This is my weekly ??? series for subscribers only, where I’ll share things that caught my eye this week in a fun and flirty way (kiss), a sustainable way (marry), or a not-so-good way (kill). And yes, this trendy game is technically “f***, marry, or kill” but we run a family-friendly-ish show around here.
I KNOW it’s been ages since I’ve done one of these. Building out the new Whole30 Foundations course damn near killed me. It was like having a full-time job on top of my full-time job. Now my schedule is a bit more open, and I’m back to strategizing how I use this platform. In the meantime, here is a round-up of some damn good books. XO
Kiss (5-star books)
Their Vicious Games, Joelle Wellington (←read)
Is this book Young Adult? I think so. Did I devour it with no shame? Absolutely. Adina is smart as hell, working twice as hard as everyone else at her prestigious boarding school—because she’s Black, and has to. When a mishap threatens her entire future, she takes a chance and enters an invite-only, super-secretive game called The Finish. It gets weird, y’all. And dark. But the writing is so smart, Adina is so root-on-able, and the characters progress with a surprising amount of depth. I read it in two days and loved every f***ed up meaner-than-Mean Girls second.