Tag: diversity representation

• My Series Review of The Love Quotient by Helen Hoang

  A romance series I recently finished is Helen Hoang’s The Love Quotient, a trilogy that includes The Love Quotient, The Bride Test, and The Heart Principle. These romances surprised me, giving spice and flair amidst culturally rich, diverse, and underrepresented communities. This series not only features South-East Asian characters, but there are also characters on…

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  February 15, 2026

  Discussion Posts, Romance

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• Why You Should Read About the Experiences of New Zealanders

  Akin to my Why You Should Read About the Experiences of the African Diaspora post, today’s post is about why you should read about the experiences of New Zealanders. We are a small but mighty county, but our diversity and multicultural standing make us a country of many perspectives, backgrounds, cultures, histories, and stories to…

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  February 13, 2026

  Discussion Posts, NZ Fiction

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• The Heart Principle by Helen Hoang is Raw, Heartbreaking and A Perfect Ending

  I have learnt so much from The Heart Principle and Helen Hoang throughout my reading journey with The Kiss Quotient series, and I can’t believe it has concluded. I wasn’t expecting to read The Heart Principle and go through the emotions that I did, and I honestly an so happy that Helen Hoang wrote this…

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  January 12, 2026

  Contemporary Fiction, Romance

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• Jumping into Robert Jackson Bennett’s High Fantasy Novel Foundryside

  We all know I love the Shadow of the Leviathan series by Robert Jackson Bennett, and I managed to find this fantasy series of his written before The Tainted Cup, so I bought the paperbacks and have had them sitting pretty on my bookshelf, awaiting their turn to be read. The time has come, and…

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  January 7, 2026

  adult fantasy

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• Another Helen Hoang Romance in The Bride Test

  It has been a while since I read The Love Quotient by Helen Hoang, but it is my most viewed post on annafromuni by a long shot. Given its popularity, I figured now is as good a time as any to continue the series and pick up The Bride Test. I wasn’t expecting this romance…

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  December 27, 2025

  Contemporary Fiction, Romance

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• Reading Books From Around the World

  I don’t shy away from reading widely, as many of you know, but one thing I want to make more commonplace with my reading and reviews is the diversity of my reads in terms of their authors, characters, and settings. I don’t just want to pick up an asian author once a month, or when…

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  November 22, 2025

  Discussion Posts

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• A Sinister Mystery in Where Sleeping Girls Lie by Faridah Àbíké-Íyímídé 

  This dark academia is probably the darkest of my selection here. Where Sleeping Girls Lie by Faridah Àbíké-Íyímídé is a YA dark academia novel that not only delves into serious, heavy, and dark subjects, but criticises many sexist and elitist elements surrounding these topics, especially in an private academia institution. It is a hard-hitting read,…

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  September 10, 2025

  Crime Fiction, dark academia

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• Cosy Sci-Fi Vibes in A Psalm for the Wild-Built by Becky Chambers

  I enjoyed my read of The Long Way To A Small, Angry Planet by Becky Chambers many moons ago, and A Psalm For the Wild-Built was always in the back of my mind, a book by association that one day I should pick up. Then it popped up as a book rec by one of…

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  August 21, 2025

  adult fantasy, science fiction

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• Hear The Voices of Our Indigenous Women in NUKU

  Step into the wonderful, eye-opening, informative, and inspirational pages of NUKU, a tome that holds the stories of 100 indigenous wāhine toa from all across the globe. Assembled by Qiane Matata-Sipu, this collection of voices will speak loud and proud, and will inspire many generations old and new into becoming their strongest, most in-touch selves…

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  June 6, 2025

  Non Fiction

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• Morbidly Yours by Ivy Fairbanks – Romance Back From The Dead

  Move aside big-city romances, the small-town love story is making moves. Morbidly Yours by Ivy Fairbanks, first in the Love in Galway series, is a friends-to-lovers romance that is equal parts sweet and spicy, bringing the elements of romance I like to the table. I think it’s safe to say I devoured it in one…

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  May 30, 2025

  Contemporary Fiction, Romance

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