June Mid-Month Wrap Up- Hits and Misses! | Not a Reading Slump, Just Busy

We've had some real highs and lows this month! June mid-month wrap up with hits and misses. Books I loved, books I hated, and some in between plus a DNF. Not in a reading slump, just busy and hence fewer books than usual.
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Painted Devils by Margaret Owen: amzn.to/3XtsNBp
*Goddess of the River Vaishnavi Patel: amzn.to/3xjs8b2
*Twelfth Knight Alexene Farol Follmuth: amzn.to/3RwbBaB
*The Spellshop Sarah Beth Durst: amzn.to/3xlwX3O
*The Last Murder at the End of the World Stuart Turton: amzn.to/3Xrj4f4
*Do What Godmother Says L.S. Stratton: amzn.to/4b4BPIb
*Castle of the Cursed Romina Garber: amzn.to/3Rq45hB
*Assistant to the Villain Hannah Nicole Maehrer: amzn.to/4b2p7tv
Mead Mishaps series by Kimberly Lemming: amzn.to/4b4dlib
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[@MissLilRedRooster]

The Spellshop is also on my top list. The book design alone is delightful, but it's such a down to earth, quirky, delightful book. Perfect for summer.

[@BeautifullyBookishBethany]

Yes!! I loved it.

[@ReadingAce]

I'm so glad to hear such positive things about The Spellshop! That cover is gorgeous and I've been really looking forward to it!

[@BeautifullyBookishBethany]

It's so good!

[@Amanda-nq6mw]

So excited for the spellshop! I loved fire and heist by her that I really recommend! It's weredragons with a heist and the Queen of blood is good

[@Jane42.]

Love her too! Try out Race the Sands. I loved that one. I will check out Fire and Heist. Thanks for the rec!

[@Jane42.]

I have had The Spellshop on preorder since announced. Why don’t more people talk about how awesome Sarah Beth Durst is?

[@BeautifullyBookishBethany]

She really is great!

[@Lillyjoy]

I’m reading it right now and enjoying it! I’ll be checking out her other books 😊

[@Jane42.]

@@Lillyjoy Queens of Renthia series is great. I also loved Race the Sands. Hope you find some you love

[@riankoch9126]

In a way I agree, Little Thieves can and will stand on its own. But Painted Devils said “hey, we have some plot gaps, let’s fill them and make you cry”. You might have caught on to what Margaret Owen was doing with this one based on where you stopped (I certainly caught on soon) but it was worth the journey. I think it’s supposed to show how lost and confused Vanja is now and that she feels directionless.

[@BeautifullyBookishBethany]

I'm glad you enjoyed it! This is one people seem split on.

[@Neverrgreen]

When i read Assistant to the villian the fact it was a series wasnt announced so i was thoroughly peeved when i was finished. Plus i wanted another Hench but got that....

[@BeautifullyBookishBethany]

Ohhh! Yeah that would be a really annoying ending if you thought it was a standalone. And yeah, def not like Hench

[@Alewo2735]

That's super interesting what you said about the narration for The Last Murder at the End of the World because I (soft) DNF'D the audio very early because I thought the narration was making it impossible for me to connect to the book and found it super irritating. I struggle with fantasy/sci-fi on audio anyway because of all the nuance so I'm thinking of getting it physically.

[@BeautifullyBookishBethany]

Yeah, I felt the same at the beginning, but it does make sense once you realize who the narrator is!

[@bethloubet4650]

Okay, The Spellshop sounds great. Sold.

[@BeautifullyBookishBethany]

Yes!!! It's so good

[@sydneyrrobertson]

You are really convincing me to give the cottage core cover romance subgenre a try! 🥰

[@BeautifullyBookishBethany]

You should!! I will say, I tried and DNFed a different book in this subgrenre recently. But Spellshop was really great

[@thefairylibrarian3282]

I'm planning on reading The Last Murder at the End of the World this summer and i'm so excited about it. The Spellshop sounds wonderful!

[@BeautifullyBookishBethany]

I hope you enjoy them!

[@JayGTheAwkwardBookworm]

I still haven’t read Little thieves! Both have been on my TBR forever now

[@angelaholmes8888]

Here's what I read so far My fault by Mercedes ron Good luck with that by kristan Higgins Same time next summer by annabel Monaghan The maid pride and protest by nikki Payne Redeeming 6 by chloe Walsh

[@RR-xl6yc]

Do you think the Stuart Turton would work for someone who enjoyed The Spare Man? I read that based on your review and enjoyed it, though maybe not as much as you. But I also did not like Stuart Turton's first book and did not read the second. I am wondering about the third based on your description, and was curious if you thought they had similar vibes to The Spare Man?

[@BeautifullyBookishBethany]

Good question! The Spare Man is more of a cozy mystery and I wouldn’t call this cozy. It’s more dystopian. In tone it actually reminds me more of The Future by Naomi Novik but less contemporary and more isolated. Hope that helps!

[@theaudiobookaficionado]

Oh my god i hate when male audiobook narrators do fake falsetto voices to indicate a woman is talking 😩😷😷