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Book Review: Matti Laaksonen – Nach dem Sturm die Stille
Before I start talking about the book, here’s an important note: I’m writing this review in English, but the book is only available in German. German? Matti Laaksonen? Yes, German. Despite the Finnish (pen?) name, Matti is a German author and unfortunately the books are only available in German. I’ve discovered Matti on Threads because we’re kinda in the same bubble – we both share a taste in music, in Finland and, obviously, my reading interests align with Matti’s writing. Queer YA romance? I’m all in for it. Even more so if the author is a queer nonbinary person with Annisokay songs in their writing playlist. I’ve had Matti’s books…
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Book review: Thomas Herzsprung – Der Behandler
Thomas Herzsprung is an author I came across on TikTok. I started following him without having read any of his books mostly because of his personality, but I kept looking for his books in the bookstores. I knew he wrote psycho thrillers and since I’m a huge fan of Sebastian Fitzek and the like, I wanted to give him a chance. Yet, I never found a single book of his in the bookstore and since I usually found something else to take home with me instead, I never thought of ordering a book. Now I recently discovered that as an Amazon Prime member I have access to a selection of…
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Book review: Dominik Gaida – Brynmor University 1: Geheimnisse („Secrets“)
My first book choice in 2024 was taken following an entirely practical approach: the first part of the Brynmor University trilogy by Dominic Gaida had been waiting and smiling at me from my shelf for several weeks and I always postponed it. Until I read that part 2 will come out in February 2024 and so I decided to give it a read to see if it would be worth to wait for the second part – or to even pre-order it. Spoiler: For me personally, it is. Short info: MLM romance, gay author
