how they love each other. You can see the way their relationship progresses slowly, how they grow close day by day, and gain feelings for one another. They both long acknowledge their feelings for each other before they have their first kiss, which is something I don't see too often. And it was pretty realistic for them to want to hold back knowing that their time would come to and end soon, but it also didn't make their romance any less real, just because they were "friends". If you get what I mean.

Since we're on the topic of characters, I really wanna talk about how they're being portrayed in the upcoming movie by Maia Reficco and Kit Connor. I don't know much about Maia, just because she doesn't have many acting projects under her belt yet. Pretty little liars original sin was her big breakout role, but I personally can't handle horror/thriller yet, so I won't be watching pllos for a while. However, I have watched some of her interviews, and whatever clips I could scrounge up that wouldn't give me nightmares, and I think that she would make a great Lila. I can see how she can portray Lila's sassy and bold personality. Obviously, I'm a huge heartstopper fan, so I know more about Kit, and I 100% think he'll be a great Orion. He did such a good job with nick nelson, and I can see some similarities between the two characters, so I don't think he'll have any problem with portraying Orion accurately.

Ok, I've pretty much said all I wanted to say. It was a good read, definitely recommend, and I can't wait for the movie next year. Thanks for reading, and hey if you have any differing opinions or wtv chat with me in the comments I wanna see what other people think <3

#a cuban girl's guide to tea and tomorrow #acggttat #laura taylor namey #bookblr #maia reficco #pll os #pll os cast #kit connor #heartstopper #heartstopper cast

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queenhelenblackthorn · 2 years

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I just feel like if they were capable of casting a British actor for the British character they could have also cast a Cuban actress for the Cuban character